Title :

Identification of potential chemosignals in the European water vole Arvicola terrestris

Author(s) :

Nagnan-Le Meillour, Patricia [Auteur]
Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle - UMR 8576 [UGSF]
Descamps, Amandine [Auteur]
MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé [MICALIS]
Le Danvic, Chrystelle [Auteur]
Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle - UMR 8576 [UGSF]
Grandmougin, Maurane [Auteur]
Saliou, Jean-Michel [Auteur]
Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204 [CIIL]
Klopp, Christophe [Auteur]
Unité de Biométrie et Intelligence Artificielle (ancêtre de MIAT) [UBIA]
Milhes, Marine [Auteur]
Interactions hôtes-agents pathogènes [Toulouse] [IHAP]
Bompard, Coralie [Auteur]
Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle - UMR 8576 [UGSF]
Chesneau, Didier [Auteur]
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] [PRC]
Poissenot, Kévin [Auteur]
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] [PRC]
Keller, Matthieu [Auteur]
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] [PRC]

Journal title :

Scientific Reports

Pages :

np

Publisher :

Nature Publishing Group

Publication date :

2019

ISSN :

2045-2322

English keyword(s) :

ARVICOLIN
POPULATION
LIPOCALIN
PHEROMONES
URINARY VOLATILE COMPOUNDS
water vole
ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN
O-GlcNAc

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biologie animale
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

English abstract : [en]

The water vole Arvicola terrestris is endemic to Europe where its outbreak generates severe economic losses for farmers. Our project aimed at characterising putative chemical signals used by this species, to develop new ...
Show more >The water vole Arvicola terrestris is endemic to Europe where its outbreak generates severe economic losses for farmers. Our project aimed at characterising putative chemical signals used by this species, to develop new sustainable methods for population control that could also be used for this species protection in Great Britain. The water vole, as well as other rodents, uses specific urination sites as territorial and sex pheromone markers, still unidentified. Lateral scent glands and urine samples were collected from wild males and females caught in the field, at different periods of the year. Their volatile composition was analysed for each individual and not on pooled samples, revealing a specific profile of flank glands in October and a specific profile of urinary volatiles in July. The urinary protein content appeared more contrasted as males secrete higher levels of a lipocalin than females, whenever the trapping period. We named this protein arvicolin. Male and female liver transcript sequencing did not identify any expression of other odorant-binding protein sequence. This work demonstrates that even in absence of genome, identification of chemical signals from wild animals is possible and could be helpful in strategies of species control and protection.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Organisation et montée en puissance d'une Infrastructure Nationale de Génomique

Collections :

• Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille (CIIL) - U1019 - UMR 9017

Source :

Harvested from HAL