Immune Responses of the Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) to Escalating Anthropogenic Stressors in the Wild and Seminatural Environments | |
Nabi, Ghulam1,2,3; Li, Ying1,2; McLaughlin, Richard W.4; Mei, Zhigang1; Wang, Kexiong1; Hao, Yujiang1![]() | |
2020-02-04 | |
Source Publication | FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
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ISSN | 1664-042X |
Volume | 10Issue:1Pages:15 |
Abstract | Increasing anthropogenic stressors are potential threats to biodiversity conservation and management of Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs). The objective of this study was to indirectly compare the habitat quality of a natural reserve, Poyang Lake and a seminatural reserve, the Tian-E-Zhou Oxbow (TZO) in terms of anthropogenic stressors by investigating different stress and immunological parameters in the blood of YFPs. Samples from a total of 74 YFPs from the TZO (n = 43) and Poyang Lake (n = 31) were collected and analyzed. The animals were divided into ontogenetic groups: male calf, female calf, juvenile female, juvenile male, and adult male, and reproductive groups: pregnant female, lactating female, and pregnant plus lactating. The blood from all the animals was analyzed for general stress (HSP14, SOD1, TXN, and FTL), metabolic stress (ACAT2 and THRA), and immunity-related genes (IL12p40, IFN gamma, TNF alpha; IL1 alpha, IL1ra, COX2, CRPL, IL4, and IL8) using qPCR. YFPs living in Poyang Lake showed an increased relative expression pattern for IFN gamma, IL1ra, IL4, ACAT2, and CRPL across all the ontogenetic groups with significantly higher expression in adult males. In contrast, YFPs living in the TZO showed a significantly higher expression in 13 of 15 genes analyzed in the male calf group. Across the reproductive states for porpoises living in Poyang Lake, eight of the 15 genes in the pregnant female and three of the 15 genes in the pregnant plus lactating group had a significantly higher expression level. However, in YFPs living in the TZO, eight of the 15 genes showed significantly higher expression in the pregnant and lactating groups. There was significantly a higher expression of most of the genes in porpoises living in the TZO compared to the age-matched groups from porpoises living in Poyang Lake. The exception was the pregnant female group. The higher relative expression of stress and immune genes in the TZO porpoise population compared to porpoises living in Poyang Lake suggests the effects of worsening habitat quality, possibly indicating water pollution and lack of feeding resources. |
Keyword | biodiversity conservation habitat immunity stressors Yangtze finless porpoise |
DOI | 10.3389/fphys.2019.01594 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Research Area | Physiology |
WOS Subject | Physiology |
WOS ID | WOS:000515556400001 |
WOS Keyword | GENE-EXPRESSION ; OXIDATIVE STRESS ; CYTOKINES ; INCREASES ; RECEPTOR ; CELLS ; TRANSCRIPTION ; CONSERVATION ; INFLAMMATION ; INTERLEUKINS |
Publisher | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/35038 |
Collection | 水生生物多样性与资源保护研究中心_期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Hao, Yujiang; Zheng, Jinsong |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Key Lab Aquat Biodivers & Conservat, Wuhan, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Hebei Normal Univ, Key Lab Anim Physiol Biochem & Mol Biol Hebei Pro, Coll Life Sci, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China 4.Gateway Tech Coll, Gen Studies, Kenosha, WI USA |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Nabi, Ghulam,Li, Ying,McLaughlin, Richard W.,et al. Immune Responses of the Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) to Escalating Anthropogenic Stressors in the Wild and Seminatural Environments[J]. FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY,2020,10(1):15. |
APA | Nabi, Ghulam.,Li, Ying.,McLaughlin, Richard W..,Mei, Zhigang.,Wang, Kexiong.,...&Wang, Ding.(2020).Immune Responses of the Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) to Escalating Anthropogenic Stressors in the Wild and Seminatural Environments.FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY,10(1),15. |
MLA | Nabi, Ghulam,et al."Immune Responses of the Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) to Escalating Anthropogenic Stressors in the Wild and Seminatural Environments".FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY 10.1(2020):15. |
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