Reproductive status of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) affects its response to infection by Steinernema feltiae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)

Title:

Reproductive status of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) affects its response to infection by Steinernema feltiae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)

Creator:

Kramarz, Paulina, Małek, Dariusz, Gaweł, Maria, Drobniak, Szymon M., and Homa, Joanna

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:2546d6af-6960-4d9e-9aca-145ac27679c1
uuid:2546d6af-6960-4d9e-9aca-145ac27679c1
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2016.039

Subject:

Zoologie, brouci, potemníkovití, sexuální dimorfismus, infekce, beetles, Tenebrionidae, sexual dimorphism, infections, Coleoptera, Tribolium castaneum, Rhabditida, Steinernematidae, Steinernema feltiae, phenoloxidase, 2, and 59

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print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

Gender-specific reproductive roles are important factors determining sexual dimorphism. Here, we investigate the effects of sex-based differences and reproductive status on the defence of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) against infection by Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev, 1934) (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). Female and male beetles, either virgin or post-copulation, were exposed individually to nematodes. Individuals were then sampled every 12 h, dissected, and checked for the presence of nematodes; we also measured their phenoloxidase (PO) activity. Reproductive status affected resistance to nematodes and PO activity as infected virgin individuals had a higher PO activity and lower mortality than reproducing individuals, with no differences between sexes. Mortality also increased with time, while PO activity did not change. Parasite load was related to reproductive status and sex, with reproducing females with the highest parasite loads in all treatments, and virgin males with more nematodes than sexually active males. Our results indicate that the costs of reproduction impair the immunological system of T. castaneum similarly in both sexes. It is possible, however, that other components of the immunological system that we did not measure, such as lysozyme activity, are impaired by infection with S. feltiae in a sex-specific way., Paulina Kramarz, Dariusz Małek, Maria Gaweł, Szymon M. Drobniak, Joanna Homa., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2016 Volume:113

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