Selection of anticoagulant solution to the hemolymph of Chlamys farreri by transmission electron microscropy and flow cytometry

Mixtures of hemolymph from Chlamys farreri with three different anticoagulant solutions were incubated for an hour in vitro , then the ultrastructural alterations of hemocytes were observed , and the aggregation rate was analyzed by using transmission electron microscropy and flow cytometry respectively. The results showed that Formula 3 (glucose 20. 8 g L-1; EDTA 20mM ; sodium chloride 20 g L-1 ; Tris-HCl 0.05M;pH 7. 4) was the desirable anticoagulant solution for C . Farreri hemocytes. Further phagocytosis assay showed that no obvious negative effect was given to the hemocyte phagocytic activity when using Formula 3 as the anticoagulant solution.