Germline mitotic quiescence and programmed cell death are induced in C. elegans by exposure to pathogenic P. aeruginosa
Bollen, D. P.; Reddy, K. C.; Kim, D. H.; Colaiacovo, M. P.
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The impact of exposure to microbial pathogens on animal reproductive capacity and germline physiology is not well understood. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a bacterivore that encounters pathogenic microbes in its natural environment. How pathogenic bacteria affect host reproductive capacity of C. elegans is not well understood. Here, we show that exposure of C. elegans hermaphrodites to the Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes a marked reduction in brood size with concomitant reduction in the number of nuclei in the germline and gonad size. We define two processes that are induced that contribute to the decrease in the number of germ cell nuclei. First, we observe that infection with P. aeruginosa leads to the induction of programmed germ cell death. Second, we observe that this exposure induces mitotic quiescence in the proliferative zone of the C. elegans gonad. Importantly, these processes appear to be reversible; when animals are removed from the presence of P. aeruginosa, germ cell death is abated, germ cell nuclei numbers increase, and brood sizes recover. The reversible germline dynamics during exposure to P. aeruginosa may represent an adaptive response to improve survival of progeny and may serve to facilitate resource allocation that promotes survival during pathogen infection.
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