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Many arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, bugs, and flies are vectors for the transmission of pathogenic parasites, bacteria, and viruses. Among these, the unicellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei) causes human and animal African trypanosomiases and is transmitted to the vertebrate host by the tsetse fly. In the fly, the parasite goes through a complex developmental cycle in the alimentary tract and salivary glands ending with the cellular differentiation into the metacyclic life cycle stage. An infection in the mammalian host begins when the fly takes a bloodmeal, thereby depositing the metacyclic form into the dermal skin layer. Within the dermis, the cell cycle-arrested metacyclic forms are activated, re-enter the cell cycle, and differentiate into proliferative trypanosomes, prior to dissemination throughout the host.
Although T. brucei has been studied for decades, very little is known about the early events in the skin prior to systemic dissemination. The precise timing and the mechanisms controlling differentiation of the parasite in the skin continue to be elusive, as does the characterization of the proliferative skin-residing trypanosomes. Understanding the first steps of an infection is crucial for developing novel strategies to prevent disease establishment and its progression.
A major shortcoming in the study of human African trypanosomiasis is the lack of suitable infection models that authentically mimic disease progression. In addition, the production of infectious metacyclic parasites requires tsetse flies, which are challenging to keep. Thus, although animal models - typically murine - have produced many insights into the pathogenicity of trypanosomes in the mammalian host, they were usually infected by needle injection into the peritoneal cavity or tail vein, bypassing the skin as the first entry point. Furthermore, animal models are not always predictive for the infection outcome in human patients. In addition, the relatively small number of metacyclic parasites deposited by the tsetse flies makes them difficult to trace, isolate, and study in animal hosts.
The focus of this thesis was to develop and validate a reconstructed human skin equivalent as an infection model to study the development of naturally-transmitted metacyclic parasites of T. brucei in mammalian skin. The first part of this work describes the development and characterization of a primary human skin equivalent with improved mechanical properties. To achieve this, a computer-assisted compression system was designed and established. This system allowed the improvement of the mechanical stability of twelve collagen-based dermal equivalents in parallel through plastic compression, as evaluated by rheology. The improved dermal equivalents provided the basis for the generation of the skin equivalents and reduced their contraction and weight loss during tissue formation, achieving a high degree of standardization and reproducibility. The skin equivalents were characterized using immunohistochemical and histological techniques and recapitulated key anatomical, cellular, and functional aspects of native human skin. Furthermore, their cellular heterogeneity was examined using single-cell RNA sequencing - an approach which led to the identification of a remarkable repertoire of extracellular matrix-associated genes expressed by different cell subpopulations in the artificial skin. In addition, experimental conditions were established to allow tsetse flies to naturally infect the skin equivalents with trypanosomes.
In the second part of the project, the development of the trypanosomes in the artificial skin was investigated in detail. This included the establishment of methods to successfully isolate skin-dwelling trypanosomes to determine their protein synthesis rate, cell cycle and metabolic status, morphology, and transcriptome. Microscopy techniques to study trypanosome motility and migration in the skin were also optimized. Upon deposition in the artificial skin by feeding tsetse, the metacyclic parasites were rapidly activated and established a proliferative population within one day. This process was accompanied by: (I) reactivation of protein synthesis; (II) re-entry into the cell cycle; (III) change in morphology; (IV) increased motility. Furthermore, these observations were linked to potentially underlying developmental mechanisms by applying single-cell parasite RNA sequencing at five different timepoints post-infection.
After the initial proliferative phase, the tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes appeared to enter a reversible quiescence program in the skin. These quiescent skin-residing trypanosomes were characterized by very slow replication, a strongly reduced metabolism, and a transcriptome markedly different from that of the deposited metacyclic forms and the early proliferative trypanosomes. By mimicking the migration from the skin to the bloodstream, the quiescent phenotype could be reversed and the parasites returned to an active proliferating state. Given that previous work has identified the skin as an anatomical reservoir for T. brucei during disease, it is reasonable to assume that the quiescence program is an authentic facet of the parasite's behavior in an infected host.
In summary, this work demonstrates that primary human skin equivalents offer a new and promising way to study vector-borne parasites under close-to-natural conditions as an alternative to animal experimentation. By choosing the natural transmission route - the bite of an infected tsetse fly - the early events of trypanosome infection have been detailed with unprecedented resolution. In addition, the evidence here for a quiescent, skin-residing trypanosome population may explain the persistence of T. brucei in the skin of aparasitemic and asymptomatic individuals. This could play an important role in maintaining an infection over long time periods.
