Blochmannia endosymbionts and their host, the ant Camponotus fellah: Cuticular hydrocarbons and melanization

2011 ◽  
Vol 334 (10) ◽  
pp. 737-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danival José de Souza ◽  
Séverine Devers ◽  
Alain Lenoir
Keyword(s):  
Cuticular Hydrocarbons ◽  
Camponotus Fellah

scholarly journals Oxytocin/vasopressin-like peptide inotocin regulates cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis and water balancing in ants

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (12) ◽  
pp. 5597-5606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Koto ◽  
Naoto Motoyama ◽  
Hiroki Tahara ◽  
Sean McGregor ◽  
Minoru Moriyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cuticular Hydrocarbons ◽  
Task Allocation ◽  
Cuticular Hydrocarbon ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Hydrocarbon Synthesis ◽  
Camponotus Fellah ◽  
Homologous Peptide ◽  
Dsrna Injection

Oxytocin/vasopressin-like peptides are important regulators of physiology and social behavior in vertebrates. However, the function of inotocin, the homologous peptide in arthropods, remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the level of expression of inotocin and inotocin receptor are correlated with task allocation in the antCamponotus fellah. Both genes are up-regulated when workers age and switch tasks from nursing to foraging. in situ hybridization revealed thatinotocin receptoris specifically expressed in oenocytes, which are specialized cells synthesizing cuticular hydrocarbons which function as desiccation barriers in insects and for social recognition in ants. dsRNA injection targetinginotocin receptor, together with pharmacological treatments using three identified antagonists blocking inotocin signaling, revealed that inotocin signaling regulates the expression ofcytochrome P450 4G1(CYP4G1) and the synthesis of cuticular hydrocarbons, which play an important role in desiccation resistance once workers initiate foraging.

scholarly journals Whiptail lizards ( Aspidoscelis exsanguis ) recognize invertebrate prey via cuticular hydrocarbons

Ethology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay K. Goldberg ◽  
Genevieve Pintel ◽  
Jake A. Pruett ◽  
Stacey L. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Cuticular Hydrocarbons ◽  
Invertebrate Prey ◽  
Whiptail Lizards
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