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  • 标题:A requirement for the neuromodulators octopamine and tyramine in Drosophila melanogaster female sperm storage
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  • 作者:Frank W. Avila ; Margaret C. Bloch Qazi ; C. Dustin Rubinstein
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 卷号:109
  • 期号:12
  • 页码:4562-4567
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.1117689109
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Female sperm storage is common among organisms with internal fertilization. It is important for extended fertility and, in cases of multiple mating, for sperm competition. The physiological mechanisms by which females store and manage stored sperm are poorly understood. Here, we report that the biogenic amines tyramine (TA) and octopamine (OA) in Drosophila melanogaster females play essential roles in sperm storage. D. melanogaster females store sperm in two types of organs, a single seminal receptacle and a pair of spermathecae. We examined sperm storage parameters in females mutant in enzymes required for the biochemical synthesis of tyrosine to TA and TA to OA, respectively. Postmating uterine conformational changes, which are associated with sperm entry and accumulation into storage, were unaffected by the absence of either TA or OA. However, sperm release from storage requires both TA and OA; sperm were retained in storage in both types of mutant females at significantly higher levels than in control flies. Absence of OA inhibited sperm depletion only from the seminal receptacle, whereas absence of both OA and TA perturbed sperm depletion from both storage organ types. We find innervation of the seminal receptacle and spermathecae by octopaminergic-tyraminergic neurons. These findings identify a distinct role for TA and OA in reproduction, regulating the release of sperm from storage, and suggest a mechanism by which Drosophila females actively regulate the release of stored sperm.
  • 关键词:reproductive tract ; physiology ; insects
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