Flow cytometric comparison of haemocytes from three species of bivalve molluscs

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Allam ◽  
K.A. Ashton-Alcox ◽  
S.E. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Bivalve Molluscs ◽  
Flow Cytometric

Fine structural morphology of immunocytes of some molluscs and insects

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-387
Author(s):  
S.G. Pal ◽  
G. Baur ◽  
B. Ghosh ◽  
S. Palit ◽  
S. Modak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cells ◽  
Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Meretrix Meretrix ◽  
Lead Citrate ◽  
Bivalve Molluscs ◽  
Structural Morphology ◽  
Ultrathin Sections

In recent years some of the blood cells of several molluscs and insects are characterised as immunocytes. Similar cells from a few invertebrates from India have been looked into under conventional TEM to register the ultrastructural features. This type of study is first of its kind in the subcontinent. Immunocytes from bivalve molluscs Meretrix meretrix, Laroellidens marqinalis and two insect species, apterygote Ctenolepism a longicaudata and pterygote Gesonula punctifrons provide a new set of fine structural information which forms a basis of comparison with those studied earlier.Immunocytes have been collected from the fresh live species of bivalve molluscs and insects obtained locally at Calcutta. These were fixed in icecold 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer (pH 7.2-7.4) for 1-2 hours at 4-5°C. Subseguently pellets were post-osmicated in 1% OsO4 at room temperature for 1-2 hours. Following dehydration these were embedded in Araldite mixture in plastic capsules and polymerization was effected for 2 days at 60°C. Ultrathin sections were cut in a ultrotome and sections were double stained with Uranyl acetate and lead citrate. These were viewed in a TEM.

Flow cytometric enumeration and immunophenotyping of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Jan W. Gratama ◽  
D. Robert Sutherland ◽  
Michael Keeney
Keyword(s):  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem ◽  
Flow Cytometric ◽  
Stem And Progenitor Cells

Expression of Platelet Membrane Glycoprotein V in Human Megakaryocytes and Megakaryocytic Cell Lines: A Study Using a Novel Monoclonal Antibody against GPV

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (05) ◽  
pp. 762-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiro Takafuta ◽  
Kingo Fujirmura ◽  
Hironori Kawano ◽  
Masaaki Noda ◽  
Tetsuro Fujimoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Immunohistochemical Analysis ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Platelet Membrane ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Flow Cytometric ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Megakaryocytic Cell

SummaryGlycoprotein V (GPV) is a platelet membrane protein with a molecular weight of 82 kD, and one of the leucine rich glycoproteins (LRG). By reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), GPV cDNA was amplified from mRNA of platelets and megakaryocytic cell lines. However, since there are few reports indicating whether GPV protein is expressed in megakaryocytes as a lineage and maturation specific protein, we studied the GPV expression at the protein level by using a novel monoclonal antibody (1D9) recognizing GPV. Flow cytometric and immunohistochemical analysis indicated that GPV was detected on the surface and in the cytoplasm of only the megakaryocytes in bone marrow aspirates. In a megakaryocytic cell line UT-7, GPV antigen increased after treatment with phorbol-12-myri-state-13-acetate (PMA). These data indicate that only megakaryocytes specifically express the GPV protein among hematopoietic cells and that the expression of GPV increases with differentiation of the megakaryocyte as GPIb-IX complex.

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