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NEUROSCIENCE BULLETIN
卷 37, 期 4, 页码 523-534出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-021-00631-w
关键词
Chordotonal neuron; Cilia; Dynein; Drosophila larvae; Sound sensation
资金
- National Key R&D Program of China Project [2017YFA0103900, 2016YFA0502800]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31571083, 31970931]
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar of Shanghai) [TP2014008]
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project [2017SHZDZX01, 2018SHZDZX01]
- Shanghai Rising-Star Program [14QA1400800]
- ZJLab [14QA1400800]
The genetic labeling of Drosophila larvae found that the DNAH5 gene in chordotonal neurons plays a critical role in tuning the frequency selectivity and sound sensitivity. Mutations in DNAH5 lead to reduced startle responses to sound and decreased spike firing responses to low-level sound in larvae, indicating the importance of DNAH5 in larval auditory neurons.
Chordotonal neurons are responsible for sound sensation in Drosophila. However, little is known about how they respond to sound with high sensitivity. Using genetic labeling, we found one of the Drosophila axonemal dynein heavy chains, CG9492 (DNAH5), was specifically expressed in larval chordotonal neurons and showed a distribution restricted to proximal cilia. While DNAH5 mutation did not affect the cilium morphology or the trafficking of Inactive, a candidate auditory transduction channel, larvae with DNAH5 mutation had reduced startle responses to sound at low and medium intensities. Calcium imaging confirmed that DNAH5 functioned autonomously in chordotonal neurons for larval sound sensation. Furthermore, disrupting DNAH5 resulted in a decrease of spike firing responses to low-level sound in chordotonal neurons. Intriguingly, DNAH5 mutant larvae displayed an altered frequency tuning curve of the auditory organs. All together, our findings support a critical role of DNAH5 in tuning the frequency selectivity and the sound sensitivity of larval auditory neurons.
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