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Qiao H, Keesey IW, Hansson BS, Knaden M. Gut microbiota affects development and olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol 2019; 222:jeb.192500. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.192500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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It has been shown that gut microbes are very important for the behavior and development of Drosophila, as the beneficial microbes are involved in the identification of suitable feeding and oviposition places. However, in what way these associated gut microbes influence the fitness-related behaviors of Drosophila melanogaster remains unclear. Here we show that D. melanogaster exhibits different behavioral preferences towards gut microbes. Both adults and larvae were attracted by the headspace of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum, but were repelled by Acetobacter malorum in behavioral assays, indicating an olfactory mechanism involved in these preference behaviors. While the attraction to yeast was governed by olfactory sensory neurons expressing the odorant co-receptor Orco, the observed behaviors towards the other microbes still remained in flies lacking this co-receptor. By experimentally manipulating the microbiota of the flies, we found that flies did not strive for a diverse microbiome by e.g. increasing their preference towards gut microbes that they had not experienced previously. Instead, in some cases the flies even increased preference for the microbes they were reared on. Furthermore, exposing Drosophila larvae to all three microbes promoted Drosophila’s development while only exposure to S. cerevisiae and A. malorum resulted in the development of larger ovaries and in increased egg numbers the flies laid in an oviposition assay. Thus our study provides a better understanding of how gut microbes affect insect behavior and development, and offers an ecological rationale for preferences of flies for different microbes in their natural environment.
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- Huili Qiao
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Jena, Germany
- Henan Provincial Key laboratory of Funiu Mountain Insect Biology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Jena, Germany
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Yanagawa A, Couto A, Sandoz JC, Hata T, Mitra A, Ali Agha M, Marion-Poll F. LPS perception through taste-induced reflex in Drosophila melanogaster. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 112:39-47. [PMID: 30528842 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In flies, grooming serves several purposes, including protection against pathogens and parasites. Previously, we found Escherichia coli or lipopolysaccharides (LPS) can induce grooming behavior via activation of contact chemoreceptors on Drosophila wing. This suggested that specific taste receptors may contribute to this detection. In this study, we examined the perception of commercially available LPS on Drosophila wing chemoreceptors in grooming reflex. Behavioral tests conducted with bitter, sweet and salty gustation such as caffeine, sucrose and salt, using flies carrying a defect in one of their taste receptors related to the detection of bitter molecules (Gr66a, Gr33a), sugars (Gr5a, Gr64f), or salt (IR76b). LPS and tastants of each category were applied to wing sensilla of these taste defectflies and to wild-type Canton Special (CS) flies. Our results indicate that the grooming reflex induced by LPS requires a wide range of gustatory genes, and the inactivation of any of tested genes expressing cells causes a significant reduction of the behavior. This suggests that, while the grooming reflex is strongly regulated by cues perceived as aversive, other sapid cues traditionally related to sweet and salty tastes are also contributing to this behavior.
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- Aya Yanagawa
- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.
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- UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, CNRS, IRD, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, CNRS, IRD, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, CNRS, IRD, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan, India
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- AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France; Ÿnsect-Pôle Innovia, Damparis, France
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- UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, CNRS, IRD, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France.
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In most sensory modalities the underlying physical phenomena are well understood, and stimulus properties can be precisely controlled. In olfaction, the situation is different. The presence of specific chemical compounds in the air (or water) is the root cause for perceived odors, but it remains unknown what organizing principles, equivalent to wavelength for light, determine the dimensions of odor space. Equally important, but less in the spotlight, odor stimuli are also complex with respect to their physical properties, including concentration and time-varying spatio-temporal distribution. We still lack a complete understanding or control over these properties, in either experiments or theory. In this review, we will concentrate on two important aspects of the physical properties of odor stimuli beyond the chemical identity of the odorants: (1) The amplitude of odor stimuli and their temporal dynamics. (2) The spatio-temporal structure of odor plumes in a natural environment. Concerning these issues, we ask the following questions: (1) Given any particular experimental protocol for odor stimulation, do we have a realistic estimate of the odorant concentration in the air, and at the olfactory receptor neurons? Can we control, or at least know, the dynamics of odorant concentration at olfactory receptor neurons? (2) What do we know of the spatio-temporal structure of odor stimuli in a natural environment both from a theoretical and experimental perspective? And how does this change if we consider mixtures of odorants? For both topics, we will briefly summarize the underlying principles of physics and review the experimental and theoretical Neuroscience literature, focusing on the aspects that are relevant to animals' physiology and behavior. We hope that by bringing the physical principles behind odor plume landscapes to the fore we can contribute to promoting a new generation of experiments and models.
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Mansourian S, Enjin A, Jirle EV, Ramesh V, Rehermann G, Becher PG, Pool JE, Stensmyr MC. Wild African Drosophila melanogaster Are Seasonal Specialists on Marula Fruit. Curr Biol 2018; 28:3960-3968.e3. [PMID: 30528579 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Although the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster is arguably the most studied organism on the planet, fundamental aspects of this species' natural ecology have remained enigmatic [1]. We have here investigated a wild population of D. melanogaster from a mopane forest in Zimbabwe. We find that these flies are closely associated with marula fruit (Sclerocarya birrea) and propose that this seasonally abundant and predominantly Southern African fruit is a key ancestral host of D. melanogaster. Moreover, when fruiting, marula is nearly exclusively used by D. melanogaster, suggesting that these forest-dwelling D. melanogaster are seasonal specialists, in a similar manner to, e.g., Drosophila erecta on screw pine cones [2]. We further demonstrate that the main chemicals released by marula activate odorant receptors that mediate species-specific host choice (Or22a) [3, 4] and oviposition site selection (Or19a) [5]. The Or22a-expressing neurons-ab3A-respond strongly to the marula ester ethyl isovalerate, a volatile rarely encountered in high amounts in other fruit. We also show that Or22a differs among African populations sampled from a wide range of habitats, in line with a function associated with host fruit usage. Flies from Southern Africa, most of which carry a distinct allele at the Or22a/Or22b locus, have ab3A neurons that are more sensitive to ethyl isovalerate than, e.g., European flies. Finally, we discuss the possibility that marula, which is also a culturally and nutritionally important resource to humans, may have helped the transition to commensalism in D. melanogaster.
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Chemical Ecology Group, SLU Alnarp, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Dong X, Chaisiri K, Xia D, Armstrong SD, Fang Y, Donnelly MJ, Kadowaki T, McGarry JW, Darby AC, Makepeace BL. Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism. Gigascience 2018; 7:5160133. [PMID: 30445460 PMCID: PMC6275457 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Trombidid mites have a unique life cycle in which only the larval stage is ectoparasitic. In the superfamily Trombiculoidea ("chiggers"), the larvae feed preferentially on vertebrates, including humans. Species in the genus Leptotrombidium are vectors of a potentially fatal bacterial infection, scrub typhus, that affects 1 million people annually. Moreover, chiggers can cause pruritic dermatitis (trombiculiasis) in humans and domesticated animals. In the Trombidioidea (velvet mites), the larvae feed on other arthropods and are potential biological control agents for agricultural pests. Here, we present the first trombidid mites genomes, obtained both for a chigger, Leptotrombidium deliense, and for a velvet mite, Dinothrombium tinctorium. Results Sequencing was performed using Illumina technology. A 180 Mb draft assembly for D. tinctorium was generated from two paired-end and one mate-pair library using a single adult specimen. For L. deliense, a lower-coverage draft assembly (117 Mb) was obtained using pooled, engorged larvae with a single paired-end library. Remarkably, both genomes exhibited evidence of ancient lateral gene transfer from soil-derived bacteria or fungi. The transferred genes confer functions that are rare in animals, including terpene and carotenoid synthesis. Thirty-seven allergenic protein families were predicted in the L. deliense genome, of which nine were unique. Preliminary proteomic analyses identified several of these putative allergens in larvae. Conclusions Trombidid mite genomes appear to be more dynamic than those of other acariform mites. A priority for future research is to determine the biological function of terpene synthesis in this taxon and its potential for exploitation in disease control.
