Hormonal Control of Fish Reproductive Behavior: Brain–Gonadal Steroid Interactions

L. S. Demski; P. J. Hornby

doi:10.1139/f82-006

Hormonal Control of Fish Reproductive Behavior: Brain–Gonadal Steroid Interactions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f82-006 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 36-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

L. S. Demski ◽

P. J. Hornby

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Anterior Commissure ◽

Direct Action ◽

Hormonal Control ◽

Sufficient Evidence ◽

Brain Areas ◽

Behavioral Systems ◽

Goldfish Carassius Auratus ◽

Tentative Model

A number of hormones are known to influence reproductive behavior in teleosts. The best studied in this regard are the sex steroids estradiol and testosterone. Sufficient evidence is available to permit the outlining of possible modes of action of these hormones on mechanisms controlling reproductive responses in fishes. Autoradiographic studies using tritium-labeled steroids have revealed several brain areas with neurons that concentrate testosterone and estradiol in both males and females. An area near the anterior commissure (preoptic region and parts of the area ventralis telencephali) is of primary interest for behavioral systems. Electrophysiological experiments in goldfish (Carassius auratus) have demonstrated that both hormones strongly influence olfactory mechanisms. These effects may be mediated by steroid feedback on brain areas involved in centrifugal control of the olfactory bulbs. The neurological substrates for several behaviors which are thought to be androgen dependent have been studied using classical neurobehavioral methods. These include: spawning and sperm release in goldfish and sunfish (Lepomis sp.) and courtship and nestbuilding in sunfish. As of yet, a direct action of sex steroids on these systems has not been demonstrated; however, they all relate to the steroid-concentrating area mentioned above. Some of the systems are incorporated into a tentative model of the neural–hormonal mechanisms controlling reproductive behavior in male goldfish.Key words: reproductive behavior, fishes, brain, hormones, sex steroids, olfaction

The role of hormones

10.1093/oso/9780198797500.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

H. Frederik Nijhout ◽

Emily Laub

Keyword(s):

Phenotypic Plasticity ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Parental Care ◽

Juvenile Hormone ◽

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Hormonal Control ◽

Plastic Trait

Many behaviors of insects are stimulated, modified, or modulated by hormones. The principal hormones involved are the same as the ones that control moulting, metamorphosis, and other aspects of development, principally ecdysone and juvenile hormone. In addition, a small handful of neurosecretory hormones are involved in the control of specific behaviors. Because behavior is a plastic trait, this chapter begins by outlining the biology and hormonal control of phenotypic plasticity in insects, and how the hormonal control of behavior fits in with other aspects of the control of phenotypic plasticity. The rest of the chapter is organized around the diversity of behaviors that are known to be controlled by or affected by hormones. These include eclosion and moulting behavior, the synthesis and release of pheromones, migration, parental care, dominance, reproductive behavior, and social behavior.

Estrogen Receptor in the Larynx of the Aged Baboon (Papio Cynocephalus)

Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology ◽

10.1177/000348948609500614 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 95 (6) ◽

pp. 608-617 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

G. Richard Holt ◽

Thomas B. Aufdemorte ◽

Peter J. Sheridan

Keyword(s):

Estrogen Receptor ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Anterior Commissure ◽

Surface Epithelium ◽

Papio Cynocephalus ◽

Receptor Complex ◽

Laryngeal Diseases ◽

Hormonal Manipulation ◽

Estrogen Receptor Activity ◽

High Level

Using autoradiographic techniques, tritiated estrogen-receptor complex intranuclear labeling was identified in certain laryngeal tissues of four aged female baboons; no complex labeling was found in the control animal. Three significant findings were felt to be derived from this study. One, surface epithelium of the larynx had essentially no estrogen-receptor activity. Two, all tissues of mesenchymal origin, especially lamina propria, muscle, dense connective tissue, and fat had consistently high levels of nuclear localization of the labeled estrogen. The binding affinity seemed to be the highest at the anterior commissure and the immediate anterior subglottic space. Three, there was a high level of receptor binding in laryngeal cartilage and perichondrium. Since the activated hormone-receptor complex modulates gene expression to alter the amount of mRNA, sex steroids have a direct regulatory effect upon the target cell and, perhaps through an induction process, can exert an indirect effect upon adjacent tissues. It is postulated that since the larynx is a sexually dimorphic organ, the sex steroids and their receptors may play a role in altered phonation during aging and possibly in the development of laryngeal neoplasms and other diseases. Therefore, hormonal manipulation may play a future role in the therapy of laryngeal diseases. This study represents the first demonstration of estrogen receptors by specific anatomic location in the primate larynx with significant localization in the mesenchymal tissues but not in the epithelial tissues.

