AMOEBOCYTES
Identification of “Amoebocytes” in Aiptasia pallida infected by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Phagocytic cells in cnidarians named ‘’Amoebocytes’’ are involved in the antimicrobial defenses of anthozoans. This cell population includes multiple cell types that, in response to wound healing, bleaching, and disease, migrate to the site of the lesion. Recently, fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and microscopy have been used to identify distinct cell populations engulfing bacteria or carboxylated fluorescent beads in the coral Pocillopora damicornis and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. In this study we use the FACS analysis and microscopy to identify the “Amoebocytes” in the anemone Aiptasia pallida infected by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
This project is a collaboration between the C3M and the Scientific Center of Monaco (CSM).
The teams involved in the "Amoebocytes" project:
Phagocytic cells in cnidarians named ‘’Amoebocytes’’ are involved in the antimicrobial defenses of anthozoans. This cell population includes multiple cell types that, in response to wound healing, bleaching, and disease, migrate to the site of the lesion. Recently, fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and microscopy have been used to identify distinct cell populations engulfing bacteria or carboxylated fluorescent beads in the coral Pocillopora damicornis and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. In this study we use the FACS analysis and microscopy to identify the “Amoebocytes” in the anemone Aiptasia pallida infected by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
This project is a collaboration between the C3M and the Scientific Center of Monaco (CSM).
The teams involved in the "Amoebocytes" project:
C3M: Frederique Larbret.
CSM: Dorota Czerucka, Mélanie Billaud (PhD student)