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APIDOLOGIE
卷 49, 期 2, 页码 196-208出版社
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-017-0541-3
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imidacloprid; thiamethoxam; immunocompetence; antimicrobial peptide; gene expression
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资金
- joint University of Exeter Fera studentship
Bee declines have been associated with various stressors including pesticides and pathogens. We separately exposed immune-challenged adult worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) to two neonicotinoid pesticides, thiamethoxam (10 ppb) and imidacloprid (102 ppb), by dietary delivery. We found that whereas neonicotinoid exposure weakly affected transcriptional responses of antimicrobial genes, it did not detectably affect the physiological antimicrobial response as measured by a lytic clearance assay of haemolymph. Our findings add to the evidence that transcriptional responses in immune-related genes are not yet reliable indicators of pesticide impacts on bee health, which suggests caution in their future use as biomarkers in pesticide risk assessment.
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