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Table 3 Review of existing literature on the relationships between reproduction and oxidative stress

From: Constraint and cost of oxidative stress on reproduction: correlative evidence in laboratory mice and review of the literature

  

Study type

Study design

Sampling time

Sample type

Sex

Relationship with reproduction

Reproduction trait

References

MDA or TBARS | Oxidative damage

Sprangue-Dawley rat

Rattus norvegicus

L

EXPRS

During

Lung

F

+

RS

[26]

Sprangue

Rattus norvegicus

L

EXPRS

During

Uterus

F

+

RS

[26]

Sprangue

Rattus norvegicus

L

EXPRS

During

Kidney

F

+

RS

[26]

Sprangue

Rattus norvegicus

L

EXPRS

During

Thymus

F

0

RS

[26]

Holtzman rat

Rattus norvegicus

L

EXPRS

During

Kidney

F

+

RS

[27]

Holtzman rat

Rattus norvegicus

L

EXPRS

During

Liver

F

+

RS

[27]

Red legged partridge

Alectoris rufa

C

COR

During

Erythrocyte

F/M

+/0

HS

[41]

Eastern chipmunks

Tamias striatus

W

COR

During

Plasma

F

+

BS

[13]

House mouse

Mus musculus dimesticus

L

EXPRS

During/ End

Liver

F

-

RS

[15]

Bank vole

Myodes glareolus

L

EXPRS

During/ End

Liver

F

0

RS

[16]

Bank vole

Myodes glareolus

L

EXPRS

During/ End

Kidney

F

0

RS

[16]

Bank vole

Myodes glareolus

L

EXPRS

During/ End

Heart

F

0

RS

[16]

Bank vole

Myodes glareolus

L

EXPRS

During/ End

Muscle

F

-

RS

[16]

Soay sheep

Ovis Ovaries

W

COR

End

Plasma

F

0

RS

[14]

dROM | Oxidative

C57-Black6 maouse

Mus Musculus

L

COR

Before

Plasma

F

-

BS

Present Study

Great tit

Parus Major

W

COR

Before

Plasma

F

0

BS

[23]

Common starling

Sturnus Vulgaran

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

-

CS

[23]

Tasmanian Spotted snow skink

Niveoscincus ocellates

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

0

BS

[24]

Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

0

CS

[25]

Adélie penguins

Pygoscelis adeliae

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F/M

0/0

RE

[33]

Eurasian kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F/M

0/+

RS

[34]

Seychelles warbler

Acrocephalus sechellensis

W

COR

Δ [During-Before]

Plasma

F/M

0 in malaria infected birds

RS

[30]

Seychelles warbler

Acrocephalus sechellensis

W

COR

Δ [During-Before]

Plasma

F/M

-in malaria infected birds

RS

[30]

C57-Black 6 mouse

Mus Musculus

L

COR

Δ [During-Before]

Plasma

F

+

RS

Present study

C57-Black 6 mouse

Mus Musculus

L

COR

During /End

Plasma

F

+

BS

Present study

OXY | Antioxidant

C57-Black mouse

Mus musculus

L

COR

Before

Plasma

F

0

BS

Present study

Great tit

Parus major

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

-

CS

[23]

Common Starling

Sturnus Vulgaris

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

+

CS

[23]

Tasmanian Spotted snow skink

Niveoscinus ocellatus

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

0

BS

[24]

Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis

W

COR

Early

Plasma

F

0

CS

[25]

Adélie penguins

Pygoscelis adeliae

W

EXPRE

During

Plasma

F/M

+/+

RE

[33]

Eurasian kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

W

COR

During

Plasma

F/M

+/0

RS

[34]

Seychelles warbler

Acrocephalus sechellensis

W

COR

Δ [During-Before]

Plasma

F/M

-

RS

[30]

C57-Black 6 mouse

Mus Musculus

L

COR

Δ [During-Before]

Plasma

F

0

RS

Present study

C57-Black 6 mouse

Mus Musculus

L

COR

During /End

Plasma

F

0

RS

Present study

KRL © | Resistance of red blood cell membranes to an oxidative burst

Alphine swift

Apus melba

W

COR

Early

Erythrocyte

F/M

+/0

HS

[9]

Alphine swift

Apus melba

W

COR

Early

Erythrocyte

F/M

+/0

CS

[9]

Great tit

Parus major

W

EXPRE

During

Erythrocyte

M

-

RE

[29]

Great tit

Parus major

W

EXPRE

During

Erythrocyte

F/M

-

RE

[28]

Zebra finch

Taeniopygia gutata

L

EXPRE

During

Erythrocyte

F/M

−/−

RE

[7]

Zebra finch

Taeniopygia gutata

L

COR

Δ [After-Before]

Erythrocyte

F/M

−/−

CS

[31]

Great tit

Parus major

W

EXPRE

Δ [After-Before]

Erythrocyte

M

0

RE

[29]

  1. To examine the importance of sampling time in relation to reproduction, we restricted our review to four markers of oxidative stress with existing measurements at different times during the reproduction. Within each marker, studies are ordered by sampling time in relation to reproduction. Study type refers to Captive (C), Laboratory (L) and Wild (W) conditions. Study design refers to correlative (COR) versus experimental studies that either manipulated individual Reproductive Status (EXPRS) or Reproductive Effort (EXPRE). Reproduction trait refers to Clutch Size (CS), Hatchling Success (HS), Brood Size (BS), experimental manipulation of Reproductive Effort (RE), and comparison of Reproduction Status (RS; namely, comparing reproducing to non-reproducing animals or intra-individual variation during the course of reproduction). If separate measurements were reported for females and males (i.e. F / M), relationships with reproduction for each sex are separated by a /.