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Estrogenic signaling and sociosexual behavior in wild sex-changing bluehead wrasses, Thalassoma bifasciatum

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jez.2558

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aromatase; estrogen; estrogen receptor; sex change; sociosexual behavior

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  1. U.S. National Science Foundation [1257761, 1257791]
  2. Direct For Biological Sciences
  3. Division Of Environmental Biology [1257791] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  4. Direct For Biological Sciences
  5. Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [1257761] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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This study focused on examining the variations in estrogenic signaling across different sexual phenotypes and sex change processes in the bluehead wrasse. The results suggest that alterations in neural estrogen signaling play a key role in socially-controlled sex change and sexual phenotype differences. Additionally, the study highlights the possibility of an inverted-U shaped relationship between neural estrogen and male-typical behaviors.
Estrogenic signaling is an important focus in studies of gonadal and brain sexual differentiation in fishes and vertebrates generally. This study examined variation in estrogenic signaling (1) across three sexual phenotypes (female, female-mimic initial phase [IP] male, and terminal phase [TP] male), (2) during socially-controlled female-to-male sex change, and (3) during tidally-driven spawning cycles in the protogynous bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum). We analyzed relative abundances of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) for the brain form of aromatase (cyp19a1b) and the three nuclear estrogen receptors (ER) (ER alpha, ER beta a, and ER beta b) by qPCR. Consistent with previous reports, forebrain/midbrain cyp19a1b was highest in females, significantly lower in TP males, and lowest in IP males. By contrast, ER alpha and ER beta b mRNA abundances were highest in TP males and increased during sex change. ER beta alpha mRNA did not vary significantly. Across the tidally-driven spawning cycle, cyp19a1b abundances were higher in females than TP males. Interestingly, cyp19a1b levels were higher in TP males close (similar to 1 h) to the daily spawning period when sexual and aggressive behaviors rise than males far from spawning (similar to 10-12 h). Together with earlier findings, our results suggest alterations in neural estrogen signaling are key regulators of socially-controlled sex change and sexual phenotype differences. Additionally, these patterns suggest TP male-typical sociosexual behaviors may depend on intermediate rather than low estrogenic signaling. We discuss these results and the possibility that an inverted-U shaped relationship between neural estrogen and male-typical behaviors is more common than presently appreciated.

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