Plasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole‑rat species, the naked mole‑rat and the Damaraland mole‑rat

dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Paul Juan
dc.contributor.authorHart, Daniel William
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Nigel Charles
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T11:59:36Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T11:59:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-17
dc.descriptionSUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL : Tables S1 and S2. Sample details and respective TOS (total oxidant status), TAC (total antioxidant capacity) and OSI (oxidative stress index) for Naked mole-rats and for Damaraland mole-rats. NBF: non-breeding females, NBM: non-breeding males, BM: breeding males, BF: breeding females.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOne of the most prominent life-history trade-offs involves the cost of reproduction. Oxidative stress has been proposed to be involved in this trade-off and has been associated with reduced life span. There is currently an unclear relationship between oxidative cost and the reproduction-longevity trade-off. The current study, using a non-lethal and minimally invasive (only a single blood sample and no euthanasia) method, investigated whether an oxidative cost (oxidative stress) to reproduction would be apparent in two long-lived eusocial mole-rats, the naked mole-rat (NMR), Heterocephalus glaber, and the Damaraland mole-rat (DMR), Fukomys damarensis, where breeding colony members live longer than non-breeder conspecifics. We measured the direct redox balance in plasma by measuring the oxidative stress index (OSI) based on the ratio of total oxidant status and total antioxidant activity in breeders and non-breeders of both sexes, in the two species. NMR had significantly higher OSI between breeders and non-breeders of each sex, whereas DMR showed no significant differences except for total antioxidant capacity (TAC). The mode of reproductive suppression and the degree of reproductive investment in NMR may explain to some degree the redox balance difference between breeders and non-breeders. DMR show minimal physiological changes between breeders and non-breeders except for the mode of reproduction, which may explain some variations in TAC and TOS values, but similar OSI between breeders and non-breeders.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMammal Research Instituteen_ZA
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2022en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe SARChI chair of Mammalian Behavioural Ecology and Physiology from the DST-NRF South Africa, the National Research Foundation and the University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.frontiersinzoology.comen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJacobs, P.J., Hart, D.W. & Bennett, N.C. 2021, 'Plasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole‑rat species, the naked mole‑rat and the Damaraland mole‑rat', Frontiers in Zoology, vol. 18, no. 45, pp. 1-9.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1742-9994 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s12983-021-00430-z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/84372
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2021. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenseen_ZA
dc.subjectOxidative stressen_ZA
dc.subjectMole-ratsen_ZA
dc.subjectRedox balanceen_ZA
dc.subjectReproductionen_ZA
dc.subjectNaked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)en_ZA
dc.subjectDamaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis)en_ZA
dc.subjectOxidative stress index (OSI)en_ZA
dc.subjectTotal antioxidant capacity (TAC)en_ZA
dc.subjectTotal oxidant status (TOS)en_ZA
dc.titlePlasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole‑rat species, the naked mole‑rat and the Damaraland mole‑raten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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