Journal
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 229-242Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2001.0367
Keywords
acute phase protein; acute phase response; trout; inflammation; plasma proteins
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The innate arm of the immune system responds to inflammatory stimuli by the activation of phagocytes, and by altered levels of several plasma proteins. These changes in plasma proteins comprise a major component of the acute phase response, which is thought to be an adaptive response that contributes to regaining homeostasis after tissue injury or infection. In this study, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were injected with a variety of potential inflammatory agents, and changes in the concentrations of plasma proteins were sought in polyacrylamide gels in which plasma proteins had been electrophoresed. Bacteria, viruses and yeast all induced changes in plasma protein profiles. Increases were first evident 2 days after injections, and most were evident within 1 week. The greatest number of changes occurred after injection with a Vibrio bacterin emulsified in Freund's incomplete adjuvant. While some proteins increased and others decreased following several treatments, other proteins changed only in response to injections of viruses or viral proteins, and others changed in response to bacterial components. Some proteins that increased after yeast injection decreased after injection of viral components. The partial amino acid sequence of one increased protein identified it as haptoglobin. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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