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Fors L, Markus R, Theopold U, Ericson L, Hambäck PA. Geographic variation and trade-offs in parasitoid virulence. J Anim Ecol 2016; 85:1595-1604. [PMID: 27476800 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Host-parasitoid systems are characterized by a continuous development of new defence strategies in hosts and counter-defence mechanisms in parasitoids. This co-evolutionary arms race makes host-parasitoid systems excellent for understanding trade-offs in host use caused by evolutionary changes in host immune responses and parasitoid virulence. However, knowledge obtained from natural host-parasitoid systems on such trade-offs is still limited. In this study, the aim was to examine trade-offs in parasitoid virulence in Asecodes parviclava (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) when attacking three closely related beetles: Galerucella pusilla, Galerucella calmariensis and Galerucella tenella (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). A second aim was to examine whether geographic variation in parasitoid infectivity or host immune response could explain differences in parasitism rate between northern and southern sites. More specifically, we wanted to examine whether the capacity to infect host larvae differed depending on the previous host species of the parasitoids and if such differences were connected to differences in the induction of host immune systems. This was achieved by combining controlled parasitism experiments with cytological studies of infected larvae. Our results reveal that parasitism success in A. parviclava differs both depending on previous and current host species, with a higher virulence when attacking larvae of the same species as the previous host. Virulence was in general high for parasitoids from G. pusilla and low for parasitoids from G. calmariensis. At the same time, G. pusilla larvae had the strongest immune response and G. calmariensis the weakest. These observations were linked to changes in the larval hemocyte composition, showing changes in cell types important for the encapsulation process in individuals infected by more or less virulent parasitoids. These findings suggest ongoing evolution in parasitoid virulence and host immune response, making the system a strong candidate for further studies on host race formation and speciation.
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- Lisa Fors
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kraaijeveld AR, Layen SJ, Futerman PH, Godfray HCJ. Lack of phenotypic and evolutionary cross-resistance against parasitoids and pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53002. [PMID: 23285247 PMCID: PMC3528725 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background When organisms are attacked by multiple natural enemies, the evolution of a resistance mechanism to one natural enemy will be influenced by the degree of cross-resistance to another natural enemy. Cross-resistance can be positive, when a resistance mechanism against one natural enemy also offers resistance to another; or negative, in the form of a trade-off, when an increase in resistance against one natural enemy results in a decrease in resistance against another. Using Drosophila melanogaster, an important model system for the evolution of invertebrate immunity, we test for the existence of cross-resistance against parasites and pathogens, at both a phenotypic and evolutionary level. Methods We used a field strain of D. melanogaster to test whether surviving parasitism by the parasitoid Asobara tabida has an effect on the resistance against Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus; and whether infection with the microsporidian Tubulinosema kingi has an effect on the resistance against A. tabida. We used lines selected for increased resistance to A. tabida to test whether increased parasitoid resistance has an effect on resistance against B. bassiana and T. kingi. We used lines selected for increased tolerance against B. bassiana to test whether increased fungal resistance has an effect on resistance against A. tabida. Results/Conclusions We found no positive cross-resistance or trade-offs in the resistance to parasites and pathogens. This is an important finding, given the use of D. melanogaster as a model system for the evolution of invertebrate immunity. The lack of any cross-resistance to parasites and pathogens, at both the phenotypic and the evolutionary level, suggests that evolution of resistance against one class of natural enemies is largely independent of evolution of resistance against the other.
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- Alex R Kraaijeveld
- NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, London, United Kingdom.
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SUMMARYVariability of immune responses is an essential aspect of ecological immunology, yet how much of this variability is due to differences among parasite genotypes remains unknown. Here, variation in immune response of the crab, Macrophthalmus hirtipes, is examined as a function of experimental exposure to 10 clonal cercarial lineages of the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. Our goals were (1) to assess the variability of the host immune reaction elicited by 10 parasite clones, (2) to test if the heterozygosity–fitness correlation, whereby organisms with higher heterozygosities achieve a higher fitness than those with lower heterozygosities, applies to heterozygous parasites eliciting weak immune responses, and (3) to see how concomitant infections by other macroparasites influence the crab's immune response to cercariae. Parasite clones were distinguished and heterozygosities calculated using 20 microsatellite markers. We found that exposure to cercariae resulted in increased haemocyte counts, and that although interclonal differences in immune response elicited were detected, parasite heterozygosity did not correlate with host immune response. Additionally, the presence of other pre-existing parasites in hosts did not influence their immune response following experimental exposure to cercariae. Overall, the existence of variability in immune response elicited by different parasite clones is promising for future ecological immunology studies using this system.
