Effects of a Sudden Drop in Salinity on Immune Response Mechanisms of Anadara kagoshimensis.

ABSTRACT: In this experiment, the effects of a sudden drop of salinity on the immune response mechanisms of the ark shell Anadara kagoshimensis were examined by simulating the sudden drop of salinity that occurs in seawater after a rainstorm. Additionally, the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using transcriptome sequencing. When the salinity dropped from 30‱ (S30) to 14‱ (S14), the phagocytic activity of blood lymphocytes, the O₂^- levels produced from respiratory burst, the content of reactive oxygen species, and the activities of lysozymes and acid phosphatases increased significantly, whereas the total count of blood lymphocytes did not increase. Total count of blood lymphocytes in 22‱ salinity (S22) was significantly higher than that in any other

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6769905 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature