ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2011
Searching for major urinary proteins (MUPs) as chemosignals in urine of subterranean rodents.
Article in Journal of chemical ecology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Nephrotoxicity evaluation and proteomic analysis in kidneys of rats exposed to thioacetamide.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Odorant-binding proteins in canine anal sac glands indicate an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian chemical communication.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Biological Roles of Lipocalins in Chemical Communication, Reproduction, and Regulation of Microbiota.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Differential regulation of vaginal lipocalins (OBP, MUP) during the estrous cycle of the house mouse.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Glareosin: a novel sexually dimorphic urinary lipocalin in the bank vole,Open biology · 2017Article
- On the tear proteome of the house mouse (PeerJ · 2017Article
- Are MUPs a Toxic Waste Disposal System?PloS one · 2016Article
- Infection with Toxoplasma gondii does not elicit predator aversion in male mice nor increase their attractiveness in terms of mate choice.Parasitology research · 2013Article
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Abstract
Chemosensory information mediates behavior in many rodent genera. Major Urinary Proteins (MUPs) facilitate chemical communication in some species of mice. We sought to demonstrate the importance of MUPs in chemosignaling across a range of rodent genera that live in different habitats and social structures. We analyzed urine from three subterranean rodent genera from different continents, and with diverse social systems: eusocial Zambian mole-rats (Fukomys), solitary Israeli blind mole rats (Spalax), and social Chilean coruros (Spalacopus). 2D gel electrophoresis revealed low levels of protein, with sequences similar to aphrodisin, in Fukomys mole-rat urine, but no MUPs in urine of any of the studied species. Previous research demonstrated that subjects from the tested genera responded differentially to odors indicating transmission of individuality, family/colony or population, species, and reproductive state in secretions and excretions of conspecifics. This extends, to subterranean rodents, the evidence that rodent species can successfully transmit and receive chemosignals without the necessity of MUPs.
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