Analysis of hormonal variations on the four phases of the reproductive cycle of males of Myotis nigricans (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

• Grant number: 12/09194-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2012
• End date: October 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Morphology - Histology
• Principal Investigator: Sebastião Roberto Taboga
• Grantee: Mateus Rodrigues Beguelini
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The order Chiroptera has several unique features in its reproductive cycle, and although there are a large number of studies on its reproductive strategies and some investigations of its spermatogenesis, information about the hormonal control of the process are still scarce, with the existing studies limited to isolated measurements of the serum concentration of T and other hormones or to the location of the cells that produce gonadotropins. However, these studies show seasonal variations in the production of FSH, LH and T, as well as in the expression of their receptors, in some species. These oscillations appear to be linked to reproductive annual variations, where there is a greater expression during periods of high spermatogenic activity in relation to periods of testicular regression or periods of less activity. Myotis nigricans, an exclusively Neotropical species of vespertilionid bat, has two periods of testicular regression in the same annual reproductive cycle, which are not directly linked to apoptosis and seems to be little influenced by abiotic factors. However, the details of their regulation are still uncertain, showing that the characterization of the hormonal variations linked to each stage of its reproductive cycle is interesting, in order to elucidate the process in this species, as well as to help in understanding the action of each of its components in the regulation of bat reproduction.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; GOES, REJANE M.; RAHAL, PAULA; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.. Impact of the Processes of Total Testicular Regression and Recrudescence on the Epididymal Physiology of the Bat Myotis nigricans (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). PLoS One, v. 10, n. 6, JUN 9 2015. (12/09194-0)

BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; FALLEIROS, JR., LUIZ R.; GOES, REJANE M.; RAHAL, PAULA; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.. Differential expression of aromatase, estrogen receptor alpha and 17 beta-HSD associated with the processes of total testicular regression and recrudescence in the bat Myotis nigricans (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology, v. 201, p. 53-64, MAY 15 2014. (12/09194-0)

BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; BUENO, LARISSA M.; CAUN, DIANELLI L.; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA. Ultrastructure of Spermatogenesis in the Short-Tailed Fruit Bat, Carollia perspicillata ( Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Carollinae). Journal of Morphology, v. 275, n. 1, p. 111-123, JAN 2014. (09/03470-2, 12/09194-0, 09/16181-9)

MARTINS, FABIANE F.; BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; PUGA, CINTIA C. I.; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA; VILAMAIOR, PATRICIA S. L.; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.. Morphophysiology and ultrastructure of the male reproductive accessory glands of the bats Carollia perspicillata, Glossophaga soricina and Phyllostomus discolor (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). ACTA HISTOCHEMICA, v. 118, n. 6, p. 640-651, 2016. (10/03128-0, 09/16181-9, 09/03470-2, 12/09194-0, 11/01323-2)

BUENO, LARISSA M.; BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; COMELIS, MANUELA T.; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA. Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis, spermatozoon and processes of testicular regression and recrudescence in Eptesicus furinalis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Animal Reproduction Science, v. 148, n. 3-4, p. 228-244, AUG 2014. (09/03470-2, 12/09194-0, 09/16181-9)

PUGA, CINTIA C. I.; BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA; VILAMAIOR, PATRICIA S. L.; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.. The effects of castration followed testosterone supplementation in prostatic complex of Artibeus planirostris (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). TISSUE & CELL, v. 48, n. 3, p. 252-264, JUN 2016. (11/01323-2, 12/09194-0)

PUGA, CINTIA C. I.; BEGUELINI, MATEUS R.; MORIELLE-VERSUTE, ELIANA; VILAMAIOR, PATRICIA S. L.; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO R.. Structural, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical evidence of testosterone effects and its ablation on the bulbourethal gland of the Artibeus planirostris bat (Chiroptera, Mammalia). TISSUE & CELL, v. 49, n. 4, p. 470-482, AUG 2017. (11/01323-2, 12/09194-0)