Drosophila Sidekick is required in developing photoreceptors to enable visual motion detection.

Autor:	Astigarraga S; Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA., Douthit J; Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA., Tarnogorska D; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada., Creamer MS; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, Kline Biology Tower Room 224, 219 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA., Mano O; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, Kline Biology Tower Room 224, 219 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA., Clark DA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, Kline Biology Tower Room 224, 219 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA., Meinertzhagen IA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada., Treisman JE; Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA Jessica.Treisman@med.nyu.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Development (Cambridge, England) [Development] 2018 Feb 05; Vol. 145 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 05.
DOI:	10.1242/dev.158246
Abstrakt:	The assembly of functional neuronal circuits requires growth cones to extend in defined directions and recognize the correct synaptic partners. Homophilic adhesion between vertebrate Sidekick proteins promotes synapse formation between retinal neurons involved in visual motion detection. We show here that Drosophila Sidekick accumulates in specific synaptic layers of the developing motion detection circuit and is necessary for normal optomotor behavior. Sidekick is required in photoreceptors, but not in their target lamina neurons, to promote the alignment of lamina neurons into columns and subsequent sorting of photoreceptor axons into synaptic modules based on their precise spatial orientation. Sidekick is also localized to the dendrites of the direction-selective T4 and T5 cells, and is expressed in some of their presynaptic partners. In contrast to its vertebrate homologs, Sidekick is not essential for T4 and T5 to direct their dendrites to the appropriate layers or to receive synaptic contacts. These results illustrate a conserved requirement for Sidekick proteins in establishing visual motion detection circuits that is achieved through distinct cellular mechanisms in Drosophila and vertebrates. Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests. (© 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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