Assessment of the behaviour and survival of nematodes under low oxygen concentrations

Oxygen is required for the completion of almost all known metazoan lifecycles, but many metazoans harbour abilities to withstand varying degrees and periods of hypoxia. Caenorhabditis elegans, one of the most popular model organism is extensively used as a model for the study of hypoxia and anoxia biology and it has been found that this nematode is capable of tolerance to varying degrees of hypoxia. Considering the extremely high diversity of nematodes, the effects of low oxygen concentration and mechanisms of adaptation to oxygen depletion differ among species. In this study, we used a simple assay to examine anoxia tolerance in four nematode species, including three free-living and one plant parasitic nematode. We found that the plant parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus can survive more than 14 days under anoxic conditions. Comparisons of behaviour during anoxia induction and the repertoire of oxygen sensation genes among the tested species suggested the existence of different oxygen sensation systems between B. xylophilus and C. elegans, which quickly introduce suspended animation in response to oxygen depletion to survive long-term anoxia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 13(2018), 5 vom: 12., Seite e0197122

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kitazume, Hiromi [VerfasserIn]
Dayi, Mehmet [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Ryusei [VerfasserIn]
Kikuchi, Taisei [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Oxygen
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S88TT14065

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Date Completed 31.07.2018

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0197122

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM284047279