Social environment affects sensory gene expression in ant larvae

被引：3

作者：

Pulliainen, U. ^{[1
,2
]}

Morandin, C. ^{[1
,3
]}

Bos, N. ^{[1
,4
]}

Sundstrom, L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Schultner, E. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Helsinki, Organismal & Evolutionary Biol Res Programme, Fac Biol & Environm Sci, Helsinki, Finland

[2] Univ Helsinki, Tvarminne Zool Stn, Fac Biol & Environm Sci, Helsinki, Finland

[3] Univ Lausanne, Dept Ecol & Evolut Biophore, Lausanne, Switzerland

[4] Univ Copenhagen, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Copenhagen, Denmark

[5] Univ Regensburg, Zool & Evolutionary Biol, Univ Str 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany

来源：

INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 2022年 / 31卷 / 01期

基金：

芬兰科学院;

关键词：

social insects; transcriptome; communication; chemosensory proteins; odorant binding proteins; odorant receptors; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEINS; NEST MATE RECOGNITION; BIOTRANSFORMATION ENZYMES; OLFACTORY RECEPTORS; CHEMOSENSORY ORGANS; DIVERSITY; BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; CLONING; BROOD;

D O I：

10.1111/imb.12732

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Social insects depend on communication to regulate social behaviour. This also applies to their larvae, which are commonly exposed to social interactions and can react to social stimulation. However, how social insect larvae sense their environment is not known. Using RNAseq, we characterized expression of sensory-related genes in larvae of the ant Formica fusca, upon exposure to two social environments: isolation without contact to other individuals, and stimulation via the presence of other developing individuals. Expression of key sensory-related genes was higher following social stimulation, and larvae expressed many of the same sensory-related genes as adult ants and larvae of other insects, including genes belonging to the major insect chemosensory gene families. Our study provides first insights into the molecular changes associated with social information perception in social insect larvae.

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