Cholinergic control of synchronized seminal emissions in Drosophila

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Acebes, A
Grosjean, Y
Everaerts, C
Ferveur, JF
机构
[1] Univ Bourgogne 1, CNRS, UMR 5548, Fac Sci, F-21000 Dijon, France
[2] CSIC, Inst Cajal, E-28002 Madrid, Spain
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10.1016/j.cub.2004.04.003
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In many animal species, copulation involves the coordinated release of both sperm and seminal fluid, including substances that change female fertility and postmating behavior [1]. In Drosophila melanogaster, these substances increase female fertility and prevent mating with a second male [2-5]. By using a PGal4 strain, we targeted together with other cells a dozen cholinergic neurons found only in the male abdominal ganglion (Abg-MAch). Genetic feminization apparently deleted these neurons in males and significantly increased their copulation duration, blocked their fertility in 60% of cases, and only weakly repressed remating in females. Genetic repression of Gal4 activity in all cholinergic neurons completely rescued copulation duration and fertility, and totally prevented remating, indicating that Abg-MAch neurons were functional. The conditional blocking of the synaptic activity of these neurons during copulation induced separate effects on the transfer of the seminal substances involved in fertilization and those involved in remating. These effects were dissociated only when Abg-MAch neurons were feminized, indicating that their presence is required to synchronize the emission of the male substance(s) that changes reproductive behaviors.
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