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Lazarević J, Jevremović S, Kostić I, Vuleta A, Manitašević Jovanović S, Kostić M, Šešlija Jovanović D. Assessment of Sex-Specific Toxicity and Physiological Responses to Thymol in a Common Bean Pest Acanthoscelides obtectus Say. Front Physiol 2022; 13:842314. [PMID: 35250641 PMCID: PMC8892178 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.842314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), is one of the most important pests of the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris L. Without appropriate management it may cause significant seed loss in storages. In search for means of environmentally safe and effective protection of beans we assessed biological activity of thymol, an oxygenated monoterpene present in essential oils of many aromatic plants. We studied contact toxicity of thymol on bean seeds and its effects on adult longevity and emergence in F1 generation. Furthermore, we determined acetylcholinesterase (AChE), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), mixed-function oxidase (MFO), carboxylesterases (CarE) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities in response to 24 h exposure of beetles to sublethal and lethal thymol concentrations. Our results showed that thymol decreased adult survival, longevity and percentage of adult emergence. Higher median lethal concentration (LC50) was recorded in females indicating their higher tolerance comparing to males. Overall, activities of SOD, CAT and CarE increased at sublethal and MFO increased at both sublethal and lethal thymol concentrations. On the other hand, GST and AChE activities decreased along with the increase in thymol concentrations from sublethal (1/5 of LC50, 1/2 of LC50) to lethal (LC50). Enzyme responses to the presence of thymol on bean seed were sex-specific. In the control group females had lower CarE and higher SOD, CAT and GST activity than males. In treatment groups, females had much higher CAT activity and much lower CarE activity than males. Our results contribute to deeper understanding of physiological mechanisms underlying thymol toxicity and tolerance which should be taken into account in future formulation of a thymol-based insecticide.
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Ruiz‐Guzmán G, Cordero‐Molina S, Krams I, Contreras‐Garduño J. Interactions between oxidative stress and attractiveness to mates and individual mate choice in the beetle
Tenebrio molitor. Ethology 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.13108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Gloria Ruiz‐Guzmán
- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México México
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México México
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
- Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology Faculty of Biology University of Latvia Rīga Latvia
- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre Rīga Latvia
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México México
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Toxic, Oviposition Deterrent and Oxidative Stress Effects of Thymus vulgaris Essential Oil against Acanthoscelides obtectus. INSECTS 2020; 11:insects11090563. [PMID: 32846872 PMCID: PMC7563443 DOI: 10.3390/insects11090563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) can cause significant losses in production of its primary host common bean Phaseolus vulgaris L. To avoid bean protection with environmentally risky chemical insecticides and provide sustainable and safe production of food, new pest management methods based on natural compounds are investigated. In the present study, we evaluated protective potential of the essential oil (EO) from the common thyme Thymus vulgaris L. applied on bean seeds. We assessed residual contact toxicity of thyme EO and its effects on A. obtectus longevity, oviposition and adult emergence. Furthermore, to elucidate the role of oxidative stress in thyme EO toxicity, we estimated the levels of oxidatively damaged proteins and lipids, as well as the level of thiols which have important role for antioxidant capacity. We found that thyme oil significantly reduced adult survival and longevity, induced oxidative damage to lipids and proteins and depleted protein and non-protein thiols in a concentration-dependent manner. Females appeared to be more tolerant to thyme oil treatment than males. Sublethal EO concentrations affected oxidative stress indices, deterred oviposition and strongly inhibited adult emergence. The results suggest that thyme oil has the potential to be used as an ecofriendly insecticide for A. obtectus control.
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Arnqvist G, Stojković B, Rönn JL, Immonen E. The pace‐of‐life: A sex‐specific link between metabolic rate and life history in bean beetles. Funct Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Göran Arnqvist
- Animal EcologyDepartment of Ecology and GeneticsEvolutionary Biology CentreUppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Evolutionary BiologyInstitute for Biological ResearchUniversity of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia
- Institute of ZoologyFaculty of BiologyUniversity of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia
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- Animal EcologyDepartment of Ecology and GeneticsEvolutionary Biology CentreUppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Animal EcologyDepartment of Ecology and GeneticsEvolutionary Biology CentreUppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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Dougherty LR, van Lieshout E, McNamara KB, Moschilla JA, Arnqvist G, Simmons LW. Sexual conflict and correlated evolution between male persistence and female resistance traits in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 284:20170132. [PMID: 28539510 PMCID: PMC5454259 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Traumatic mating (or copulatory wounding) is an extreme form of sexual conflict whereby male genitalia physically harm females during mating. In such species females are expected to evolve counter-adaptations to reduce male-induced harm. Importantly, female counter-adaptations may include both genital and non-genital traits. In this study, we examine evolutionary associations between harmful male genital morphology and female reproductive tract morphology and immune function across 13 populations of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus We detected positive correlated evolution between the injuriousness of male genitalia and putative female resistance adaptations across populations. Moreover, we found evidence for a negative relationship between female immunity and population productivity, which suggests that investment in female resistance may be costly due to the resource trade-offs that are predicted between immunity and reproduction. Finally, the degree of female tract scarring (harm to females) was greater in those populations with both longer aedeagal spines and a thinner female tract lining. Our results are thus consistent with a sexual arms race, which is only apparent when both male and female traits are taken into account. Importantly, our study provides rare evidence for sexually antagonistic coevolution of male and female traits at the within-species level.
