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Hairworm anti-predator strategy: a study of causes and consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2006

F. PONTON ,
C. LEBARBENCHON ,
T. LEFÈVRE ,
F. THOMAS ,
D. DUNEAU ,
L. MARCHÉ ,
L. RENAULT ,
D. P. HUGHES  and
D. G. BIRON
F. PONTON
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Equipe: ‘Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques’, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
C. LEBARBENCHON
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Equipe: ‘Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques’, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles, France
T. LEFÈVRE
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Equipe: ‘Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques’, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
F. THOMAS
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Equipe: ‘Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques’, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
D. DUNEAU
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Equipe: ‘Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques’, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
L. MARCHÉ
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR BiO3P, Domaine de la Motte, BP 35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
L. RENAULT
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR BiO3P, Domaine de la Motte, BP 35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
D. P. HUGHES
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Evolution, Institute of Biology, Universitetsparken 15, DK-21000 Copenhagen
D. G. BIRON
Affiliation:
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS-IRD 2724, Equipe: ‘Evolution des Systèmes Symbiotiques’, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, B.P. 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Abstract

One of the most fascinating anti-predator responses displayed by parasites is that of hairworms (Nematomorpha). Following the ingestion of the insect host by fish or frogs, the parasitic worm is able to actively exit both its host and the gut of the predator. Using as a model the hairworm, Paragordius tricuspidatus, (parasitizing the cricket Nemobius sylvestris) and the fish predator Micropterus salmoïdes, we explored, with proteomics tools, the physiological basis of this anti-predator response. By examining the proteome of the parasitic worm, we detected a differential expression of 27 protein spots in those worms able to escape the predator. Peptide Mass Fingerprints of candidate protein spots suggest the existence of an intense muscular activity in escaping worms, which functions in parallel with their distinctive biology. In a second step, we attempted to determine whether the energy expended by worms to escape the predator is traded off against its reproductive potential. Remarkably, the number of offspring produced by worms having escaped a predator was not reduced compared with controls.

Keywords

escape behaviourgordian wormparasitepredatorproteomics
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 133 , Issue 5 , November 2006 , pp. 631 - 638
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2006 Cambridge University Press

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