Sex Steroids and the Differentiation of Avian Reproductive Behavior

American Zoologist ◽

10.1093/icb/18.3.501 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 501-509 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

ELIZABETH KOCHER ADKINS

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Sex Steroids

Effect of sex steroids on the reproductive behavior of castrated male ring doves (Streptopelia sp.)

Physiology & Behavior ◽

10.1016/0031-9384(81)90125-6 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 561-565 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

E. Adkins-Regan

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Ring Doves

Changes in Plasma Sex Steroids in Relation to Reproductive Behavior of the Toad, Bufo melanostictus (Schn.)

Copeia ◽

10.1643/cp-11-100 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 (2) ◽

pp. 332-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Narahari P. Gramapurohit ◽

Rajkumar S. Radder

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Bufo Melanostictus ◽

Toad Bufo

Hormonal control of reproductive behavior in some Cichlid fish

General and Comparative Endocrinology ◽

10.1016/0016-6480(65)90113-9 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 186-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 105

Author(s):

Volker Blüm ◽

Kurt Fiedler

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Cichlid Fish ◽

Hormonal Control

Pharmacological and Hormonal Control of Reproductive Behavior

Drugs, Neurotransmitters, and Behavior ◽

10.1007/978-1-4684-3180-3_5 ◽

1977 ◽

pp. 159-232

Author(s):

Bengt J. Meyerson ◽

Mona Eliasson

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Hormonal Control

Hormonal Control of Male Reproductive Behavior in the Lizard, Anolis carolinensis: Role of Testosterone, Dihydrotestosterone, and Estradiol*

Endocrinology ◽

10.1210/endo-103-5-1814 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 103 (5) ◽

pp. 1814-1821 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

DAVID CREWS ◽

VALERIE TRAINA ◽

F. TODD WETZEL ◽

CHARLES MULLER

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Hormonal Control ◽

Anolis Carolinensis ◽

Male Reproductive Behavior

Monocrotophos pesticide affects synthesis and conversion of sex steroids through multiple targets in male goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-017-01935-6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hua Tian ◽

Yang Sun ◽

Hui Wang ◽

Xin Bing ◽

Wei Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sex Steroids ◽

Carassius Auratus ◽

Multiple Targets ◽

Goldfish Carassius Auratus

Action, localization and structure-function relationship of growth factors and their receptors in the prostate

Reproductive Medicine Review ◽

10.1017/s0962279900001265 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 73-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

S Chevalier ◽

AG Aprikian ◽

G Beauregard ◽

I Defoy ◽

LT Nguyen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Growth Factors ◽

Cell Division ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Steroid Receptors ◽

Direct Action ◽

Culture Conditions ◽

Mitogenic Activity ◽

Prostate Cell

Whereas the direct action of sex steroids, namely of androgens, on prostate cell division was questioned as early as in the 1970s, and remains so, the interest in prostatic growth factors (GFs) is rather recent but has expanded tremendously in the last five years. This lag period can be partly explained by the fact that, at the time, androgen receptors had just been discovered, and newly developed hormonal regimens or strategies to treat patients with prostate carcinoma (PCa) or epithelioma had generated great enthusiasm and hopes in the medical and scientific community. Another point to consider was the difficulty in maintaining prostate tissues in organ cultures and the relative novelty of culturing prostate epithelial cells in monolayers. Failures of sex steroids to elicit a direct positive response on prostate cell division in vitro, as seen in vivo, were interpreted as resulting from inappropriate models or culture conditions. However, the increasing number of reports confirming the lack of mitogenic activity of sex steroids in vitro, coupled with the powerful mitogenic activity of GFs displayed in other systems, the discovery of GF receptors (GF-Rs), and the elucidation of their signalling pathways showing sex steroid receptors as potential substrates of GF-activated protein kinases gradually led to an increased interest in the putative role of GFs in prostate physiopathology. Of utmost importance was the recognition that hormone refractiveness was responsible for PCa progression, and for the poor outcome of patients with advanced disease under endocrine therapies. This problem remains a major issue and it raises several key questions that need to be solved at the fundamental and clinical levels.