Mice lacking paternal expression of imprinted 1 Grb10 are risk-takers

Dent, Claire L., Rienecker, Kira D. A., Ward, Andrew, Wilkins, Jon F, Humby, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-1799 and Isles, Anthony R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-5712 2020. Mice lacking paternal expression of imprinted 1 Grb10 are risk-takers. Genes, Brain and Behavior 19 (7) , e12679. 10.1111/gbb.12679

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Abstract

The imprinted genes Grb10 and Nesp influence impulsive behavior on a delay discounting task in an opposite manner. A recently developed theory suggests that this pattern of behavior may be representative of predicted effects of imprinted genes on tolerance to risk. Here we examine whether mice lacking paternal expression of Grb10 show abnormal behavior across a number of measures indicative of risk‐taking. Although Grb10 +/p mice show no difference from wild type (WT) littermates in their willingness to explore a novel environment, their behavior on an explicit test of risk‐taking, namely the Predator Odor Risk‐Taking task, is indicative of an increased willingness to take risks. Follow‐up tests suggest that this risk‐taking is not simply because of a general decrease in fear, or a general increase in motivation for a food reward, but reflects a change in the trade‐off between cost and reward. These data, coupled with previous work on the impulsive behavior of Grb10 +/p mice in the delayed reinforcement task, and taken together with our work on mice lacking maternal Nesp , suggest that maternally and paternally expressed imprinted genes oppositely influence risk‐taking behavior as predicted.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology Medicine
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1601-1848
Funders:	Wellcome Trust, MRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 June 2020
Date of Acceptance:	28 May 2020
Last Modified:	11 May 2023 20:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132179

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