The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants
Eusociality represents the higher degree of interaction in insects. This complex social structure is maintained through a multimodal communication system that allows colony members to be flexible in their responses, fulfilling the overall society’s needs. The colony plasticity is supposedly achieved...
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| author | Francesca Barbero Giuseppe Mannino Luca Pietro Casacci |
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| description | Eusociality represents the higher degree of interaction in insects. This complex social structure is maintained through a multimodal communication system that allows colony members to be flexible in their responses, fulfilling the overall society’s needs. The colony plasticity is supposedly achieved by combining multiple biochemical pathways through the neuromodulation of molecules such as biogenic amines, but the mechanisms through which these regulatory compounds act are far from being fully disentangled. Here, we review the potential function of major bioamines (dopamine, tyramine, serotine, and octopamine) on the behavioral modulation of principal groups of eusocial Hymenoptera, with a special focus on ants. Because functional roles are species- and context-dependent, identifying a direct causal relationship between a biogenic amine variation and behavioral changes is extremely challenging. We also used a quantitative and qualitative synthesis approach to summarize research trends and interests in the literature related to biogenic amines of social insects. Shedding light on the aminergic regulation of behavioral responses will pave the way for an entirely new approach to understanding the evolution of sociality in insects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bc594f56ab1419da3bec2a70f27d9102023-11-17T19:46:49ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502023-04-0114438610.3390/insects14040386The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on AntsFrancesca Barbero0Giuseppe Mannino1Luca Pietro Casacci2Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Gioacchino Quarello 15/A, 10135 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Turin, ItalyEusociality represents the higher degree of interaction in insects. This complex social structure is maintained through a multimodal communication system that allows colony members to be flexible in their responses, fulfilling the overall society’s needs. The colony plasticity is supposedly achieved by combining multiple biochemical pathways through the neuromodulation of molecules such as biogenic amines, but the mechanisms through which these regulatory compounds act are far from being fully disentangled. Here, we review the potential function of major bioamines (dopamine, tyramine, serotine, and octopamine) on the behavioral modulation of principal groups of eusocial Hymenoptera, with a special focus on ants. Because functional roles are species- and context-dependent, identifying a direct causal relationship between a biogenic amine variation and behavioral changes is extremely challenging. We also used a quantitative and qualitative synthesis approach to summarize research trends and interests in the literature related to biogenic amines of social insects. Shedding light on the aminergic regulation of behavioral responses will pave the way for an entirely new approach to understanding the evolution of sociality in insects.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/4/386dopaminetyramineserotineoctopaminemodulationregulation |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Barbero Giuseppe Mannino Luca Pietro Casacci The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants Insects dopamine tyramine serotine octopamine modulation regulation |
| title | The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants |
| title_full | The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants |
| title_short | The Role of Biogenic Amines in Social Insects: With a Special Focus on Ants |
| title_sort | role of biogenic amines in social insects with a special focus on ants |
| topic | dopamine tyramine serotine octopamine modulation regulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/4/386 |
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