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Dynamic plasticity in phototransduction regulates seasonal changes in color perception

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  • Tsuyoshi Shimmura

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
    Nagoya University
    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

  • Tomoya Nakayama

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    Nagoya University)

  • Ai Shinomiya

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI))

  • Shoji Fukamachi

    (Japan Women’s University)

  • Masaki Yasugi

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences)

  • Eiji Watanabe

    (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
    National Institutes of Natural Sciences)

  • Takayuki Shimo

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    Nagoya University)

  • Takumi Senga

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    Nagoya University)

  • Toshiya Nishimura

    (National Institute for Basic Biology
    Nagoya University)

  • Minoru Tanaka

    (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
    National Institute for Basic Biology
    Nagoya University)

  • Yasuhiro Kamei

    (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
    National Institutes of Natural Sciences)

  • Kiyoshi Naruse

    (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
    National Institutes of Natural Sciences)

  • Takashi Yoshimura

    (National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    Nagoya University
    Nagoya University
    Nagoya University)

Abstract

To cope with seasonal changes in the environment, organisms adapt their physiology and behavior. Although color perception varies among seasons, the underlying molecular basis and its physiological significance remain unclear. Here we show that dynamic plasticity in phototransduction regulates seasonal changes in color perception in medaka fish. Medaka are active and exhibit clear phototaxis in conditions simulating summer, but remain at the bottom of the tank and fail to exhibit phototaxis in conditions simulating winter. Mate preference tests using virtual fish created with computer graphics demonstrate that medaka are more attracted to orange-red-colored model fish in summer than in winter. Transcriptome analysis of the eye reveals dynamic seasonal changes in the expression of genes encoding photopigments and their downstream pathways. Behavioral analysis of photopigment-null fish shows significant differences from wild type, suggesting that plasticity in color perception is crucial for the emergence of seasonally regulated behaviors.

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  • Tsuyoshi Shimmura & Tomoya Nakayama & Ai Shinomiya & Shoji Fukamachi & Masaki Yasugi & Eiji Watanabe & Takayuki Shimo & Takumi Senga & Toshiya Nishimura & Minoru Tanaka & Yasuhiro Kamei & Kiyoshi Naru, 2017. "Dynamic plasticity in phototransduction regulates seasonal changes in color perception," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-00432-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00432-8
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    1. Yusuke Nakane & Ai Shinomiya & Wataru Ota & Keisuke Ikegami & Tsuyoshi Shimmura & Sho-Ichi Higashi & Yasuhiro Kamei & Takashi Yoshimura, 2019. "Action spectrum for photoperiodic control of thyroid-stimulating hormone in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(9), pages 1-15, September.
    2. Benjamin M B Downer-Bartholomew & F Helen Rodd, 2022. "Female preference for color-enhanced males: a test of the sensory bias model in medaka, a drab fish [A new system for marking hatchling turtles using visible implant elastomer]," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 33(1), pages 252-262.

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