Gut bacteria are essential for normal cuticle development in herbivorous turtle ants
| Autor: | Corrie S. Moreau, Yannick Estevez, Vincent Sarou-Kanian, John T. Wertz, Dominique Massiot, Jonathan Farjon, Barbara Perrone, Alia Hassan, Christophe Duplais, Estelle Martineau, Patrick Giraudeau |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux : Haute Température et Irradiation (CEMHTI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité : Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation (CEISAM), Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), Cornell University [New York] |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine animal structures Nitrogen Evolution Science Cuticle media_common.quotation_subject Nitrogen assimilation General Physics and Astronomy Zoology Chitin Arthropod cuticle Cephalotes Insect Biosynthesis 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Article General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences Symbiosis Animal Shells Animals Herbivory Amino Acids media_common Multidisciplinary Bacteria biology Ants fungi food and beverages General Chemistry biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification Gastrointestinal Microbiome [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology 030104 developmental biology behavior and behavior mechanisms Insect Proteins Omnivore Analytical chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021) Nature Communications Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group, 2021, 12, pp.676. ⟨10.1038/s41467-021-21065-y⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-021-21065-y |
| Popis: | Across the evolutionary history of insects, the shift from nitrogen-rich carnivore/omnivore diets to nitrogen-poor herbivorous diets was made possible through symbiosis with microbes. The herbivorous turtle ants Cephalotes possess a conserved gut microbiome which enriches the nutrient composition by recycling nitrogen-rich metabolic waste to increase the production of amino acids. This enrichment is assumed to benefit the host, but we do not know to what extent. To gain insights into nitrogen assimilation in the ant cuticle we use gut bacterial manipulation, 15N isotopic enrichment, isotope-ratio mass spectrometry, and 15N nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to demonstrate that gut bacteria contribute to the formation of proteins, catecholamine cross-linkers, and chitin in the cuticle. This study identifies the cuticular components which are nitrogen-enriched by gut bacteria, highlighting the role of symbionts in insect evolution, and provides a framework for understanding the nitrogen flow from nutrients through bacteria into the insect cuticle. Microbial symbionts can help their hosts metabolise diverse diets. A study on herbivorous turtle ants identifies the cuticular components which are nitrogen-enriched by gut bacteria, highlighting the role of symbionts in insect evolution. |
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