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The Biological Bulletin, Vol 193, Issue 2 107-115, Copyright © 1997 by Marine Biological Laboratory

NEUROBIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

Chemosensory Activation of an Antennular Grooming Behavior in the Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Is Tuned Narrowly to L-Glutamate

J. C. Barbato and P. C. Daniel
Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549

Antennular grooming behavior (AGB) is a stereotyped behavior in crustaceans in which the first pair of antennae, the major olfactory organs, are clasped and wiped repetitively by the third maxillipeds, which also serve as feeding appendages. AGB apparently functions to clear away accumulating debris on or between the antennular aesthetascs (olfactory sensilla). The purpose of this research was to determine whether AGB can be activated by chemicals commonly found in food odors. Lobsters were presented, via headset or handheld pipette, with 27 chemicals found in their food. One chemical, L-glutamate, evoked very high frequencies of wiping. Most chemicals tested were not stimulatory and only a few were weakly stimulatory (adenosine-5'-monophosphate, glycine, D-glutamate). This is surprising because previous studies have shown that other behaviors (antennular flick, search) can be evoked by a much broader array of chemicals found in food odorants. On the basis of these results, we propose that chemosensory neurons that specifically detect L-Glu activate AGB through a recently described non-olfactory pathway. Furthermore, we propose that the role of L-Glu in evoking AGB is based on its electrostatic properties. Because it has a high probability of electrostatic adherence to the antennular cuticle, L-Glu is a sensitive indicator of fouling by food-associated chemicals and thus an appropriate compound to stimulate antennular grooming.


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