Octopamine modulates honey bee dance behavior

被引:113
作者
Barron, Andrew B.
Maleszka, Ryszard
Vander Meer, Robert K.
Robinson, Gene E.
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Entomol, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Neurosci Program, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[3] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Biol Sci, Visual Sci & Australian Res Council Ctr Mol Genet, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
[4] USDA, Agr Res Serv, Med & Vet Entomol Res Lab, Gainesville, FL 32608 USA
关键词
Apis mellifera; biogenic amine; foraging; reward; social behavior;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.0610506104
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Honey bees communicate the location and desirability of valuable forage sites to their nestmates through an elaborate, symbolic "dance language." The dance language is a uniquely complex communication system in invertebrates, and the neural mechanisms that generate dances are largely unknown. Here we show that treatments with controlled doses of the biogenic amine neuromodulator octopamine selectively increased the reporting of resource value in dances by forager bees. Oral and topical octoparnine treatments modulated aspects of dances related to resource profitability in a dose-dependent manner. Dances for pollen and sucrose responded similarly to octoparnine treatment, and these effects were eliminated by treatment with the octoparnine antagonist mianserin. We propose that octoparnine modulates the representation of floral rewards in dances by changing the processing of reward in the honey bee brain. Octopamine is known to modulate appetitive behavior in a range of solitary insects; the role of octoparnine in dance provides an example of how neural substrates can be adapted for new behavioral innovations in the process of social evolution.
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页码:1703 / 1707
页数:5
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