論文

国際誌
2021年6月

EGL-4/PKG regulates the role of an interneuron in a chemotaxis circuit of C. elegans through mediating integration of sensory signals.

Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms
  • Takahiro Hino
  • ,
  • Shota Hirai
  • ,
  • Takeshi Ishihara
  • ,
  • Manabi Fujiwara

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開始ページ
411
終了ページ
425
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1111/gtc.12849

Interneurons, innervated by multiple sensory neurons, need to integrate information from these sensory neurons and respond to sensory stimuli adequately. Mechanisms how sensory information is integrated to form responses of interneurons are not fully understood. In Caenorhabditis elegans, loss-of-function mutations of egl-4, which encodes a cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), cause a defect in chemotaxis to odorants. Our genetic and imaging analyses revealed that the response property of AIY interneuron to an odorant is reversed in the egl-4 mutant, while the responses of two upstream olfactory neurons, AWA and AWC, are largely unchanged. Cell- ablation experiments show that AIY in the egl-4 mutant functions to suppress chemotaxis. Furthermore, the reversal of AIY response occurs only in the presence of sensory signals from both AWA and AWC. These results suggest that sensory signals are inadequately integrated in the egl-4 mutant. We also show that egl-4 expression in AWA and another sensory neuron prevents the reversed AIY response and restores chemotaxis in the egl-4 mutants. We propose that EGL-4/PKG, by suppressing aberrant integration of signals from olfactory neurons, converts the response property of an interneuron to olfactory stimuli and maintains the role of the interneuron in the circuit to execute chemotactic behavior.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/gtc.12849
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33817914
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1111/gtc.12849
  • PubMed ID : 33817914

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