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- Xiaofeng Dong
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom.,Department of Biological Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.,School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.,Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, L3 5RF, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, L3 5RF, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Ratchathewi Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, L3 5RF, United Kingdom.,The Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, L3 5RF, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RP, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, L3 5RF, United Kingdom
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Kennedy T, Broadie K. Newly Identified Electrically Coupled Neurons Support Development of the Drosophila Giant Fiber Model Circuit. eNeuro 2018; 5:ENEURO.0346-18.2018. [PMID: 30627638 PMCID: PMC6325540 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0346-18.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The Drosophila giant fiber (GF) escape circuit is an extensively studied model for neuron connectivity and function. Researchers have long taken advantage of the simple linear neuronal pathway, which begins at peripheral sensory modalities, travels through the central GF interneuron (GFI) to motor neurons, and terminates on wing/leg muscles. This circuit is more complex than it seems, however, as there exists a complex web of coupled neurons connected to the GFI that widely innervates the thoracic ganglion. Here, we define four new neuron clusters dye coupled to the central GFI, which we name GF coupled (GFC) 1-4. We identify new transgenic Gal4 drivers that express specifically in these neurons, and map both neuronal architecture and synaptic polarity. GFC1-4 share a central site of GFI connectivity, the inframedial bridge, where the neurons each form electrical synapses. Targeted apoptotic ablation of GFC1 reveals a key role for the proper development of the GF circuit, including the maintenance of GFI connectivity with upstream and downstream synaptic partners. GFC1 ablation frequently results in the loss of one GFI, which is always compensated for by contralateral innervation from a branch of the persisting GFI axon. Overall, this work reveals extensively coupled interconnectivity within the GF circuit, and the requirement of coupled neurons for circuit development. Identification of this large population of electrically coupled neurons in this classic model, and the ability to genetically manipulate these electrically synapsed neurons, expands the GF system capabilities for the nuanced, sophisticated circuit dissection necessary for deeper investigations into brain formation.
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- Tyler Kennedy
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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Yang D. Carnivory in the larvae of Drosophila melanogaster and other Drosophila species. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15484. [PMID: 30341324 PMCID: PMC6195549 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33906-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Drosophila melanogaster is widely used as a model organism for biological investigations, and food is a major aspect of its ecology and evolutionary biology. Previous studies have shown that this insect can use fruits, yeasts and insect carcasses as its food sources. In this study, we demonstrate that this species is an omnivore, that its larvae can exploit not only fruits and yeast but also foods of animal origin (FAOs), and that larvae consume adult carcasses regularly. FAO-fed larvae develop into adulthood within a normal developmental time frame without the help of microbes. Yeast foods are better for Drosophila development than are foods of plant origin (FPOs) or FAO because in yeast foods, more eggs complete their life cycle, and the body size of emerged flies is much greater. Flies can use a mixture of yeast-FAO, which significantly boosts female fertility. Larvae digest FAOs externally. Larval D. virilis, D. hydei, and D. simulans are also omnivorous and demonstrate the same feeding habits as larval D. melanogaster. These findings prompt us to reconsider previous conclusions about the original adaptations of D. melanogaster and other Drosophila species and have direct implications for diet-related studies using Drosophila as a model organism.
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- Daxiang Yang
- Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China.
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Koerte S, Keesey IW, Khallaf MA, Cortés Llorca L, Grosse-Wilde E, Hansson BS, Knaden M. Evaluation of the DREAM Technique for a High-Throughput Deorphanization of Chemosensory Receptors in Drosophila. Front Mol Neurosci 2018; 11:366. [PMID: 30356801 PMCID: PMC6189519 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, the majority of olfactory receptors mediating the detection of volatile chemicals found in their natural habitat have been functionally characterized (deorphanized) in vivo. In this process, receptors have been assigned ligands leading to either excitation or inhibition in the olfactory sensory neuron where they are expressed. In other, non-drosophilid insect species, scientists have not yet been able to compile datasets about ligand-receptor interactions anywhere near as extensive as in the model organism D. melanogaster, as genetic tools necessary for receptor deorphanization are still missing. Recently, it was discovered that exposure to artificially high concentrations of odorants leads to reliable alterations in mRNA levels of interacting odorant receptors in mammals. Analyzing receptor expression after odorant exposure can, therefore, help to identify ligand-receptor interactions in vivo without the need for other genetic tools. Transfer of the same methodology from mice to a small number of receptors in D. melanogaster resulted in a similar trend, indicating that odorant exposure induced alterations in mRNA levels are generally applicable for deorphanization of interacting chemosensory receptors. Here, we evaluated the potential of the DREAM (Deorphanization of receptors based on expression alterations in mRNA levels) technique for high-throughput deorphanization of chemosensory receptors in insect species using D. melanogaster as a model. We confirmed that in some cases the exposure of a chemosensory receptor to high concentration of its best ligand leads to measureable alterations in mRNA levels. However, unlike in mammals, we found several cases where either confirmed ligands did not induce alterations in mRNA levels of the corresponding chemosensory receptors, or where gene transcript-levels were altered even though there is no evidence for a ligand-receptor interaction. Hence, there are severe limitations to the suitability of the DREAM technique for deorphanization as a general tool to characterize olfactory receptors in insects.
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- Sarah Koerte
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department for Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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Nemeth DC, Ammagarahalli B, Layne JE, Rollmann SM. Evolution of coeloconic sensilla in the peripheral olfactory system of Drosophila mojavensis. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 110:13-22. [PMID: 30107159 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Populations inhabiting habitats with different environmental conditions, such as climate, resource availability, predation, competition, can undergo selection for traits that are adaptive in one habitat and not the other, leading to divergence between populations. Changes in the olfactory systems of insects that rely on different host plants, for example, can occur in response to differences in sensory stimuli between habitats. In this study, we investigate the evolution of host preference by characterizing the coeloconic sensilla in Drosophila mojavensis, a species that breeds on different necrotic cacti across its geographic range. These cactus species differ in the volatile chemicals they emit, a primary sensory cue for host plant discrimination. Analysis of odor-evoked responses identified four coeloconic sensilla that were qualitatively similar to those of Drosophila melanogaster, but varied in the breadth and strength of their olfactory sensory neuron responses to some acids and amines. Variation in responses to certain odorants among D. mojavensis populations was also observed. Compared to D. melanogaster, there was a lack of sensitivity of antennal coeloconic type 3 (ac3) sensilla to primary ligands of OR35a across all populations. Consistent with this result was a lack of detectable Or35a gene expression. Using a comparative approach, we then examined odor specificity of ac3 sensilla for seven additional Drosophila species, and found that OR35a-like sensitivity may be limited to the melanogaster subgroup. The variation in specificity that was observed among species is not clearly attributable to the degree of ecological specialization, nor to the ecological niche.
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- Daniel C Nemeth
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA.
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Jacob VEJM. Current Source Density Analysis of Electroantennogram Recordings: A Tool for Mapping the Olfactory Response in an Insect Antenna. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:287. [PMID: 30233325 PMCID: PMC6135050 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The set of chemosensory receptors expressed by the olfactory receptor neurons lying in an insect's antennae and maxillary palps define the ability of this insect to perceive the volatile chemicals of its environment. The main two electrophysiological methods of antennal recordings for studying the range of chemicals that activate chemosensory receptors have limitations. Single-sensillum recording (SSR) samples a subset of olfactory receptor neurons and therefore does not reveal the full capacity of an insect to perceive an odor. Electroantennography (EAG), even if less resolutive than SSRs, is sometimes preferred since it samples the activity of a large number of the olfactory receptor neurons. But, at least in flies, the amplitude of the EAG signal is not directly correlated with the degree of sensitivity of the insect to the olfactory compound. Such dual methodology was also used to study mammalian brains, and the current source density (CSD) analysis was developed to bridge the gap between the cellular and the population recordings. This paper details the use of a similar approach adapted to the study of olfactory responses within insects with bulbous antennae. The EAG was recorded at multiple antennal positions and the CSD that generates the EAG potentials were estimated. The method measures the activation of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) across the antennae and thus it quantifies the olfactory sensitivity of the insect. It allows a rapid mapping of olfactory responses and thus can be used to guide further SSRs or to determine that two chemicals are detected by independent ORNs. This study further explored biases resulting from a limited number of recording positions or from an approximation of the antennal geometry that should be considered for interpreting the CSD maps. It also shows that the CSD analysis of EAGs is compatible with a gas chromatograph stimulator for analyzing the response to complex odors. Finally, I discuss the origin of the EAG signal in light of the CSD theory.
