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23 November 2023 The Effects of Heat Stress and Calorie Restriction on Impaired Memory Retention in the Terrestrial Slug Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1744)
Collin D. Link, Amy C. Blair, Brenda J. Peters
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Abstract

The terrestrial slug Deroceras reticulatum (Müller 1744) was used to examine if memory disruption could be restored by hormetic interventions. Hormesis is the process by which a potentially harmful stimulus elicits beneficial effects in the correct dosage and duration. From single-trial aversive stimulus conditioning, memory retention factor (Rf) was used to assess the effects of conditioning and oxidative damage via H2O2-injection at one day (Rf1) and seven days (Rf7), representing short- and long-term responses, respectively. Results from the conditioning showed a significant increase in Rf1 in the experimental group compared to the control but not Rf7. The induction of an oxidatively damaged phenotype was supported with significantly decreased Rf1 in H2O2 injected-slugs compared to the saline-injected control. Calorie restriction (CR) and heat stress (HS) have been shown to extend lifespan in model systems, and they are thought to act, in part, through a hormetic mechanism. However, to our knowledge, the combination of both CR and HS has yet to be explored in the context of a systems-level assay, such as memory retention. HS and CR administered independently did not confer significant protection/recovery from oxidative damage. Co-administration of HS and CR similarly failed to offer significant protection/recovery from oxidative damage. Consequently, wild-caught phenotypically diverse terrestrial slugs used in the current study were susceptible to short-term conditioning (Rf1), but not long-term conditioning (Rf7), and oxidative damage from H2O2 was shown to disrupt memory. However, HS and CR had only a weak, non-significant effect on improving the disrupted memory phenotype.

Collin D. Link, Amy C. Blair, and Brenda J. Peters "The Effects of Heat Stress and Calorie Restriction on Impaired Memory Retention in the Terrestrial Slug Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1744)," American Malacological Bulletin 40(1), 1-8, (23 November 2023). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.040.0109
Received: 24 January 2023; Accepted: 20 September 2023; Published: 23 November 2023
KEYWORDS
aversive conditioning
Gastropoda
hormesis
oxidative damage
senescence
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