期刊
FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY
卷 14, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2020.00019
关键词
neurexin; neuroligins; Drosophila; neuromuscular junction; ghost bouton; satellite boutons
资金
- Southeast University Fundamental Research Fund [3224005416]
Neurexins and neuroligins are common synaptic adhesion molecules that are associated with autism and interact with each other in the synaptic cleft. TheDrosophilaneuromuscular junction (NMJ) bouton is a well-known model system in neuroscience, and ghost and satellite boutons, respectively, indicate the poor development and overgrowth of the NMJ boutons. However, theDrosophilaneurexin (DNrx) andDrosophilaneuroligins (DNlgs) are mainly observed in type Ib boutons, indicating the ultrastructural and developmental phenotypes of theDrosophilaNMJ. Here, we identified the ultrastructural and developmental features of ghost and satellite boutons by utilizingdneurexin(dnrx) anddneuroligins(dnlgs) fly mutants and other associated fly strains. Ghost boutons contain synaptic vesicles with multiple diameters but very rarely contain T-bar structures and swollen or thin subsynaptic reticulum (SSR) membranes. The muscle cell membrane is invaginated at different sites, stretches to the ghost bouton from different directions, forms several layers that enwrap the ghost bouton, and then branches into the complex SSR. Satellite boutons share a common SSR membrane and present either a typical profile in which a main bouton is encircled by small boutons or two atypical profiles in which the small boutons are grouped together or distributed in beads without a main bouton. Electron and confocal microscopy data showed thatdnrx,dnlg1,dnlg2,dnlg3, anddnlg4mutations led to ghost boutons; the overexpression ofdnrx,dnlg1,dnlg2,dnlg3, anddnlg4led to satellite boutons; and thednlg2;dnlg3double mutation also led to satellite boutons. These results suggested that DNrx and DNlgs jointly maintain the development and function of NMJ boutons by regulating the balance of ghost and satellite boutons inDrosophila.
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