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Siva-Jothy JA, Monteith KM, Vale PF. Navigating infection risk during oviposition and cannibalistic foraging in a holometabolous insect. Behav Ecol 2018; 29:1426-1435. [PMID: 30510395 PMCID: PMC6257210 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Deciding where to eat and raise offspring carries important fitness consequences for all animals, especially if foraging, feeding, and reproduction increase pathogen exposure. In insects with complete metamorphosis, foraging mainly occurs during the larval stage, while oviposition decisions are made by adult females. Selection for infection avoidance behaviors may therefore be developmentally uncoupled. Using a combination of experimental infections and behavioral choice assays, we tested if Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies avoid infectious environments at distinct developmental stages. When given conspecific fly carcasses as a food source, larvae did not discriminate between carcasses that were clean or infected with the pathogenic Drosophila C Virus (DCV), even though cannibalism was a viable route of DCV transmission. When laying eggs, DCV-infected females did not discriminate between infectious and noninfectious carcasses, and laying eggs near potentially infectious carcasses was always preferred to sites containing only fly food. Healthy mothers, however, laid more eggs near a clean rather than an infectious carcass. Avoidance during oviposition changed over time: after an initial oviposition period, healthy mothers stopped avoiding infectious carcasses. We interpret this result as a possible trade-off between managing infection risk and maximizing reproduction. Our findings suggest infection avoidance contributes to how mothers provision their offspring and underline the need to consider infection avoidance behaviors at multiple life-stages.
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- Jonathon A Siva-Jothy
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Qu SX, Wang XF, Li HP, Luo X, Ma L. A Gustatory Receptor Used for Rapid Detection of Tyrophagus putrescentiae in Fungi Hosts. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11425. [PMID: 30061635 PMCID: PMC6065420 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29729-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The storage mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, found worldwide in many habitats, is an important pest of edible fungi in China. Storage mites are tiny and difficult to observe, especially when they occur in fungi composts. In this study, one gustatory receptor protein (TputGR1) was identified from the transcriptome of T. putrescentiae. Phylogenetic analysis of GRs families from 10 arthropod species revealed that TputGR1 had high homology with the SccaGR1 of Sarcoptes scabiei and TurtGR1-2 of Tetranychus urticae, but low homology with other insect species, Drosophila melanogaster, Anopheles gambiae, Bombyx mori, Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Pediculus humanus. We developed a detection system for the mite on fungi hosts using the GR protein and the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). This procedure was rapid (60 min from sampling to result) and had high sensitivity (0.5 ng/mL). LAMP provided rapid and reliable detection of T. putrescentiae. It has good specificity for single samples and for large-scale surveys.
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- Shao-Xuan Qu
- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Rd, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 11724, USA
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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Deciphering Drosophila female innate behaviors. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2018; 52:139-148. [PMID: 29940518 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Innate responses are often sexually dimorphic. Studies of female specific behaviors have remained niche, but the focus is changing as illustrated by the recent progress in understanding the female courtship responses and egg-laying decisions. In this review, we will cover our current knowledge about female behaviors in these two specific contexts. Recent studies elucidate on how females process the courtship song. They also show that egg-laying decisions are extremely complex, requiring the assessment of food, microbial, predator and social cues. Study of female responses will improve our understanding of how a nervous system processes different challenges.
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Kirkpatrick DM, Leach HL, Xu P, Dong K, Isaacs R, Gut LJ. Comparative Antennal and Behavioral Responses of Summer and Winter Morph Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) to Ecologically Relevant Volatiles. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2018; 47:700-706. [PMID: 29668908 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvy046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is a devastating global pest of berry crops and cherries. Little is understood about its biology during the winter in northern temperate regions, including potential resources that it may utilize during this period. In this study, olfactory and behavioral responses of female D. suzukii to six volatiles (methionol, acetic acid, linalool, bornyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, and geosmin) were evaluated separately for electroantennogram (EAG) and behavioral assays between summer and winter morphs. Results of EAG indicated that isoamyl acetate, acetic acid, and geosmin elicited significantly higher olfactory responses from the antennae of female summer morph D. suzukii compared with those of female winter morph D. suzukii. Winter morph D. suzukii showed reduced antennal response to the volatiles overall. Geosmin and bornyl acetate elicited significantly different behavioral responses from the two morphs in no-choice laboratory behavioral assays. T-maze behavioral assays with geosmin further revealed that summer morphs had a significant aversion, while winter morphs showed no significant aversion to geosmin. Overall, we demonstrate that responses of the two seasonally induced morphs to environmental stimuli are different, and future studies are justified to further understand how these physiological and behavioral differences may contribute to improved pest management of D. suzukii.
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Ouedraogo L, den Otter CJ. Comparison of single cell sensitivities to acetone, 1-octen-3-ol and 3-methylphenol in the riverine tsetse species Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and G. palpalis palpalis. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 107:144-151. [PMID: 29559304 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Action potentials from individual cells were recorded from antennae (funiculi) of living tsetse flies, Glossina p. palpalis and Glossina f. fuscipes using a "surface-contact" recording technique. Stimuli were vapours of 1-octen-3-ol, acetone and 3-methylphenol. Of the 101 and 128 olfactory cells tested for their sensitivity to odour stimuli in G. p. palpalis and G. f. fuscipes, respectively, the majority (83 and 77%) were activated by more than one chemical. The numbers of these "generalist" cells were 20 and 15% higher in females than in males. Response intensity increased with increasing odour dose. Temporal patterns of excitation were phasic-tonic and showed cells with relatively rapid cessation of spike activity after the end of stimulation and cells which continued firing for several seconds or even minutes after stimulation. Inhibition by odours only occurred in a minority of cells and was dose-dependent. For each of the three substances the excitatory response was significantly higher in G. f. fuscipes than in G. p. palpalis, whereas no significant differences between inhibitory responses were found. In G. f. fuscipes each stimulus evoked equal excitatory responses. In G. p. palpalis, however, acetone induced significantly higher responses than 1-octen-3-ol and 3-methylphenol. Response intensities to each of the three chemicals did not differ between male and female G. p. palpalis, whereas in G. f. fuscipes 1-octen-3-ol evoked significantly higher responses in males. Possible mechanisms of receptor cell odour coding and behavioural effects of the various cell type activities are discussed.
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- Lamini Ouedraogo
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, Unité de Formation et de la Recherche en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre (UFR/SVT), Universite Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso.
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- FRES, Rijksstraatweg 377, 9752 CH Haren, The Netherlands.
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The Olfactory Logic behind Fruit Odor Preferences in Larval and Adult Drosophila. Cell Rep 2018; 23:2524-2531. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Behavioral readout of spatio-temporal codes in olfaction. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2018; 52:18-24. [PMID: 29694923 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 03/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Neural recordings performed at an increasing scale and resolution have revealed complex, spatio-temporally precise patterns of activity in the olfactory system. Multiple models may explain the functional consequences of the spatio-temporal olfactory code, but the link to behavior remains unclear. Recent evidence in the field suggests a behavioral sensitivity to both fine spatial and temporal features in the code. How these features and combinations of features give rise to olfactory behavior is the subject of active research in the field. Modern genetic and optogenetic methods show great promise in testing the link between olfactory codes and behavior.
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Among the insect olfactory receptors the odorant receptors (ORs) evolved in parallel to the onset of insect flight. A special property of this receptor type is the capability to adjust sensitivity of odor detection according to previous odor contacts. This article presents a current view on regulatory processes affecting the performance of ORs and proposes a model of mechanisms contributing to OR sensitization.