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Kraaijeveld AR, Elrayes NP, Schuppe H, Newland PL. L-arginine enhances immunity to parasitoids in Drosophila melanogaster and increases NO production in lamellocytes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 35:857-864. [PMID: 21527285 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Drosophila melanogaster was used as a model system to explore the link between nutrition and immunity, and to investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in enhancing immunity following dietary enhancement with L-arginine. First, we show that adding L-arginine to the food medium increases the ability of D. melanogaster larvae to encapsulate the eggs of the parasitoid Asobara tabida. Secondly, we show that the increase in immunity is specific to L-arginine, and not to an enhanced calorific content, and that immunity decreases when larvae are fed food with added L-NAME, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase. Finally, we show that parasitised larvae fed L-arginine have increased haemocyte numbers, and that the lamellocytes (haemocytes which play a key role in encapsulation) show evidence of an increased production of NO. These results suggest that NO plays a key role in immunity and that the effect of NO is mostly targeted via the lamellocytes.
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- Alex R Kraaijeveld
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, United Kingdom.
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Kraaijeveld AR, Godfray HCJ. Evolution of host resistance and parasitoid counter-resistance. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2009; 70:257-80. [PMID: 19773074 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(09)70010-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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By their nature, parasitoids will exert a selection pressure on their hosts to evolve a mechanism through which to resist parasitoid attack. In turn, such a resistance mechanism will lead to parasitoids evolving counter-resistance. In this chapter, we present an overview of the research on the (co)evolutionary interaction between Drosophila and their parasitoids, with the main focus on the cellular immune response of D. melanogaster, and the counter-resistance mechanism of one of its main parasitoids, Asobara tabida. A key aspect of this interaction is the existence of genetic variation: in the field, host resistance and parasitoid counter-resistance vary, both between and within populations. Host resistance and parasitoid counter-resistance are costly, and both these costs turn out to be density dependent. These tradeoffs can explain the existence of genetic variation. We briefly touch upon behavioral aspects of the interaction and the parasites and pathogens that the parasitoids themselves suffer from. We end this chapter by considering the data coming from gene chip experiments: early indications suggest that the genes involved in the actual immune response against parasitoids are mostly different from the genes involved in the evolution of resistance.
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- Alex R Kraaijeveld
- University of Southampton, School of Biological Sciences, Southampton SO16 7PX, United Kingdom
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Eslin P, Prévost G, Havard S, Doury G. Immune resistance of Drosophila hosts against Asobara parasitoids: cellular aspects. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2009; 70:189-215. [PMID: 19773071 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(09)70007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The immunity of Drosophila relies on a variety of defenses cooperating to fight parasites and pathogens. The encapsulation reaction is the main hemocytic response neutralizing large parasites like endophagous parasitoids. The diversity of the mechanisms of immunoevasion evolved by Asobara parasitoids, together with the wide spectrum of Drosophila host species they can parasitize, make them ideal models to study and unravel the physiological and cellular aspects of host immunity. This chapter summarizes what could be learnt on the cellular features of the encapsulation process in various Drosophila spp., and also on the major role played by Drosophila hosts hemocytes subpopulations, both in a quantitative and qualitative manner, regarding the issue of the immune Asobara-Drosophila interactions.
