Review Article

Venom-Induced Immunosuppression: An Overview of Hemocyte-Mediated Responses

Table 1

Changes in total and differential hemocyte counts and hemocyte morphology induced by parasitism and venom from the parasitoids devoid of symbiotic viruses.

ParasitoidHostTreatmentsEffects observedRef.
THCDHCHemocyte Morph.

Pimpla turionellaeGalleria mellonellaParasitized
Venom
Reduced
Reduced
GR increased
PL reduced
GR increased
PL reduced


(i) Vacuole formation
(ii) Membrane blebs
[71]

Pimpla turionellaeCells derived from Trichoplusia ni and Aedes aegypti Venom(i) Rounded
(ii) Plasma membranes
  Swelled
[25]

Nasonia vitripennisCells derived from Trichoplusia ni Venom(i) Retract cytoplasmic
  extensions
(ii) Rounded
(iii) Vacuole formation
[27]

Nasonia vitripennisSarcophaga bullataParasitized
Venom
Reduced
Reduced
PL reduced
PL reduced
(i) Retract pseudopods
(ii) Rounded
[26]

Asobara citriDrosophila melanogasterParasitizedReducedPL reduced
LM reduced
[28]

Asobara tabida6 Drosophila speciesParasitizedIncreasedPL increased
LM increased
[29]

ParasitizedReducedPL reduced
AsobarajaponicaDrosophila melanogasterVenom + ovarian extractReducedPL reducedNo effect[30]
Ovarian extractNo changesNo changes

Pimpla hypochondriaca Lacanobia oleraceaVenomReducedExtensive damage disintegration[10]

Pteromalus
puparum
Pieris rapaeParasitized
Venom
IncreasedPL reduced
GR increased

Rounded
[23]