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_id: '6137'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Variation in food quality and abundance requires animals to decide whether
to stay on a poor food patch or leave in search of better food. An important question
in behavioral ecology asks when is it optimal for an animal to leave a food patch
it is depleting. Although optimal foraging is central to evolutionary success,
the neural and molecular mechanisms underlying it are poorly understood. Here
we investigate the neuronal basis for adaptive food-leaving behavior in response
to resource depletion in Caenorhabditis elegans, and identify several of the signaling
pathways involved. The ASE neurons, previously implicated in salt chemoattraction,
promote food-leaving behavior via a cGMP pathway as food becomes limited. High
ambient O2 promotes food-leaving via the O2-sensing neurons AQR, PQR, and URX.
Ectopic activation of these neurons using channelrhodopsin is sufficient to induce
high food-leaving behavior. In contrast, the neuropeptide receptor NPR-1, which
regulates social behavior on food, acts in the ASE neurons, the nociceptive ASH
neurons, and in the RMG interneuron to repress food-leaving. Finally, we show
that neuroendocrine signaling by TGF-β/DAF-7 and neuronal insulin signaling are
necessary for adaptive food-leaving behavior. We suggest that animals integrate
information about their nutritional state with ambient oxygen and gustatory stimuli
to formulate optimal foraging strategies.
author:
- first_name: K.
full_name: Milward, K.
last_name: Milward
- first_name: K. E.
full_name: Busch, K. E.
last_name: Busch
- first_name: R. J.
full_name: Murphy, R. J.
last_name: Murphy
- first_name: Mario
full_name: de Bono, Mario
id: 4E3FF80E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: de Bono
orcid: 0000-0001-8347-0443
- first_name: B.
full_name: Olofsson, B.
last_name: Olofsson
citation:
ama: Milward K, Busch KE, Murphy RJ, de Bono M, Olofsson B. Neuronal and molecular
substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences. 2011;108(51):20672-20677. doi:10.1073/pnas.1106134109
apa: Milward, K., Busch, K. E., Murphy, R. J., de Bono, M., & Olofsson, B. (2011).
Neuronal and molecular substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106134109
chicago: Milward, K., K. E. Busch, R. J. Murphy, Mario de Bono, and B. Olofsson.
“Neuronal and Molecular Substrates for Optimal Foraging in Caenorhabditis Elegans.”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences,
2011. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106134109.
ieee: K. Milward, K. E. Busch, R. J. Murphy, M. de Bono, and B. Olofsson, “Neuronal
and molecular substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans,” Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 108, no. 51. National Academy of
Sciences, pp. 20672–20677, 2011.
ista: Milward K, Busch KE, Murphy RJ, de Bono M, Olofsson B. 2011. Neuronal and
molecular substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(51), 20672–20677.
mla: Milward, K., et al. “Neuronal and Molecular Substrates for Optimal Foraging
in Caenorhabditis Elegans.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
vol. 108, no. 51, National Academy of Sciences, 2011, pp. 20672–77, doi:10.1073/pnas.1106134109.
short: K. Milward, K.E. Busch, R.J. Murphy, M. de Bono, B. Olofsson, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (2011) 20672–20677.
date_created: 2019-03-20T14:30:06Z
date_published: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:06:18Z
day: '20'
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1106134109
extern: '1'
external_id:
pmid:
- '22135454'
intvolume: ' 108'
issue: '51'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251049/
month: '12'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 20672-20677
pmid: 1
publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 0027-8424
- 1091-6490
publication_status: published
publisher: National Academy of Sciences
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Neuronal and molecular substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans
type: journal_article
user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 108
year: '2011'
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