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- Dieter Wicher
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPG), Jena, Germany
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Kim G, Huang JH, McMullen JG, Newell PD, Douglas AE. Physiological responses of insects to microbial fermentation products: Insights from the interactions between Drosophila and acetic acid. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 106:13-19. [PMID: 28522417 PMCID: PMC5685952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Acetic acid is a fermentation product of many microorganisms, including some that inhabit the food and guts of Drosophila. Here, we investigated the effect of dietary acetic acid on oviposition and larval performance of Drosophila. At all concentrations tested (0.34-3.4%), acetic acid promoted egg deposition by mated females in no-choice assays; and females preferred to oviposit on diet with acetic acid relative to acetic acid-free diet. However, acetic acid depressed larval performance, particularly extending the development time of both larvae colonized with the bacterium Acetobacter pomorum and axenic (microbe-free) larvae. The larvae may incur an energetic cost associated with dissipating the high acid load on acetic acid-supplemented diets. This effect was compounded by suppressed population growth of A. pomorum on the 3.4% acetic acid diet, such that the gnotobiotic Drosophila on this diet displayed traits characteristic of axenic Drosophila, specifically reduced developmental rate and elevated lipid content. It is concluded that acetic acid is deleterious to larval Drosophila, and hypothesized that acetic acid may function as a reliable cue for females to oviposit in substrates bearing microbial communities that promote larval nutrition.
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- Geonho Kim
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Gruber L, Rybak J, Hansson BS, Cantera R. Synaptic Spinules in the Olfactory Circuit of Drosophila melanogaster. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:86. [PMID: 29636666 PMCID: PMC5880883 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Here we report on ultrastructural features of brain synapses in the fly Drosophila melanogaster and outline a perspective for the study of their functional significance. Images taken with the aid of focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (EM) at 20 nm intervals across olfactory glomerulus DA2 revealed that some synaptic boutons are penetrated by protrusions emanating from other neurons. Similar structures in the brain of mammals are known as synaptic spinules. A survey with transmission EM (TEM) disclosed that these structures are frequent throughout the antennal lobe. Detailed neuronal tracings revealed that spinules are formed by all three major types of neurons innervating glomerulus DA2 but the olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) receive significantly more spinules than other olfactory neurons. Double-membrane vesicles (DMVs) that appear to represent material that has pinched-off from spinules are also most abundant in presynaptic boutons of OSNs. Inside the host neuron, a close association was observed between spinules, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria. We propose that by releasing material into the host neuron, through a process triggered by synaptic activity and analogous to axonal pruning, synaptic spinules could function as a mechanism for synapse tagging, synaptic remodeling and neural plasticity. Future directions of experimental work to investigate this theory are proposed.
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- Lydia Gruber
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPG)Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPG)Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPG)Jena, Germany
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- Departamento de Biología del Neurodesarrollo, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (IIBCE)Montevideo, Uruguay.,Zoology Department, Stockholm UniversityStockholm, Sweden
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Billeter JC, Wolfner MF. Chemical Cues that Guide Female Reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. J Chem Ecol 2018; 44:750-769. [PMID: 29557077 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-018-0947-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Chemicals released into the environment by food, predators and conspecifics play critical roles in Drosophila reproduction. Females and males live in an environment full of smells, whose molecules communicate to them the availability of food, potential mates, competitors or predators. Volatile chemicals derived from fruit, yeast growing on the fruit, and flies already present on the fruit attract Drosophila, concentrating flies at food sites, where they will also mate. Species-specific cuticular hydrocarbons displayed on female Drosophila as they mature are sensed by males and act as pheromones to stimulate mating by conspecific males and inhibit heterospecific mating. The pheromonal profile of a female is also responsive to her nutritional environment, providing an honest signal of her fertility potential. After mating, cuticular and semen hydrocarbons transferred by the male change the female's chemical profile. These molecules make the female less attractive to other males, thus protecting her mate's sperm investment. Females have evolved the capacity to counteract this inhibition by ejecting the semen hydrocarbon (along with the rest of the remaining ejaculate) a few hours after mating. Although this ejection can temporarily restore the female's attractiveness, shortly thereafter another male pheromone, a seminal peptide, decreases the female's propensity to re-mate, thus continuing to protect the male's investment. Females use olfaction and taste sensing to select optimal egg-laying sites, integrating cues for the availability of food for her offspring, and the presence of other flies and of harmful species. We argue that taking into account evolutionary considerations such as sexual conflict, and the ecological conditions in which flies live, is helpful in understanding the role of highly species-specific pheromones and blends thereof, as well as an individual's response to the chemical cues in its environment.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
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Avalos M, van Wezel GP, Raaijmakers JM, Garbeva P. Healthy scents: microbial volatiles as new frontier in antibiotic research? Curr Opin Microbiol 2018; 45:84-91. [PMID: 29544125 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Microorganisms represent a large and still resourceful pool for the discovery of novel compounds to combat antibiotic resistance in human and animal pathogens. The ability of microorganisms to produce structurally diverse volatile compounds has been known for decades, yet their biological functions and antimicrobial activities have only recently attracted attention. Various studies revealed that microbial volatiles can act as infochemicals in long-distance cross-kingdom communication as well as antimicrobials in competition and predation. Here, we review recent insights into the natural functions and modes of action of microbial volatiles and discuss their potential as a new class of antimicrobials and modulators of antibiotic resistance.
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- Mariana Avalos
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands; Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands; Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Sweet-insensitive Drosophila mutants are unable to readily identify sugar. In presence of wild-type (WT) flies, however, these mutant flies demonstrated a marked increase in their preference for nutritive sugar. Real-time recordings of starved WT flies revealed that these flies discharge a drop from their gut end after consuming nutritive sugars, but not nonnutritive sugars. We proposed that the drop may contain a molecule(s) named calorie-induced secreted factor (CIF), which serves as a signal to inform other flies about its nutritional value. Consistent with this, we observed a robust preference of flies for nutritive sugar containing CIF over nutritive sugar without CIF. Feeding appears to be a prerequisite for the release of CIF, given that fed flies did not produce it. Additionally, correlation analyses and pharmacological approaches suggest that the nutritional value, rather than the taste, of the consumed sugar correlates strongly with the amount (or intensity) of the released CIF. We observed that the release of this attractant signal requires the consumption of macronutrients, specifically nutritive sugars and l-enantiomer essential amino acids (l-eAAs), but it is negligibly released when flies are fed nonnutritive sugars, unnatural d-enantiomer essential amino acids (d-eAAs), fatty acids, alcohol, or salts. Finally, CIF (i) is not detected by the olfactory system, (ii) is not influenced by the sex of the fly, and (iii) is not limited to one species of Drosophila.
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Corcoran JA, Sonntag Y, Andersson MN, Johanson U, Löfstedt C. Endogenous insensitivity to the Orco agonist VUAA1 reveals novel olfactory receptor complex properties in the specialist fly Mayetiola destructor. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3489. [PMID: 29472565 PMCID: PMC5823858 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21631-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Insect olfactory receptors are routinely expressed in heterologous systems for functional characterisation. It was recently discovered that the essential olfactory receptor co-receptor (Orco) of the Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Mdes), does not respond to the agonist VUAA1, which activates Orco in all other insects analysed to date. Here, using a mutagenesis-based approach we identified three residues in MdesOrco, located in different transmembrane helices as supported by 3D modelling, that confer sensitivity to VUAA1. Reciprocal mutations in Drosophila melanogaster (Dmel) and the noctuid moth Agrotis segetum (Aseg) Orcos diminish sensitivity of these proteins to VUAA1. Additionally, mutating these residues in DmelOrco and AsegOrco compromised odourant receptor (OR) dependent ligand-induced Orco activation. In contrast, both wild-type and VUAA1-sensitive MdesOrco were capable of forming functional receptor complexes when coupled to ORs from all three species, suggesting unique complex properties in M. destructor, and that not all olfactory receptor complexes are “created” equal.