The cancer stem cell hypothesis is a cancer development model which elicited great interest in the last decades stating that cancer heterogeneity arises from a stem cell through asymmetrical division. The Cancer Stem Cell subset is described as the only population to be tumorigenic and having the potential to renew. Conventional therapy often fails to eradicate CSC resulting in tumor relapse. Consequently, it is of great inter-est to eliminate this subset of cells to provide the best patient outcome. In the last years several approaches to target CSC were developed, one of them being immunotherapeu-tic targeting with antibodies. Since markers associated with CSC are also expressed on normal stem cells or healthy adjacent tissue in colorectal cancer, dual targeting strate-gies are preferred over targeting only a single antigen. Subsequently, the idea of dual targeting two CSC markers in parallel by a newly developed split T cell-engaging anti-body format termed as Hemibodies emerged. In a preliminary single cell RNA sequenc-ing analysis of colorectal cancer cells CD133, CD24, CD166 and CEA were identified as suitable targets for the combinatorial targeting strategy. Therefore, this study focused on trispecific and trivalent Hemibodies comprising a split binding moiety against CD3 and a binding moiety against either CD133, CD24, CD166 or CEA to overcome the occurrence of resistance and to efficiently eradicate all tumor cells including the CSC compartment. The study showed that the Hemibody combinations CD133xCD24, CD133xCD166 and CD133xCEA are able to eliminate double positive CHO cells with high efficacy while having a high specificity indicated by no killing of single antigen positive cells. A thera-peutic window ranging between one to two log levels could be achieved for all combina-tions mentioned above. The combinations CD133xCD24 and CD133xCD166 further-more proved its efficacy and specificity on established colorectal cancer cell lines. Be-sides the evaluation of specificity and efficacy the already introduced 1st generation of Hemibodies could be improved into a 2nd generation Hemibody format with increased half-life, stability and production yield. In future experiments the applicability of above-mentioned Hemibodies will be proven on patient-derived micro tumors to also include variables like tumor microenvironment and infiltration.
The western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is widely known as the honey producer and pollinator managed by beekeepers but neglected as a wild bee species. Central European honeybee populations have been anthropogenically disturbed since about 1850 through introgression and moderate artificial selection but have never been truly domesticated due to a lack of mating control. While their decline in the wild was historically attributed to the scarcity of nesting cavities, a contemporary view considers the invasion of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in the 1970s as the major driver. However, there are no longitudinal population data available that could substantiate either claim. Based on the insight that introduced European honeybees form viable wild populations in eastern North America and reports on the occurrence of wild-living colonies from various European countries, we systematically studied the ecology of wild-living honeybees in Germany. First, we investigated whether wild-living honeybees colonising German forests form a self-sustaining population. Second, we asked how the parasite burden of wild-living colonies relates to that of managed colonies. And third, we explored whether the winter mortality of wild-living colonies is associated with parasite burden, nest depredation, or the lack of resources on the landscape scale.
Between 2017 and 2021, we monitored listed trees with black woodpecker cavities for honeybees in the managed forests of three study regions (Swabian Alb, counties Coburg and Lichtenfels, county Weilheim-Schongau). Continuity of occupation was determined using microsatellite genetic markers. Wild-living colonies predictably colonised forests in summer, when about 10% of all cavities were occupied. The annual colony survival rate and colony lifespan (based on N=112 colonies) were 10.6% and 0.6 years, with 90% of colonies surviving summer (July–September), 16% surviving winter (September–April), and 72% surviving spring (April–July). The average maximum and minimum colony densities were 0.23 (July) and 0.02 (April) colonies per km^2. During the (re-)colonisation of forests in spring, swarms preferred cavities that had already been occupied by other honeybee colonies. We estimate the net reproductive rate of the population to be R0= 0.318, meaning that it is currently not self-sustaining but maintained by the annual immigration of swarms from managed hives. The wild-living colonies are feral in a behavioural sense.
We compared the occurrence of 18 microparasites among feral colonies (N=64) and managed colonies (N=74) using qPCR. Samples were collected in four regions (the three regions mentioned above and the city of Munich) in July 2020; they consisted of 20 workers per colony captured at flight entrances. We distinguished five colony types representing differences in colony age and management histories. Besides strong regional variation, feral colonies consistently hosted fewer microparasite taxa (median: 5, range 1–8) than managed colonies (median: 6, range 4–9) and had different parasite communities. Microparasites that were notably less prevalent among feral colonies were Trypanosomatidae, Chronic bee paralysis virus, and Deformed wing viruses A and B. In the comparison of five colony types, parasite burden was lowest in newly founded feral colonies, intermediate in overwintered feral colonies and managed nucleus colonies, and highest in overwintered managed colonies and hived swarms. This suggests that the natural mode of colony reproduction by swarming, which creates pauses in brood production, and well-dispersed nests, which reduce horizontal transmission, explain the reduced parasite burden in feral compared to managed colonies.
