Possible Immunological Basis for a Reduction of Fertility in Cross-Mating Fowl With Japanese Quail

Haley, L. E.; Abplanalp, Hans

doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0230375

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“…In addition, corroborating the potential importance of previous exposure to heterospecific sperm, recent work in nonhybridizing passerine species and populations shows no evidence of cryptic female discrimination against heterospecific sperm (Cramer et al 2014(Cramer et al , 2016. Mechanistically, we suggest that this plastic response by females could be related to the immune system, as female immune responses to sperm are known in a number of taxa, including humans (Clarke 2009;Morrow and Innocenti 2012), and birds artificially inseminated with heterospecific sperm (Haley and Abplanalp 1970). Moreover, differences in the antigenicity of sperm surface proteins have been implicated in the reduced ability of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) sperm to cross chicken (Gallus domesticus) vaginas following artificial insemination Wishart 1992, 1996).…”

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“…, ). Mechanistically, we suggest that this plastic response by females could be related to the immune system, as female immune responses to sperm are known in a number of taxa, including humans (Clarke ; Morrow and Innocenti ), and birds artificially inseminated with heterospecific sperm (Haley and Abplanalp ). Moreover, differences in the antigenicity of sperm surface proteins have been implicated in the reduced ability of turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) sperm to cross chicken ( Gallus domesticus ) vaginas following artificial insemination (Steele and Wishart , ).…”

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Females discriminate against heterospecific sperm in a natural hybrid zone

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When hybridization is maladaptive, species-specific mate preferences are selectively favored, but low mate availability may constrain species-assortative pairing. Females paired to heterospecifics may then benefit by copulating with multiple males and subsequently favoring sperm of conspecifics. Whether such mechanisms for biasing paternity toward conspecifics act as important reproductive barriers in socially monogamous vertebrate species remains to be determined. We use a combination of long-term breeding records from a natural hybrid zone between collared and pied flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis and F. hypoleuca), and an in vitro experiment comparing conspecific and heterospecific sperm performance in female reproductive tract fluid, to evaluate the potential significance of female cryptic choice. We show that the females most at risk of hybridizing (pied flycatchers) frequently copulate with multiple males and are able to inhibit heterospecific sperm performance. The negative effect on heterospecific sperm performance was strongest in pied flycatcher females that were most likely to have been previously exposed to collared flycatcher sperm. We thus demonstrate that a reproductive barrier acts after copulation but before fertilization in a socially monogamous vertebrate. While the evolutionary history of this barrier is unknown, our results imply that there is opportunity for it to be accentuated via a reinforcement-like process.

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“…For example, experimental injection of testicular material into hens depresses the fertility of females for the following 12-67 days (McCartney, 1923). This response to sperm exposure is associated with rising levels of sperm antibodies in blood plasma and specifically in serum levels of sperm agglutinins, which modulate sperm agglutination in vitro (Hosoda, Abe, & Otsuka, 1964;Wentworth & Mellen, 1963; see Haley &Abplanalp, 1970 andBurke, Rieser, &Shoffner, 1971 for similar patterns in turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo, and Japanese quails, Coturnix japonica, respectively). However, it remains unclear whether these same patterns of agglutination occur in vivo, or whether agglutination harms sperm success.…”

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Sperm success and immunity

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Suárez

Lazzaro

et al. 2019

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The moment of the fertilization of an egg by a spermatozoon-the point of "sperm success"-is a key milestone in the biology of sexually reproducing species and is a fundamental requirement for offspring production. Fertilization also represents the culmination of a suite of sexually selected processes in both sexes and is commonly used as a landmark to measure reproductive success. Sperm success is heavily dependent upon interactions with other key aspects of male and female biology, with the immune system among the most important. The immune system is vital to maintaining health in both sexes; however, immune reactions can also have antagonistic effects on sperm success. The effects of immunity on sperm success are diverse, and may include trade-offs in the male between investment in the production or protection of sperm, as well as more direct, hostile, immune responses to sperm within the female, and potentially the male, reproductive tract. Here, we review current understanding of where the biology of immunity and sperm meet, and identify the gaps in our knowledge.

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“…This stochastic phenotype is alternatively explained by the difference in the number of sperms that reach infundibulum in each fertilization event: if a sufficient number of sperm enter into eggs, the eggs are activated and subsequently develop normally; otherwise, embryos are arrested during the early stage. Anti-sperm immunoreaction in the female tract, which may disturb sperm storage in the oviduct, is a proposed cause of failure of fertilization in interspecific hybridization 21 55 .…”

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Embryonic development and inviability phenotype of chicken-Japanese quail F1 hybrids

Ishishita

Kinoshita

Nakano

et al. 2016

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Interspecific hybrid incompatibility, including inviability and sterility, is important in speciation; however, its genetic basis remains largely unknown in vertebrates. Crosses between male chickens and female Japanese quails using artificial insemination can generate intergeneric hybrids; however, the hatching rate is low, and hatched hybrids are only sterile males. Hybrid development is arrested frequently during the early embryonic stages, and the sex ratio of living embryos is male-biased. However, the development and sex ratio of hybrid embryos have not been comprehensively analyzed. In the present study, we observed delayed embryonic development of chicken-quail hybrids during the early stage, compared with that of chickens and quails. The survival rate of hybrids decreased markedly during the blastoderm-to-pre-circulation stage and then decreased gradually through the subsequent stages. Hybrid females were observed at more than 10 d of incubation; however, the sex ratio of hybrids became male-biased from 10 d of incubation. Severely malformed embryos were observed frequently in hybrids. These results suggest that developmental arrest occurs at various stages in hybrid embryos, including a sexually non-biased arrest during the early stage and a female-biased arrest during the late stage. We discuss the genetic basis for hybrid inviability and its sex bias.

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Possible Immunological Basis for a Reduction of Fertility in Cross-Mating Fowl With Japanese Quail

Cited by 8 publications

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Females discriminate against heterospecific sperm in a natural hybrid zone

Females discriminate against heterospecific sperm in a natural hybrid zone

Sperm success and immunity

Embryonic development and inviability phenotype of chicken-Japanese quail F1 hybrids

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