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MHC-associated Baylisascaris schroederi load informs the giant panda reintroduction program.


ABSTRACT: Reintroducing captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) to the wild is the ultimate goal of their ex situ conservation. Choosing higher fitness candidates to train prior to release is the first step in the giant panda reintroduction program. Disease resistance is one important index of individual fitness and presumed to be related to variation at major histocompatibility complex genes (MHC). Here, we used seven polymorphic functional MHC genes (Aime-C, Aime-I, Aime-L, Aime-DQA1, Aime-DQA2, Aime-DQB1 and Aime-DRB3) and estimate their relationship with Baylisascaris schroederi (Ascarididae) infection in giant panda. We found that DQA1 heterozygous pandas were less frequently infected than homozygotes. The presence of one MHC genotype and one MHC allele were also associated with B. schroederi infection: Aime-C*0203 and Aime-L*08 were both associated with B. schroederi resistance. Our results indicate that both heterozygosity and certain MHC variants are important for panda disease resistance, and should therefore be considered in future reintroduction programs for this species alongside conventional selection criteria (such as physical condition and pedigree-based information).

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283101 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MHC-associated <i>Baylisascaris schroederi</i> load informs the giant panda reintroduction program.

Zhu Ying Y   Grueber Catherine C   Li Yudong Y   He Ming M   Hu Lan L   He Ke K   Liu Hongyi H   Zhang Hemin H   Wu Honglin H  

International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20200528


Reintroducing captive giant pandas (<i>Ailuropoda melanoleuca</i>) to the wild is the ultimate goal of their <i>ex situ</i> conservation. Choosing higher fitness candidates to train prior to release is the first step in the giant panda reintroduction program. Disease resistance is one important index of individual fitness and presumed to be related to variation at major histocompatibility complex genes (MHC). Here, we used seven polymorphic functional MHC genes (<i>Aime</i>-C, <i>Aime</i>-I, <i>  ...[more]

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