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- Patrice Eslin
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Entomophages, EA 3900 BioPI, Université de Picardie-Jules Verne, 80039 Amiens cedex, France
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Prévost G, Doury G, Mabiala-Moundoungou AD, Cherqui A, Eslin P. Chapter 9 Strategies of Avoidance of Host Immune Defenses in Asobara Species. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2009; 70:235-55. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(09)70009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kraaijeveld. Kleptoparasitism as an explanation for paradoxical oviposition decisions of the parasitoidAsobara tabida. J Evol Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00016.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Kraaijeveld
- University of Leiden, Institute for Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Kaiserstraat 63, PO Box 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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Kraaijeveld AR, Godfray HCJ. Selection for resistance to a fungal pathogen in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinb) 2008; 100:400-6. [PMID: 18301441 DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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An artificial selection experiment designed to explore the evolution of resistance to a fungal pathogen, Beauveria bassiana, in Drosophila melanogaster is reported here. The experiment was designed to test whether there is sufficient additive genetic variation in this trait for increased resistance to evolve, and, if so, whether there are correlated responses that might represent a cost to defence. After 15 generations of selection, flies from selected lines did not have higher overall fitness after infection compared with control lines. The response to selection for resistance against this pathogen is thus much weaker than against other species, in particular, parasitoids. There was, however, evidence for increased late-life fecundity in selected lines, which may indicate evolved tolerance of fungal infection. This increase was accompanied by reduced early-life fitness, which may reflect the well-known trade-off between early and late reproduction. In the absence of fungal infection, selected flies had lower fitness than control flies, and the possibility that this is also a trade-off with increased tolerance is explored.
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- A R Kraaijeveld
- NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berks, UK.
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Kraaijeveld AR, Barker CL, Godfray HCJ. Stage-specific sex differences in Drosophila immunity to parasites and pathogens. Evol Ecol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9171-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Futerman PH, Layen SJ, Kotzen ML, Franzen C, Kraaijeveld AR, Godfray HCJ. Fitness effects and transmission routes of a microsporidian parasite infecting Drosophila and its parasitoids. Parasitology 2005; 132:479-92. [PMID: 16318674 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005009339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Revised: 10/07/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A microsporidian infection was discovered in laboratory cultures of Drosophila species. Ultrastructural examination suggested it belonged to the poorly characterized species Tubulinosema kingi, and morphological and sequence data are presented. We explored how T. kingi affected the fitness of Drosophila melanogaster and D. subobscura, as well as the fitness of 2 of their parasitoids, Asobara tabida and Pachycrepoideus vindemiae. In Drosophila, infections caused changes in most of the traits we looked at that were associated with fitness, in particular causing a 34-55% reduction in early-life fecundity. Parasitoid fitness was affected more severely by infection than that of their hosts, with pupal mortality in particular increasing by 75-89%. We investigated the most important routes of transmission for T. kingi in a laboratory setting. Letting Drosophila larvae feed on medium contaminated with spores from infected dead flies resulted in 100% infection. Low levels of transmission (<10%) were found between larvae, and vertically between mothers and their offspring. Parasitoids developing in infected hosts all became infected, but infected adults were neither able to transmit the pathogen to their offspring nor to their offspring's Drosophila host, either directly, or via contamination of the ovipositor or other body parts. A field survey of Drosophila and their parasitoids in southern England revealed no natural infections. We discuss the potential importance of Microsporidia in parasitoid-host interactions, and for those working with Drosophila in the laboratory.
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- P H Futerman
- NERC Centre for Population Biology, Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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Silva JEB, Boleli IC, Simões ZLP. Hemocyte types and total and differential counts in unparasitized and parasitized Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera, Tephritidae) larvae. BRAZ J BIOL 2002; 62:689-99. [PMID: 12659019 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842002000400017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The hemocyte types, in addition to total and differential hemocyte counts were studied in parasitized and unparasitized Anastrepha obliqua larvae at the beginning and at the end of the third instar. In both developmental phases, in parasitized and unparasitized larvae, prohemocytes, plasmatocytes, granulocytes, adipohemocytes, spherulocytes and oenocytoids cells were observed. Mitotic figures indicate prohemocytes as stem cells. Prohemocytes, plasmatocytes and granulocytes are the most numerous cells in the hemolymph of A. obliqua. Difference in the total number of hemocytes was observed between unparasitized and parasitized larvae at the end of the third instar, but not at the beginning.
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- J E B Silva
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, São paulo, Brazil.
