Analysis of Dscam Diversity in Regulating Axon Guidance in Drosophila Mushroom Bodies
pmid: 15339649
Analysis of Dscam Diversity in Regulating Axon Guidance in Drosophila Mushroom Bodies
Dscam is an immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily member that regulates axon guidance and targeting in Drosophila. Alternative splicing potentially generates 38,016 isoforms differing in their extracellular Ig and transmembrane domains. We demonstrate that Dscam mediates the sorting of axons in the developing mushroom body (MB). This correlates with the precise spatiotemporal pattern of Dscam protein expression. We demonstrate that MB neurons express different arrays of Dscam isoforms and that single MB neurons express multiple isoforms. Two different Dscam isoforms differing in their extracellular domains introduced as transgenes into single mutant cells partially rescued the mutant phenotype. Expression of one isoform of Dscam in a cohort of MB neurons induced dominant phenotypes, while expression of a single isoform in a single cell did not. We propose that different extracellular domains of Dscam share a common function and that differences in isoforms expressed on the surface of neighboring axons influence interactions between them.
- University of California, Los Angeles United States
- University of Münster Germany
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute United States
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research United States
Base Sequence, Neuroscience(all), Growth Cones, Molecular Sequence Data, Brain, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Differentiation, Cell Communication, Exons, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Animals, Genetically Modified, Alternative Splicing, Drosophila melanogaster, Phenotype, Mutation, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Protein Isoforms, Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Mushroom Bodies
Base Sequence, Neuroscience(all), Growth Cones, Molecular Sequence Data, Brain, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Differentiation, Cell Communication, Exons, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Animals, Genetically Modified, Alternative Splicing, Drosophila melanogaster, Phenotype, Mutation, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Protein Isoforms, Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Mushroom Bodies
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