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Social partner cooperativeness influences brain oxytocin transcription in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

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BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 423, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113643

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Cooperation; Nonapeptides; Isotocin; Oxytocin; Gene transcription; Teleost

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  1. Danish Council for Independent Research [DFF - 1323-00105]

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This study quantifies the neuroregulatory response of Trinidadian guppies to cooperation or defection by examining the transcriptional response of the oxytocin gene. The results show that individual responses to social partners' behavior depend on individual's predation threat level and experience.
For non-kin cooperation to be maintained, individuals need to respond adaptively to the cooperative behaviour of their social partners. Currently, however, little is known about the biological responses of individuals to experiencing cooperation. Here, we quantify the neuroregulatory response of Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) experiencing cooperation or defection by examining the transcriptional response of the oxytocin gene (oxt; also known as isotocin), which has been implicated in cooperative decision-making. We exposed wild-caught females to social environments where partners either cooperated or defected during predator inspection, or to a control (non-predator inspection) context, and quantified the relative transcription of the oxt gene. We tested an experimental group, originating from a site where individuals are under high predation threat and have previous experience of large aquatic predators (HP), and a control group, where individuals are under low predation threat and naive to large aquatic predators (LP). LP, but not HP, fish showed different behavioural responses to the behaviour of their social environment, cooperating with cooperative partners and defecting when paired with defecting ones. In HP, but not LP, fish brain mid-section oxt relative transcription varied depending on social partner behaviour. HP fish experiencing cooperation during predator inspection had lower oxt transcription than those experiencing defection. This effect was not present in the control population or in the control context, where the behaviour of social partners did not affect oxt transcription. Our findings provide insight into the neuromodulation underpinning behavioural responses to social experiences, and ultimately to the proximate mechanisms underlying social decision-making.

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