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Elucidating the Neuronal Architecture of Olfactory Glomeruli in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe. Cell Rep 2018; 16:3401-3413. [PMID: 27653699 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Olfactory glomeruli are morphologically conserved spherical compartments of the olfactory system, distinguishable solely by their chemosensory repertoire, anatomical position, and volume. Little is known, however, about their numerical neuronal composition. We therefore characterized their neuronal architecture and correlated these anatomical features with their functional properties in Drosophila melanogaster. We quantitatively mapped all olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) innervating each glomerulus, including sexually dimorphic distributions. Our data reveal the impact of OSN number on glomerular dimensions and demonstrate yet unknown sex-specific differences in several glomeruli. Moreover, we quantified uniglomerular projection neurons for each glomerulus, which unraveled a glomerulus-specific numerical innervation. Correlation between morphological features and functional specificity showed that glomeruli innervated by narrowly tuned OSNs seem to possess a larger number of projection neurons and are involved in less lateral processing than glomeruli targeted by broadly tuned OSNs. Our study demonstrates that the neuronal architecture of each glomerulus encoding crucial odors is unique.
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Signaling Mode of the Broad-Spectrum Conserved CO 2 Receptor Is One of the Important Determinants of Odor Valence in Drosophila. Neuron 2018; 97:1153-1167.e4. [PMID: 29429938 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Odor detection involves hundreds of olfactory receptors from diverse families, making modeling of hedonic valence of an odorant difficult, even in Drosophila melanogaster where most receptors have been deorphanised. We demonstrate that a broadly tuned heteromeric receptor that detects CO2 (Gr21a, Gr63a) and other odorants is a key determinant of valence along with a few members of the Odorant receptor family in a T-maze, but not in a trap assay. Gr21a and Gr63a have atypically high amino acid conservation in Dipteran insects, and they use both inhibition and activation to convey positive or negative valence for numerous odorants. Inhibitors elicit a robust Gr63a-dependent attraction, while activators, strong aversion. The attractiveness of inhibitory odorants increases with increasing background CO2 levels, providing a mechanism for behavior modulation in odor blends. In mosquitoes, valence is switched and activation of the orthologous receptor conveys attraction. Reverse chemical ecology enables the identification of inhibitory odorants to reduce attraction of mosquitoes to skin.
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Bisch-Knaden S, Dahake A, Sachse S, Knaden M, Hansson BS. Spatial Representation of Feeding and Oviposition Odors in the Brain of a Hawkmoth. Cell Rep 2018; 22:2482-2492. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.01.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Fleischer J, Pregitzer P, Breer H, Krieger J. Access to the odor world: olfactory receptors and their role for signal transduction in insects. Cell Mol Life Sci 2018; 75:485-508. [PMID: 28828501 PMCID: PMC11105692 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2627-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The sense of smell enables insects to recognize and discriminate a broad range of volatile chemicals in their environment originating from prey, host plants and conspecifics. These olfactory cues are received by olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) that relay information about food sources, oviposition sites and mates to the brain and thus elicit distinct odor-evoked behaviors. Research over the last decades has greatly advanced our knowledge concerning the molecular basis underlying the reception of odorous compounds and the mechanisms of signal transduction in OSNs. The emerging picture clearly indicates that OSNs of insects recognize odorants and pheromones by means of ligand-binding membrane proteins encoded by large and diverse families of receptor genes. In contrast, the mechanisms of the chemo-electrical transduction process are not fully understood; the present status suggests a contribution of ionotropic as well as metabotropic mechanisms. In this review, we will summarize current knowledge on the peripheral mechanisms of odor sensing in insects focusing on olfactory receptors and their specific role in the recognition and transduction of odorant and pheromone signals by OSNs.
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- Joerg Fleischer
- Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology/Zoology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Fuenzalida-Uribe N, Campusano JM. Unveiling the Dual Role of the Dopaminergic System on Locomotion and the Innate Value for an Aversive Olfactory Stimulus in Drosophila. Neuroscience 2018; 371:433-444. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Haverkamp A, Hansson BS, Knaden M. Combinatorial Codes and Labeled Lines: How Insects Use Olfactory Cues to Find and Judge Food, Mates, and Oviposition Sites in Complex Environments. Front Physiol 2018; 9:49. [PMID: 29449815 PMCID: PMC5799900 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Insects, including those which provide vital ecosystems services as well as those which are devastating pests or disease vectors, locate their resources mainly based on olfaction. Understanding insect olfaction not only from a neurobiological but also from an ecological perspective is therefore crucial to balance insect control and conservation. However, among all sensory stimuli olfaction is particularly hard to grasp. Our chemical environment is made up of thousands of different compounds, which might again be detected by our nose in multiple ways. Due to this complexity, researchers have only recently begun to explore the chemosensory ecology of model organisms such as Drosophila, linking the tools of chemical ecology to those of neurogenetics. This cross-disciplinary approach has enabled several studies that range from single odors and their ecological relevance, via olfactory receptor genes and neuronal processing, up to the insects' behavior. We learned that the insect olfactory system employs strategies of combinatorial coding to process general odors as well as labeled lines for specific compounds that call for an immediate response. These studies opened new doors to the olfactory world in which insects feed, oviposit, and mate.
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- Alexander Haverkamp
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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Sayin S, Boehm AC, Kobler JM, De Backer JF, Grunwald Kadow IC. Internal State Dependent Odor Processing and Perception-The Role of Neuromodulation in the Fly Olfactory System. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:11. [PMID: 29440990 PMCID: PMC5797598 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Animals rely heavily on their sense of olfaction to perform various vital interactions with an ever-in-flux environment. The turbulent and combinatorial nature of air-borne odorant cues demands the employment of various coding strategies, which allow the animal to attune to its internal needs and past or present experiences. Furthermore, these internal needs can be dependent on internal states such as hunger, reproductive state and sickness. Neuromodulation is a key component providing flexibility under such conditions. Understanding the contributions of neuromodulation, such as sensory neuron sensitization and choice bias requires manipulation of neuronal activity on a local and global scale. With Drosophila's genetic toolset, these manipulations are feasible and even allow a detailed look on the functional role of classical neuromodulators such as dopamine, octopamine and neuropeptides. The past years unraveled various mechanisms adapting chemosensory processing and perception to internal states such as hunger and reproductive state. However, future research should also investigate the mechanisms underlying other internal states including the modulatory influence of endogenous microbiota on Drosophila behavior. Furthermore, sickness induced by pathogenic infection could lead to novel insights as to the neuromodulators of circuits that integrate such a negative postingestive signal within the circuits governing olfactory behavior and learning. The enriched emporium of tools Drosophila provides will help to build a concrete picture of the influence of neuromodulation on olfaction and metabolism, adaptive behavior and our overall understanding of how a brain works.
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- Sercan Sayin
- Neural Circuits and Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Neural Circuits and Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Chemosensory Coding, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
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- Neural Circuits and Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Chemosensory Coding, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
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- Neural Circuits and Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Neural Circuits and Metabolism, School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Chemosensory Coding, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
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Li HP, Yang WJ, Qu SX, Pei F, Luo X, Mariga AM, Ma L. Variation of volatile terpenes in the edible fungi mycelia Flammulina velutipes and communications in fungus-mite interactions. Food Res Int 2018; 103:150-155. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Evolution sculpts the olfactory nervous system in response to the unique sensory challenges facing each species. In vertebrates, dramatic and diverse adaptations to the chemical environment are possible because of the hierarchical structure of the olfactory receptor (OR) gene superfamily: expansion or contraction of OR subfamilies accompanies major changes in habitat and lifestyle; independent selection on OR subfamilies can permit local adaptation or conserved chemical communication; and genetic variation in single OR genes can alter odor percepts and behaviors driven by precise chemical cues. However, this genetic flexibility contrasts with the relatively fixed neural architecture of the vertebrate olfactory system, which requires that new olfactory receptors integrate into segregated and functionally distinct neural pathways. This organization allows evolution to couple critical chemical signals with selectively advantageous responses, but also constrains relationships between olfactory receptors and behavior. The coevolution of the OR repertoire and the olfactory system therefore reveals general principles of how the brain solves specific sensory problems and how it adapts to new ones.
