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Johan Kjellberg Jensen. Bild.

Johan Kjellberg Jensen

Forskare

Johan Kjellberg Jensen. Bild.

Migrant blackbirds, Turdus merula, have higher plasma levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to residents, but not enhanced fatty acid unsaturation index

Författare

  • Johan Kjellberg Jensen
  • Caroline Isaksson
  • Cas Eikenaar
  • Martin N. Andersson

Summary, in English

Birds have been observed to have dietary preferences for unsaturated fatty acids during migration. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may increase the exercise performance of migrant birds; however, PUFAs are also peroxidation prone and might therefore incur increased costs in terms of enhanced oxidative damage in migratory individuals. To shed light on this potential constraint, we analyzed plasma fatty acid (FA) composition and estimated the unsaturation index as a proxy for susceptibility to lipid peroxidation of migrants and residents of the partially migratory common blackbird (Turdus merula) at a stopover site during autumn migration. As predicted, migrant birds had higher relative and absolute levels of PUFAs compared to resident birds. This included the strictly dietary ?-3 PUFA a-linolenic acid, suggesting a dietary and/or storage preference for these FAs in migrants. Interestingly, the FA unsaturation index did not differ between migrants and residents. These findings suggest a mechanism where birds alter their levels of metabolic substrate without simultaneously increasing the susceptibility of the substrate to lipid peroxidation. In summary, our results are in line with the hypothesis that increased exercise performance during migration might be constrained by oxidative stress, which is manifested in changes in the composition of key FAs to retain the unsaturation index constant despite the increased levels of peroxidizable PUFAs.

Avdelning/ar

  • Ekologisk och evolutionär fysiologi
  • Feromongruppen
  • Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)
  • Evolutionary ecology
  • Functional zoology

Publiceringsår

2020-09

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

10196-10206

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Ecology and Evolution

Volym

10

Issue

18

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Zoology

Nyckelord

  • diet
  • fatty acids
  • migration
  • nutritional physiology
  • polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Turdus merula

Aktiv

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology
  • Pheromone Group

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2045-7758