Effect of development, photoperiod, and stress on octopamine levels in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

Woodring, Joseph; Meier, Ouida W.; Rose, R. W.

doi:10.1016/0022-1910(88)90149-7

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“…Conversely, starvation stress did not affect OA levels and there was no relationship between OA and trophallaxis in the starved ants. Yet, it is well known that various stressors such as high/low temperature and high population density affect OA level in insects (Woodring et al, 1988;Rauschenbach et al, 1993;Gruntenko et al, 2004;Neckameyer and Weinstein, 2005;Chen et al, 2008). We demonstrated a slight effect of starvation on OA level and thus there may be a role for OA in starvation stress and social behavior in F. japonica.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Also, administration of OA changed the duration of trophallaxis in socially deprived C. fellah workers (Boulay et al, 2000a;Boulay et al, 2000b). Additionally, it is well known that stress, resulting from temperature, mechanical or chemical stimuli, population density and starvation, modulates biogenic amine levels in the insect brain (Chen et al, 2008;Gruntenko et al, 2004;Rauschenbach et al, 1993;Woodring et al, 1988;Neckameyer and Weinstein, 2005). However, the relationship between brain biogenic amines and social behaviors in ants remains unclear.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social interactions influence dopamine and octopamine homeostasis in the brain of the ant Formica japonica

Wada‐Katsumata

Yamaoka

Aonuma

2011

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYIn ants, including Formica japonica, trophallaxis and grooming are typical social behaviors shared among nestmates. After depriving ants of either food or nestmates and then providing them with either food or nestmates, a behavioral change in type and frequency of social interactions was observed. We hypothesized that starvation and isolation affected levels of brain biogenic amines including dopamine (DA) and octopamine (OA) -neuromediators modifying various insect behaviors -and tested the relationship between brain biogenic amines and social behaviors of stressed ants. Ants starved for 7days contained lower brain DA levels and they did not perform trophallaxis toward nestmates. Feeding starved ants sucrose solution re-established trophallaxis but not brain DA levels. The performance of trophallaxis induced recovery of brain DA content to the level of untreated ants. Ants that were isolated for 2days displayed markedly increased OA levels, which following nestmate interactions, returned to levels similar to those of control (non-isolated) ants and ants isolated for 1h. We conclude that: (1) starvation reduced brain DA level but had no significant effect on brain OA (trophallaxis recovered the brain DA levels), and (2) isolation increased brain OA level but had no effect on brain DA (trophallaxis and grooming events recovered the brain OA levels). We suggest that social interactions with nestmates influenced brain biogenic amine homeostasis in stressed F. japonica.

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confidence: 99%

Social interactions influence dopamine and octopamine homeostasis in the brain of the ant Formica japonica

Wada‐Katsumata

Yamaoka

Aonuma

2011

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…Although this later step appears to be very important in the modulation of OA amounts in the tissues, little information is available about TBH activity in insects. In response to stressful stimuli, the metabolic systems are activated by releasing OA and other several mediators, including juvenile hormone, dopamine, and ecdysteroids (Orchard & Loughton 1981, Davenport & Evans 1984, Woodring et al 1988, Hirashima & Eto 1993. In more recent studies, it has been shown that OA levels are modified in various insect species in response to stressors such as temperature changes (Davenport & Evans 1984, Chentsova et al 2002, mechanical and chemical stress (Davenport & Evans 1984, Harris et al 1996, and high population density (Kozanek et al 1986).…”

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confidence: 99%

Characterization of tyramine β-hydroxylase, an enzyme upregulated by stress in Periplaneta americana

Châtel¹,

Murillo²,

Bourdin³

et al. 2012

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

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Octopamine (OA) is an important neuroactive substance that modulates several physiological functions and behaviors of various invertebrate species. This biogenic monoamine, structurally related to noradrenaline, acts as a neurotransmitter, a neuromodulator, or a neurohormone in insects. The tyramine b-hydroxylase (TBH) catalyzes the last step in OA biosynthesis and thus plays a key role in the regulation of synthesis and secretion of OA in neurons. The aim of this study was to characterize TBH in the cockroach Periplaneta americana and to get a better understanding of its regulation under stress conditions in this insect. First of all, five full-length cDNAs encoding TBH isoforms were cloned from the nerve cord of the physiological model P. americana. PaTBH transcripts were found mainly expressed in nervous tissues and in octopaminergic dorsal unpaired median neurons. In addition, a new ELISA assay was developed so as to allow determination of both OA level and TBH activity in stressed cockroaches. Mechanical stressful stimulation led to a significant increase in TBH activity after 1 and 24 h, with a higher induction after 1 h than after 24 h. Thus, TBH could be considered as a promising biomarker of stress in insects rather than OA.

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“…In insects, the components of such stress reactions include juvenile hormone (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), which play a gonadotropic role in adults, and the biogenic amines dopamine (DA), serotonin and octopamine (OA), which function as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and neurohormones (Orchard et al, 1981;Davenport and Evans, 1984;Rauschenbach et al, 1987;Woodring et al, 1988;Cymborowski, 1991;Hirashima and Eto, 1993;Rauschenbach et al, 1993;Rauschenbach et al, 1995a; RESEARCH ARTICLE Rauschenbach et al, 2004;Neckameyer and Weinstein, 2005;Andersen et al, 2006;Lalouette et al, 2007;Roesijadi et al, 2007;Gruntenko and Rauschenbach, 2008).…”

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Disruption of insulin signalling affects the neuroendocrine stress reaction in Drosophila females

Rauschenbach

Karpova

Adonyeva

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Juvenile hormone (JH) and dopamine are involved in the stress response in insects. The insulin/insulin-like growth factor signalling pathway has also recently been found to be involved in the regulation of various processes, including stress tolerance. However, the relationships between the JH, dopamine and insulin signalling pathways remain unclear. Here, we study the role of insulin signalling in the regulation of JH and dopamine metabolism under normal and heat stress conditions in Drosophila melanogaster females. We show that suppression of the insulin-like receptor (InR) in the corpus allatum, a specialised endocrine gland that synthesises JH, causes an increase in dopamine level and JH-hydrolysing activity and alters the activities of enzymes that produce as well as those that degrade dopamine [alkaline phosphatase (ALP), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-dependent arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (DAT)]. We also found that InR suppression in the corpus allatum modulates dopamine, ALP, TH and JH-hydrolysing activity in response to heat stress and that it decreases the fecundity of the flies. JH application restores dopamine metabolism and fecundity in females with decreased InR expression in the corpus allatum. Our data provide evidence that the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signalling pathway regulates dopamine metabolism in females of D. melanogaster via the system of JH metabolism and that it affects the development of the neuroendocrine stress reaction and interacts with JH in the control of reproduction in this species.

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Effect of development, photoperiod, and stress on octopamine levels in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

Cited by 64 publications

References 21 publications

Social interactions influence dopamine and octopamine homeostasis in the brain of the ant Formica japonica

Social interactions influence dopamine and octopamine homeostasis in the brain of the ant Formica japonica

Characterization of tyramine β-hydroxylase, an enzyme upregulated by stress in Periplaneta americana

Disruption of insulin signalling affects the neuroendocrine stress reaction in Drosophila females

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