학술논문
A comparison of the transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster in response to entomopathogenic fungus, ionizing radiation, starvation and cold shock.
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Article
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*DROSOPHILA
*MYCOSES
*LIFETIME homes
*LOCOMOTOR ataxia
*GENE expression
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ISSN
1471-2164
Abstract
Background: The molecular mechanisms that determine the organism's response to a variety of doses and modalities of stress factors are not well understood. Results: We studied effects of ionizing radiation (144, 360 and 864 Gy), entomopathogenic fungus (10 and 100 CFU), starvation (16 h), and cold shock (+4, 0 and -4°C) on an organism's viability indicators (survival and locomotor activity) and transcriptome changes in the Drosophila melanogaster model. All stress factors but cold shock resulted in a decrease of lifespan proportional to the dose of treatment. However, stress-factors affected locomotor activity without correlation with lifespan. Our data revealed both significant similarities and differences in differential gene expression and the activity of biological processes under the influence of stress factors. Conclusions: Studied doses of stress treatments deleteriously affect the organism's viability and lead to different changes of both general and specific cellular stress response mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]