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Regulation of reproduction in primitively eusocial insects: from gene to behavior

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24370008
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionGifu University

Principal Investigator

TSUCHIDA Koji  岐阜大学, 応用生物科学部, 教授 (00252122)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MIURA Toru  北海道大学, 地球環境科学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00332594)
SASAKI Ken  玉川大学, 農学部, 准教授 (40387353)
TAKAHASHI Jun-ichi  京都産業大学, 総合生命科学部, 准教授 (40530027)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥18,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥10,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Keywords社会性昆虫 / ワーカー繁殖 / 遺伝子発現 / 脳内アミン / JHホルモン / 体表炭化水素 / カスト分化 / JH濃度 / ワーカー産卵 / インターカスト / フタモンアシナガバチ / 幼若ホルモン / 産卵ワーカー / 越冬女王 / 社会性進化 / 産卵制御 / JH / 遺伝子制御
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analyzed and clarified the differences of frequencies of each behavioral category, JH titer in hemolymph, biogenic amines, gene expression, and cuticular hydrocarbons between queens and reproducing workers in Polistes shininess antennalis. The results were, (1) there were positive associations between relative age in workers and each of their frequencies of wagging, foraging trips, and ovipositions, (2) there was no significant difference in JH titer between queens and reproducing workers, (3) topical application of JH had a significant positive effect in increment of biogenic amine (Dopamine), (4) there were clear differences in 8 gene expressions between queens and reproducing workers, and (5) there were clear differences in the profiles of cuticular hydrocarbons between queens and reproducing workers. These results clearly suggest that reproducing workers are physiologically different from queens.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Annual Research Report
  • 2012 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (38 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (20 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 18 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (13 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Consumption of tyrosine in royal jelly increases brain levels of dopamine and tyramine and promotes transition from normal to reproductive workers in quenless honey bee colonie2015

    • Author(s)
      Matsuyama S, Nagao T, Sasaki K
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 211 Pages: 1-8

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.11.005

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Social dominance and reproductive differentiation mediated by dopaminergic signaling in a queenless ant.2015

    • Author(s)
      Yasukazu Okada, Ken Sasaki, Satoshi Miyazaki, Hiroyuki Shimoji, Kazuki Tsuji and Toru Miura
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Experimental Biology

      Volume: 218 Issue: 7 Pages: 1091-1098

    • DOI

      10.1242/jeb.118414

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Cockroach GABA-B receptor subtypes: Molecular characterization, pharmacological properties and tissue distribution2015

    • Author(s)
      Blankenburg S, Balfanz S, Hayashi Y, Shigenobu S, Miura T, Baumann O, Baumann A, Blenau W
    • Journal Title

      Neuropharmacology

      Volume: 88 Pages: 134-144

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Genetic structure of an introduced paper wasp, Polistes chinensis antennalis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in New Zealand2014

    • Author(s)
      Tsuchida K, Kudo K, Ishiguro N
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Ecology

      Volume: 23 Issue: 16 Pages: 4018-4034

    • DOI

      10.1111/mec.12852

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Sexually dimorphic body color is regulated by sex-specific expression of yellow gene in ponerine ant, Diacamma sp.2014

    • Author(s)
      Miyazaki S, Okada Y, Miyakawa H, Tokuda G, Cornette R, Koshikawa S, Maekawa K, Miura T
    • Journal Title

      PLoS one

      Volume: 9

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Social interactions affecting caste development through physiological actions in termites2014

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe D, Gotoh H, Miura T, Maekawa K
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Physiology

      Volume: 5 Pages: 127-127

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report 2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Orphaning does not affect the colony productivity of the primitive eusocial wasp Polistes snelleni2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamasaki K, Tsuchida K
    • Journal Title

      Insectes Sociaux

      Volume: 61 Issue: 2 Pages: 133-140

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00040-013-0336-0

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 対馬で発見・捕獲されたツマアカスズメバチ(Vespa velutina)の働き にについて2014

