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Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila
During courtship, many animals, including insects, birds, fish, and mammals, utilize acoustic signals to transmit information about species identity. Although auditory communication is crucial across phyla, the neuronal and physiologic processes are poorly understood. Sound-evoked chaining behavior,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24086330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074289 |
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author | Yoon, Jeonghyeon Matsuo, Eriko Yamada, Daichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Morimoto, Takako Miyakawa, Hiroyoshi Kinoshita, Setsuo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Kamikouchi, Azusa |
author_facet | Yoon, Jeonghyeon Matsuo, Eriko Yamada, Daichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Morimoto, Takako Miyakawa, Hiroyoshi Kinoshita, Setsuo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Kamikouchi, Azusa |
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description | During courtship, many animals, including insects, birds, fish, and mammals, utilize acoustic signals to transmit information about species identity. Although auditory communication is crucial across phyla, the neuronal and physiologic processes are poorly understood. Sound-evoked chaining behavior, a display of homosexual courtship behavior in Drosophila males, has long been used as an excellent model for analyzing auditory behavior responses, outcomes of acoustic perception and higher-order brain functions. Here we developed a new method, termed ChaIN (Chain Index Numerator), in which we use a computer-based auto detection system for chaining behavior. The ChaIN system can systematically detect the chaining behavior induced by a series of modified courtship song playbacks. Two evolutionarily related Drosophila species, Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans, exhibited dramatic selective increases in chaining behavior when exposed to specific auditory cues, suggesting that auditory discrimination processes are involved in the acceleration of chaining behavior. Prolonged monotonous pulse sounds containing courtship song components also induced high intense chaining behavior. Interestingly, the chaining behavior was gradually suppressed over time when song playback continued. This behavioral change is likely to be a plastic behavior and not a simple sensory adaptation or fatigue, because the suppression was released by applying a different pulse pattern. This behavioral plasticity is not a form of habituation because different modality stimuli did not recover the behavioral suppression. Intriguingly, this plastic behavior partially depended on the cAMP signaling pathway controlled by the rutabaga adenylyl cyclase gene that is important for learning and memory. Taken together, this study demonstrates the selectivity and behavioral kinetics of the sound-induced interacting behavior of Drosophila males, and provides a basis for the systematic analysis of genes and neural circuits underlying complex acoustic behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-37824822013-10-01 Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila Yoon, Jeonghyeon Matsuo, Eriko Yamada, Daichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Morimoto, Takako Miyakawa, Hiroyoshi Kinoshita, Setsuo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Kamikouchi, Azusa PLoS One Research Article During courtship, many animals, including insects, birds, fish, and mammals, utilize acoustic signals to transmit information about species identity. Although auditory communication is crucial across phyla, the neuronal and physiologic processes are poorly understood. Sound-evoked chaining behavior, a display of homosexual courtship behavior in Drosophila males, has long been used as an excellent model for analyzing auditory behavior responses, outcomes of acoustic perception and higher-order brain functions. Here we developed a new method, termed ChaIN (Chain Index Numerator), in which we use a computer-based auto detection system for chaining behavior. The ChaIN system can systematically detect the chaining behavior induced by a series of modified courtship song playbacks. Two evolutionarily related Drosophila species, Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans, exhibited dramatic selective increases in chaining behavior when exposed to specific auditory cues, suggesting that auditory discrimination processes are involved in the acceleration of chaining behavior. Prolonged monotonous pulse sounds containing courtship song components also induced high intense chaining behavior. Interestingly, the chaining behavior was gradually suppressed over time when song playback continued. This behavioral change is likely to be a plastic behavior and not a simple sensory adaptation or fatigue, because the suppression was released by applying a different pulse pattern. This behavioral plasticity is not a form of habituation because different modality stimuli did not recover the behavioral suppression. Intriguingly, this plastic behavior partially depended on the cAMP signaling pathway controlled by the rutabaga adenylyl cyclase gene that is important for learning and memory. Taken together, this study demonstrates the selectivity and behavioral kinetics of the sound-induced interacting behavior of Drosophila males, and provides a basis for the systematic analysis of genes and neural circuits underlying complex acoustic behavior. Public Library of Science 2013-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3782482/ /pubmed/24086330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074289 Text en © 2013 Yoon et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yoon, Jeonghyeon Matsuo, Eriko Yamada, Daichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Morimoto, Takako Miyakawa, Hiroyoshi Kinoshita, Setsuo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Kamikouchi, Azusa Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila |
title | Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila
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title_full | Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila
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title_fullStr | Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila
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title_full_unstemmed | Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila
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title_short | Selectivity and Plasticity in a Sound-Evoked Male-Male Interaction in Drosophila
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title_sort | selectivity and plasticity in a sound-evoked male-male interaction in drosophila |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24086330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074289 |
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