Comparative biochemical and stress analysis of genetically selected drosophila strains with different longevities
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Genetics
- Vol. 17 (4), 340-351
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dvg.1020170407
Abstract
We have performed a comparative analysis of the effects of age of reproduction on the biochemical (protein, lipid, and glycogen content) and stress resistance (ability to survive starvation, desiccation, and exogenous paraquat) parameters on 10 sister lines of five different Drosophila strains. Four pairs of these sister lines were selected under different regimens for either early or delayed reproduction; the fifth pair was maintained in a nonselected state and served as the baseline strain to which all others were compared. It is generally accepted that the early regimens give rise to short‐lived phenotypes, whereas the delayed regimens give rise to long‐lived phenotypes. Our results suggest that a mechanism involving lipid and starvation resistance is not operative in our long‐lived strains. In addition, a mechanism involving glycogen content and desiccation resistance is only weakly supported. Finally, there is strong support for a mechanism that gives rise to enhanced paraquat resistance and therefore may involve regulatory changes in the pattern of ADS gene expression. In addition, the 15‐day early age at reproduction regimen (M type) shows qualitatively similar responses to that of the late age at reproduction regimen (L type). These results suggest that correlations between biochemical traits and longevity must be interpreted with caution. We discuss possible reasons for these results, including the possibility of multiple mechanisms, each leading to a different extended longevity phenotype.Keywords
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