Population transcriptogenomics highlights impaired metabolism and small population sizes in tree frogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Autor: Clément Car, André Gilles, Elen Goujon, Marie-Laure Delignette Muller, Luc Camoin, Sandrine Frelon, Pablo Burraco, Samuel Granjeaud, Emilie Baudelet, Stéphane Audebert, Germán Orizaola, Jean Armengaud, Arthur Tenenhaus, Imène Garali, Jean-Marc Bonzom, Olivier Armant
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Biology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1741-7007
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01659-2
Popis: Abstract Background Individual functional modifications shape the ability of wildlife populations to cope with anthropogenic environmental changes. But instead of adaptive response, human-altered environments can generate a succession of deleterious functional changes leading to the extinction of the population. To study how persistent anthropogenic changes impacted local species’ population status, we characterised population structure, genetic diversity and individual response of gene expression in the tree frog Hyla orientalis along a gradient of radioactive contamination around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Results We detected lower effective population size in populations most exposed to ionizing radiation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone that is not compensated by migrations from surrounding areas. We also highlighted a decreased body condition of frogs living in the most contaminated area, a distinctive transcriptomics signature and stop-gained mutations in genes involved in energy metabolism. While the association with dose will remain correlational until further experiments, a body of evidence suggests the direct or indirect involvement of radiation exposure in these changes. Conclusions Despite ongoing migration and lower total dose rates absorbed than at the time of the accident, our results demonstrate that Hyla orientalis specimens living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone are still undergoing deleterious changes, emphasizing the long-term impacts of the nuclear disaster.
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