Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect

In the moth, Agrotis ipsilon, newly mated males cease to be attracted to the female-produced sex pheromone, preventing them from re-mating until the next night, by which time they would have refilled their reproductive glands for a potential new ejaculate. The behavioural plasticity is accompanied b...

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Autores principales: Barrozo, R.B., Gadenne, C., Anton, S.
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spelling paperaa:paper_00220949_v213_n17_p2933_Barrozo2023-06-12T16:43:45Z Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect J. Exp. Biol. 2010;213(17):2933-2939 Barrozo, R.B. Gadenne, C. Anton, S. Antennal lobe Mating Moth Olfaction Plant odour Plasticity Sex pheromone aldehyde heptyl aldehyde mineral oil plant extract sex pheromone animal antenna (organ) article drug effect female inhibition (psychology) male moth nerve cell odor physiology sexual behavior Aldehydes Animals Arthropod Antennae Female Inhibition (Psychology) Male Mineral Oil Moths Neurons Odors Plant Extracts Sex Attractants Sexual Behavior, Animal Agrotis ipsilon Hexapoda Lepidoptera In the moth, Agrotis ipsilon, newly mated males cease to be attracted to the female-produced sex pheromone, preventing them from re-mating until the next night, by which time they would have refilled their reproductive glands for a potential new ejaculate. The behavioural plasticity is accompanied by a decrease in neuron sensitivity within the primary olfactory centre, the antennal lobe (AL). However, it was not clear whether the lack of the sexually guided behaviour results from the absence of sex pheromone detection in the ALs, or if they ignore it in spite of detection, or if the sex pheromone itself inhibits attraction behaviour after mating. To test these hypotheses, we performed behavioural tests and intracellular recordings of AL neurons to non-pheromonal odours (flower volatiles), different doses of sex pheromone and their mixtures in virgin and newly mated males. Our results show that, although the behavioural and AL neuron responses to flower volatiles alone were similar between virgin and mated males, the behavioural response of mated males to flower odours was inhibited by adding pheromone doses above the detection threshold of central neurons. Moreover, we show that the sex pheromone becomes inhibitory by differential central processing: below a specific threshold, it is not detected within the AL; above this threshold, it becomes inhibitory, preventing newly mated males from responding even to plant odours. Mated male moths have thus evolved a strategy based on transient odour-selective central processing, which allows them to avoid the risk-taking, energy-consuming search for females and delay re-mating until the next night for a potential new ejaculate. © 2010. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. 2010 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00220949_v213_n17_p2933_Barrozo
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topic Antennal lobe
Mating
Moth
Olfaction
Plant odour
Plasticity
Sex pheromone
aldehyde
heptyl aldehyde
mineral oil
plant extract
sex pheromone
animal
antenna (organ)
article
drug effect
female
inhibition (psychology)
male
moth
nerve cell
odor
physiology
sexual behavior
Aldehydes
Animals
Arthropod Antennae
Female
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Mineral Oil
Moths
Neurons
Odors
Plant Extracts
Sex Attractants
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Agrotis ipsilon
Hexapoda
Lepidoptera
spellingShingle Antennal lobe
Mating
Moth
Olfaction
Plant odour
Plasticity
Sex pheromone
aldehyde
heptyl aldehyde
mineral oil
plant extract
sex pheromone
animal
antenna (organ)
article
drug effect
female
inhibition (psychology)
male
moth
nerve cell
odor
physiology
sexual behavior
Aldehydes
Animals
Arthropod Antennae
Female
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Mineral Oil
Moths
Neurons
Odors
Plant Extracts
Sex Attractants
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Agrotis ipsilon
Hexapoda
Lepidoptera
Barrozo, R.B.
Gadenne, C.
Anton, S.
Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
topic_facet Antennal lobe
Mating
Moth
Olfaction
Plant odour
Plasticity
Sex pheromone
aldehyde
heptyl aldehyde
mineral oil
plant extract
sex pheromone
animal
antenna (organ)
article
drug effect
female
inhibition (psychology)
male
moth
nerve cell
odor
physiology
sexual behavior
Aldehydes
Animals
Arthropod Antennae
Female
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Mineral Oil
Moths
Neurons
Odors
Plant Extracts
Sex Attractants
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Agrotis ipsilon
Hexapoda
Lepidoptera
description In the moth, Agrotis ipsilon, newly mated males cease to be attracted to the female-produced sex pheromone, preventing them from re-mating until the next night, by which time they would have refilled their reproductive glands for a potential new ejaculate. The behavioural plasticity is accompanied by a decrease in neuron sensitivity within the primary olfactory centre, the antennal lobe (AL). However, it was not clear whether the lack of the sexually guided behaviour results from the absence of sex pheromone detection in the ALs, or if they ignore it in spite of detection, or if the sex pheromone itself inhibits attraction behaviour after mating. To test these hypotheses, we performed behavioural tests and intracellular recordings of AL neurons to non-pheromonal odours (flower volatiles), different doses of sex pheromone and their mixtures in virgin and newly mated males. Our results show that, although the behavioural and AL neuron responses to flower volatiles alone were similar between virgin and mated males, the behavioural response of mated males to flower odours was inhibited by adding pheromone doses above the detection threshold of central neurons. Moreover, we show that the sex pheromone becomes inhibitory by differential central processing: below a specific threshold, it is not detected within the AL; above this threshold, it becomes inhibitory, preventing newly mated males from responding even to plant odours. Mated male moths have thus evolved a strategy based on transient odour-selective central processing, which allows them to avoid the risk-taking, energy-consuming search for females and delay re-mating until the next night for a potential new ejaculate. © 2010. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
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title Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
title_short Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
title_full Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
title_fullStr Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
title_full_unstemmed Switching attraction to inhibition: Mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
title_sort switching attraction to inhibition: mating-induced reversed role of sex pheromone in an insect
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