Morphological characterization of hemocytes of the brown mussel Perna perna: An update

Viviane Barneche Fonseca; Bruno Pinto Cruz; Simone Silveira da Silva; Mauro Pereira Soares; Andrés Delgado Cañedo; Marcelo Alves Vargas; Juliana Zomer Sandrini

doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2021.11.030

Morphological characterization of hemocytes of the brown mussel Perna perna: An update

Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2022 Jan:120:139-141. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.11.030. Epub 2021 Nov 22.

Authors

Viviane Barneche Fonseca¹, Bruno Pinto Cruz², Simone Silveira da Silva³, Mauro Pereira Soares³, Andrés Delgado Cañedo⁴, Marcelo Alves Vargas², Juliana Zomer Sandrini²

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, 96203-900, Brazil. Electronic address: vivianebarneche@gmail.com.
² Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, 96203-900, Brazil.
³ Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, RS, 96010-900, Brazil.
⁴ Universidade Federal do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), São Gabriel, RS, 97300-000, Brazil.

PMID: 34822995
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.11.030

Abstract

Considering the importance of hemocyte characterization for immunological studies, this work aimed to characterize the hemocyte types of Perna perna mussels combining transmission electron microscopy and flow cytometry with the classical optical microscopy. The results indicated four type of hemocytes: hyalinocytes, semigranulocytes, granulocytes and blast-like cells.

Keywords: Classification; Hemolymph; Immune system; Mollusks.

MeSH terms

Animals
Flow Cytometry
Granulocytes
Hemocytes* / cytology
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Perna* / cytology