Journal
DEVELOPMENT
Volume 146, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.163592
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WntS; JNK; Ecdysone; Dendrite pruning; Drosophila; Sensory neurons
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- National Institutes of Health [1R35NS97227, R01NS085232]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Developmental pruning of axons and dendrites is crucial for the formation of precise neuronal connections, but the mechanisms underlying developmental pruning are not fully understood. Here, we have investigated the function of JNK signaling in dendrite pruning using Drosophila class IV dendritic arborization (c4da) neurons as a model. We find that loss of JNK or its canonical downstream effectors Jun or Fos led to dendrite-pruning defects in c4da neurons. Interestingly, our data show that JNK activity in c4da neurons remains constant from larval to pupal stages but the expression of Fos is specifically activated by ecdysone receptor B1 (EcRB1) at early pupal stages, suggesting that ecdysone signaling provides temporal control of the regulation of dendrite pruning by JNK signaling. Thus, our work not only identifies a novel pathway involved in dendrite pruning and a new downstream target of EcRB1 in c4da neurons, but also reveals that JNK and Ecdysone signaling coordinate to promote dendrite pruning.
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