Behavioral effects of hindbrain vasotocin in goldfish are seasonally variable but not sexually dimorphic

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Walton, James C ^a   Waxman, Brandon ^a   Hoffbuhr, Kristen ^a   Kennedy, Meaghan ^a   Beth, Ellen ^a   Scangos, Jennifer ^a   Thompson, Richmond R ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Receptor; Social behavior; Teleost; V1A; Vasopressin; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GOLDFISH; INHIBITION KINETICS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOLDFISH; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 71549123194     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Beiderbeck D.I., Neumann I.D., and Veenema A.H. Differences in intermale aggression are accompanied by opposite vasopressin release patterns within the septum in rats bred for low and high anxiety. Eur. J. Neurosci. 26 (2007) 3597-3605
2. Bielsky I.F., Hu S.B., Szegda K.L., Westphal H., and Young L.J. Profound impairment in social recognition and reduction in anxiety-like behavior in vasopressin V1a receptor knockout mice. Neuropsychopharmacology 29 (2004) 483-493
3. Blanchard R.J., Griebel G., Farrokhi C., Markham C., Yang M., and Blanchard D.C. AVP V1b selective antagonist SSR149415 blocks aggressive behaviors in hamsters. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 80 (2005) 189-194
4. Bosch O.J., and Neumann I.D. Brain vasopressin is an important regulator of maternal behavior independent of dams' trait anxiety. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105 (2008) 17139-17144
5. Boyd S.K., and Moore F.L. Gonadectomy reduces the concentrations of putative receptors for arginine vasotocin in the brain of an amphibian. Brain Res. 541 (1991) 193-197
6. Caldwell H.K., Smith D.A., and Albers H.E. Photoperiodic mechanisms controlling scent marking: interactions of vasopressin and gonadal steroids. Eur. J. Neurosci. 27 (2008) 1189-1196
7. DeVries G.J. Sex differences in vasopressin and oxytocin innervation of the brain. Prog. Brain Res. 170 (2008) 17-27
8. Delville Y., Mansour K.M., and Ferris C.F. Testosterone facilitates aggression by modulating vasopressin receptors in the hypothalamus. Physiol. Behav. 60 (1996) 25-29
9. Ebner K., Wotjak C.T., Landgraf R., and Engelmann M. Neuroendocrine and behavioral response to social confrontation: residents versus intruders, active versus passive coping styles. Horm. Behav. 47 (2005) 14-21
10. Ferris C. Role of vasopressin in aggressive and dominant/subordinate behaviors. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 652 (1992) 212-226
11. Fliers E., Guldenaar S.E., van de Wal N., and Swaab D.F. Extrahypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin in the human brain; presence of vasopressin cells in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Brain Res. 375 (1986) 363-367
12. Gelinas D., and Callard G.V. Immunolocalization of aromatase- and androgen receptor-positive neurons in the goldfish brain. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 106 (1997) 155-168
13. Gobrogge K.L., Liu Y., Jia X., and Wang Z. Anterior hypothalamic neural activation and neurochemical associations with aggression in pair-bonded male prairie voles. J. Comp. Neurol. 502 (2007) 1109-1122
14. Goodson J.L. Nonapeptides and the evolutionary patterning of sociality. Prog. Brain Res. 170 (2008) 3-15
15. Goodson J.L., and Adkins-Regan E. Effect of intraseptal vasotocin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide infusions on courtship song and aggression in the male zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Neuroendocrinol. 11 (1999) 19-25
16. Goodson J.L., and Bass A.H. Social behavior functions and related anatomical characteristics of vasotocin/vasopressin systems in vertebrates. Horm. Behav. 35 (2001) 246-265
17. Goodson J.L., and Evans A.K. Neural responses to territorial challenge and nonsocial stress in male song sparrows: segregation, integration, and modulation by a vasopressin V1 antagonist. Horm. Behav. 46 (2004) 371-381
18. Goodson J.L., and Wang Y. Valence-sensitive neurons exhibit divergent functional profiles in gregarious and asocial species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103 (2006) 17013-17017
19. Greenwood A.K., Wark A.R., Fernald R.D., and Hofmann H.A. Expression of arginine vasotocin in distinct preoptic regions is associated with dominant and subordinate behaviour in an African cichlid fish. Proc. Biol. Sci. 275 (2008) 2393-2402
20. Kavaliers M. Day-night rhythms of shoaling behavior in goldfish: opioid and pineal involvement. Physiol. Behav. 46 (1989) 167-172
21. Kirk C.J., Guillon G., Balestre M.N., and Jard S. Stimulation, by vasopressin and other agonists, of inositol-lipid breakdown and inositol phosphate accumulation in WRK 1 cells. Biochem. J. 240 (1986) 197-204
22. Landgraf R., Gerstberger R., Montkowski A., Probst J.C., Wotjak C.T., Holsboer F., and Engelmann M. V1 vasopressin receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide into septum reduces vasopressin binding, social discrimination abilities, and anxiety-related behavior in rats. J. Neurosci. 15 (1995) 4250-4258
