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Article Dans Une Revue Scientific Reports Année : 2020

The immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons

Christian Voigt
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Marcus Fritze
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Oliver Lindecke
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Gunārs Pētersons
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Gábor Á. Czirják
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Abstract Maintaining a competent immune system is energetically costly and thus immunity may be traded against other costly traits such as seasonal migration. Here, we tested in long-distance migratory Nathusius’ pipistrelles ( Pipistrellus nathusii ), if selected branches of immunity are expressed differently in response to the energy demands and oxidative stress of aerial migration. During the migration period, we observed higher baseline lymphocyte and lower neutrophil levels than during the pre-migration period, but no stronger response of cellular effectors to an antigen challenge. Baseline plasma haptoglobin, as a component of the humoral innate immunity, remained similar during both seasons, yet baseline plasma haptoglobin levels increased by a factor of 7.8 in migratory bats during an immune challenge, whereas they did not change during the pre-migration period. Oxidative stress was higher during migration than during pre-migration, yet there was no association between blood oxidative status and immune parameters, and immune challenge did not trigger any changes in oxidative stress, irrespective of season. Our findings suggest that humoral effectors of the acute phase response may play a stronger role in the first-line defense against infections for migrating bats compared to non-migrating bats. We conclude that Nathusius’ pipistrelles allocate resources differently into the branches of their immune system, most likely following current demands resulting from tight energy budgets during migration.

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hal-03936810 , version 1 (12-01-2023)

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Christian Voigt, Marcus Fritze, Oliver Lindecke, David Costantini, Gunārs Pētersons, et al.. The immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10 (1), pp.17384. ⟨10.1038/s41598-020-74473-3⟩. ⟨hal-03936810⟩

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