Oxidative stress in a capital breeder (Vipera aspis) facing pregnancy and water constraints
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Date | 2017-05 | ||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||
Author(s) | Stier Antoine1, 2, Dupoue Andreaz3, Picard Damien2, Angelier Frederic4, Brischoux Francois4, Lourdais Olivier4 | ||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ Glasgow, Inst Biodivers Anim Hlth & Comparat Med, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland. 2 : Univ Angers, F-49000 Angers, France. 3 : Univ Paris 06, iEES Paris, CNRS UPMC, UMR 7618, 7 Quai St Bernard, F-75005 Paris, France. 4 : CNRS Univ La Rochelle UMR 7372, Ctr Etud Biol Chize, F-79360 La Rochelle, Villiers En Boi, France. |
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Source | Journal Of Experimental Biology (0022-0949) (Company Biologists Ltd), 2017-05 , Vol. 220 , N. 10 , P. 1792-1796 | ||||||||||||
DOI | 10.1242/jeb.156752 | ||||||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 22 | ||||||||||||
Keyword(s) | Cost of reproduction, Oxidative shielding, Dehydration, Oxidative damage, Antioxidant, Water deprivation | ||||||||||||
Abstract | The physiological mechanisms underlying the 'cost of reproduction' remain under debate, though oxidative stress has emerged as a potential candidate. The 'oxidative cost of reproduction' has received considerable attention with regards to food and antioxidant availability; however, the limitation of water availability has thus far been neglected. In this study, we experimentally examined the combined effect of pregnancy and water deprivation on oxidative status in a viviparous snake (Vipera aspis), a species naturally exposed to periods of water and food deprivation. We predicted a cumulative effect of pregnancy and dehydration on oxidative stress levels. Our results support the occurrence of an oxidative cost of reproduction as we found higher oxidative damage levels in pregnant females than in non-reproductive individuals, despite an upregulation of antioxidant defences. Surprisingly, water deprivation was associated with an up-regulation of antioxidant defences, and did not increase oxidative damage, either alone or in combination with reproduction. |
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