Inadvertent social information and the avoidance of parasitized male mice: a role for oxytocin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Martin KavaliersDonald W Pfaff

Abstract

Social information can be acquired either directly or indirectly from cues inadvertently produced by individuals with similar interests and requirements ("inadvertent social information," ISI). These inadvertent cues provide "public information" that other individuals can use to guide their behavior. We show here that female mice use olfactory ISI to determine their choice of, and responses to, males and that the use of this ISI involves the gene for oxytocin (OT). Female mice (OT wild type and CF-1 strain) displayed a significant interest in, and choice of, the odors of uninfected males of varying sexual status that were associated with the odors of an another estrous female. This recognition of, and choices for, specific, individual male odors was evident 24 h later. Female mice also distinguished between males subclinically infected with the gastrointestinal nematode parasite, Heligimosomoides polygyrus, and nonparasitized males, displaying aversive responses (analgesia, increased corticosterone) to, and avoidance of, the odors of infected males. The presence of the odors of another estrous female with that of the infected male, which are indicative of potential mate interests, attenuated these aversive responses and resulte...Continue Reading

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