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. 2023 May;36(5):816-828.
doi: 10.1111/jeb.14176. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

Correlated responses in basal immune function in response to selection for fast development in Drosophila melanogaster

Nidhi Krishna Shrivastava  1 , Mallikarjun N Shakarad  1
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Correlated responses in basal immune function in response to selection for fast development in Drosophila melanogaster

Nidhi Krishna Shrivastava et al. J Evol Biol. 2023 May.
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Abstract

Often, immunity is invoked in the context of infection, disease and injury. However, an ever alert and robust immune system is essential for maintaining good health, but resource investment into immunity needs to be traded off against allocation to other functions. In this study, we study the consequences of such a trade-off with growth by ascertaining various components of baseline innate immunity in two types of Drosophila melanogaster populations selected for fast development, in combination with either a long effective lifespan (FLJs) or a short effective lifespan (FEJs). We found that distinct immunological parameters were constitutively elevated in both, FLJs and FEJs compared to their ancestral control (JB) populations, and these constitutive elevated immunological parameters were associated with reduced insulin signalling and comparable total gut microbiota. Our results bring into focus the inter-relationship between egg to adult development time, ecdysone levels, larval gut microbiota, insulin signalling, adult reproductive longevity and immune function. We discuss how changes in selection pressures operating on life-history traits can modulate different components of immune system.

Keywords: Drosophila melanogaster; development time; ecdysone; evolution; innate immunity; insulin signalling; life history; lifespan; microbiota.

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