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- Liam R Dougherty
- School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala 75236, Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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Đorđević M, Stojković B, Savković U, Immonen E, Tucić N, Lazarević J, Arnqvist G. Sex-specific mitonuclear epistasis and the evolution of mitochondrial bioenergetics, ageing, and life history in seed beetles. Evolution 2016; 71:274-288. [PMID: 27861795 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The role of mitochondrial DNA for the evolution of life-history traits remains debated. We examined mitonuclear effects on the activity of the multisubunit complex of the electron transport chain (ETC) involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) across lines of the seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus selected for a short (E) or a long (L) life for more than >160 generations. We constructed and phenotyped mitonuclear introgression lines, which allowed us to assess the independent effects of the evolutionary history of the nuclear and the mitochondrial genome. The nuclear genome was responsible for the largest share of divergence seen in ageing. However, the mitochondrial genome also had sizeable effects, which were sex-specific and expressed primarily as epistatic interactions with the nuclear genome. The effects of mitonuclear disruption were largely consistent with mitonuclear coadaptation. Variation in ETC activity explained a large proportion of variance in ageing and life-history traits and this multivariate relationship differed somewhat between the sexes. In conclusion, mitonuclear epistasis has played an important role in the laboratory evolution of ETC complex activity, ageing, and life histories and these are closely associated. The mitonuclear architecture of evolved differences in life-history traits and mitochondrial bioenergetics was sex-specific.
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- Mirko Đorđević
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana Boulevard 142, Belgrade, 11060, Serbia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana Boulevard 142, Belgrade, 11060, Serbia.,Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana Boulevard 142, Belgrade, 11060, Serbia
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- Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana Boulevard 142, Belgrade, 11060, Serbia
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- Department of Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana Boulevard 142, Belgrade, 11060, Serbia
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- Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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Đorđević M, Savković U, Lazarević J, Tucić N, Stojković B. Intergenomic Interactions in Hybrids Between Short-Lived and Long-Lived Lines of a Seed Beetle: Analyses of Life History Traits. Evol Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-015-9340-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Stojković B, Đorđević M, Janković J, Savković U, Tucić N. Heterosis in age-specific selected populations of a seed beetle: sex differences in longevity and reproductive behavior. INSECT SCIENCE 2015; 22:295-309. [PMID: 24677595 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We tested mutation accumulation hypothesis for the evolution of senescence using short-lived and long-lived populations of the seed-feeding beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say), obtained by selection on early- and late-life for many generations. The expected consequence of the mutation accumulation hypothesis is that in short-lived populations, where the force of natural selection is the strongest early in life, the late-life fitness traits should decline due to genetic drift which increases the frequency of mutations with deleterious effects in later adult stages. Since it is unlikely that identical deleterious mutations will increase in several independent populations, hybrid vigor for late-life fitness is expected in offspring obtained in crosses among populations selected for early-life fitness traits. We tested longevity of both sexes, female fecundity and male reproductive behavior for hybrid vigor by comparing hybrid and nonhybrid short-lived populations. Hybrid vigor was confirmed for male virility, mating speed and copulation duration, and longevity of both sexes at late ages. In contrast to males, the results on female fecundity in short-lived populations did not support mutation accumulation as a genetic mechanism for the evolution of this trait. Contrary to the prediction of this hypothesis, male mating ability indices and female fecundity in long-lived populations exhibited hybrid vigor at all assayed age classes. We demonstrate that nonhybrid long-lived populations diverged randomly regarding female and male reproductive fitness, indicating that sexually antagonistic selection, when accompanied with genetic drift for female fecundity and male virility, might be responsible for overriding natural selection in the independently evolving long-lived populations.
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- Biljana Stojković
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade; Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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The effect of mitochondrial complex I inhibitor on longevity of short-lived and long-lived seed beetles and its mitonuclear hybrids. Biogerontology 2014; 15:487-501. [DOI: 10.1007/s10522-014-9520-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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