Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda) Export

@article{citeulike:5359408, abstract = {Specificity and memory are the hallmarks of the adaptive immune system of vertebrates. However, phenomena of specificity upon priming of immunity have recently been demonstrated also in invertebrates, which rely exclusively on innate immune defence. It has been suggested that phagocytosis might represent a core candidate for such specificity in invertebrates. We here developed in vitro phagocytosis measurements for different bacteria in the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda). After immune priming with heat-killed bacteria, hemocytes showed increased phagocytosis of a previously encountered bacterial strain compared to other bacteria. These data support the role of phagocytosis in invertebrate immunological specificity and suggest a high degree of specificity that even enables to differentiate between strains of the same bacterial species.}, author = {Roth, Olivia and Kurtz, Joachim}, citeulike-article-id = {5359408}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0145305X09000846}, day = {18}, doi = {10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005}, issn = {0145305X}, journal = {Developmental \& Comparative Immunology}, keywords = {immune, invertebrates, specific-response}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1151--1155}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 14:48:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda)}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005}, volume = {33}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5359408 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5359408 N2 - Specificity and memory are the hallmarks of the adaptive immune system of vertebrates. However, phenomena of specificity upon priming of immunity have recently been demonstrated also in invertebrates, which rely exclusively on innate immune defence. It has been suggested that phagocytosis might represent a core candidate for such specificity in invertebrates. We here developed in vitro phagocytosis measurements for different bacteria in the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda). After immune priming with heat-killed bacteria, hemocytes showed increased phagocytosis of a previously encountered bacterial strain compared to other bacteria. These data support the role of phagocytosis in invertebrate immunological specificity and suggest a high degree of specificity that even enables to differentiate between strains of the same bacterial species. IS - 11 JF - Developmental & Comparative Immunology SN - 0145305X EP - 1155 TI - Phagocytosis mediates specificity in the immune defence of an invertebrate, the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda) VL - 33 SP - 1151 KW - immune KW - invertebrates KW - specific-response AU - Roth, Olivia AU - Kurtz, Joachim PY - 2009/11/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.005 ER -