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Lee WP, Chiang MH, Chao YP, Wang YF, Chen YL, Lin YC, Jenq SY, Lu JW, Fu TF, Liang JY, Yang KC, Chang LY, Wu T, Wu CL. Dynamics of two distinct memory interactions during water seeking in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2025; 122:e2422028122. [PMID: 40244670 PMCID: PMC12036989 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422028122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2025] [Indexed: 04/18/2025] Open
Abstract
Forming and forgetting memories shape our self-awareness and help us face future challenges. Therefore, understanding how memories are formed and how different memories interact in the brain is important. Previous studies have shown that thirsty flies sense humidity through ionotropic receptors, which help them locate water sources. Here, we showed that thirsty flies can be trained to associate specific odors with humidity to form a humidity memory that lasts for 30 min after association. Humidity memory formation requires the Ir93a and Ir40a ionotropic receptors, which are essential for environmental humidity sensing. Water memory takes precedence, leading to the forgetting of humidity memory by activating a small subset of dopaminergic neurons called protocerebral anterior medial (PAM)-γ4, that project to the restricted region of the mushroom body (MB) γ lobes. Adult-stage-specific silencing of Dop2R dopaminergic receptors in MB γ neurons prolongs humidity memory for 3 h. Live-brain calcium imaging and dopamine sensor studies revealed significantly increased PAM-γ4 neural activity after odor/humidity association, suggesting its role in forgetting the humidity memory. Our results suggest that overlapping neural circuits are responsible for the acquisition of water memory and forgetting humidity memory in thirsty flies.
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- Wang-Pao Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Nantou54561, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, New Taipei 23651 City, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan33302, Taiwan
- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu30013, Taiwan
- Department of Neurology, New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, New Taipei 23651 City, Taiwan
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Larnerd C, Nolazco M, Valdez A, Sanchez V, Wolf FW. Memory-like states created by the first ethanol experience are encoded into the Drosophila mushroom body learning and memory circuitry in an ethanol-specific manner. PLoS Genet 2025; 21:e1011582. [PMID: 39899623 PMCID: PMC11801723 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2024] [Revised: 02/06/2025] [Accepted: 01/17/2025] [Indexed: 02/05/2025] Open
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A first ethanol exposure creates three memory-like states in Drosophila. Ethanol memory-like states appear genetically and behaviorally paralleled to the canonical learning and memory traces anesthesia-sensitive, anesthesia-resistant, and long-term memory ASM, ARM, and LTM. It is unknown if these ethanol memory-like states are also encoded by the canonical learning and memory circuitry that is centered on the mushroom bodies. We show that the three ethanol memory-like states, anesthesia-sensitive tolerance (AST) and anesthesia resistant tolerance (ART) created by ethanol sedation to a moderately high ethanol exposure, and chronic tolerance created by a longer low concentration ethanol exposure, each engage the mushroom body circuitry differently. Moreover, critical encoding steps for ethanol memory-like states reside outside the mushroom body circuitry, and within the mushroom body circuitry they are markedly distinct from classical memory traces. Thus, the first ethanol exposure creates distinct memory-like states in ethanol-specific circuits and impacts the function of learning and memory circuitry in ways that might influence the formation and retention of other memories.
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- Caleb Larnerd
- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences Undergraduate Program, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences Undergraduate Program, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America
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- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America
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Mohammad F, Mai Y, Ho J, Zhang X, Ott S, Stewart JC, Claridge-Chang A. Dopamine neurons that inform Drosophila olfactory memory have distinct, acute functions driving attraction and aversion. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002843. [PMID: 39556592 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2024] [Indexed: 11/20/2024] Open
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The brain must guide immediate responses to beneficial and harmful stimuli while simultaneously writing memories for future reference. While both immediate actions and reinforcement learning are instructed by dopamine, how dopaminergic systems maintain coherence between these 2 reward functions is unknown. Through optogenetic activation experiments, we showed that the dopamine neurons that inform olfactory memory in Drosophila have a distinct, parallel function driving attraction and aversion (valence). Sensory neurons required for olfactory memory were dispensable to dopaminergic valence. A broadly projecting set of dopaminergic cells had valence that was dependent on dopamine, glutamate, and octopamine. Similarly, a more restricted dopaminergic cluster with attractive valence was reliant on dopamine and glutamate; flies avoided opto-inhibition of this narrow subset, indicating the role of this cluster in controlling ongoing behavior. Dopamine valence was distinct from output-neuron opto-valence in locomotor pattern, strength, and polarity. Overall, our data suggest that dopamine's acute effect on valence provides a mechanism by which a dopaminergic system can coherently write memories to influence future responses while guiding immediate attraction and aversion.
