Electrical Hyperexcitation of Lateral Ventral Pacemaker Neurons Desynchronizes Downstream Circadian Oscillators in the Fly Circadian Circuit and Induces Multiple Behavioral Periods
Electrical Hyperexcitation of Lateral Ventral Pacemaker Neurons Desynchronizes Downstream Circadian Oscillators in the Fly Circadian Circuit and Induces Multiple Behavioral Periods
Coupling of autonomous cellular oscillators is an essential aspect of circadian clock function but little is known about its circuit requirements. Functional ablation of the pigment-dispersing factor-expressing lateral ventral subset (LNV) ofDrosophilaclock neurons abolishes circadian rhythms of locomotor activity. The hypothesis that LNVs synchronize oscillations in downstream clock neurons was tested by rendering the LNVs hyperexcitable via transgenic expression of a low activation threshold voltage-gated sodium channel. When the LNVs are made hyperexcitable, free-running behavioral rhythms decompose into multiple independent superimposed oscillations and the clock protein oscillations in the dorsal neuron 1 and 2 subgroups of clock neurons are phase-shifted. Thus, regulated electrical activity of the LNVs synchronize multiple oscillators in the fly circadian pacemaker circuit.
- Yale University United States
- National Institutes of Health United States
- New York University United States
- National Institute of Mental Health United States
Neurons, Potassium Channels, Behavior, Animal, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Neuropeptides, Brain, Motor Activity, Circadian Rhythm, Membrane Potentials, Animals, Genetically Modified, Drosophila melanogaster, Bacterial Proteins, Biological Clocks, Oocytes, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Point Mutation, Single-Blind Method, Amino Acid Sequence
Neurons, Potassium Channels, Behavior, Animal, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Neuropeptides, Brain, Motor Activity, Circadian Rhythm, Membrane Potentials, Animals, Genetically Modified, Drosophila melanogaster, Bacterial Proteins, Biological Clocks, Oocytes, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Point Mutation, Single-Blind Method, Amino Acid Sequence
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