PUBLICATION
Olfactory imprinting is triggered by MHC peptide ligands
- Authors
- Hinz, C., Namekawa, R., Behrmann-Godel, J., Oppelt, C., Jaeschke, A., Müller, A., Friedrich, R.W., and Gerlach, G.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-131029-20
- Date
- 2013
- Source
- Scientific Reports 3: 2800 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Friedrich, Rainer, Gerlach, Gabriele
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Alleles
- Amino Acids/pharmacology
- Animals
- Choice Behavior/drug effects
- Genomic Imprinting/drug effects
- Genomic Imprinting/immunology*
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology*
- Larva/drug effects
- Larva/immunology
- Ligands
- Neurons/cytology
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/metabolism
- Olfactory Bulb/cytology
- Peptides/immunology*
- Peptides/pharmacology
- Smell/drug effects
- Smell/genetics*
- Smell/immunology*
- Water/pharmacology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/immunology*
- PubMed
- 24077566 Full text @ Sci. Rep.
Citation
Hinz, C., Namekawa, R., Behrmann-Godel, J., Oppelt, C., Jaeschke, A., Müller, A., Friedrich, R.W., and Gerlach, G. (2013) Olfactory imprinting is triggered by MHC peptide ligands. Scientific Reports. 3:2800.
Abstract
Olfactory imprinting on environmental, population- and kin-specific cues is a specific form of life-long memory promoting homing of salmon to their natal rivers and the return of coral reef fish to natal sites. Despite its ecological significance, natural chemicals for olfactory imprinting have not been identified yet. Here, we show that MHC peptides function as chemical signals for olfactory imprinting in zebrafish. We found that MHC peptides consisting of nine amino acids elicit olfactory imprinting and subsequent kin recognition depending on the MHC genotype of the fish. In vivo calcium imaging shows that some olfactory bulb neurons are highly sensitive to MHC peptides with a detection threshold at 1pM or lower, indicating that MHC peptides are potent olfactory stimuli. Responses to MHC peptides overlapped spatially with responses to kin odour but not food odour, consistent with the hypothesis that MHC peptides are natural signals for olfactory imprinting.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping