Abstract |
Synapse formation is tightly associated with neuronal excitability. We found striking synaptic overgrowth caused by Drosophila K(+)-channel mutations of the seizure and slowpoke genes, encoding Erg and Ca(2+)-activated large-conductance (BK) channels, respectively. These mutants display two distinct patterns of "satellite" budding from larval motor terminus synaptic boutons. Double-mutant analysis indicates that BK and Erg K(+) channels interact with separate sets of synaptic proteins to affect distinct growth steps. Post-synaptic L-type Ca(2+) channels, Dmca1D, and PSD-95-like scaffold protein, Discs large, are required for satellite budding induced by slowpoke and seizure mutations. Pre-synaptic cacophony Ca(2+) channels and the NCAM-like adhesion molecule, Fasciclin II, take part in a maturation step that is partially arrested by seizure mutations. Importantly, slowpoke and seizure satellites were both suppressed by rutabaga mutations that disrupt Ca(2+)/CaM-dependent adenylyl cyclase, demonstrating a convergence of K(+) channels of different functional categories in regulation of excitability-dependent Ca(2+) influx for triggering cAMP-mediated growth plasticity.
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Authors | Jihye Lee, Chun-Fang Wu |
Journal | The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
(J Neurosci)
Vol. 30
Issue 47
Pg. 15821-33
(Nov 24 2010)
ISSN: 1529-2401 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21106821
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
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Chemical References |
- Calcium Channels
- Drosophila Proteins
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels
- slo protein, Drosophila
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Topics |
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Calcium Channels
(genetics, physiology)
- Drosophila Proteins
(genetics, physiology)
- Drosophila melanogaster
(genetics, growth & development)
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
(genetics, physiology)
- Larva
(genetics, growth & development)
- Mutation
- Potassium Channels
(genetics, physiology)
- Synapses
(genetics, physiology)
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