Kinetics of hydrogen peroxide production during in vitro respiratory burst of seabream (Sparus aurata L.) head-kidney leucocytes, as measured by a flow cytometric method

摘要

The intracellular metabolic cascade, which produces large amounts of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs) in a process known as the 'respiratory (or oxidative) burst', is a characteristic feature of vertebrate phagocyter (Babior, 1984), and is well known in fish (Lutter et al., 1986; Dayne & Levy, 1991).