Reproductive aging weakens offspring survival and constrains the telomerase response to herpesvirus in Pacific oysters - Université de Bretagne Occidentale
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Reproductive aging weakens offspring survival and constrains the telomerase response to herpesvirus in Pacific oysters

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Telomere length (TL) is increasingly recognized as a molecular marker that reflects how reproductive aging affects intergenerational transmissions. Here, we investigated the effects of parental age on offspring survival and the regulation of TL by examining the telomere-elongating activity of telomerase in the Pacific oyster. We assessed the classical hallmarks of aging in parents at three age classes (young, middle-aged, and old) and crossbred them using a split-brood design to examine the consequences of the nine maternal-by-paternal age combinations on their offspring. Reproductive aging leads to increased larval mortality and accelerated telomere shortening in spats, rendering them more susceptible to infection by the Ostreid herpesvirus. Viral exposure stimulates telomerase activity, a response that we identified as adaptive, but weakened by parental aging. While telomerase lengthens a spat’s telomere, paradoxically, longer individual TL predicts higher mortality in adults. The telomerase-telomere complex appeared as a conservative biomarker for distinguishing survivors and losers upon exposure to polymicrobial diseases.
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hal-04711550 , version 1 (27-09-2024)

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Andréaz Dupoué, Hugo Koechlin, Matthias Huber, Pauline Merrien, Jacqueline Le Grand, et al.. Reproductive aging weakens offspring survival and constrains the telomerase response to herpesvirus in Pacific oysters. Science Advances , 2024, 10 (37), ⟨10.1126/sciadv.adq2311⟩. ⟨hal-04711550⟩
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