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- Farhan Mohammad
- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore
- Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health & Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
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- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore
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- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore
- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Yan L, Wu L, Wiggin TD, Su X, Yan W, Li H, Li L, Lu Z, Li Y, Meng Z, Guo F, Li F, Griffith LC, Liu C. Brief disruption of activity in a subset of dopaminergic neurons during consolidation impairs long-term memory by fragmenting sleep. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.10.23.563499. [PMID: 37961167 PMCID: PMC10634733 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.23.563499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Sleep disturbances are associated with poor long-term memory (LTM) formation, yet the underlying cell types and neural circuits involved have not been fully decoded. Dopamine neurons (DANs) are involved in memory processing at multiple stages. Here, using both male and female flies, Drosophila melanogaster , we show that, during the first few hours of memory consolidation, disruption of basal activity of a small subset of protocerebral anterior medial DANs (PAM-DANs), by either brief activation or inhibition of the two dorsal posterior medial (DPM) neurons, impairs 24 h LTM. Interestingly, these brief changes in activity using female flies result in sleep loss and fragmentation, especially at night. Pharmacological rescue of sleep after manipulation restores LTM. A specific subset of PAM-DANs (PAM-α1) that synapse onto DPM neurons specify the microcircuit that links sleep and memory. PAM-DANs, including PAM-α1, form functional synapses onto DPM mainly via multiple dopamine receptor subtypes. This PAM-α1 to DPM microcircuit exhibits a synchronized, transient, post-training increase in activity during the critical memory consolidation window, suggesting an effect of this microcircuit on maintaining the sleep necessary for LTM consolidation. Our results provide a new cellular and circuit basis for the complex relationship between sleep and memory.
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Suárez-Grimalt R, Grunwald Kadow IC, Scheunemann L. An integrative sensor of body states: how the mushroom body modulates behavior depending on physiological context. Learn Mem 2024; 31:a053918. [PMID: 38876486 PMCID: PMC11199956 DOI: 10.1101/lm.053918.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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The brain constantly compares past and present experiences to predict the future, thereby enabling instantaneous and future behavioral adjustments. Integration of external information with the animal's current internal needs and behavioral state represents a key challenge of the nervous system. Recent advancements in dissecting the function of the Drosophila mushroom body (MB) at the single-cell level have uncovered its three-layered logic and parallel systems conveying positive and negative values during associative learning. This review explores a lesser-known role of the MB in detecting and integrating body states such as hunger, thirst, and sleep, ultimately modulating motivation and sensory-driven decisions based on the physiological state of the fly. State-dependent signals predominantly affect the activity of modulatory MB input neurons (dopaminergic, serotoninergic, and octopaminergic), but also induce plastic changes directly at the level of the MB intrinsic and output neurons. Thus, the MB emerges as a tightly regulated relay station in the insect brain, orchestrating neuroadaptations due to current internal and behavioral states leading to short- but also long-lasting changes in behavior. While these adaptations are crucial to ensure fitness and survival, recent findings also underscore how circuit motifs in the MB may reflect fundamental design principles that contribute to maladaptive behaviors such as addiction or depression-like symptoms.