23. Lewis C.M., Dolence E.K., Hubbard C.S., and Rose J.D. Identification of roughskin newt medullary vasotocin target neurons with a fluorescent vasotocin conjugate. J. Comp. Neurol. 491 (2005) 381-389
24. Liebsch G., Wotjak C.T., Landgraf R., and Engelmann M. Septal vasopressin modulates anxiety-related behaviour in rats. J. Hered. 217 (1996) 101-104
25. Lim M.M., and Young L.J. Vasopressin-dependent neural circuits underlying pair bond formation in the monogamous prairie vole. Neuroscience 125 (2004) 35-45
26. Magurran A.E., and Pitcher T.J. Foraging, timidity and shoal size in minnows and goldfish. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 12 (1983) 147-152
27. Mahlmann S., Meyerhof W., Hausmann H., Heierhorst J., Schonrock C., Zwiers H., Lederis K., and Richter D. Structure, function, and phylogeny of [Arg8]vasotocin receptors from teleost fish and toad. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 91 (1994) 1342-1345
28. Maruska K.P. Sex and temporal variations of the vasotocin neuronal system in the damselfish brain. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 160 (2009) 194-204
29. Parhar I.S., Tosaki H., Sakuma Y., and Kobayashi M. Sex differences in the brain of goldfish: gonadotropin-releasing hormone and vasotocinergic neurons. Neuroscience 104 (2001) 1099-1110
30. Pfaffl M.W. A new mathematical model for relative quantification in real-time RT-PCR. Nucleic Acids Res. 29 (2001) e45
31. Poling K.R., Fraser E.J., and Sorensen P.W. The three steroidal components of the goldfish preovulatory pheromone signal evoke different behaviors in males. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B., Biochem. Mol. Biol. 129 (2001) 645-651
32. Rose J.D., and Moore F.L. Behavioral neuroendocrinology of vasotocin and vasopressin and the sensorimotor processing hypothesis. Front. Neuroendocrinol. 23 (2002) 317-341
33. Sawchenko P.E., and Swanson L.W. Immunohistochemical identification of neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that project to the medulla or to the spinal cord in the rat. J. Comp. Neurol. 205 (1982) 260-272
34. Scott A.P., and Sorensen P.W. Time course of release of pheromonally active gonadal steroids and their conjugates by ovulatory goldfish. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 96 (1994) 309-323
35. Semsar K., Kandel F.L., and Godwin J. Manipulations of the AVT system shift social status and related courtship and aggressive behavior in the bluehead wrasse. Horm. Behav. 40 (2001) 21-31
36. Sharif M., and Hanley M.R. Peptide receptors. Stepping up the pressure. Nature 357 (1992) 279-280
37. Sorensen P.W., Pinillos M., and Scott A.P. Sexually mature male goldfish release large quantities of androstenedione into the water where it functions as a pheromone. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 140 (2005) 164-175
38. Taborsky M. The evolution of bourgeois, parasitic, and cooperative reproductive behaviors in fishes. J. Hered. 92 (2001) 100-110
39. Thompson R., Gupta S., Miller K., Mills S., and Orr S. The effects of vasopressin on human facial responses related to social communication. Psychoneuroendocrinology 29 (2004) 35-48
40. Thompson R.R., Dickinson P.S., Rose J.D., Dakin K.A., Civiello G.M., Segerdahl A., and Bartlett R. Pheromones enhance somatosensory processing in newt brains through a vasotocin-dependent mechanism. Proc. Biol. Sci. 275 (2008) 1685-1693
41. Thompson R.R., George K., Walton J.C., Orr S.P., and Benson J. Sex-specific influences of vasopressin on human social communication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103 (2006) 7889-7894
42. Thompson R.R., and Walton J.C. Peptide effects on social behavior: effects of vasotocin and isotocin on social approach behavior in male goldfish (Carassius auratus). Behav. Neurosci. 118 (2004) 620-626
43. Thompson R.R., and Walton J.C. Vasotocin immunoreactivity in goldfish brains: characterizing primitive circuits associated with social regulation. Brain Behav. Evol. 73 (2009) 153-164
44. Thompson R.R., Walton J.C., Bhalla R., George K.C., and Beth E.H. A primitive social circuit: vasotocin-substance P interactions modulate social behavior through a peripheral feedback mechanism in goldfish. Eur. J. Neurosci. 27 (2008) 2285-2293
45. Trainor B.C., and Hofmann H.A. Somatostatin and somatostatin receptor gene expression in dominant and subordinate males of an African cichlid fish. Behav. Brain Res. 179 (2007) 314-320
46. Wersinger S.R., Ginns E.I., O'Carroll A.M., Lolait S.J., and Young III W.S. Vasopressin V1b receptor knockout reduces aggressive behavior in male mice. Mol. Psychiatry 7 (2002) 975-984
47. Winslow J.T., Hastings N., Carter C.S., Harbaugh C.R., and Insel T.R. A role for central vasopressin in pair bonding in monogamous prairie voles. Nature 365 (1993) 545-548
48. Young L.J., Lim M.M., Gingrich B., and Insel T.R. Cellular mechanisms of social attachment. Horm. Behav. 40 (2001) 133-138
49. Young L.J., Pitkow L.J., and Ferguson J.N. Neuropeptides and social behavior: animal models relevant to autism. Mol. Psychiatry 7 (2002) S38-S39
50. Young L.J., Wang Z., Cooper T.T., and Albers H.E. Vasopressin (V1a) receptor binding, mRNA expression and transcriptional regulation by androgen in the Syrian hamster brain. J. Neuroendocrinol. 12 (2000) 1179-1185