To explore the roles of three potential drivers of feral colony winter mortality, we combined colony observations gathered during the monitoring study with data on colony-level parasite burden, observations and experiments on nest depredation, and landscape analyses. There was no evidence for an effect of summertime parasite burden on subsequent winter mortality: colonies that died (N=57) did not have a higher parasite burden than colonies that survived (N=10). Camera traps (N=15) installed on cavity trees revealed that honeybee nests are visited by a range of vertebrate species throughout the winter at rates of up to 10 visits per week. Four woodpecker species, great tits, and pine martens acted as true nest depredators. The winter survival rate of colonies whose nest entrances were protected by screens of wire mesh (N=32) was 50% higher than that of colonies with unmanipulated entrances (N=40). Analyses of land cover maps revealed that the landscapes surrounding surviving colonies (N=19) contained on average 6.4 percentage points more resource-rich cropland than landscapes surrounding dying colonies (N=94).
We estimate that tens of thousands of swarms escape from apiaries each year to occupy black woodpecker cavities and other hollow spaces in Germany and that feral colonies make up about 5% of the regional honeybee populations. They are unlikely to contribute disproportionately to the spread of bee diseases. Instead, by spatially complementing managed colonies, they contribute to the pollination of wild plants in forests. Honeybees occupying tree cavities likely have various effects on forest communities by acting as nest site competitors or prey, and by accumulating biomass in tree holes. Nest depredation (a consequence of a lack of well-protected nest sites) and food resource limitation seem to be more important than parasites in hampering feral colony survival. The outstanding question is how environmental and intrinsic factors interact in preventing population establishment. Nest boxes with movable frames could be used to better study the environmental drivers of feral colonies’ mortality. Pairs of wild (self-sustaining) and managed populations known to exist outside Europe could provide answers to whether modern apiculture creates honeybee populations maladapted to life in the wild. In Europe, large continuous forests might represent evolutionary refuges for wild honeybees.
Most of the studies in cell biology primarily focus on models from the opisthokont group of eukaryotes. However, opisthokonts do not encompass the full diversity of eukaryotes. Thus, it is necessary to broaden the research focus to other organisms to gain a comprehensive understanding of basic cellular processes shared across the tree of life. In this sense, Trypanosoma brucei, a unicellular eukaryote, emerges as a viable alternative. The collaborative efforts in genome sequencing and protein tagging over the past two decades have significantly expanded our knowledge on this organism and have provided valuable tools to facilitate a more detailed analysis of this parasite. Nevertheless, numerous questions still remain.
The survival of T. brucei within the mammalian host is intricately linked to the endo-lysosomal system, which plays a critical role in surface glycoprotein recycling, antibody clearance, and plasma membrane homeostasis. However, the dynamics of the duplication of the endo-lysosomal system during T. brucei proliferation and its potential relationship with plasma membrane growth remain poorly understood. Thus, as the primary objective, this thesis explores the endo-lysosomal system of T. brucei in the context of the cell cycle, providing insights on cell surface growth, endosome duplication, and clathrin recruitment. In addition, the study revisits ferritin endocytosis to provide quantitative data on the involvement of TbRab proteins (TbRab5A, TbRab7, and TbRab11) and the different endosomal subpopulations (early, late, and recycling endosomes, respectively) in the transport of this fluid-phase marker. Notably, while these subpopulations function as distinct compartments, different TbRabs can be found within the same region or structure, suggesting a potential physical connection between the endosomal subpopulations. The potential physical connection of endosomes is further explored within the context of the cell cycle and, finally, the duplication and morphological plasticity of the lysosome are also investigated. Overall, these findings provide insights into the dynamics of plasma membrane growth and the coordinated duplication of the endo-lysosomal system during T. brucei proliferation. The early duplication of endosomes suggests their potential involvement in plasma membrane growth, while the late duplication of the lysosome indicates a reduced role in this process. The recruitment of clathrin and TbRab GTPases to the site of endosome formation supports the assumption that the newly formed endosomal system is active during cell division and, consequently, indicates its potential role in plasma membrane homeostasis.
Furthermore, considering the vast diversity within the Trypanosoma genus, which includes ~500 described species, the macroevolution of the group was investigated using the combined information of the 18S rRNA gene sequence and structure. The sequence-structure analysis of T. brucei and other 42 trypanosome species was conducted in the context of the diversity of Trypanosomatida, the order in which trypanosomes are placed. An additional analysis focused on Trypanosoma highlighted key aspects of the group’s macroevolution. To explore these aspects further, additional trypanosome species were included, and the changes in the Trypanosoma tree topology were analyzed. The sequence-structure phylogeny confirmed the independent evolutionary history of the human pathogens T. brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi, while also providing insights into the evolution of the Aquatic clade, paraphyly of groups, and species classification into subgenera.
