Physiological approach to explain the ecological success of ‘superclones’ in aphids: Interplay between detoxification enzymes, metabolism and fitness
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- 作者：Luis E. Castañ ; eda ; Christian C. Figueroa ; Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras ; Hermann M. Niemeyer ; Roberto F. Nespolo
- 关键词：Hydroxamic acids ; Insect– ; plant interaction ; Intrinsic rate of increase ; Multilocus genotypes ; Standard metabolic rate ; Plant chemical defences ; Sitobion avenae
- 刊名：Journal of Insect Physiology
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：September 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：56
- 期：9
- 页码：1058-1064
- 全文大小：275 K
文摘
‘Superclones’ are predominant and time-persistent genotypes, exhibiting constant fitness across different environments. However, causes of this ecological success are still unknown. Therefore, we studied the physiological mechanisms that could explain this success, evaluating the effects of wheat chemical defences on detoxification enzymes [cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450), glutathione S-transferases (GST), esterases (EST)], standard metabolic rate (SMR), and fitness-related traits [adult body mass and intrinsic rate of increase (rm)] of two ‘superclones’ (Sa1 and Sa2) of the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae. Additionally, we compared ‘superclones’ with a less-frequent genotype (Sa46). Genotypes were reared on three wheat cultivars with different levels of hydroxamic acids (Hx; wheat chemical defences). Detoxification enzymes and SMR did not differ between wheat hosts. However, GST and EST were different between ‘superclones’ and Sa46, while Sa1 showed a higher SMR than Sa2 or Sa46 (p = 0.03). Differences between genotypes were found for rm, which was higher for Sa1 than for Sa2 or Sa46. For all cases, genotype–host interactions were non-significant, except for aphid body mass. In conclusion, ‘superclones’ exhibit a broad host range, flat energetic costs for non-induced detoxification enzymes, and low variation in their reproductive performance on different defended hosts. However, physiological specialization of ‘superclones’ that could explain their ecological success was not evident in this study.