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Crowley-Gall A, Date P, Han C, Rhodes N, Andolfatto P, Layne JE, Rollmann SM. Population differences in olfaction accompany host shift in Drosophila mojavensis. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 283:rspb.2016.1562. [PMID: 27581882 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Evolutionary shifts in plant-herbivore interactions provide a model for understanding the link among the evolution of behaviour, ecological specialization and incipient speciation. Drosophila mojavensis uses different host cacti across its range, and volatile chemicals emitted by the host are the primary cue for host plant identification. In this study, we show that changes in host plant use between distinct D. mojavensis populations are accompanied by changes in the olfactory system. Specifically, we observe differences in olfactory receptor neuron specificity and sensitivity, as well as changes in sensillar subtype abundance, between populations. Additionally, RNA-seq analyses reveal differential gene expression between populations for members of the odorant receptor gene family. Hence, alterations in host preference are associated with changes in development, regulation and function at the olfactory periphery.
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- Amber Crowley-Gall
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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Yanagawa A, Chabaud MA, Imai T, Marion-Poll F. Olfactory cues play a significant role in removing fungus from the body surface of Drosophila melanogaster. J Invertebr Pathol 2017; 151:144-150. [PMID: 29175531 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2017.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Many insects and Dipterans in particular are known to spend considerable time grooming, but whether these behaviors actually are able to remove pathogenic fungal conidia is less clear. In this study, we examined whether grooming serves to protect flies by reducing the risk of fungal infection in Drosophila melanogaster. First, we confirmed that fungi were removed by grooming. Entomopathogenic, opportunistic, and plant pathogenic fungi were applied on the body surface of the flies. To estimate grooming efficiency, the number of removal conidia through grooming was quantified and we successfully demonstrated that flies remove fungal conidia from their body surfaces via grooming behavior. Second, the roles of gustatory and olfactory signals in fungus removal were examined. The wildtype fly Canton-S, the taste deficiency mutant poxn 70, and the olfactory deficiency mutant orco1 were used in the tests. Comparisons between Canton-S and poxn 70 flies indicated that gustatory signals do not have a significant role in fungal removal via grooming behavior in D. melanogaster. In contrast, the efficiency of conidia removal in orco1 flies was drastically decreased. Consequently, this study indicated that flies rely on mechanical stimulus for the induction of grooming and olfaction for more detailed removal.
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- Aya Yanagawa
- RISH, Kyoto University, Uji City 611-0011, Japan.
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- UMR Physiologie de l'Insecte: Signalisation et Communication, INRA Centre de Versailles, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- RISH, Kyoto University, Uji City 611-0011, Japan
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- UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Ecologie, CNRS, IRD, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; AgroParisTech, F-75005 Paris, France
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Bezzar-Bendjazia R, Kilani-Morakchi S, Maroua F, Aribi N. Azadirachtin induced larval avoidance and antifeeding by disruption of food intake and digestive enzymes in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae). PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 143:135-140. [PMID: 29183582 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Botanical insecticides are a promising alternative to reduce the harmful effects of synthetic chemicals. Among the botanical biopesticides, azadirachtin obtained from the Indian neem tree Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae) is probably the biorational insecticide with greatest agriculture use nowadays due to its broad insecticide activity. The current study, evaluated the lethal and sublethal effects of azadirachtin on larval avoidance, food intake and digestive enzymes of Drosophila melanogaster larvae as biological model. Azadirachtin was applied topically at two doses LD25 (0.28μg) and LD50 (0.67μg) on early third instars larvae. Results evaluated 24h after treatment showed that larvae exhibited significant repellence to azadirachtin and prefer keeping in untreated arenas rather than moving to treated one. In addition, azadirachtin avoidance was more marked in larvae previously treated with this compound as compared with naïf larvae (controls). Moreover, azadirachtin treatment decreased significantly the amount of larval food intake. Finally, azadirachtin reduced significantly the activity of larval α-amylase, chitinase and protease and increased the activity of lipase. This finding showed that azadirachtin induced behavioral and physiological disruption affecting the ability of the insect to digest food. This rapid installation of avoidance and long term antifeedancy might reinforce the action of azadirachtin and provide a new behavioral strategy for integrated pest management programs.
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- Radia Bezzar-Bendjazia
- Laboratory of Applied Animal Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba, 23000 Annaba, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Applied Animal Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba, 23000 Annaba, Algeria.
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- Laboratory of Applied Animal Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba, 23000 Annaba, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Applied Animal Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba, 23000 Annaba, Algeria
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Enterococci Mediate the Oviposition Preference of Drosophila melanogaster through Sucrose Catabolism. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13420. [PMID: 29044155 PMCID: PMC5647369 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sucrose, one of the main products of photosynthesis in plants, functions as a universal biomarker for nutritional content and maturity of different fruits across diverse ecological niches. Drosophila melanogaster congregates to lay eggs in rotting fruits, yet the factors that influence these decisions remains uncovered. Here, we report that lactic acid bacteria Enterococci are critical modulators to attract Drosophila to lay eggs on decaying food. Drosophila-associated Enterococci predominantly catabolize sucrose for growing their population in fly food, and thus generate a unique ecological niche with depleted sucrose, but enriched bacteria. Female flies navigate these favorable oviposition sites by probing the sucrose cue with their gustatory sensory neurons. Acquirement of indigenous microbiota facilitated the development and systemic growth of Drosophila, thereby benefiting the survival and fitness of their offspring. Thus, our finding highlights the pivotal roles of commensal bacteria in influencing host behavior, opening the door to a better understanding of the ecological relationships between the microbial and metazoan worlds.
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Hidalgo S, Molina-Mateo D, Escobedo P, Zárate RV, Fritz E, Fierro A, Perez EG, Iturriaga-Vasquez P, Reyes-Parada M, Varas R, Fuenzalida-Uribe N, Campusano JM. Characterization of a Novel Drosophila SERT Mutant: Insights on the Contribution of the Serotonin Neural System to Behaviors. ACS Chem Neurosci 2017; 8:2168-2179. [PMID: 28665105 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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A better comprehension on how different molecular components of the serotonergic system contribute to the adequate regulation of behaviors in animals is essential in the interpretation on how they are involved in neuropsychiatric and pathological disorders. It is possible to study these components in "simpler" animal models including the fly Drosophila melanogaster, given that most of the components of the serotonergic system are conserved between vertebrates and invertebrates. Here we decided to advance our understanding on how the serotonin plasma membrane transporter (SERT) contributes to serotonergic neurotransmission and behaviors in Drosophila. In doing this, we characterized for the first time a mutant for Drosophila SERT (dSERT) and additionally used a highly selective serotonin-releasing drug, 4-methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA), whose mechanism of action involves the SERT protein. Our results show that dSERT mutant animals exhibit an increased survival rate in stress conditions, increased basal motor behavior, and decreased levels in an anxiety-related parameter, centrophobism. We also show that 4-MTA increases the negative chemotaxis toward a strong aversive odorant, benzaldehyde. Our neurochemical data suggest that this effect is mediated by dSERT and depends on the 4-MTA-increased release of serotonin in the fly brain. Our in silico data support the idea that these effects are explained by specific interactions between 4-MTA and dSERT. In sum, our neurochemical, in silico, and behavioral analyses demonstrate the critical importance of the serotonergic system and particularly dSERT functioning in modulating several behaviors in Drosophila.
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- Sergio Hidalgo
- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad
de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad
de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela
de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Facultad
de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- Facultad
de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio
Neurogenética de la Conducta, Departamento de Biología
Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda #340, Santiago, Chile
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Grabe V, Sachse S. Fundamental principles of the olfactory code. Biosystems 2017; 164:94-101. [PMID: 29054468 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sensory coding represents a basic principle of all phyla in nature: species attempt to perceive their natural surroundings and to make sense of them. Ultimately, sensory coding is the only way to allow a species to make the kinds of crucial decisions that lead to a behavioral response. In this manner, animals are able to detect numerous parameters, ranging from temperature and humidity to light and sound to volatile or non-volatile chemicals. Most of these environmental cues represent a clearly defined stimulus array that can be described along a single physical parameter, such as wavelength or frequency; odorants, in contrast, cannot. The odor space encompasses an enormous and nearly infinite number of diverse stimuli that cannot be classified according to their positions along a single dimension. Hence, the olfactory system has to encode and translate the vast odor array into an accurate neural map in the brain. In this review, we will outline the relevant steps of the olfactory code and describe its progress along the olfactory pathway, i.e., from the peripheral olfactory organs to the first olfactory center in the brain and then to the higher processing areas where the odor perception takes place, enabling an organism to make odor-guided decisions. We will focus mainly on studies from the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, but we will also indicate similarities to and differences from the olfactory system of other invertebrate species as well as of the vertebrate world.