Honeybees are among the few animals that rely on eusociality to survive. While the
task of queen and drones is only reproduction, all other tasks are accomplished by sterile
female worker bees. Different tasks are mostly divided by worker bees of different ages
(temporal polyethism). Young honeybees perform tasks inside the hive like cleaning and
nursing. Older honeybees work at the periphery of the nest and fulfill tasks like guarding
the hive entrance. The oldest honeybees eventually leave the hive to forage for resources
until they die. However, uncontrollable circumstances might force the colony to adapt or
perish. For example, the introduced Varroa destructor mite or the deformed wing virus
might erase a lot of in-hive bees. On the other hand, environmental events might kill a
lot of foragers, leaving the colony with no new food intake. Therefore, adaptability of
task allocation must be a priority for a honeybee colony.
In my dissertation, I employed a wide range of behavioral, molecular biological and analytical techniques to unravel the underlying molecular and physiological mechanisms of
the honeybee division of labor, especially in conjunction with honeybee malnourishment.
The genes AmOARα1, AmTAR1, Amfor and vitellogenin have long been implied to
be important for the transition from in-hive tasks to foraging. I have studied in detail
expression of all of these genes during the transition from nursing to foraging to understand how their expression patterns change during this important phase of life. My focus
lay on gene expression in the honeybee brain and fat body. I found an increase in the
AmOARα1 and the Amforα mRNA expression with the transition from in-hive tasks to
foraging and a decrease in expression of the other genes in both tissues. Interestingly,
I found the opposite pattern of the AmOARα1 and AmTAR1 mRNA expression in the
honeybee fat body during orientation flights. Furthermore, I closely observed juvenile
hormone titers and triglyceride levels during this crucial time. Juvenile hormone titers
increased with the transition from in-hive tasks to foraging and triglyceride levels decreased.
Furthermore, in-hive bees and foragers also differ on a behavioral and physiological level.
For example, foragers are more responsive towards light and sucrose. I proposed that
modulation via biogenic amines, especially via octopamine and tyramine, can increase
or decrease the responsiveness of honeybees. For that purpose, in-hive bees and foragers were injected with both biogenic amines and the receptor response was quantified
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using electroretinography. In addition, I studied the behavioral response of the bees to
light using a phototaxis assay. Injecting octopamine increased the receptor response and
tyramine decreased it. Also, both groups of honeybees showed an increased phototactic
response when injected with octopamine and a decreased response when injected with
tyramine, independent of locomotion.
Additionally, nutrition has long been implied to be a driver for division of labor. Undernourished honeybees are known to speed up their transition to foragers, possibly to
cope with the missing resources. Furthermore, larval undernourishment has also been
implied to speed up the transition from in-hive bees to foragers, due to increasing levels
of juvenile hormone titers in adult honeybees after larval starvation. Therefore, I reared
honeybees in-vitro to compare the hatched adult bees of starved and overfed larvae to
bees reared under the standard in-vitro rearing diet. However, first I had to investigate
whether the in-vitro rearing method affects adult honeybees.
I showed effects of in-vitro rearing on behavior, with in-vitro reared honeybees foraging
earlier and for a shorter time than hive reared honeybees. Yet, nursing behavior was
unaffected.
Afterwards, I investigated the effects of different larval diets on adult honeybee workers.
I found no effects of malnourishment on behavioral or physiological factors besides a
difference in weight. Honeybee weight increased with increasing amounts of larval food,
but the effect seemed to vanish after a week.
These results show the complexity and adaptability of the honeybee division of labor.
They show the importance of the biogenic amines octopamine and tyramine and of the
corresponding receptors AmOARα1 and AmTAR1 in modulating the transition from inhive bees to foragers. Furthermore, they show that in-vitro rearing has no effects on
nursing behavior, but that it speeds up the transition from nursing to foraging, showing
strong similarities to effects of larval pollen undernourishment. However, larval malnourishment showed almost no effects on honeybee task allocation or physiology. It seems
that larval malnourishment can be easily compensated during the early lifetime of adult
honeybees.
The behavior of honeybees and bumblebees relies on a constant sensory integration of abiotic or biotic stimuli. As eusocial insects, a sophisticated intraspecific communication as well as the processing of multisensory cues during foraging is of utter importance. To tackle the arising challenges, both honeybees and bumblebees have evolved a sophisticated olfactory and visual processing system.
In both organisms, olfactory reception starts at the antennae, where olfactory sensilla cover the antennal surface in a sex-specific manner. These sensilla house olfactory receptor neurons (ORN) that express olfactory receptors. ORNs send their axons via four tracts to the antennal lobe (AL), the prime olfactory processing center in the bee brain. Here, ORNs specifically innervate spheroidal structures, so-called glomeruli, in which they form synapses with local interneurons and projection neurons (PN). PNs subsequently project the olfactory information via two distinct tracts, the medial and the lateral antennal-lobe tract, to the mushroom body (MB), the main center of sensory integration and memory formation. In the honeybee calyx, the sensory input region of the MB, PNs synapse on Kenyon cells (KC), the principal neuron type of the MB. Olfactory PNs mainly innervate the lip and basal ring layer of the calyx. In addition, the basal ring receives input from visual PNs, making it the first site of integration of visual and olfactory information. Visual PNs, carrying sensory information from the optic lobes, send their terminals not only to the to the basal ring compartment but also to the collar of the calyx. Receiving olfactory or visual input, KCs send their axons along the MB peduncle and terminate in the main output regions of the MB, the medial and the vertical lobe (VL) in a layer-specific manner. In the MB lobes, KCs synapse onto mushroom body output neurons (MBON). In so far barely understood processes, multimodal information is integrated by the MBONs and then relayed further into the protocerebral lobes, the contralateral brain hemisphere, or the central brain among others.
