Recovery of constitutive immune function after migratory endurance flight in free-living birds
(2023) In Biology letters 19(2).- Abstract
Strenuous physical activity can negatively affect constitutive innate immune function (CIF), the always present first line of defence against pathogens. CIF is non-specific, and thus vital when encountering novel pathogens. A lowered CIF likely increases the risk of infection and disease. Migratory birds engage in truly extreme physical activity during their endurance flights, however, little is known about how they deal with the negative impact this has on their immune function. By collecting both between- and within-individual data we show, for the first time, that free-flying migratory birds can recover several parameters of CIF during stopovers, which are stationary periods in between migratory flights. With this, we provide an... (More)
Strenuous physical activity can negatively affect constitutive innate immune function (CIF), the always present first line of defence against pathogens. CIF is non-specific, and thus vital when encountering novel pathogens. A lowered CIF likely increases the risk of infection and disease. Migratory birds engage in truly extreme physical activity during their endurance flights, however, little is known about how they deal with the negative impact this has on their immune function. By collecting both between- and within-individual data we show, for the first time, that free-flying migratory birds can recover several parameters of CIF during stopovers, which are stationary periods in between migratory flights. With this, we provide an important piece of the puzzle on how migrating birds cope with the physiological challenges they face on their biannual journeys. Furthermore, our study stresses the importance of migratory stopovers beyond fuel accumulation.
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- author
- Eikenaar, Cas ; Ostolani, Alessia ; Hessler, Sven ; Ye, Ellen Y. and Hegemann, Arne LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-02
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- agglutination, bacterial killing, eco-immunology, lysis, migration, physiological recovery
- in
- Biology letters
- volume
- 19
- issue
- 2
- article number
- 20220518
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- Royal Society Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85148111482
- pmid:36789532
- ISSN
- 1744-9561
- DOI
- 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0518
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 9d309868-5102-49f8-82cc-a3a90f302b22
- date added to LUP
- 2023-03-06 12:20:28
- date last changed
- 2024-04-16 02:23:28
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author = {{Eikenaar, Cas and Ostolani, Alessia and Hessler, Sven and Ye, Ellen Y. and Hegemann, Arne}},
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keywords = {{agglutination; bacterial killing; eco-immunology; lysis; migration; physiological recovery}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{2}},
publisher = {{Royal Society Publishing}},
series = {{Biology letters}},
title = {{Recovery of constitutive immune function after migratory endurance flight in free-living birds}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0518}},
doi = {{10.1098/rsbl.2022.0518}},
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