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ArticleHormones and behavior2016

Inheritance of steroid-independent male sexual behavior in male offspring of B6D2F1 mice.

Christine M McInnis, Paul J Bonthuis, Emilie F Rissman, Jin Ho Park

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Article in Hormones and behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Christine M McInnisPsychology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA 02125, United States. Electronic address: cmcinnis1@partners.org.
Paul J BonthuisDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
Emilie F RissmanDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
Jin Ho ParkPsychology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA 02125, United States; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States.
University of Virginia · USBoston University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Boston · US

Funding

Sex chromosome effects on neural and behavioral differentiationR01NS055218 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI RISSMAN, EMILIE F. · 2007 to 2011
$1.9M
Genetic basis of gonadal steroid-independent male social behaviorR00HD056041 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON · PI PARK, JIN HO · 2010 to 2012
$738k
Genetic basis of gonadal steroid-independent male social behaviorK99HD056041 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI PARK, JIN HO · 2008 to 2009
$179k
NICHD NIH HHS 5R00HD056041-05NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD056041NICHD NIH HHS R00 HD056041NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055218NINDS NIH HHS R01NS055218
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Abstract

The importance of gonadal steroids in modulating male sexual behavior is well established. Individual differences in male sexual behavior, independent of gonadal steroids, are prevalent across a wide range of species, including man. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying steroid-independent male sexual behavior are poorly understood. A high proportion of B6D2F1 hybrid male mice demonstrates steroid-independent male sexual behavior (identified as "maters"), providing a mouse model that opens up avenues of investigation into the mechanisms regulating male sexual behavior in the absence of gonadal hormones. Recent studies have revealed several proteins that play a significant factor in regulating steroid-independent male sexual behavior in B6D2F1 male mice, including amyloid precursor protein (APP), tau, and synaptophysin. The specific goals of our study were to determine whether steroid-independent male sexual behavior was a heritable trait by determining if it was dependent upon the behavioral phenotype of the B6D2F1 sire, and whether the differential expression of APP, tau, and synaptophysin in the medial preoptic area found in the B6D2F1 sires that did and did not mate after gonadectomy was similar to those found in their male offspring. After adult B6D2F1 male mice were bred with C57BL/6J female mice, they and their male offspring (BXB1) were orchidectomized and identified as either maters or "non-maters". A significant proportion of the BXB1 maters was sired only from B6D2F1 maters, indicating that the steroid-independent male sexual behavior behavioral phenotype of the B6D2F1 hybrid males, when crossed with C57BL/6J female mice, is inherited by their male offspring. Additionally, APP, tau, and synaptophysin were elevated in in the medial preoptic area in both the B6D2F1 and BXB1 maters relative to the B6D2F1 and BXB1 non-maters, respectively, suggesting a potential genetic mechanism for the inheritance of steroid-independent male sexual behavior.

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Amyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsFemaleGene ExpressionGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred StrainsPhenotypePreoptic AreaSexual BehaviorSexual Behavior, AnimalSteroidsSynaptophysintau ProteinsAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorGonadal Steroid HormonesSteroidsSynaptophysinSyp protein, mousetau ProteinsAPPB6D2F1 mouseBehavioral geneticsSteroid-independent male sexual behaviorSynaptophysinTau

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