This dissertation comprises a dichotomous structure that (i) aims to gain more insight into the olfactory processing in bumblebees and (ii) sets out to broaden our understanding of visual processing in honeybee MBONs.
The first manuscript examines the olfactory processing of Bombus terrestris and specifically investigates sex-specific differences. We used behavioral (absolute conditioning) and electrophysiological approaches to elaborate the processing of ecologically relevant odors (components of plant odors and pheromones) at three distinct levels, in the periphery, in the AL and during olfactory conditioning. We found both sexes to form robust memories after absolute conditioning and to generalize towards the carbon chain length of the presented odors. On the contrary, electroantennographic (EAG) activity showed distinct stimulus and sex-specific activity, e.g. reduced activity towards citronellol in drones. Interestingly, extracellular multi-unit recordings in the AL confirmed stimulus and sex-specific differences in olfactory processing, but did not reflect the differences previously found in the EAG. Here, farnesol and 2,3-dihydrofarnesol, components of sex-specific pheromones, show a distinct representation, especially in workers, corroborating the results of a previous study. This explicitly different representation suggests that the peripheral stimulus representation is an imperfect indication for neuronal representation in high-order neuropils and ecological importance of a specific odor.
The second manuscript investigates MBONs in honeybees to gain more insights into visual processing in the VL. Honeybee MBONs can be categorized into visually responsive, olfactory responsive and multimodal. To clarify which visual features are represented at this high-order integration center, we used extracellular multi-unit recordings in combination with visual and olfactory stimulation. We show for the first time that information about brightness and wavelength is preserved in the VL. Furthermore, we defined three specific classes of visual MBONs that distinctly encode the intensity, identity or simply the onset of a stimulus. The identity-subgroup exhibits a specific tuning towards UV light. These results support the view of the MB as the center of multimodal integration that categorizes sensory input and subsequently channels this information into specific MBON populations.
Finally, I discuss differences between the peripheral representations of stimuli and their distinct processing in high-order neuropils. The unique activity of farnesol in manuscript 1 or the representation of UV light in manuscript 2 suggest that the peripheral representation of a stimulus is insufficient as a sole indicator for its neural activity in subsequent neuropils or its putative behavioral importance. In addition, I discuss the influence of hard-wired concepts or plasticity induced changes in the sensory pathways on the processing of such key stimuli in the peripheral reception as well as in high-order centers like the AL or the MB. The MB as the center of multisensory integration has been broadly examined for its olfactory processing capabilities and receives increasing interest about its visual coding properties. To further unravel its role of sensory integration and to include neglected modalities, future studies need to combine additional approaches and gain more insights on the multimodal aspects in both the input and output region.
Chapter I – Introduction
Global trade of beans of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), of which chocolate is produced, contributes to the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. The understorey tree is native to South America but is nowadays cultivated in many tropical regions. In Peru, a South American country with a particularly high cacao diversity, it is common to find the tree cultivated alongside non-crop trees that provide shade, in so-called agroforestry systems. Because of the small scale and low management intensity of such systems, agroforestry is one of the most wildlife-friendly land-use types, harbouring the potential for species conservation. Studying wildlife-friendly land-use is of special importance for species conservation in biodiversity-rich tropical regions such as Peru, where agricultural expansion and intensification are threatening biodiversity. Moreover, there is a growing body of evidence that shows co-occurrence of high biodiversity levels and high yield in wildlife-friendly cacao farming. Yet studies are restricted to non-native cacao countries, and since patterns might be different among continents, it is important to improve knowledge on wildlife-friendly agroforestry in native countries.
Because studies of wildlife-friendly cultivation processes are still largely lacking for South America, we set out to study multiple aspects of cacao productivity in agroforests in Peru, part of cacao´s region of origin. The natural pollination process of cacao, which is critically understudied, was investigated by trapping flower visitors and studying pollen deposition from macrophotographs (Chapter II). Next, we excluded birds, bats, ants and flying insects and squirrels from cacao trees in a full-factorial field experiment and quantified these animals´ contribution to cacao fruit set, fruit loss and yield (Chapter III). Lastly, we aimed to assess whether fruit quantity and quality of native cacao increases through manually supplementing pollen (Chapter II and IV), and whether microclimatic conditions and the genetic background of the studied varieties limit fruit set (Chapter IV).
