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Regulation of UNC-40/DCC and UNC-6/Netrin by DAF-16 promotes functional rewiring of the injured axon

Journal

DEVELOPMENT
Volume 148, Issue 11, Pages -

Publisher

COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.198044

Keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Axon regeneration; PLM neuron; Functional restoration; DAF-16; UNC-40

Funding

  1. National Brain Research Centre core fund from the Department of Biotechnology, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance [IA/I/13/1/500874]
  2. Science and Engineering Research Board [CRG/2019/002194]

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The adult nervous system has limited capacity to regenerate after accidental damage, requiring proper targeting of the injured axon to its postsynaptic cell. Coordinated insulin signaling activities in neuron and muscle promote "ventral targeting" for functional recovery. This study reveals the important role of insulin signaling in regulating axon guidance molecules during the functional rewiring process.
The adult nervous system has a limited capacity to regenerate after accidental damage. Post-injury functional restoration requires proper targeting of the injured axon to its postsynaptic cell. Although the initial response to axonal injury has been studied in great detail, it is rather unclear what controls the re-establishment of a functional connection. Using the posterior lateral microtubule neuron in Caenorhabditis elegans, we found that after axotomy, the regrowth from the proximal stump towards the ventral side and accumulation of presynaptic machinery along the ventral nerve cord correlated to the functional recovery. We found that the loss of insulin receptor DAF-2 promoted `ventral targeting' in a DAF-16-dependent manner. We further showed that coordinated activities of DAF-16 in neuron and muscle promoted `ventral targeting'. In response to axotomy, expression of the Netrin receptor UNC-40 was upregulated in the injured neuron in a DAF-16-dependent manner. In contrast, the DAF-2-DAF-16 axis contributed to the age-related decline in Netrin expression in muscle. Therefore, our study revealed an important role for insulin signaling in regulating the axon guidance molecules during the functional rewiring process.

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