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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: " Hosts can alter their strategy towards pathogens during their lifetime;
that is, they can show phenotypic plasticity in immunity or life history. Immune
priming is one such example, where a previous encounter with a pathogen confers
enhanced protection upon secondary challenge, resulting in reduced pathogen load
(i.e., resistance) and improved host survival. However, an initial encounter might
also enhance tolerance, particularly to less virulent opportunistic pathogens
that establish persistent infections. In this scenario, individuals are better
able to reduce the negative fecundity consequences that result from a high pathogen
burden. Finally, previous exposure may also lead to life‐history adjustments,
such as terminal investment into reproduction.\r\n Using different Drosophila
melanogaster host genotypes and two bacterial pathogens, Lactococcus lactis and
Pseudomonas entomophila, we tested whether previous exposure results in resistance
or tolerance and whether it modifies immune gene expression during an acute‐phase
infection (one day post‐challenge). We then asked whether previous pathogen exposure
affects chronic‐phase pathogen persistence and longer‐term survival (28 days post‐challenge).\r\n
\ We predicted that previous exposure would increase host resistance to an early
stage bacterial infection while it might come at a cost to host fecundity tolerance.
We reasoned that resistance would be due in part to stronger immune gene expression
after challenge. We expected that previous exposure would improve long‐term survival,
that it would reduce infection persistence, and we expected to find genetic variation
in these responses.\r\n We found that previous exposure to P. entomophila weakened
host resistance to a second infection independent of genotype and had no effect
on immune gene expression. Fecundity tolerance showed genotypic variation but
was not influenced by previous exposure. However, L. lactis persisted as a chronic
infection, whereas survivors cleared the more pathogenic P. entomophila infection.\r\n
\ To our knowledge, this is the first study that addresses host tolerance to
bacteria in relation to previous exposure, taking a multi‐faceted approach to
address the topic. Our results suggest that previous exposure comes with transient
costs to resistance during the early stage of infection in this host–pathogen
system and that infection persistence may be bacterium‐specific.\r\n"
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author:
- first_name: Megan
full_name: Kutzer, Megan
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last_name: Kutzer
orcid: 0000-0002-8696-6978
- first_name: Joachim
full_name: Kurtz, Joachim
last_name: Kurtz
- first_name: Sophie A.O.
full_name: Armitage, Sophie A.O.
last_name: Armitage
citation:
ama: Kutzer M, Kurtz J, Armitage SAO. A multi-faceted approach testing the effects
of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance. Journal of Animal
Ecology. 2019;88(4):566-578. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12953
apa: Kutzer, M., Kurtz, J., & Armitage, S. A. O. (2019). A multi-faceted approach
testing the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance.
Journal of Animal Ecology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12953
chicago: Kutzer, Megan, Joachim Kurtz, and Sophie A.O. Armitage. “A Multi-Faceted
Approach Testing the Effects of Previous Bacterial Exposure on Resistance and
Tolerance.” Journal of Animal Ecology. Wiley, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12953.
ieee: M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, and S. A. O. Armitage, “A multi-faceted approach testing
the effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance,” Journal
of Animal Ecology, vol. 88, no. 4. Wiley, pp. 566–578, 2019.
ista: Kutzer M, Kurtz J, Armitage SAO. 2019. A multi-faceted approach testing the
effects of previous bacterial exposure on resistance and tolerance. Journal of
Animal Ecology. 88(4), 566–578.
mla: Kutzer, Megan, et al. “A Multi-Faceted Approach Testing the Effects of Previous
Bacterial Exposure on Resistance and Tolerance.” Journal of Animal Ecology,
vol. 88, no. 4, Wiley, 2019, pp. 566–78, doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12953.
short: M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, S.A.O. Armitage, Journal of Animal Ecology 88 (2019)
566–578.
date_created: 2019-03-17T22:59:15Z
date_published: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-25T08:04:53Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '570'
department:
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doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12953
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