| Autor: |
Negroni MA; Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Biozentrum, Hanns Dieter Hüsch Weg 15, D-55128 Mainz, Germany., Feldmeyer B; Molecular Ecology Group, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Foitzik S; Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Biozentrum, Hanns Dieter Hüsch Weg 15, D-55128 Mainz, Germany. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Biology letters [Biol Lett] 2021 Feb; Vol. 17 (2), pp. 20200909. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 17. |
| DOI: |
10.1098/rsbl.2020.0909 |
| Abstrakt: |
In most organisms, fecundity and longevity are negatively associated and the molecular regulation of these two life-history traits is highly interconnected. In addition, nutrient intake often has opposing effects on lifespan and reproduction. In contrast to solitary insects, the main reproductive individual of social hymenopterans, the queen, is also the most long-lived. During development, queen larvae are well-nourished, but we are only beginning to understand the impact of nutrition on the queens' adult life and the molecular regulation and connectivity of fecundity and longevity. Here, we used two experimental manipulations to alter queen fecundity in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus and investigated associated changes in fat body gene expression. Egg removal triggered a fecundity increase, leading to expression changes in genes with functions in fecundity such as oogenesis and body maintenance. Dietary restriction lowered the egg production of queens and altered the expression of genes linked to autophagy, Toll signalling, cellular homeostasis and immunity. Our study reveals that an experimental increase in fecundity causes the co-activation of reproduction and body maintenance mechanisms, shedding light on the molecular regulation of the link between longevity and fecundity in social insects. |
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