Chapter II – Cacao flower visitation: Low pollen deposition, low fruit set and dominance of herbivores
Given the importance of cacao pollination for the global chocolate production, it is remarkable that fruit set limitations are still understudied. Knowledge on flower visitation and the effect of landscape context and local management are lacking, especially in the crop’s region of origin. Moreover, the role of pollen deposition in limiting fruit set as well as the benefits of hand pollination in native cacao are unknown. In this chapter, we aimed to close the current knowledge gaps on cacao pollination biology and sampled flower visitors in 20 Peruvian agroforests with native cacao, along gradients of shade cover and forest distance. We also assessed pollen quantities and compared fruit set between manually and naturally pollinated flowers. We found that herbivores were the most abundant flower visitors in both northern and southern Peru, but we could not conclude which insects are effective cacao pollinators. Fruit set was remarkably low (2%) but improved to 7% due to pollen supplementation. Other factors such as a lack of effective pollinators, genetic pollen incompatibility or resource unavailability could be causing fruit set limitations. We conclude that revealing those causes and the effective pollinators of cacao will be key to improve pollination services in cacao.
Chapter III – Quantifying services and disservices provided by insects and vertebrates in cacao agroforestry landscapes
Pollination and pest control, two ecosystem services that support cacao yield, are provided by insects and vertebrates. However, animals also generate disservices, and their combined contribution is still unclear. Therefore, we excluded flying insects, ants, birds and bats, and as a side effect also squirrels from cacao trees and we assessed fruit set, fruit loss and final yield. Local management and landscape context can influence animal occurrence in cacao agroforestry landscapes; therefore, shade cover and forest distance were included in the analyses. Flying insects benefitted cacao fruit set, with largest gains in agroforests with intermediate shade cover. Birds and bats were also associated with improved fruit set rates and with a 114% increase in yield, potentially due to pest control services provided by these animals. The role of ants was complicated: these insects had a positive effect on yield, but only close to forest. We also evidenced disservices generated by ants and squirrels, causing 7% and 10% of harvest loss, respectively. Even though the benefits provided by animals outweighed the disservices, trade-offs between services and disservices still should be integrated in cacao agroforestry management.
Chapter IV – Cross-pollination improves fruit set and yield quality of Peruvian native cacao
Because yields of the cacao tree are restricted by pollination, hand pollination has been proposed to improve yield quantity and potentially, also quality. However, low self- and cross-compatibility of native cacao, and abiotic conditions could cancel out hand pollination benefits. Yet, the impact of genetic constraints and abiotic conditions on fruit set have not been assessed in native cacao so far. To increase our understanding of the factors that limit fruit set in native cacao, we compared manual self- and cross-pollination with five native genotypes selected for their sensorial quality and simultaneously tested for effects of soil water content, temperature, and relative air humidity. We also compared quality traits between manually and naturally pollinated fruits. Success rates of self-pollination were low (0.5%), but increased three- to eightfold due to cross-pollination, depending on the genotype of the pollen donor. Fruit set was also affected by the interaction between relative air humidity and temperature, and we found heavier and more premium seeds in fruits resulting from manual than natural pollination. Together, these findings show that reproductive traits of native cacao are constrained by genetic compatibility and abiotic conditions. We argue that because of the high costs of hand pollination, natural cross-pollination with native pollen donors should be promoted so that quality improvements can result in optimal economic gains for smallholder farmers.
Chapter V – Discussion
In this thesis, we demonstrated that the presence of flying insects, ants and vertebrates, local and landscape management practices, and pollen supplementation interactively affected cacao yield, at different stages of the development from flower to fruit. First, we showed that fruit set improved by intermediate shade levels and flower visitation by flying insects. Because the effective cacao pollinators remain unknown, we recommend shade cover management to safeguard fruit set rates. The importance of integrating trade-offs in wildlife-friendly management was highlighted by lower harvest losses due to ants and squirrels than the yield benefits provided by birds and bats. The maintenance of forest in the landscape might further promote occurrence of beneficial animals, because in proximity to forest, ants were positively associated with cacao yields. Therefore, an integrated wildlife-friendly farming approach in which shade cover is managed and forest is maintained or restored to optimize ecosystem service provision, while minimizing fruit loss, might benefit yields of native cacao. Finally, manual cross-pollination with native genotypes could be recommended, due to improved yield quantity and quality. However, large costs associated with hand pollination might cancel out these benefits. Instead, we argue that in an integrated management, natural cross-pollination should be promoted by employing compatible genotypes in order to improve yield quantity and quality of native cacao.
