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FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 461-469Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-022-01063-7
Keywords
Anadromous; Imprinting; Migration; Neuroplasticity; Olfaction; Salmon
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- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [JP19J10799, 17K07930]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K07930] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study found that the expression of the syp gene is strong in the olfactory nervous system of chum salmon during the homeward migration and temporarily increases. These expression changes are similar to the snare genes, suggesting that the synchronous expression of syp and snare component genes is crucial for the development and short-term plasticity of the olfactory nervous system involved in olfactory imprinting.
Anadromous Pacific salmon (genus Oncorhynchus) are known for their homing behavior based on olfactory imprinting, which is formed during their seaward migration. Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE/Snare) complex is a minimum unit of vesicle exocytosis from the pre-synaptic membrane. Its component genes (synaptosome-associated protein 25, syntaxin 1, and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2) are more strongly expressed in the olfactory nervous system (olfactory epithelium, olfactory bulb, and telencephalon) at the migration stages related to olfactory imprinting and/or retrieval in salmon. This study focused on the mRNA synthesis of synaptophysin (Syp), one of the Snare regulatory factors. syp is strongly expressed in chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) olfactory nervous system during the seaward migration and temporarily increased during the homeward migration. In reference to our previous studies, these expression changes were similar to the snare genes in the chum salmon. Therefore, syp and Snare component genes were synchronously expressed reflecting the development and short-term plasticity of the olfactory nervous system that is essential for olfactory imprinting.
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