Social opportunity rapidly regulates expression of CRF and CRF receptors in the brain during social ascent of a teleost fish, Astatotilapia burtoni
Autor: | Lisa Becker, Russell D. Fernald, Russ E. Carpenter, Karen P. Maruska |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Male
Sexual Reproduction Astatotilapia burtoni Hydrocortisone Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Physiology Pituitary-Adrenal System Gene Expression lcsh:Medicine Hierarchy Social Nervous System Biochemistry Mechanical Treatment of Specimens Corticotropin-releasing hormone Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Reproductive Physiology Neural Pathways Receptor lcsh:Science 0303 health sciences Multidisciplinary Behavior Animal Neurochemistry Cichlids Neurotransmitters Animal Models Preoptic area Electroporation Specimen Disruption Pituitary Gland Anatomy hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Research Article medicine.medical_specialty Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System endocrine system Neural Networks Endocrine System Biology Research and Analysis Methods Receptors Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone 03 medical and health sciences Fish physiology Prosencephalon Model Organisms Cichlid Internal medicine medicine Genetics Animals 030304 developmental biology lcsh:R Reproductive System Biology and Life Sciences biology.organism_classification Preoptic Area Neuroanatomy Endocrinology Specimen Preparation and Treatment Forebrain lcsh:Q Serotonin Territoriality Physiological Processes 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neuroscience |
Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e96632 (2014) PLoS ONE |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Popis: | In social animals, hierarchical rank governs food availability, territorial rights and breeding access. Rank order can change rapidly and typically depends on dynamic aggressive interactions. Since the neuromodulator corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) integrates internal and external cues to regulate the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, we analyzed the CRF system during social encounters related to status. We used a particularly suitable animal model, African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni, whose social status regulates reproduction. When presented with an opportunity to rise in rank, subordinate A. burtoni males rapidly change coloration, behavior, and their physiology to support a new role as dominant, reproductively active fish. Although changes in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH1), the key reproductive molecular actor, have been analyzed during social ascent, little is known about the roles of CRF and the HPA axis during transitions. Experimentally enabling males to ascend in social rank, we measured changes in plasma cortisol and the CRF system in specific brain regions 15 minutes after onset of social ascent. Plasma cortisol levels in ascending fish were lower than subordinate conspecifics, but similar to levels in dominant animals. In the preoptic area (POA), where GnRH1 cells are located, and in the pituitary gland, CRF and CRF1 receptor mRNA levels are rapidly down regulated in ascending males compared to subordinates. In the Vc/Vl, a forebrain region where CRF cell bodies are located, mRNA coding for both CRFR1 and CRFR2 receptors is lower in ascending fish compared to stable subordinate conspecifics. The rapid time course of these changes (within minutes) suggests that the CRF system is involved in the physiological changes associated with shifts in social status. Since CRF typically has inhibitory effects on the neuroendocrine reproductive axis in vertebrates, this attenuation of CRF activity may allow rapid activation of the reproductive axis and facilitate the transition to dominance. |
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