防御性行为与甲社会中感染后的表面化学变化有关
M Alejandra Esparza-Mora1,2, Tilottama Mazumdar1,2, Shixiong Jiang1,2
1Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 1-3, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
虫通过食人行为消除患病的个体,这种反应是由真菌感染的化学线索引发的,而不仅仅是病原体的生存能力. 这种疾病防御机制对于昆虫社会生存至关重要.
科学领域:
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 化学生态化学生态学
- 昆虫病理学 昆虫病理学
背景情况:
- 关心杀死反应决定了昆虫社会中生病的个体是否得到帮助或被消灭.
- 这种关键的社会免疫行为背后的生理机制和化学触发器仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究甲-真菌系统中的护理-杀害过渡动态.
- 识别特定的化学线索,调解从照顾到消除 (食人主义) 的转变.
主要方法:
- 检查了白对不同感染严重程度和时间感染了虫病原菌的个体的行为反应.
- 利用非活化的真菌芽子来区分对感染存在的反应与病原体活力的反应.
- 用气色谱-质谱分析了受挑战的白的表面化学成分.
主要成果:
- 通过食人行为消除白的反应在更严重的真菌感染中更快.
- 失活的真菌芽子还诱导了延迟的食人行为,这表明消除决策之前的病原体确认.
- 注射了真菌芽子 (死或活) 的个体,表现出皮肤上甲基分支基的增加,与食人行为相关.
结论:
- 人肉食的决定是由早期感染线索引发的,而不仅仅是病原体的生存能力或宿主死亡.
- 特定的皮质碳化合物作为化学信号,调解了白的护理-杀死反应.
- 这项研究提供了关于白社会免疫和集体疾病防御的机制性见解.
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