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Innate and adaptive immune molecules of striped murrel Channa striatus
Author(s) -
Palanisamy Rajesh,
Bhatt Prasanth,
Kumaresan Venkatesh,
Pasupuleti Mukesh,
Arockiaraj Jesu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
reviews in aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.998
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1753-5131
pISSN - 1753-5123
DOI - 10.1111/raq.12161
Subject(s) - immune system , biology , innate immune system , snakehead , acquired immune system , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , invertebrate , ecology , fishery , immunology
Channa striatus, also called snakehead murrel, is an important freshwater teleost fish which has been widely cultured for its tasty flesh along with nutritional and medicinal values. The growth of both cultured and wild murrels is affected by various physical, chemical and biological factors. As a teleost fish, C. striatus is an intermediate organism between invertebrates and vertebrates. They have a well‐developed innate immune system than invertebrates and a primitive adaptive immune system compared to that of higher vertebrates, thus an interesting unique immune structure to explore. Studies have identified that a few external stimulants do instigate the immune system to fight against the pathogens at the time of infection in C. striatus . This review discusses the physicochemical and biological stress factors, immune system and immune molecules of C. striatus which are potentially involved in combating the stress factors.