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11832399

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
Mild food restriction for 48 h inhibits mating behavior in female musk shrews (Suncus murinus). However, mating behavior is restored after a 90-min feeding bout. In this series of experiments, we examined the role of metabolic fuels in this behavioral restoration. First, drugs reported to block glycolysis or fatty acid oxidation were given 2 h before mating. Both treatments inhibited mating in food-restricted females that were refed after treatment. Blood glucose levels were assessed in females that were fed ad libitum, food restricted, or food restricted and refed for 90 min. Food restriction significantly lowered blood glucose compared with ad libitum feeding or food restriction in combination with 90 min of refeeding. However, neither glucose nor fat alone could substitute for food and promote mating behavior in food-restricted females. In addition, analysis of ketone bodies and body composition in females demonstrated low or undetectable levels of these energy substrates. Our data suggest that musk shrews have relatively little stored energy. Therefore, female musk shrews rely on continuous food intake and monitor multiple cues acutely, including glucose availability and fatty acid oxidation. This ensures that mating does not occur when adequate energy is unavailable.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0363-6119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R782-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Mating behavior is controlled by acute changes in metabolic fuels.
pubmed:affiliation
Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.