DODECYL PROPIONATE, ATTRACTANT FROM RAT PUP PREPUTIAL GLAND - CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION

被引:32
作者
BROUETTELAHLOU, I
AMOUROUX, R
CHASTRETTE, F
COSNIER, J
STOFFELSMA, J
VERNETMAURY, E
机构
[1] UNIV LYON 1,CNRS,PHYSIOL NEUROSENSORIELLE LAB,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
[2] LAB ETHOL COMMUN PSYCHOL & SCI SOC,F-69676 BRON,FRANCE
[3] UNIV LYON 1,CNRS,CHIM ORGAN PHYS LAB,F-69622 VILLEURBANNE,FRANCE
[4] PFW CENT RES LAB,3800 AA AMERSFOORT,NETHERLANDS
关键词
DODECYL PROPIONATE; RAT PUP; PREPUTIAL GLAND; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; ANOGENITAL LICKING; PHEROMONE;
D O I
10.1007/BF00983767
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A chemical agent contained in the rat pup preputial gland was found to regulate anogenital licking, a behavioral pattern crucial to pup survival. Combined gas chromatography and mass spectrometric analysis led to identification of four components in addition to high molecular alkanes (waxes). Independent synthesis added to behavioral observations were used to quantify the dam's response to these components. Among them, dodecyl propionate (DP), a pheromone-like compound, appears to be the only one efficient enough to induce, in the dam, behavior patterns similar to those observed with crude lipidic extract from the preputial gland secretion. Various esters previously were predicted in the adult rat preputial gland. DP is the first ester identified from mammalian infant tissue. These results, in combination with previous findings, allow discussion of the DP pheromonal role.
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页码:1343 / 1354
页数:12
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