Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion - Institut Pasteur
Pré-Publication, Document De Travail Année : 2023

Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion

Résumé

Mosquitoes rely on their microbiota for B vitamin synthesis. We previously found that Aedes aegypti third-instar larvae cleared of their microbiota were impaired in their development, notably due to a lack of folic acid (vitamin B9). In this study, we found that diet supplementation using a cocktail of seven B vitamins did not improve mosquito developmental success, but rather had a significant impact on the sex-ratio of the resulting adults, with an enrichment of female mosquitoes emerging from B vitamin-treated larvae. A transcriptomic analysis of male and female larvae identified some sex-specific regulated genes upon vitamin treatment. When treating germ-free larvae with individual B vitamins, we detected a specific toxic effect related to biotin (vitamin B7) exposure at high concentrations. We then provided germ-free larvae with varying biotin doses and showed that males are sensitive to biotin toxicity at a lower concentration than females. Gnotobiotic larvae exposed to controlled low bacterial counts or with bacteria characterized by slower growth, show a male-enriched adult population, suggesting that males require less bacteria-derived nutrients than females. These findings shed new light on sex-specific nutritional requirements and toxicity thresholds during the development of insect larvae, which impact the sex ratio of adults.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
2023.10.18.562973v3.full.pdf (2.87 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Licence

Dates et versions

pasteur-04735975 , version 1 (14-10-2024)

Licence

Identifiants

Citer

Ottavia Romoli, Javier Serrato-Salas, Chloé Gapp, Yanouk Epelboin, Pol Figueras Ivern, et al.. Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion. 2024. ⟨pasteur-04735975⟩
17 Consultations
6 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

More