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Hoang A. Physiological consequences of immune response by Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) against the parasitoid Asobara tabida (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). J Evol Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cordaux R, Michel-Salzat A, Bouchon D. Wolbachia infection in crustaceans: novel hosts and potential routes for horizontal transmission. J Evol Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00279.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kraaijeveld AR, Limentani EC, Godfray HC. Basis of the trade-off between parasitoid resistance and larval competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Biol Sci 2001; 268:259-61. [PMID: 11217895 PMCID: PMC1088600 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Drosophila melanogaster can be artificially selected for increased resistance against parasitoid wasps that attack the larvae. Lines selected for greater resistance are poorer larval competitors under conditions of resource scarcity. Here we investigated the mechanistic basis of this apparent trade-off. We found that resistant lines have approximately twice the density of haemocytes (blood cells) than that of controls. Haemocytes are involved in encapsulation, the chief cellular immune defence against parasitoids. We have previously shown that resistant lines feed more slowly than controls and hypothesize that limiting resources are being switched from trophic to defensive functions.
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- A R Kraaijeveld
- NERC Centre for Population Biology, Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, UK
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The Drosophila-parasitic wasp (parasitoid) associations involve integrating adaptations of considerable complexity. This review focuses on some of the factors that influence these interactions including host immunity, nutrition and hormonal changes, and parasitoid virulence and mechanisms of immune suppression.
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- E Vass
- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Illinois 60626, USA
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Green DM, Kraaijeveld AR, Godfray HC. Evolutionary interactions between Drosophila melanogaster and its parasitoid Asobara tabida. Heredity (Edinb) 2000; 85 Pt 5:450-8. [PMID: 11122423 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00788.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Drosophila melanogaster is attacked by parasitoids that develop internally in the larva. They can defend themselves by a cellular immune response (host resistance), although this can be disabled by parasitoid countermeasures (parasitoid virulence). D. melanogaster and its parasitoids are an excellent system in which to study coevolution experimentally. We designed an experiment to compare changes in resistance and virulence in replicate populations of flies and parasitoids maintained together for approximately 10 fly (five parasitoid) generations. The experiment had three treatments each with three replicates: (A) no parasitoids (B) outbred parasitoids (C) partially inbred parasitoids. Host resistance increased in treatments B and C but there was no difference between these treatments. Parasitoid virulence appeared not to change during the experiment. Host larvae in treatments B and C fed at lower rates than those in A, evidence of a trade-off between resistance and larval competitive ability. We found no evidence for local adaptation, as hosts from the different replicates of treatment C performed no differently against parasitoids from the same and other replicates. Also, we found no evidence for the evolution of behavioural traits in the host that could lead to lower probabilities of being attacked. Comparing the evolution of host resistance in these seminatural settings with that in artificial selection experiments provides insight into how the conflicting selection pressures on host resistance interact.
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- D M Green
- NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
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Prévost G, Eslin P. Hemocyte load and immune resistance to Asobara tabida are correlated in species of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 44:807-816. [PMID: 12769876 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(98)00013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Larvae from six Drosophila species of the melanogaster subgroup were compared for both the hemolymph concentration of hemocytes and the ability to encapsulate the eggs of the parasitoid Asobara tabida (Hymenoptera; Braconidae). Results showed a high correlation between the parasitized hosts' concentration of circulating hemocytes and their aptitude to form a hemocytic capsule around the parasitic eggs. Two conditions seem to be required for the encapsulation of A. tabida eggs to succeed: one condition, which may relate to the recognition of the parasite by the host defense system, is the occurrence of a primary hemocytic response, which gives rise to the amplification of the hemocyte population; the other condition is the presence in the parasitized hosts of a hemocyte load large enough for the cellular capsule to be completed before the parasitic egg becomes protected by embedment within the host tissues. Since the concentration in hemocytes of the parasitized hosts is partially related to the concentration in hemocytes before parasitization, Drosophila species carrying a high hemocyte load could be better predisposed to resist A. tabida. Results are discussed in regard to the importance of a non-specific, quantitative character, such as the host hemocyte load, for the co-evolutionary immune interactions between A. tabida and its Drosophila hosts.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie des Entomophages, Université de Picardie - Jules Verne, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80039, Amiens, France