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- Veit Grabe
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of EvolutionaryNeuroethology, Hans-Knoell-Str. 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of EvolutionaryNeuroethology, Hans-Knoell-Str. 8, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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Wallingford AK, Cha DH, Linn CE, Wolfin MS, Loeb GM. Robust Manipulations of Pest Insect Behavior Using Repellents and Practical Application for Integrated Pest Management. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2017; 46:1041-1050. [PMID: 28981656 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvx125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In agricultural settings, examples of effective control strategies using repellent chemicals in integrated pest management (IPM) are relatively scarce compared to those using attractants. This may be partly due to a poor understanding of how repellents affect insect behavior once they are deployed. Here we attempt to identify potential hallmarks of repellent stimuli that are robust enough for practical use in the field. We explore the literature for success stories using repellents in IPM and we investigate the mechanisms of repellency for two chemical oviposition deterrents for controlling Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, a serious pest of small fruit crops. Drosophila suzukii causes injury by laying her eggs in ripening fruit and resulting larvae make fruit unmarketable. In caged choice tests, reduced oviposition was observed in red raspberry fruit treated with volatile 1-octen-3-ol and geosmin at two initial concentrations (10% and 1%) compared to untreated controls. We used video monitoring to observe fly behavior in these caged choice tests and investigate the mode of action for deterrence through the entire behavioral repertoire leading to oviposition. We observed fewer visitors and more time elapsed before flies first landed on 1-octen-3-ol-treated fruits than control fruits and concluded that this odor primarily inhibits behaviors that occur before D. suzukii comes in contact with a potential oviposition substrate (precontact). We observed some qualitative differences in precontact behavior of flies around geosmin-treated fruits; however, we concluded that this odor primarily inhibits behaviors that occur after D. suzukii comes in contact with treated fruits (postcontact). Field trials found reduced oviposition in red raspberry treated with 1-octen-3-ol and a combination of 1-octen-3-ol and geosmin, but no effect of geosmin alone. Recommendations for further study of repellents for practical use in the field are discussed.
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- Anna K Wallingford
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456
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- USDA-ARS, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI 96720
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456
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Kim D, Alvarez M, Lechuga LM, Louis M. Species-specific modulation of food-search behavior by respiration and chemosensation in Drosophila larvae. eLife 2017; 6:27057. [PMID: 28871963 PMCID: PMC5584988 DOI: 10.7554/elife.27057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Animals explore their environment to encounter suitable food resources. Despite its vital importance, this behavior puts individuals at risk by consuming limited internal energy during locomotion. We have developed a novel assay to investigate how food-search behavior is organized in Drosophila melanogaster larvae dwelling in hydrogels mimicking their natural habitat. We define three main behavioral modes: resting at the gel's surface, digging while feeding near the surface, and apneic dives. In unstimulated conditions, larvae spend most of their time digging. By contrast, deep and long exploratory dives are promoted by olfactory stimulations. Hypoxia and chemical repellents impair diving. We report remarkable differences in the dig-and-dive behavior of D. melanogaster and the fruit-pest D. suzukii. The present paradigm offers an opportunity to study how sensory and physiological cues are integrated to balance the limitations of dwelling in imperfect environmental conditions and the risks associated with searching for potentially more favorable conditions.
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- Daeyeon Kim
- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States.,Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States
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Münch D, Galizia CG. Take time: odor coding capacity across sensory neurons increases over time in Drosophila. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2017; 203:959-972. [PMID: 28852844 PMCID: PMC5696509 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-017-1209-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Due to the highly efficient olfactory code, olfactory sensory systems are able to reliably encode enormous numbers of olfactory stimuli. The olfactory code consists of combinatorial activation patterns across sensory neurons, thus its capacity exceeds the number of involved classes of sensory neurons by a manifold. Activation patterns are not static but vary over time, caused by the temporally complex response dynamics of the individual sensory neuron responses. We systematically analyzed the temporal dynamics of olfactory sensory neuron responses to a diverse set of odorants. We find that response dynamics depend on the combination of sensory neuron and odorant and that information about odorant identity can be extracted from the time course of the response. We also show that new response dynamics can arise when mixing two odorants. Our data show that temporal dynamics of odorant responses are able to significantly enhance the coding capacity of olfactory sensory systems.
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- Daniel Münch
- Neurobiology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany. .,Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasília, 1400-038, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Sensory mutations in Drosophila melanogaster influence associational effects between resources during oviposition. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9352. [PMID: 28839208 PMCID: PMC5570953 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09728-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Neighboring resources can affect insect oviposition behavior when the complexity of sensory information obscures information about host resource availability in heterogeneous resource patches. These effects are referred to as associational effects and are hypothesized to occur through constraints in the sensory processing of the insect during host search, resulting into suboptimal resource use. Because the possibilities to study these constraints on naturally occurring animals are limited, we instead used sensory mutants of Drosophila melanogaster to determine the importance of sensory information in the occurrence of associational effects. We found that oviposition was mainly governed by non-volatile chemical cues and less by volatile cues. Moreover, the loss of gustatory sensilla resulted in random resource selection and eliminated associational effects. In conclusion, our study shows that associational effects do not necessarily depend on constraints in the sensory evaluation of resource quality, but may instead be a direct consequence of distinctive selection behavior between different resources at small scales.
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Pan JW, Li Q, Barish S, Okuwa S, Zhao S, Soeder C, Kanke M, Jones CD, Volkan PC. Patterns of transcriptional parallelism and variation in the developing olfactory system of Drosophila species. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8804. [PMID: 28821769 PMCID: PMC5562767 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08563-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Organisms have evolved strikingly parallel phenotypes in response to similar selection pressures suggesting that there may be shared constraints limiting the possible evolutionary trajectories. For example, the behavioral adaptation of specialist Drosophila species to specific host plants can exhibit parallel changes in their adult olfactory neuroanatomy. We investigated the genetic basis of these parallel changes by comparing gene expression during the development of the olfactory system of two specialist Drosophila species to that of four other generalist species. Our results suggest that the parallelism observed in the adult olfactory neuroanatomy of ecological specialists extends more broadly to their developmental antennal expression profiles, and to the transcription factor combinations specifying olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) fates. Additionally, comparing general patterns of variation for the antennal transcriptional profiles in the adult and developing olfactory system of the six species suggest the possibility that specific, non-random components of the developmental programs underlying the Drosophila olfactory system harbor a disproportionate amount of interspecies variation. Further examination of these developmental components may be able to inform a deeper understanding of how traits evolve.
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- Jia Wern Pan
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology and Integrative Program for Biological & Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Keesey IW, Koerte S, Khallaf MA, Retzke T, Guillou A, Grosse-Wilde E, Buchon N, Knaden M, Hansson BS. Pathogenic bacteria enhance dispersal through alteration of Drosophila social communication. Nat Commun 2017; 8:265. [PMID: 28814724 PMCID: PMC5559524 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00334-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pathogens and parasites can manipulate their hosts to optimize their own fitness. For instance, bacterial pathogens have been shown to affect their host plants' volatile and non-volatile metabolites, which results in increased attraction of insect vectors to the plant, and, hence, to increased pathogen dispersal. Behavioral manipulation by parasites has also been shown for mice, snails and zebrafish as well as for insects. Here we show that infection by pathogenic bacteria alters the social communication system of Drosophila melanogaster. More specifically, infected flies and their frass emit dramatically increased amounts of fly odors, including the aggregation pheromones methyl laurate, methyl myristate, and methyl palmitate, attracting healthy flies, which in turn become infected and further enhance pathogen dispersal. Thus, olfactory cues for attraction and aggregation are vulnerable to pathogenic manipulation, and we show that the alteration of social pheromones can be beneficial to the microbe while detrimental to the insect host.Behavioral manipulation of host by pathogens has been observed in vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. Here the authors show that in Drosophila, infection with pathogenic bacteria leads to increased pheromone release, which attracts healthy flies. This process benefits the pathogen since it enhances bacterial dispersal, but is detrimental to the host.