    • Author(s)
      境良朗・高橋純一
    • Journal Title

      昆蟲

      Volume: 32-35 Pages: 32-35

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Developmental link between sex and nutrition: doublesex regulates sex-specific mandible growth via juvenile hormone signaling in stag beetles2014

    • Author(s)
      Gotoh H, Miyakawa H, Ishikawa A, Ishikawa Y, Sugime Y, Emlen DJ, Lavine LC, Miura T
    • Journal Title

      PLoS Genetics

      Volume: 10

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 侵入生物としてのアシナガバチ2013

    • Author(s)
      土田浩治
    • Journal Title

      昆虫と自然

      Volume: 48 Pages: 23-26

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying regulation of mating flight behaviors in male honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)2013

    • Author(s)
      R. Mezawa, S. Akasaka, T. Nagao, K. Sasaki
    • Journal Title

      Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.

      Volume: 186 Pages: 108-115

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.039

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Food exchange behavior between multiple founding queens of Polyrhachis moesta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) changes during hibernation2013

    • Author(s)
      A. Hashimoto, K. Sasaki, S. Koyama, T. Satoh
    • Journal Title

      Applied Entomology and Zoology

      Volume: 48 Issue: 2 Pages: 141-145

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13355-013-0161-y

    • NAID

      40019651156

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effects of dietary inositol with sucrose stimulation on chewing and swallowing motor patterns in larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki, Y. Ooki, Y. Endo, K. Asaoka
    • Journal Title

      Physiological Entomology

      Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Pages: 326-336

    • DOI

      10.1111/phen.12038

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Juvenile hormone-dopamine systems for the promotion of flight activity in males of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa appendiculata2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki, T. Nagao
    • Journal Title

      Naturwiss.

      Volume: 100 Issue: 12 Pages: 1183-1186

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00114-013-1116-4

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] アシナガバチの繁殖や性行動を調節する脳内物質2013

    • Author(s)
      佐々木謙
    • Journal Title

      昆虫と自然

      Volume: 48 Pages: 14-17

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Juvenile hormone titer and wing-morph differentiation in the vetch aphid Megoura crassicauda.2013

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa A, Gotoh H, Abe T, Miura T
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Insect Physiology

      Volume: 59 Issue: 4 Pages: 444-449

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.02.004

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Genetic population Structur of the paper wasp Polistes olivaceus (Hymenoptera : Vespidac) in Bangladesh.2012

    • Author(s)
      Uddin M, Tsuchida K
    • Journal Title

      Population Ecology

      Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Pages: 103-114

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10144-011-0290-5

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Colony structure and reproductive sharing among queens in a tropical paper wasp, Polistes olivaceus2012

    • Author(s)
      Uddin M, Tsuchida K
    • Journal Title

      Insectes Sociaux

      Volume: 59 Issue: 3 Pages: 401-410

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00040-012-0233-y

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Potential increase in mating frequency of queens in feral colonies of Bombus terrestris introduced into Japan2012

    • Author(s)
      Inoue M, Saito F, Tsuchida K, Goka K
    • Journal Title

      Naturwissenschaften

      Volume: 99 Issue: 10 Pages: 853-861

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00114-012-0967-4

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Regulation of the brain dopaminergic system by juvenile hormone in honey bee males (Apis mellifera L.)2012

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki, S. Akasaka, R. Mezawa, K. Shimada, K. Maekawa
    • Journal Title

      Insect Molecular Biology

      Volume: 21 Issue: 5 Pages: 502-509

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01153.x

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ニュージーランドに侵入したフタモンアシナガバチの形質変化2015

    • Author(s)
      土田浩治、大島沙織
    • Organizer
      第59回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      山形大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The effect of dopamine on fighting behavior of honey bee virgin queens2015

