Surface antigens of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda) hemocytes: functional heterogeneity in cell subpopulations recognized by a monoclonal antibody.
Surface antigens of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda) hemocytes: functional heterogeneity in cell subpopulations recognized by a monoclonal antibody.
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2011(85)90007-2
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发表时间:
1985-03
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
T. Yoshino;W. O. Granath
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作者:
T. Yoshino;W. O. Granath
A hemocyte surface membrane marker (BGH1) has been identified using hemocyte-specific monoclonal antibodies (mABs) generated by somatic cell fusion methods. The BGH1epitope was expressed on a subpopulation of circulating, glass-adherent blood cells from two strains of the snail,Biomphalaria glabrata. Approximately 40% of the circulating hemocytes from the PR albino (M-line)B. glabratastrain were BGH1−, compared to a prevalence of 10% BGH1+cells in the 10-R2 snail strain. When hemocytes were firmly attached and spread on a glass surface, BGH1+cells were morphologically distinguishable from BGH1−cells by their ovoid shape and the presence of short, thin filopodial projections along the ectoplasmic border. In contrast, BGH1−hemocytes were more pleomorphic and possessed long, spike-like filopodia. Moreover, the BGH1epitope was trypsin-resistant and retained its antigenic reactivity with probe mABs following fixation with paraformaldehyde or paraformaldehyde/MeOH. Fixation with glutaraldehyde, however, significantly reduced mAB binding to the BGH1surface epitope. There was no apparent age-dependent expression of the BGH1determinant since circulating hemocyte populations in very young (1–2 mm) to adult (10–12 mm) snails were composed of both BGH1+and BGH1−subpopulations. Quantitative shifts in the prevalence of epitope-bearing hemocytes between the smallest snail size class (1–2 mm) and the larger snails (3–4 and 10–12 mm) are believed to be due to a differential production and/or release of BGH1−hemocytes within the blood circulation rather than a gradual age-related change in the expression of surface antigens on individual cells. Experiments designed to assess the in vitro phagocytic capability and lysosomal acid phosphatase (APase) activity of mAB-reactive hemocytes revealed that BGH1+cells, when compared to those lacking the surface marker, were significantly reduced in both their phagocytic and APase-producing activities. Since the PR albino strain ofB. glabratapossesses a higher proportion of BGH1−hemocytes and a lower total concentration of circulating cells than do snails of the 10-R2 strain, PR albino snails are thus potentially reduced in their natural capacity to mount cellular reactions against foreign materials.