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Title:A sexually conditioned switch of chemosensory behavior in C. elegans
Author(s):Sakai N; Iwata R; Yokoi S; Butcher RA; Clardy J; Tomioka M; Iino Y;
Address:"Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan"
Journal Title:PLoS One
Year:2013
Volume:20130704
Issue:7
Page Number:e68676 -
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068676
ISSN/ISBN:1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking)
Abstract:"In sexually reproducing animals, mating is essential for transmitting genetic information to the next generation and therefore animals have evolved mechanisms for optimizing the chance of successful mate location. In the soil nematode C. elegans, males approach hermaphrodites via the ascaroside pheromones, recognize hermaphrodites when their tails contact the hermaphrodites' body, and eventually mate with them. These processes are mediated by sensory signals specialized for sexual communication, but other mechanisms may also be used to optimize mate location. Here we describe associative learning whereby males use sodium chloride as a cue for hermaphrodite location. Both males and hermaphrodites normally avoid sodium chloride after associative conditioning with salt and starvation. However, we found that males become attracted to sodium chloride after conditioning with salt and starvation if hermaphrodites are present during conditioning. For this conditioning, which we call sexual conditioning, hermaphrodites are detected by males through pheromonal signaling and additional cue(s). Sex transformation experiments suggest that neuronal sex of males is essential for sexual conditioning. Altogether, these results suggest that C. elegans males integrate environmental, internal and social signals to determine the optimal strategy for mate location"
Keywords:"Animals;Animals Association Learning/physiology Caenorhabditis elegans/*physiology Chemotaxis/*physiology Conditioning, Psychological/*physiology Cues Female Hermaphroditic Organisms/*physiology Male Pheromones/physiology Reproduction/physiology Sex Characteristi;"
Notes:"MedlineSakai, Naoko Iwata, Ryo Yokoi, Saori Butcher, Rebecca A Clardy, Jon Tomioka, Masahiro Iino, Yuichi eng K99 GM087533/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ R00 GM087533/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/07/19 PLoS One. 2013 Jul 4; 8(7):e68676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068676. Print 2013"

 
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