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Olfactory Imprinting of Amino Acids in Lacustrine Sockeye Salmon

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Title: Olfactory Imprinting of Amino Acids in Lacustrine Sockeye Salmon
Authors: Yamamoto, Yuzo Browse this author
Hino, Hiroshi Browse this author
Ueda, Hiroshi Browse this author
Issue Date: 8-Jan-2010
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Journal Title: PLoS One
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Start Page: e8633
Publisher DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008633
Abstract: Juvenile salmon have an olfactory ability to imprint their natal stream odors, but neither the odor properties of natal stream water nor the imprinting timing and duration have been clarified as yet. Here we show, using electrophysiological and behavioral experiments, that one-year-old lacustrine sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) can be imprinted around the stage of parr-smolt transformation (PST) by a single amino acid, 1 μM L-proline (Pro), or L-glutamic acid (Glu). We also show by real-time PCR that changes occur in mRNA levels of the salmon olfactory imprinting-related gene (SOIG) around PST. The electro-olfactogram (EOG) responses of test fish exposed to Pro in March (before PST) and April-June (during PST) for 2 weeks were significantly (1.7-fold) greater than those of non-exposed control fish, but not those of test fish exposed in July (after PST). When Pro and control water were added to the water inlets of a two-choice test tank during the spawning season 2 years after the test water exposure, 80% of maturing and matured test fish exposed before and during PST showed a preference for Pro, whereas those exposed after PST did not. The EOG response of test fish exposed to Pro or Glu for 1 hour, 6 hours, 1 day, 7 days, or 14 days in May revealed that only the response after 14 days of exposure was significantly (1.8-fold) greater than the control. The expression levels of SOIG mRNA increased before and during PST, and decreased after PST. We conclude that one-year-old lacustrine sockeye salmon can be imprinted by a single amino acid before and during PST, and that imprinting requires exposure for at least 14 days.
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/42574
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