The influence of familiarity and temperature on the huddling behavior of two mouse species with contrasting social systems

Groó, Zita; Szenczi, Péter; Bánszegi, Oxana; Nagy, Zsolt; Altbäcker, Vilmos

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.03.007

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“…3c-d). It should be noted that while sleep huddles have an obvious role in thermoregulation at low temperatures, they also involve social tolerance and are facilitated by familiarity 62,63 .…”

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Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice

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Social animals actively engage in contact with conspecifics and experience stress upon isolation. However, the neural mechanisms coordinating the sensing and seeking of social contacts are unclear. Here we report that amylin-calcitonin receptor (Calcr) signaling in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) mediates affiliative social contacts among adult female mice. Isolation of females from free social interactions first induces active contact-seeking, then depressive-like behavior, concurrent with a loss of Amylin mRNA expression in the MPOA. Reunion with peers induces physical contacts, activates both amylin- and Calcr-expressing neurons, and leads to a recovery of Amylin mRNA expression. Chemogenetic activation of amylin neurons increases and molecular knockdown of either amylin or Calcr attenuates contact-seeking behavior, respectively. Our data provide evidence in support of a previously postulated origin of social affiliation in mammals.

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Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice

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“…This and many other considerations made us wonder: How do wild mice respond to changes to external temperature and specifically lower temperature? In mice (70,(116)(117)(118)(119) and other species (120)(121)(122)(123)(124)(125)(126)(127), huddling with other individuals is an effective way to reduce heat loss; it has indeed been considered "a public good with a private cost" (128). Behavioural studies have indeed shown that huddling in mice increases as the temperature lowers (117,129).…”

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The Immunomodulatory Effects of Social Isolation in Mice are Linked to Temperature Control

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2021

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Living in isolation is considered an emerging societal problem that negatively affects the physical wellbeing of its sufferers in ways that we are just starting to appreciate. This study investigates the immunomodulatory effects of social isolation in mice, utilising a two-week program of sole cage occupancy followed by the testing of immune-inflammatory resilience to bacterial sepsis. Our results revealed that mice housed in social isolation showed an increased ability to clear bacterial infection compared to control socially housed animals. These effects were associated with specific changes in whole blood gene expression profile and an increased production of classical pro-inflammatory cytokines. Interestingly, equipping socially isolated mice with artificial nests as a substitute for their natural huddling behaviour reversed the increased resistance to bacterial sepsis. These results further highlight the ability of the immune system to act as a sensor of our living conditions and to respond in a compensatory fashion to external challenges that might threaten the survival of the host.

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“…These effects may be seasonal; for instance, many species overwinter in communal dens or shelters for the express purpose of thermoregulation [e.g. reptiles (White & Lasiewski, 1971; Graves & Duvall, 1995; Shah et al ., 2003; Davis Rabosky et al ., 2012); mammals (Arnold, 1993; Ondrasek et al ., 2015; Groó et al ., 2018)]. In these cases, changes in the thermal environment, for example the onset of milder winter temperatures, could reduce the duration of aggregations or eliminate them altogether (Davis Rabosky et al ., 2012).…”

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The thermal environment as a moderator of social evolution

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2021

Biological Reviews

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Animal sociality plays a crucial organisational role in evolution. As a result, understanding the factors that promote the emergence, maintenance, and diversification of animal societies is of great interest to biologists. Climate is among the foremost ecological factors implicated in evolutionary transitions in social organisation, but we are only beginning to unravel the possible mechanisms and specific climatic variables that underlie these associations. Ambient temperature is a key abiotic factor shaping the spatio‐temporal distribution of individuals and has a particularly strong influence on behaviour. Whether such effects play a broader role in social evolution remains to be seen. In this review, we develop a conceptual framework for understanding how thermal effects integrate into pathways that mediate the opportunities, nature, and context of social interactions. We then implement this framework to discuss the capacity for temperature to initiate organisational changes across three broad categories of social evolution: group formation, group maintenance, and group elaboration. For each category, we focus on pivotal traits likely to have underpinned key social transitions and explore the potential for temperature to affect changes in these traits by leveraging empirical examples from the literature on thermal and behavioural ecology. Finally, we discuss research directions that should be prioritised to understand the potentially constructive and/or destructive effects of future warming on the origins, maintenance, and diversification of animal societies.

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The influence of familiarity and temperature on the huddling behavior of two mouse species with contrasting social systems

Cited by 14 publications

References 49 publications

Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice

Amylin-Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area mediates affiliative social behaviors in female mice

The Immunomodulatory Effects of Social Isolation in Mice are Linked to Temperature Control

The thermal environment as a moderator of social evolution

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