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Kraaijeveld AR, Van Alphen JJ, Godfray HC. The coevolution of host resistance and parasitoid virulence. Parasitology 1998; 116 Suppl:S29-45. [PMID: 9695108 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000084924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Host-parasitoid interactions are abundant in nature and offer great scope for the study of coevolution. A particularly fertile area is the interaction between internal feeding parasitoids and their hosts. Hosts have evolved a variety of means of combating parasitoids, in particular cellular encapsulation, while parasitoids have evolved a wide range of countermeasures. Studies of the evolution of host resistance and parasitoid virulence are reviewed, with an emphasis on work involving Drosophila and its parasitoids. Genetic variation in both traits has been demonstrated using isofemale line and artificial selection techniques. Recent studies have investigated the fitness costs of maintaining the ability to resist parasitoids, the comparative fitness of flies that have successfully defended themselves against parasitoids, and the degree to which resistance and virulence act against one or more species of host or parasitoid. A number of studies have examined geographical patterns, and sought to look for local adaptation; or have compared the traits across a range of species. Finally, the physiological and genetic basis of change in resistance and virulence is being investigated. While concentrating on Drosophila, the limited amount of work on different systems is reviewed, and other possible areas of coevolution in host-parasitoid interactions are briefly discussed.
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- A R Kraaijeveld
- Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, UK
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Eslin P, Giordanengo P, Fourdrain Y, Prévost G. Avoidance of encapsulation in the absence of VLP by a braconid parasitoid of Drosophila larvae: an ultrastructural study. CAN J ZOOL 1996. [DOI: 10.1139/z96-248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The hymenopteran Asobara tabida Nees (Braconidae: Alysiinae) parasitizes the larval stages of Drosophila species. In D. melanogaster, 90% of A. tabida eggs avoid encapsulation and are found embedded within the tissues (digestive tube, fat body, tracheae, etc.) of their larval host. Electron microscopy was used to investigate if the embedment of the parasitic egg within the tissues of its host may prevent encapsulation. Study revealed that the outer layer of the A. tabida egg consists of a fibrous exochorion that exhibits adhesive properties within the tissues of D. melanogaster. Three hours after oviposition, any basement membrane surrounding the host tissues that is in contact with the parasitic egg is stuck to the exochorion. Attachment rapidly increases. Nine hours post oviposition, the A. tabida egg is almost totally surrounded by a sheath of host tissue, with only limited areas of the surface remaining uncovered and exposed to attack by the host hemocytes. It is therefore concluded that the adhesion of A. tabida eggs to the host tissues is likely to contribute to their protection from encapsulation during embryogenesis. Also, electron microscopy reveals that no virus-like particles occur in A. tabida, unlike any other braconid parasitoid studied. The absence of virus-like particles is discussed with regard to the importance of host regulation of the particles in other braconid species.
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Kraaijeveld AR, Van Alphen JJM. Geographical variation in encapsulation ability ofDrosophila melanogaster larvae and evidence for parasitoid-specific components. Evol Ecol 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01237692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In Drosophila melanogaster a temperature-induced change in immune competence accompanies cell surface alterations that cause its blood cells to adhere and to encapsulate a parasite. At 29 degrees C the blood cells of the tumorous-lethal (Tuml) mutant show a high degree of immune competence and encapsulate the eggs of the parasitic wasp Leptopilina heterotoma. At 21 degrees C the blood cells are essentially immune incompetent. High percentages of lectin binding cells were found under conditions which potentiated cellular encapsulation responses. Some immune reactive blood cells did not bind lectin. The low percentages of lectin binding cells in susceptible hosts suggest that developing parasites alter the cell surface of the blood cells of immune reactive hosts.
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Nappi A, Kmiecik J, Silvers M. Cellular immune competence of a Drosophila mutant with neoplastic hematopoietic organs. J Invertebr Pathol 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(84)90016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hemocyte reactions and early cellular changes during melanotic tumor formation in Drosophila melanogaster. J Invertebr Pathol 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(84)90086-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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