In the eusocial insect honeybee (Apis mellifera), many sterile worker bees live together with a reproductive queen in a colony. All tasks of the colony are performed by the workers, undergoing age-dependent division of labor. Beginning as hive bees, they take on tasks inside the hive such as cleaning or the producing of larval food, later developing into foragers. With that, the perception of sweetness plays a crucial role for all honeybees whether they are sitting on the honey stores in the hive or foraging for food. Their ability to sense sweetness is undoubtedly necessary to develop and evaluate food sources. Many of the behavioral decisions in honeybees are based on sugar perception, either on an individual level for ingestion, or for social behavior such as the impulse to collect or process nectar. In this context, honeybees show a complex spectrum of abilities to perceive sweetness on many levels. They are able to perceive at least seven types of sugars and decide to collect them for the colony. Further, they seem to distinguish between these sugars or at least show clear preferences when collecting them. Additionally, the perception of sugar is not rigid in honeybees. For instance, their responsiveness towards sugar changes during the transition from in-hive bees (e.g. nurses) to foraging and is linked to the division of labor. Other direct or immediate factors changing responsiveness to sugars are stress, starvation or underlying factors, such as genotype.
Interestingly, the complexity in their sugar perception is in stark contrast to the fact that honeybees seem to have only three predicted sugar receptors.
In this work, we were able to characterize the three known sugar receptors (AmGr1, AmGr2 and AmGr3) of the honeybee fully and comprehensively in oocytes (Manuscript II, Chapter 3 and Manuscript III, Chapter 4). We could show that AmGr1 is a broad sugar receptor reacting to sucrose, glucose, maltose, melezitose and trehalose (which is the honeybees’ main blood sugar), but not fructose. AmGr2 acts as its co-receptor altering AmGr1’s specificity, AmGr3 is a specific fructose receptor and we proved the heterodimerization of all receptors. With my studies, I was able to reproduce and compare the ligand specificity of the sugar receptors in vivo by generating receptor mutants with CRISPR/Cas9. With this thesis, I was able to define AmGr1 and AmGr3 as the honeybees’ basis receptors already capable to detect all sugars of its known taste spectrum.
In the expression analysis of my doctoral thesis (Manuscript I, Chapter 2) I demonstrated that both basis receptors are expressed in the antennae and the brain of nurse bees and foragers. This thesis assumes that AmGr3 (like the Drosophila homologue) functions as a sensor for fructose, which might be the satiety signal, while AmGr1 can sense trehalose as the main blood sugar in the brain. Both receptors show a reduced expression in the brain of foragers when compared with nurse bees. These results may reflect the higher concentrated diet of nurse bees in the hive. The higher number of receptors in the brain may allow nurse bees to perceive hunger earlier and to consume the food their sitting on. Forager bees have to be more persistent to hunger, when they are foraging, and food is not so accessible. The findings of reduced expression of the fructose receptor AmGr3 in the antennae of nurse bees are congruent with my other result that nurse bees are also less responsive to fructose at the antennae when compared to foragers (Manuscript I, Chapter 2). This is possible, since nurse bees sit more likely on ripe honey which contains not only higher levels of sugars but also monosaccharides (such as fructose), while foragers have to evaluate less-concentrated nectar.
My investigations of the expression of AmGr1 in the antennae of honeybees found no differences between nurse bees and foragers, although foragers are more responsive to the respective sugar sucrose (Manuscript I, Chapter 2). Considering my finding that AmGr2 is the co-receptor of AmGr1, it can be assumed that AmGr1 and the mediated sucrose taste might not be directly controlled by its expression, but indirectly by its co-receptor. My thesis therefore clearly shows that sugar perception is associated with division of labor in honeybees and appears to be directly or indirectly regulated via expression.
The comparison with a characterization study using other bee breeds and thus an alternative protein sequence of AmGr1 shows that co-expression of different AmGr1 versions with AmGr2 alters the sugar response differently. Therefore, this thesis provides first important indications that alternative splicing could also represent an important regulatory mechanism for sugar perception in honeybees.
Further, I found out that the bitter compound quinine lowers the reward quality in learning experiments for honeybees (Manuscript IV, Chapter 5). So far, no bitter receptor has been found in the genome of honeybees and this thesis strongly assumes that bitter substances such as quinine inhibit sugar receptors in honeybees. With this finding, my work includes other molecules as possible regulatory mechanism in the honeybee sugar perception as well. We showed that the inhibitory effect is lower for fructose compared to sucrose. Considering that sugar signals might be processed as differently attractive in honeybees, this thesis concludes that the sugar receptor inhibition via quinine in honeybees might depend on the receptor (or its co-receptor), is concentration-dependent and based on the salience or attractiveness and concentration of the sugar present.
