Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat

In this study we investigate the effects of parent of origin on complex traits in the laboratory rat, with a focus on coping style behavior in stressful situations. We develop theory, based on earlier work, to partition heritability into a component due to a combination of parent of origin, maternal...

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Main Authors: Carme Mont, Polinka Hernandez-Pliego, Toni Cañete, Ignasi Oliveras, Cristóbal Río-Álamos, Gloria Blázquez, Regina López-Aumatell, Esther Martínez-Membrives, Adolf Tobeña, Jonathan Flint, Alberto Fernández-Teruel, Richard Mott
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Published: Oxford University Press 2018-10-01
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Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.200489
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author Carme Mont
Polinka Hernandez-Pliego
Toni Cañete
Ignasi Oliveras
Cristóbal Río-Álamos
Gloria Blázquez
Regina López-Aumatell
Esther Martínez-Membrives
Adolf Tobeña
Jonathan Flint
Alberto Fernández-Teruel
Richard Mott
author_facet Carme Mont
Polinka Hernandez-Pliego
Toni Cañete
Ignasi Oliveras
Cristóbal Río-Álamos
Gloria Blázquez
Regina López-Aumatell
Esther Martínez-Membrives
Adolf Tobeña
Jonathan Flint
Alberto Fernández-Teruel
Richard Mott
author_sort Carme Mont
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description In this study we investigate the effects of parent of origin on complex traits in the laboratory rat, with a focus on coping style behavior in stressful situations. We develop theory, based on earlier work, to partition heritability into a component due to a combination of parent of origin, maternal, paternal and shared environment, and another component that estimates classical additive genetic variance. We use this theory to investigate the effects on heritability of the parental origin of alleles in 798 outbred heterogeneous stock rats across 199 complex traits. Parent-of-origin-like heritability was on average 2.7fold larger than classical additive heritability. Among the phenotypes with the most enhanced parent-of-origin heritability were 10 coping style behaviors, with average 3.2 fold heritability enrichment. To confirm these findings on coping behavior, and to eliminate the possibility that the parent of origin effects are due to confounding with shared environment, we performed a reciprocal F1 cross between the behaviorally divergent RHA and RLA rat strains. We observed parent-of-origin effects on F1 rat anxiety/coping-related behavior in the Elevated Zero Maze test. Our study is the first to assess genetic parent-of-origin effects in rats, and confirm earlier findings in mice that such effects influence coping and impulsive behavior, and suggest these effects might be significant in other mammals, including humans.
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spelling doaj.art-ad2464890eba4978b5d26878b8bd9bfe2022-12-21T22:53:24ZengOxford University PressG3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics2160-18362018-10-018103283329110.1534/g3.118.20048914Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the RatCarme MontPolinka Hernandez-PliegoToni CañeteIgnasi OliverasCristóbal Río-ÁlamosGloria BlázquezRegina López-AumatellEsther Martínez-MembrivesAdolf TobeñaJonathan FlintAlberto Fernández-TeruelRichard MottIn this study we investigate the effects of parent of origin on complex traits in the laboratory rat, with a focus on coping style behavior in stressful situations. We develop theory, based on earlier work, to partition heritability into a component due to a combination of parent of origin, maternal, paternal and shared environment, and another component that estimates classical additive genetic variance. We use this theory to investigate the effects on heritability of the parental origin of alleles in 798 outbred heterogeneous stock rats across 199 complex traits. Parent-of-origin-like heritability was on average 2.7fold larger than classical additive heritability. Among the phenotypes with the most enhanced parent-of-origin heritability were 10 coping style behaviors, with average 3.2 fold heritability enrichment. To confirm these findings on coping behavior, and to eliminate the possibility that the parent of origin effects are due to confounding with shared environment, we performed a reciprocal F1 cross between the behaviorally divergent RHA and RLA rat strains. We observed parent-of-origin effects on F1 rat anxiety/coping-related behavior in the Elevated Zero Maze test. Our study is the first to assess genetic parent-of-origin effects in rats, and confirm earlier findings in mice that such effects influence coping and impulsive behavior, and suggest these effects might be significant in other mammals, including humans.http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.200489Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC)MultiParental PopulationsMPP
spellingShingle Carme Mont
Polinka Hernandez-Pliego
Toni Cañete
Ignasi Oliveras
Cristóbal Río-Álamos
Gloria Blázquez
Regina López-Aumatell
Esther Martínez-Membrives
Adolf Tobeña
Jonathan Flint
Alberto Fernández-Teruel
Richard Mott
Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC)
MultiParental Populations
MPP
title Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat
title_full Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat
title_fullStr Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat
title_full_unstemmed Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat
title_short Coping-Style Behavior Identified by a Survey of Parent-of-Origin Effects in the Rat
title_sort coping style behavior identified by a survey of parent of origin effects in the rat
topic Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC)
MultiParental Populations
MPP
url http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.118.200489
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