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ISCIENCE
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104180
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32000720, 71731002, 32171461]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science [XDB32030200]
- International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Science [153D31KYSB20170059]
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In Drosophila melanogaster, olfactory projection neurons show diverse structural morphology in their boutons, with complex boutons having the highest capability of releasing neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. The distribution of dense-core vesicles within different bouton subtypes are preferentially linked to specific molecular markers, indicating a potential functional specialization of these distinct bouton types in transmitting odor information.
In Drosophila melanogaster, olfactory projection neurons (PNs) convey odor information from the antenna lobe to higher brain regions. Recent transcriptomic studies reveal a large diversity of transcription factors, cell-surface molecules, neurotransmitter-coding, and neuropeptide-coding genes in PNs; however, their structural diversity remains unknown. Herein, we achieved a volumetric reconstruction of 89 PN boutons under Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB-SEM) and quantitatively analyzed the internal presynaptic active zones (PAZs) and dense-core vesicles (DCVs). The ultrastructure-based cluster analysis reveals threemorphological distinct bouton subtypes: complex boutons, unilobed boutons, and simple boutons. The complex boutons contain the most PAZs and DCVs, which suggests that they are of the highest capability of releasing neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. By labeling a subset of boutons under FIB-SEM, we found that DCVs are preferentially distributed in certain GH146-positive subtypes. Our study demonstrates that PN boutons display distinct morphology, which may determine their capacity of releasing neurotransmitters and neuromodulators.
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