Article ; Online: Social experience and pheromone receptor activity reprogram gene expression in sensory neurons.
2023 Volume 13, Issue 6
Abstract: Social experience and pheromone signaling in olfactory neurons affect neuronal responses and male courtship behaviors in Drosophila. We previously showed that social experience and pheromone signaling modulate chromatin around behavioral switch gene ... ...
| Abstract | Social experience and pheromone signaling in olfactory neurons affect neuronal responses and male courtship behaviors in Drosophila. We previously showed that social experience and pheromone signaling modulate chromatin around behavioral switch gene fruitless, which encodes a transcription factor necessary and sufficient for male sexual behaviors. Fruitless drives social experience-dependent modulation of courtship behaviors and physiological sensory neuron responses to pheromone; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying this modulation of neural responses remain less clear. To identify the molecular mechanisms driving social experience-dependent changes in neuronal responses, we performed RNA-seq from antennal samples of mutants in pheromone receptors and fruitless, as well as grouped or isolated wild-type males. Genes affecting neuronal physiology and function, such as neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels, ion and membrane transporters, and odorant binding proteins are differentially regulated by social context and pheromone signaling. While we found that loss of pheromone detection only has small effects on differential promoter and exon usage within fruitless gene, many of the differentially regulated genes have Fruitless-binding sites or are bound by Fruitless in the nervous system. Recent studies showed that social experience and juvenile hormone signaling co-regulate fruitless chromatin to modify pheromone responses in olfactory neurons. Interestingly, genes involved in juvenile hormone metabolism are also misregulated in different social contexts and mutant backgrounds. Our results suggest that modulation of neuronal activity and behaviors in response to social experience and pheromone signaling likely arise due to large-scale changes in transcriptional programs for neuronal function downstream of behavioral switch gene function. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Male ; Drosophila Proteins/metabolism ; Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology ; Drosophila/genetics ; Pheromones/metabolism ; Sensory Receptor Cells/metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics |
| Chemical Substances | Drosophila Proteins ; Pheromones |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-03-27 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
| ZDB-ID | 2629978-1 |
| ISSN | 2160-1836 ; 2160-1836 |
| ISSN (online) | 2160-1836 |
| ISSN | 2160-1836 |
| DOI | 10.1093/g3journal/jkad072 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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