Nagnan-Le Meillour, Patricia published the artcileIdentification of potential chemosignals in the European water vole Arvicola terrestris, Safety of 2,3,5-Trimethylpyrazine, the main research area is lipocalin santene cresol coumarin chemosignal.
The water vole Arvicola terrestris is endemic to Europe where its outbreak generates severe economic losses for farmers. Our project aimed at characterizing putative chem. signals used by this species, to develop new sustainable methods for population control that could also be used for this species protection in Great Britain. The water vole, as well as other rodents, uses specific urination sites as territorial and sex pheromone markers, still unidentified. Lateral scent glands and urine samples were collected from wild males and females caught in the field, at different periods of the year. Their volatile composition was analyzed for each individual and not on pooled samples, revealing a specific profile of flank glands in Oct. and a specific profile of urinary volatiles in July. The urinary protein content appeared more contrasted as males secrete higher levels of a lipocalin than females, whenever the trapping period. We named this protein arvicolin. Male and female liver transcript sequencing did not identify any expression of other odorant-binding protein sequence. This work demonstrates that even in absence of genome, identification of chem. signals from wild animals is possible and could be helpful in strategies of species control and protection.
Scientific Reports published new progress about Arvicola terrestris. 14667-55-1 belongs to class pyrazines, name is 2,3,5-Trimethylpyrazine, and the molecular formula is C7H10N2, Safety of 2,3,5-Trimethylpyrazine.