Title
Baseline and post-stress seasonal changes in immunocompetence and redox state maintenance in the fishing bat Myotis vivesi
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hernández-Arciga U.
Herrera M L.G.
Ibáñez-Contreras A.
Miranda-Labra R.U.
Flores-Martínez J.J.
Königsberg M.
Publisher(s)
Public Library of Science
Abstract
Little is known of how the stress response varies when animals confront seasonal life-history processes. Antioxidant defenses and damage caused by oxidative stress and their link with immunocompetence are powerful biomarkers to assess animal´s physiological stress response. The aim of this study was A) to determine redox state and variation in basal (pre-acute stress) immune function during summer, autumn and winter (spring was not assessed due to restrictions in collecting permit) in the fish-eating Myotis (Myotis vivesi; Chiroptera), and B) to determine the effect of acute stress on immunocompetence and redox state during each season. Acute stress was stimulated by restricting animal movement for 6 and 12 h. The magnitude of the cellular immune response was higher during winter whilst that of the humoral response was at its highest during summer. Humoral response increased after 6 h of movement restriction stress and returned to baseline levels after 12 h. Basal redox state was maintained throughout the year, with no significant changes in protein damage, and antioxidant activity was modulated mainly in relation to variation to environment cues, increasing during high temperatures and decreasing during windy nights. Antioxidant activity increased after the 6 h of stressful stimuli especially during summer and autumn, and to a lesser extent in early winter, but redox state did not vary. However, protein damage increased after 12 h of stress during summer. Prolonged stress when the bat is engaged in activities of high energy demand overcame its capacity to maintain homeostasis resulting in oxidative damage.
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología (teórica, matemática, térmica, criobiología, ritmo biológico), Biología evolutiva
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85039970007
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS ONE
ISSN of the container
19326203
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by a grant (# 23774) given by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) to LGHM, partially supported by CONACyT Fronteras en la Ciencia grant FON.INST/298/2016 to MKF. UHA acknowledges the scholarship provided by CONACyT. Alejandra Ibáñez-Contreras is employed by Unidad de Experimentación Animal, Biología Integral para Vertebrados (BIOINVERT®). Unidad de Experimentación Animal, Biología Integral para Vertebrados (BIOINVERT®) provided support in the form of salary for author AI-C, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific role of this author is articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. UHA acknowledges the scholarship provided by CONACyT and the support of the Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas UNAM. This paper constitutes a partial fulfillment of the Graduate Program in Biological Science of the UNAM. Transport to Partida Norte Island was generously provided by the Secretaría de Marina Armada de México. Kenneth C. Welch, Jr, provided constructive comments on previous drafts of the manuscript. The Prescott College Kino Bay Center provided invaluable logistic support during fieldwork. Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas, Diego Alejandro Barrales Alcalá, Viridiana Gonzales Meneses, and Eric Moreno for their valuable assistance during fieldwork.
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