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- Ian W Keesey
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 5124 Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 5124 Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany.
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Trienens M, Kraaijeveld K, Wertheim B. Defensive repertoire of Drosophila larvae in response to toxic fungi. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:5043-5057. [PMID: 28746736 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Chemical warfare including insecticidal secondary metabolites is a well-known strategy for environmental microbes to monopolize a food source. Insects in turn have evolved behavioural and physiological defences to eradicate or neutralize the harmful microorganisms. We studied the defensive repertoire of insects in this interference competition by combining behavioural and developmental assays with whole-transcriptome time-series analysis. Confrontation with the toxic filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans severely reduced the survival of Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Nonetheless, the larvae did not behaviourally avoid the fungus, but aggregated at it. Confrontation with fungi strongly affected larval gene expression, including many genes involved in detoxification (e.g., CYP, GST and UGT genes) and the formation of the insect cuticle (e.g., Tweedle genes). The most strongly upregulated genes were several members of the insect-specific gene family Osiris, and CHK-kinase-like domains were over-represented. Immune responses were not activated, reflecting the competitive rather than pathogenic nature of the antagonistic interaction. While internal microbes are widely acknowledged as important, our study emphasizes the underappreciated role of environmental microbes as fierce competitors.
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- Monika Trienens
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Leiden Genome Technology Center, Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Biedermann PH, Rohlfs M. Evolutionary feedbacks between insect sociality and microbial management. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2017; 22:92-100. [PMID: 28805645 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fitness-determining interactions with microbes-in particular fungi-have often been considered a by-product of social evolution in insects. Here, we take the view that both beneficial and harmful microbial consortia are major drivers of social behaviours in many insect systems-ranging from aggregation to eusociality. We propose evolutionary feedbacks between the insect sociality and microbial communities that strengthen mutualistic interactions with beneficial (dietary or defensive) microbes and simultaneously increase the capacity to defend against pathogens (i.e. social immunity). We identified variation in habitat stability-as determined by breeding site predictability and ephemerality-as a main ecological factor that constrains these feedbacks. To test this hypothesis we suggest following the evolution of insect social traits upon experimental manipulation of habitat stability and microbial consortia.
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- Peter Hw Biedermann
- Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany; Institute for Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Germany.
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- University of Bremen, Institute of Ecology, Population- and Evolutionary Ecology Group, Germany; University of Goettingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology, Animal Ecology Group, Germany.
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Wong ACN, Wang QP, Morimoto J, Senior AM, Lihoreau M, Neely GG, Simpson SJ, Ponton F. Gut Microbiota Modifies Olfactory-Guided Microbial Preferences and Foraging Decisions in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2017; 27:2397-2404.e4. [PMID: 28756953 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The gut microbiota affects a wide spectrum of host physiological traits, including development [1-5], germline [6], immunity [7-9], nutrition [4, 10, 11], and longevity [12, 13]. Association with microbes also influences fitness-related behaviors such as mating [14] and social interactions [15, 16]. Although the gut microbiota is evidently important for host wellbeing, how hosts become associated with particular assemblages of microbes from the environment remains unclear. Here, we present evidence that the gut microbiota can modify microbial and nutritional preferences of Drosophila melanogaster. By experimentally manipulating the gut microbiota of flies subjected to behavioral and chemosensory assays, we found that fly-microbe attractions are shaped by the identity of the host microbiota. Conventional flies exhibit preference for their associated Lactobacillus, a behavior also present in axenic flies as adults and marginally as larvae. By contrast, fly preference for Acetobacter is primed by early-life exposure and can override the innate preference. These microbial preferences are largely olfactory guided and have profound impact on host foraging, as flies continuously trade off between acquiring beneficial microbes and balancing nutrients from food. Our study shows a role of animal microbiota in shaping host fitness-related behavior through their chemosensory responses, opening a research theme on the interrelationships between the microbiota, host sensory perception, and behavior.
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- Adam Chun-Nin Wong
- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Federal University of Paraná, Caixa Postal 19031, CEP 81531-990 Curitiba, Brazil
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia; The University of Sydney, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia; Research Center on Animal Cognition (CRCA), Center for Integrative Biology (CBI), University Paul Sabatier, CNRS, UPS, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Johns Hopkins Drive, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia; Department of Biological Sciences, 205A Culloden Road, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Li Y, Zhou P, Zhang J, Yang D, Li Z, Zhang X, Zhu S, Yu Y, Chen N. Identification of odorant binding proteins in Carpomya vesuviana and their binding affinity to the male-borne semiochemicals and host plant volatiles. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 100:100-107. [PMID: 28571710 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Carpomya vesuviana (Costa; Diptera: Tephritidae) is an agricultural pest that causes serious damage to jujube fruits. However, the mechanism of olfaction, which is critical for host identification, is not well understood in this pest. In this study, we have identified for the first time five protein types involved in the olfactory signal transduction of C. vesuviana by using transcriptome sequencing. These include 6 odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), 15 odorant receptors (ORs), 22 gustatory receptors (GRs), 2 chemosensory proteins (CSPs), and 2 sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs). Amino acids alignment and phylogenetic analysis showed that all 6 OBPs have a signal peptide at their respective N-termini with four OBPs belonging with the classic OBPs, and OBP2 and OBP5 belonging to the Minus-C family. OBP3 clustered with the OBP83a/83b clade, which comprised pheromone binding protein related proteins (PBPRPs). Moreover, volatiles from C. vesuviana adults and its host plants were collected and identified by using solid phase microextraction (SPME) and gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The results indicated that male adults emitted nonanal, and five other compounds, caryophyllene, chamigrene, camphene, (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol acetate, and ocimene were identified in the fruits of jujubes. Electroantennogram (EAG) assays revealed that adult C. vesuviana responded to all six compounds along with two additional pheromones (geranyl acetate and α-farnesene) from other tephritids and the values ranged from 0.50mV to 1.26mV. To further explore the interaction between OBPs and volatiles, competitive binding assays were carried out. The results showed that only CvesOBP2 had binding affinity to (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol acetate. OBP5 and OBP6 exhibited broad spectrum binding to compounds with relatively low molecular weights, and OBP1 and OBP4 had some affinity to caryophyllene and chamigrene. However, OBP3 exhibited relatively high binding affinity to α-farnesene. The findings of this study provide insights into the olfactory mechanisms and the potential functions of OBPs in the olfactory reception pathway in C. vesuviana. The OBPs identified in this study could be used as potential targets to develop attractants to monitor this insect pest for effective pest control.
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- Yawei Li
- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, No. 2, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China; Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China; Testing Center of Xinjiang Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Portal, Xinjiang 830063, China
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- Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China
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- Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, No. 2, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, No. 2, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
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- Testing Center of Xinjiang Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Portal, Xinjiang 830063, China
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- Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China
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- Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China.
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- Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China.
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Olfactory coding from the periphery to higher brain centers in the Drosophila brain. BMC Biol 2017; 15:56. [PMID: 28666437 PMCID: PMC5493115 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0389-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Odor information is processed through multiple receptor-glomerular channels in the first order olfactory center, the antennal lobe (AL), then reformatted into higher brain centers and eventually perceived by the fly. To reveal the logic of olfaction, it is fundamental to map odor representations from the glomerular channels into higher brain centers. RESULTS We characterize odor response profiles of AL projection neurons (PNs) originating from 31 glomeruli using whole cell patch-clamp recordings in Drosophila melanogaster. We reveal that odor representation from olfactory sensory neurons to PNs is generally conserved, while transformation of odor tuning curves is glomerulus-dependent. Reconstructions of PNs reveal that attractive and aversive odors are represented in different clusters of glomeruli in the AL. These separate representations are preserved into higher brain centers, where attractive and aversive odors are segregated into two regions in the lateral horn and partly separated in the mushroom body calyx. CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals spatial representation of odor valence coding from the AL to higher brain centers. These results provide a global picture of the olfactory circuit design underlying innate odor-guided behavior.
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