With my thesis, I was able to expand the knowledge on honeybee’s sugar perception and formulate a complex, comprehensive overview. Thereby, I demonstrated the multidimensional mechanism that regulates the sugar receptors and thus the sugar perception of honeybees. With this work, I defined AmGr1 and AmGr3 as the basis of sugar perception and enlarged these components to the co-receptor AmGr2 and the possible splice variants of AmGr1. I further demonstrated how those sugar receptor components function, interact and that they are clearly involved in the division of labor in honeybees. In summary, my thesis describes the mechanisms that enable honeybees to perceive sugar in a complex way, even though they inhere a limited number of sugar receptors. My data strongly suggest that honeybees overall might not only differentiate sugars and their diet by their general sweetness (as expected with only one main sugar receptor). The found sugar receptor mechanisms and their interplay further suggest that honeybees might be able to discriminate directly between monosaccharides and disaccharides or sugar molecules and with that their diet (honey and nectar).
Cellular growth and proliferation are among the most important processes for cells and
organisms. One of the major determinants of these processes is the amount of proteins
and consequently also the amount of ribosomes. Their synthesis involves several hundred
proteins and four different ribosomal RNA species, is highly coordinated and very
energy-demanding. However, the molecular mechanims of transcriptional regulation of
the protein-coding genes involved, is only poorly understood in mammals.
In this thesis, unbiased genome-wide knockout reporter screens were performed, aiming
to identify previously unknown transcriptional regulators of ribosome biogenesis
factors (RiBis), which are important for the assembly and maturation of ribosomes,
and ribosomal proteins (RPs), which are ribosomal components themself. With that
approach and follow-up (validation) experiments, ALDOA and RBM8A among others,
could be identified as regulators of ribosome biogenesis.
Depletion of the glycolytic enzyme ALDOA led to a downregulation of RiBi- and RPpromoter
driven reporters on protein and transcript level, as well as to a downregulation
of ribosome biogenesis gene transcripts and of mRNAs of other genes important for
proliferation.
Reducing the amount of the exon junction complex protein RBM8A, led to a more prominent
downregulation of one of the fluorescent reporters, but this regulation was independent
of the promoter driving the expression of the reporter. However, acute protein
depletion experiments in combination with nascent RNA sequencing (4sU-Seq)
revealed, that mainly cytosolic ribosomal proteins (CRPs) were downregulated upon
acute RBM8A withdrawal. ChIP experiments showed RBM8A binding to promoters of
RP genes, but also to other chromatin regions. Total POL II or elongating and initiating
POL II levels were not altered upon acute RBM8A depletion.
These data provide a starting point for further research on the mechanisms of transcriptional
regulation of RP and RiBi genes in mammals.
For all animals the cold represents a dreadful danger. In the event of severe heat loss, animals
fall into a chill coma. If this state persists, it is inevitably followed by death. In poikilotherms
(e.g. insects), the optimal temperature range is narrow compared to homeotherms
(e.g. mammals), resulting in a critical core temperature being reached more quickly. As a
consequence, poikilotherms either had to develop survival strategies, migrate or die. Unlike
the majority of insects, the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is able to organize itself into
a superorganism. In this process, worker bees warm and cool the colony by coordinated
use of their flight muscles. This enables precise control of the core temperature in the hive,
analogous to the core body temperature in homeothermic animals. However, to survive the
harsh temperatures in the northern hemisphere, the thermogenic mechanism of honeybees
must be in constant readiness. This mechanism is called shivering thermogenesis, in which
honeybees generate heat using their flight muscles.
My thesis presents the molecular and neurochemical background underlying shivering thermogenesis
in worker honeybees. In this context, I investigated biogenic amine signaling.
I found that the depletion of vesicular monoamines impairs thermogenesis, resulting in
a decrease in thoracic temperature. Subsequent investigations involving various biogenic
amines showed that octopamine can reverse this effect. This clearly indicates the involvement
of the octopaminergic system. Proceeding from these results, the next step was to elucidate
the honeybee thoracic octopaminergic system. This required a multidisciplinary approach to
ultimately provide profound insights into the function and action of octopamine at the flight
muscles. This led to the identification of octopaminergic flight muscle controlling neurons,
which presumably transport octopamine to the flight muscle release sites. These neurons
most likely innervate octopamine β receptors and their activation may stimulate intracellular
glycolytic pathways, which ensure sufficient energy supply to the muscles.
Next, I examined the response of the thoracic octopaminergic system to cold stress conditions.
I found that the thoracic octopaminergic system tends towards an equilibrium,
even though the initial stress response leads to fluctuations of octopamine signaling. My
results indicate the importance of the neuro-muscular octopaminergic system and thus the need for its robustness. Moreover, cold sensitivity was observed for the expression of one
transcript of the octopamine receptor gene AmOARβ2. Furthermore, I found that honeybees
without colony context show a physiological disruption within the octopaminergic system.
This disruption has profound effects on the honeybees protection against the cold.
I could show how important the neuro-muscular octopaminergic system is for thermogenesis
in honeybees. In this context, the previously unknown neurochemical modulation of the
honeybee thorax has now been revealed. I also provide a broad basis to conduct further
experiments regarding honeybee thermogenesis and muscle physiology.