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Gene expression of Drosophila melanogaster in response to multiple cold exposures

ABSTRACT: In the field, insects suffer multiple cold exposures during winter. When exposed to repeated low temperatures, Drosophila melanogaster females showed an increase in survival, but a reduction in reproduction. In this study, the microarrays were used to analyze the gene expression of female D. melanogaster after multiple, single sustained (or single prolonged) and single short cold treatments, which exposed the flies at 0 M-0C for repeated 2 h, single 10 h and single 2 h respectively. Candidate genes that were involved in 6 h recovery from different types of cold exposures were identified. After repeated cold exposures, candidates particularly included genes involved in muscle protein and muscle activity. Stress-related genes, Turandot A, Turandot C, and Turandot M were up-regulated in response to multiple cold exposures, and improve the cold survival in female D. melanogaster. This work also suggested a strong relationship between cold exposure and the immune system. I suggest that in fruit flies, chilling injuries after cold exposure may induce immune responses and contribute to recovery from cold.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Jian Zhang

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3194 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Divergent transcriptomic responses to repeated and single cold exposures in Drosophila melanogaster.

Zhang Jian J Marshall Katie E KE Westwood J Timothy JT Clark Melody S MS Sinclair Brent J BJ

The Journal of experimental biology 20111201 Pt 23

Insects in the field are exposed to multiple bouts of cold, and there is increasing evidence that the fitness consequences of repeated cold exposure differ from the impacts of a single cold exposure. We tested the hypothesis that different kinds of cold exposure (in this case, single short, prolonged and repeated cold exposure) would result in differential gene expression. We exposed 3 day old adult female wild-type Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) to -0.5°C for a single 2 h expo ...[more]

PMID: 22071194

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Gene expression of Drosophila melanogaster in response to multiple cold exposures

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Divergent transcriptomic responses to repeated and single cold exposures in Drosophila melanogaster.

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