Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants

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Falibene, Agustina; Josens, Roxana Beatriz
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2012
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Variation in the perception of sweet taste is a well-known phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Wellestablished protocols for measuring sucrose responsiveness in non-social insects and honeybees have made it possible to understand many aspects of their biology and behaviour. Ants are also advanced social insects that present a plethora of life histories with diverse strategies and behaviours; however, a universal paradigm possible to measure this response in different ant species has not yet been developed. Here, we present a protocol for measuring the sucrose acceptance threshold (SAT) under controlled conditions in harnessed ants with different feeding habits. By testing the response to antennal and palp sucrose stimulation and using the occurrence of licking as the response, we developed a non-ambiguous evaluation that allowed easy detection of threshold changes. The results showed that the response to both antennal and palp stimulation varied widely among species. Some species licked in response to antennal stimulation while others did so in response to palp stimulation. Using the appropriate kind of stimulation, we tested the SAT protocol in ants of different genera and ants of the same species with different levels of sugar reserve. The differences detected in both cases imply that the protocol is appropriate for measuring and detecting variations in sugar perception in ants.
Fil: Falibene, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Josens, Roxana Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
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Ant
Sucrose Responsiveness
Taste
Response Treshold
Licking Behaviour
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
title Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
spellingShingle Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
Falibene, Agustina
Ant
Sucrose Responsiveness
Taste
Response Treshold
Licking Behaviour
title_short Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_full Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_fullStr Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_full_unstemmed Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
title_sort Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Falibene, Agustina
Josens, Roxana Beatriz
author Falibene, Agustina
author_facet Falibene, Agustina
Josens, Roxana Beatriz
author_role author
author2 Josens, Roxana Beatriz
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ant
Sucrose Responsiveness
Taste
Response Treshold
Licking Behaviour
topic Ant
Sucrose Responsiveness
Taste
Response Treshold
Licking Behaviour
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Variation in the perception of sweet taste is a well-known phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Wellestablished protocols for measuring sucrose responsiveness in non-social insects and honeybees have made it possible to understand many aspects of their biology and behaviour. Ants are also advanced social insects that present a plethora of life histories with diverse strategies and behaviours; however, a universal paradigm possible to measure this response in different ant species has not yet been developed. Here, we present a protocol for measuring the sucrose acceptance threshold (SAT) under controlled conditions in harnessed ants with different feeding habits. By testing the response to antennal and palp sucrose stimulation and using the occurrence of licking as the response, we developed a non-ambiguous evaluation that allowed easy detection of threshold changes. The results showed that the response to both antennal and palp stimulation varied widely among species. Some species licked in response to antennal stimulation while others did so in response to palp stimulation. Using the appropriate kind of stimulation, we tested the SAT protocol in ants of different genera and ants of the same species with different levels of sugar reserve. The differences detected in both cases imply that the protocol is appropriate for measuring and detecting variations in sugar perception in ants.
Fil: Falibene, Agustina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
Fil: Josens, Roxana Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias; Argentina
description Variation in the perception of sweet taste is a well-known phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Wellestablished protocols for measuring sucrose responsiveness in non-social insects and honeybees have made it possible to understand many aspects of their biology and behaviour. Ants are also advanced social insects that present a plethora of life histories with diverse strategies and behaviours; however, a universal paradigm possible to measure this response in different ant species has not yet been developed. Here, we present a protocol for measuring the sucrose acceptance threshold (SAT) under controlled conditions in harnessed ants with different feeding habits. By testing the response to antennal and palp sucrose stimulation and using the occurrence of licking as the response, we developed a non-ambiguous evaluation that allowed easy detection of threshold changes. The results showed that the response to both antennal and palp stimulation varied widely among species. Some species licked in response to antennal stimulation while others did so in response to palp stimulation. Using the appropriate kind of stimulation, we tested the SAT protocol in ants of different genera and ants of the same species with different levels of sugar reserve. The differences detected in both cases imply that the protocol is appropriate for measuring and detecting variations in sugar perception in ants.
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Falibene, Agustina; Josens, Roxana Beatriz; Sucrose acceptance threshold: a way to measure sugar perception in ants; Birkhauser Verlag Ag; Insectes Sociaux; 59; 1; 2-2012; 75-80
0020-1812
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