Sera of fish, including a wide of species from elasmobranchs to teleosts, possess two kinds of hemolytic activities against heterlolgous red blood cells: one is a spontaneous (non-specific antibody-independent) hemolytic activity (SH
50) against unsensitized red blood cells; and the other is a hemolytic complement (specific antibody-dependent) activity (CH
50) against red blood cells sensitized with their homologous antibodies. SH
50 activity of rainbow trout serum completely disappeared by heating at 44°C for 20min, a condition which is specific to the heat inactivation of this complment. Pronase, LPS (isolated from
Salmonella enteritidis) and zymosan, which are wellused chemical agents of non-specific activators for an alternative pathway of a mammalian complement system, drastically reduced SH
50 and CH
50 activities when the serum was reacted at 30°C for 2 hours with these chemicals. An effect similar to the results
in vitro could be produced by the intraperitoneal administration of pronase and LPS into rainbow trout. However, zymosan did not have the ability to lower the SH
50 and CH
50 activities, because of water-insoluble undiffusive particles. These data show that SH
50 activity is based on alternative pathway activation and, therefore, that an alternative pathway is evidently present the complement sytem of rain bow trout serum.
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