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Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans

Aphanomyces invadans is an aquatic oomycete pathogen and the causative agent of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in fresh and brackish water fish, which is responsible for severe mortalities and economic losses in aquaculture. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop anti-infective strategie...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Vikash, Das, Basanta Kumar, Swain, Himanshu Sekhar, Chowdhury, Hemanta, Roy, Suvra, Bera, Asit Kumar, Malick, Ramesh Chandra, Behera, Bijay Kumar
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36836257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9020142
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author Kumar, Vikash
Das, Basanta Kumar
Swain, Himanshu Sekhar
Chowdhury, Hemanta
Roy, Suvra
Bera, Asit Kumar
Malick, Ramesh Chandra
Behera, Bijay Kumar
author_facet Kumar, Vikash
Das, Basanta Kumar
Swain, Himanshu Sekhar
Chowdhury, Hemanta
Roy, Suvra
Bera, Asit Kumar
Malick, Ramesh Chandra
Behera, Bijay Kumar
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description Aphanomyces invadans is an aquatic oomycete pathogen and the causative agent of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in fresh and brackish water fish, which is responsible for severe mortalities and economic losses in aquaculture. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop anti-infective strategies to control EUS. An Oomycetes, a fungus-like eukaryotic microorganism, and a susceptible species, i.e., Heteropneustes fossilis, are used to establish whether an Eclipta alba leaf extract is effective against the EUS-causing A. invadans. We found that treatment with methanolic leaf extract, at concentrations between 50–100 ppm (T4–T6), protects the H. fossilis fingerlings against A. invadans infection. These optimum concentrations induced anti-stress and antioxidative response in fish, marked by a significant decrease in cortisol and elevated levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) levels in treated animals, as compared with the controls. We further demonstrated that the A. invadans-protective effect of methanolic leaf extract was caused by its immunomodulatory effect and is linked to the enhanced survival of fingerlings. The analysis of non-specific and specific immune factors confirms that methanolic leaf extract-induced HSP70, HSP90 and IgM levels mediate the survival of H. fossilis fingerlings against A. invadans infection. Taken together, our study provides evidence that the generation of anti-stress and antioxidative responses, as well as humoral immunity, may play a role in protecting H. fossilis fingerlings against A. invadans infection. It is probable that E. alba methanolic leaf extract treatment might become part of a holistic strategy to control EUS in fish species.
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spelling pubmed-99638222023-02-26 Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans Kumar, Vikash Das, Basanta Kumar Swain, Himanshu Sekhar Chowdhury, Hemanta Roy, Suvra Bera, Asit Kumar Malick, Ramesh Chandra Behera, Bijay Kumar J Fungi (Basel) Article Aphanomyces invadans is an aquatic oomycete pathogen and the causative agent of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in fresh and brackish water fish, which is responsible for severe mortalities and economic losses in aquaculture. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop anti-infective strategies to control EUS. An Oomycetes, a fungus-like eukaryotic microorganism, and a susceptible species, i.e., Heteropneustes fossilis, are used to establish whether an Eclipta alba leaf extract is effective against the EUS-causing A. invadans. We found that treatment with methanolic leaf extract, at concentrations between 50–100 ppm (T4–T6), protects the H. fossilis fingerlings against A. invadans infection. These optimum concentrations induced anti-stress and antioxidative response in fish, marked by a significant decrease in cortisol and elevated levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) levels in treated animals, as compared with the controls. We further demonstrated that the A. invadans-protective effect of methanolic leaf extract was caused by its immunomodulatory effect and is linked to the enhanced survival of fingerlings. The analysis of non-specific and specific immune factors confirms that methanolic leaf extract-induced HSP70, HSP90 and IgM levels mediate the survival of H. fossilis fingerlings against A. invadans infection. Taken together, our study provides evidence that the generation of anti-stress and antioxidative responses, as well as humoral immunity, may play a role in protecting H. fossilis fingerlings against A. invadans infection. It is probable that E. alba methanolic leaf extract treatment might become part of a holistic strategy to control EUS in fish species. MDPI 2023-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9963822/ /pubmed/36836257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9020142 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Kumar, Vikash
Das, Basanta Kumar
Swain, Himanshu Sekhar
Chowdhury, Hemanta
Roy, Suvra
Bera, Asit Kumar
Malick, Ramesh Chandra
Behera, Bijay Kumar
Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans
title Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans
title_full Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans
title_fullStr Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans
title_full_unstemmed Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans
title_short Immunomodulatory Potency of Eclipta alba (Bhringaraj) Leaf Extract in Heteropneustes fossilis against Oomycete Pathogen, Aphanomyces invadans
title_sort immunomodulatory potency of eclipta alba (bhringaraj) leaf extract in heteropneustes fossilis against oomycete pathogen, aphanomyces invadans
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36836257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9020142
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