Abstract
Hemocytes collected from larvae of Pseudoplusia includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were separated by centrifugation on Percoll cushions. The procedure resulted in 95% purity of plasmatocytes and greater than 99% purity of granular and spherule cells. Medium supplemented with chicken serum enhanced cell viability and promoted spreading of plasmatocytes. Cell-free plasma and medium preconditioned by plasmatocytes or granular cells stabilized cells in vitro and also accelerated spreading of plasmatocytes relative to medium supplemented with chicken serum. Oenocytoids were the only morphotype that exhibited endogenous phenoloxidase activity, while granular cells and plasmatocytes were the only cells that endocytosed fluorescent beads in vitro. Granular cells and plasmatocytes ingested fluorescently labelled beads, both in mixed populations of hemocytes and after separation. Plasmatocytes were the only morphotype that encapsulated large foreign targets in vitro following separation. Separated granular cells attached and spread on the surface of foreign targets but never formed a multilayered capsule.
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Pech, L.L., Trudeau, D. & Strand, M.R. Separation and behavior in vitro of hemocytes from the moth, Pseudoplusia includens . Cell Tissue Res 277, 159–167 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303092
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