FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Effects of extracellular products from the pathogenic Vibrio aestuarianus strain 01/32 on lethality and cellular immune responses of the oyster Crassostrea gigas BT AF LABREUCHE, Yannick SOUDANT, Philippe GONCALVES, Madeleine LAMBERT, Christophe NICOLAS, Jean-Louis AS 1:2;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:2; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-PI;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-PI; C1 Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Inst Univ Europeen de la Mer, Lab Sci Environm Marin, F-29280 Plouzane, France. IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Unite Mixte Rech Physiol & Ecophysiol Mollusques, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 UBO, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-PI IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.399 TC 109 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1035.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Vibrio aestuarianus;ECPs;Crassostrea gigas;ROS production;Adhesion;Phagocytosis;Flow cytometry;Bivalve immunity AB Vibrio aestuarianus strain 01/32 was previously shown to be pathogenic to Crassostrea gigas juveniles. To investigate virulence mechanisms of this pathogen, we studied the toxicity to oysters of its extracellular products (ECPs). ECPs displayed lethality to animals, with a LD50 value of 3.3 mu g/g body weight. To determine the oyster cellular immune responses induced by these ECPs, we further examined in vitro their effects on C. gigas hemocytes, using flow cytometric-based hemocyte assays. Treatment of hemolymph with ECPs caused a significant inhibition of hemocyte phagocytosis and adhesive capabilities. In contrast, the pathway of reactive oxygen species production was enhanced by higher ECP concentrations. Exposure of hemocytes to live bacteria induced no changes in hemocyte parameters. Together, these results suggest that V. aestuarianus strain 01/32 secretes one or more factors which may play an important role in the pathogenicity of this microorganism, and which display immunosuppressant activities on hemocyte functions. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All fights reserved. PY 2006 SO Developmental & Comparative Immunology SN 0145-305X PU Elsevier VL 30 IS 4 UT 000234870900003 BP 367 EP 379 DI 10.1016/j.dci.2005.05.003 ID 1035 ER EF