Social buffering of the stress response: insights from fishes

Gilmour, Kathleen M.; Bard, Brittany

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2022.0332

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“…Was this due to the observer simply following and mimicking the other fish? This is unlikely as cortisol levels rise in the observer fish, indicating increased fear, just as in the observed fish (Gilmour & Bard, 2022). Furthermore, the responses are modulated by the presence of familiar fish (Silva et al, 2019).…”

Section: Social Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Can we model autism using zebrafish?

Washbourne

2023

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the most common, heritable neuropsychiatric disorders in the world, affecting almost 1% of the population. The core symptoms used to diagnose ASD are decreased social interaction and increased repetitive behaviors. Despite the large number of affected individuals, the precise mechanisms that cause the disorder remain unclear. The identification of genes and environmental factors associated with ASD allows the study of the underlying mechanisms in animal models. Although ASD presents as a human disorder, based on recent advances in understanding their brain anatomy, physiology, behavior, and evolutionary conservation of neuronal cell types, I propose that zebrafish may provide novel insights into the etiology.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Section: Social Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Can we model autism using zebrafish?

Washbourne

2023

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“…Many factors can elicit plasticity (variation) in CT max estimates, including differences in life stages (e.g., Illing et al, 2020;Recsetar et al, 2012), diet (Isaza et al, 2019), water quality (e.g., Ern et al, 2016;Potts, 2020;Sardella et al, 2008), habitat (Rodgers et al, 2019), reproductive stage (Auer et al, 2021;Dahlke et al 2020;Johnson, 1976;Wheeler et al, 2022) and social status (Gilmour & Bard, 2022;LeBlanc et al, 2011). Chronic stress in fish can also impair responses to thermal stress (e.g., Gilmour & Bard, 2022;Claireaux et al, 2013;LeBlanc et al, 2011). These observations raise the question of whether CT max is as repeatable within individuals in the wild and, therefore, potentially heritable across generations, as it appears to be under controlled laboratory conditions, particularly because environmental effects could mask genetic differences (Bell et al, 2009).…”

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“…2020; Johnson, 1976; Wheeler et al ., 2022) and social status (Gilmour & Bard, 2022; LeBlanc et al ., 2011). Chronic stress in fish can also impair responses to thermal stress ( e.g ., Gilmour & Bard, 2022; Claireaux et al ., 2013; LeBlanc et al ., 2011). These observations raise the question of whether CT max is as repeatable within individuals in the wild and, therefore, potentially heritable across generations, as it appears to be under controlled laboratory conditions, particularly because environmental effects could mask genetic differences (Bell et al ., 2009).…”

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“…A meta-analysis by Bell et al (2009) found that several behavioural traits that were repeatable often differed among age classes, across sexes (also reported in O' Donnell et al 2020) and between field and laboratory studies. Many factors can elicit plasticity (variation) in CT max estimates, including differences in life stages (e.g., Illing et al, 2020;Recsetar et al, 2012), diet (Isaza et al, 2019), water quality (e.g., Ern et al, 2016;Potts, 2020;Sardella et al, 2008), habitat (Rodgers et al, 2019), reproductive stage (Auer et al, 2021;Dahlke et al 2020;Johnson, 1976;Wheeler et al, 2022) and social status (Gilmour & Bard, 2022;LeBlanc et al, 2011). Chronic stress in fish can also impair responses to thermal stress (e.g., Gilmour & Bard, 2022;Claireaux et al, 2013;LeBlanc et al, 2011).…”

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The ecological relevance of critical thermal maxima methodology for fishes

Desforges

Birnie‐Gauvin

Jutfelt

et al. 2023

Journal of Fish Biology

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Critical thermal maxima methodology (CTM) has been used to infer acute upper thermal tolerance in fishes since the 1950s, yet its ecological relevance remains debated.In this study, the authors synthesize evidence to identify methodological concerns and common misconceptions that have limited the interpretation of critical thermal maximum (CT max ; value for an individual fish during one trial) in ecological and evolutionary studies of fishes. They identified limitations of, and opportunities for, using CT max as a metric in experiments, focusing on rates of thermal ramping, acclimation regimes, thermal safety margins, methodological endpoints, links to performance traits and repeatability. Care must be taken when interpreting CTM in ecological contexts, because the protocol was originally designed for ecotoxicological research with standardized methods to facilitate comparisons within study individuals, across species and contexts. CTM can, however, be used in ecological contexts to predict impacts of environmental warming, but only if parameters influencing thermal limits, such as acclimation temperature or rate of thermal ramping, are taken into account.Applications can include mitigating the effects of climate change, informing infrastructure planning or modelling species distribution, adaptation and/or performance in response to climate-related temperature change. The authors' synthesis points to several key directions for future research that will further aid the application and interpretation of CTM data in ecological contexts.

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“…Similarly, in humans, anxiety and negative emotions induced by a social stress test were attenuated when women had social support (McQuaid et al 2016). This social buffering may be an adaptive response to minimize the transmission of stress among group members (Gilmour & Bard 2022), which can occur when a stress response system (e.g., glucocorticoids) in one individual is activated after interacting with another stressed individual (Brandl, Pruessner & Farine 2022).…”

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The transgenerational consequences of paternal social isolation and predation exposure in threespined sticklebacks

Hellmann,

Rogers

2024

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Although parents routinely encounter stress in the ecological environment that can affect offspring development (transgenerational plasticity: TGP), nearly all organisms interact with conspecifics that can either independently induce parental stress or can alter how parents respond to ecological stressors. During social buffering, the presence of conspecifics can reduce the response to or increase the speed of recovery from a stressor. This may have cascading effects on offspring if the presence of conspecifics can mitigate parental responses to ecological stress in ways that blunt transmission of stress-induced transgenerational effects. Here, we simultaneously manipulated both paternal social isolation and experience with predation risk prior to fertilization in threespined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). If social buffering mitigates TGP induced by paternal exposure to predation risk, then we expected fewer phenotypic effects in offspring when fathers are exposed to predation risk with a conspecific with present compared to fathers exposed to predation risk while isolated. Offspring of predator-exposed fathers showed reduced anxiety-like behavior. Fathers who were socially isolated had offspring that were captured faster by a live predator, suggesting that social isolation may be a stressor that has maladaptive consequences for offspring. Further, we also found evidence that the presence of a conspecific buffered fathers against the effects of predation risk: offspring of predator-exposed fathers tended to be captured faster by the predator, especially when fathers were isolated compared to when they had neighbors. Our results suggest that socially-induced stress is an important, yet underappreciated, mediator of TGP and can elicit transgenerational effects even in species that do not form permanent social groups. Future studies should therefore consider the broader social environment when predicting both within and trans-generational responses to ecological change.

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Social buffering of the stress response: insights from fishes

Cited by 19 publications

References 83 publications

Can we model autism using zebrafish?

Can we model autism using zebrafish?

The ecological relevance of critical thermal maxima methodology for fishes

The transgenerational consequences of paternal social isolation and predation exposure in threespined sticklebacks

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