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Hormonal and stress-response pathways regulate naked mole rat eusociality

ABSTRACT: Naked mole rats live in eusocial colonies where subordinates help a single dominant female and a few males to breed. We investigated the genome-wide regulatory mechanisms underlying their reproductive division of labor by examining brain and gonad transcriptomes and DNA-methylomes. Subtle expression differences were observed between brains of dominants and subordinates, but differentially expressed genes clustered consistently in a module with similar function for both sexes. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH1) was central in this module and linked with stress-response genes such as neuropeptide Y and corticotrophin-releasing hormone. Breeder-subordinate modifications in DNA methylation were substantial in male brains and associated with the GNRH1 module. The GNRH1-regulated estrogen synthesis pathway was completely blocked in subordinate ovaries and sperm-related genes were significantly down-regulated in subordinate testes. Our results indicate that reproductive suppression is based on hormonal- and stress-related control by the dominant female, but with significant differences in molecular mechanisms between males and females.

ORGANISM(S): Heterocephalus glaber

PROVIDER: GSE67542 | GEO | 2017/03/30

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA280729

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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