Transneuronal Dpr12/DIP‐δ interactions facilitate compartmentalized dopaminergic innervation of Drosophila mushroom body axons

Autor: Hadas Keren-Shaul, Fabienne Reh, Hagar Meltzer, Thomas Riemensperger, Bavat Bornstein, Gideon Cummings, Oren Schuldiner, Victoria Berkun, Idan Alyagor, Eyal David, Ruth Adler
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: EMBO J
ISSN: 1460-2075
0261-4189
DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105763
Popis: The mechanisms controlling wiring of neuronal networks are not completely understood. The stereotypic architecture of the Drosophila mushroom body (MB) offers a unique system to study circuit assembly. The adult medial MB γ-lobe is comprised of a long bundle of axons that wire with specific modulatory and output neurons in a tiled manner, defining five distinct zones. We found that the immunoglobulin superfamily protein Dpr12 is cell-autonomously required in γ-neurons for their developmental regrowth into the distal γ4/5 zones, where both Dpr12 and its interacting protein, DIP-δ, are enriched. DIP-δ functions in a subset of dopaminergic neurons that wire with γ-neurons within the γ4/5 zone. During metamorphosis, these dopaminergic projections arrive to the γ4/5 zone prior to γ-axons, suggesting that γ-axons extend through a prepatterned region. Thus, Dpr12/DIP-δ transneuronal interaction is required for γ4/5 zone formation. Our study sheds light onto molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying circuit formation within subcellular resolution.
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