    • Author(s)
      Farkhary S. I., Sasaki K., Koyama S., Satoh T.
    • Organizer
      第59回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      山形大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-27 – 2015-03-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 授粉用昆虫としてのエゾオオマルハナバチの適性2015

    • Author(s)
      竹内剛、清拓哉、高橋純一
    • Organizer
      第59回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      山形大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-26 – 2015-03-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ミツバチ雄の幼若ホルモン類似物質による脳内ドーパミン合成酵素への作用2014

    • Author(s)
      松島啓将, 目澤龍介, 佐々木謙
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第33回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      長崎大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-01 – 2014-11-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ミツバチワーカーと雄のチロシン摂取による脳内ドーパミン量への影響2014

    • Author(s)
      佐々木謙
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第33回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      長崎大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-01 – 2014-11-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nutritional regulation of the brain levels of dopamine and tyramine to promote the transition from normal to reproductive workers in queenless colonies of honey bees.2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki K., Mastuyama S., Nagao T.
    • Organizer
      11th International Congress of Neuroethology
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-28 – 2014-08-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Octopamine regulates social behaviors between genetically unrelated ant queens.2014

    • Author(s)
      Koyama S., Mastui S., Satoh T., Sasaki K.
    • Organizer
      International Congress of IUSSI 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Cairns, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-13 – 2014-07-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Regulation of brain dopamine by nutrition in female honeybees2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki K., S. Matsuyama S., Nagao T.
    • Organizer
      International Congress of IUSSI 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Cairns, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-13 – 2014-07-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 創設女王の喪失がコアシナガバチのコロニーに及ぼす影響2014

    • Author(s)
      山崎和久・土田浩治
    • Organizer
      第58回日本応用動物昆虫学会
    • Place of Presentation
      高知大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 対馬に侵入したツマアカスズメバチ の帰化状況と遺伝構造について2014

    • Author(s)
      高橋純一・高橋稜一・境良明・山村辰美・中 村雅雄・荒木静也
    • Organizer
      第58回日本応用動物昆虫学会高知大会
    • Place of Presentation
      高知大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Introduced Asian paper wasp in New Zealand : diploid males and triploid females production due to bottleneck2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuchida K.
    • Organizer
      24th International Congress Entomology
    • Place of Presentation
      Daegu, Korea(招待講演)
    • Year and Date
      2012-08-21
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 対馬における外来種ツマアカスズ メバチの帰化と被害について

    • Author(s)
      高橋純一・高橋稜一・岩口健太郎・里見優・原 田レオナ・境良朗・山村辰美
    • Organizer
      第68回日本衛生動物学会西日本支部例会
    • Place of Presentation
      福井市
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 対馬に侵入したツマアカスズメバチの分布お よび生態について

    • Author(s)
      高橋純一・高橋稜一・岩口健太郎・里見優・原田レオナ・ 荒木静也・境良朗・山村辰美・佐護哲也
    • Organizer
      第61回日本生態学会広島大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島市
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 行動生物学辞典2013

    • Author(s)
      土田浩治
    • Total Pages
      637
    • Publisher
      東京化学同人
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 行動生物学辞典2013

    • Author(s)
      佐々木謙
    • Total Pages
      637
    • Publisher
      東京化学同人
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Strategies, Gender Differences and Environmental Influences: Sexual maturation, mating strategies and the neuroendocrinology in social insects2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Harano, K. Sasaki*
    • Total Pages
      5
    • Publisher
      NOVA Science Publishers
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Foraging Behavior, Reproductive Biology and Diseases: Sex differences of dopamine control systems associated with reproduction in honey bee2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Sasaki
    • Total Pages
      16
    • Publisher
      NOVA Science Publishers
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Human and Animal Mating: Strategies, Gender Differences and Environmental Influences.(Eds.)M.Nakamura.T.Ito2013

    • Author(s)
      K. Harano, K. Sasaki
    • Publisher
      NOVA Science Publishers
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report

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