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- Raquel Suárez-Grimalt
- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Neurophysiologie and NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Neurophysiologie and NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Abubaker MB, Hsu FY, Feng KL, Chu LA, de Belle JS, Chiang AS. Asymmetric neurons are necessary for olfactory learning in the Drosophila brain. Curr Biol 2024; 34:946-957.e4. [PMID: 38320552 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Animals have complementary parallel memory systems that process signals from various sensory modalities. In the brain of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, mushroom body (MB) circuitry is the primary associative neuropil, critical for all stages of olfactory memory. Here, our findings suggest that active signaling from specific asymmetric body (AB) neurons is also crucial for this process. These AB neurons respond to odors and electric shock separately and exhibit timing-sensitive neuronal activity in response to paired stimulation while leaving a decreased memory trace during retrieval. Our experiments also show that rutabaga-encoded adenylate cyclase, which mediates coincidence detection, is required for learning and short-term memory in both AB and MB. We observed additive effects when manipulating rutabaga co-expression in both structures. Together, these results implicate the AB in playing a critical role in associative olfactory learning and short-term memory.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA; Department of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110, USA; School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA; MnemOdyssey LLC, Escondido, CA 92027, USA
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- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Institute of Systems Neuroscience, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
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Wu MS, Liao TW, Wu CY, Hsieh TH, Kuo PC, Li YC, Cheng KC, Chiang HC. Aversive conditioning information transmission in Drosophila. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113207. [PMID: 37782557 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Animals rapidly acquire surrounding information to perform the appropriate behavior. Although social learning is more efficient and accessible than self-learning for animals, the detailed regulatory mechanism of social learning remains unknown, mainly because of the complicated information transfer between animals, especially for aversive conditioning information transmission. The current study revealed that, during social learning, the neural circuit in observer flies used to process acquired aversive conditioning information from demonstrator flies differs from the circuit used for self-learned classic aversive conditioning. This aversive information transfer is species dependent. Solitary flies cannot learn this information through social learning, suggesting that this ability is not an innate behavior. Neurons used to process and execute avoidance behavior to escape from electrically shocked flies are all in the same brain region, indicating that the fly brain has a common center for integrating external stimuli with internal states to generate flight behavior.
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- Meng-Shiun Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Wu L, Liu C. Integrated neural circuits of sleep and memory regulation in Drosophila. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2023; 59:101105. [PMID: 37625641 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Sleep and memory are highly intertwined, yet the integrative neural network of these two fundamental physiological behaviors remains poorly understood. Multiple cell types and structures of the Drosophila brain have been shown involved in the regulation of sleep and memory, and recent efforts are focusing on bridging them at molecular and circuit levels. Here, we briefly review 1) identified neurons as key nodes of olfactory-associative memory circuits involved in different memory processes; 2) how neurons of memory circuits participate in sleep regulation; and 3) other cell types and circuits besides the mushroom body in linking sleep and memory. We also attempt to provide the remaining gaps of circuitry integration of sleep and memory, which may spark some new thinking for future efforts.
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- Litao Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Manipulation, The Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Connectome and Manipulation, The Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518000, China; Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518000, China.
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Turrel O, Ramesh N, Escher MJF, Pooryasin A, Sigrist SJ. Transient active zone remodeling in the Drosophila mushroom body supports memory. Curr Biol 2022; 32:4900-4913.e4. [PMID: 36327980 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Elucidating how the distinct components of synaptic plasticity dynamically orchestrate the distinct stages of memory acquisition and maintenance within neuronal networks remains a major challenge. Specifically, plasticity processes tuning the functional and also structural state of presynaptic active zone (AZ) release sites are widely observed in vertebrates and invertebrates, but their behavioral relevance remains mostly unclear. We here provide evidence that a transient upregulation of presynaptic AZ release site proteins supports aversive olfactory mid-term memory in the Drosophila mushroom body (MB). Upon paired aversive olfactory conditioning, AZ protein levels (ELKS-family BRP/(m)unc13-family release factor Unc13A) increased for a few hours with MB-lobe-specific dynamics. Kenyon cell (KC, intrinsic MB neurons)-specific knockdown (KD) of BRP did not affect aversive olfactory short-term memory (STM) but strongly suppressed aversive mid-term memory (MTM). Different proteins crucial for the transport of AZ biosynthetic precursors (transport adaptor Aplip1/Jip-1; kinesin motor IMAC/Unc104; small GTPase Arl8) were also specifically required for the formation of aversive olfactory MTM. Consistent with the merely transitory increase of AZ proteins, BRP KD did not interfere with the formation of aversive olfactory long-term memory (LTM; i.e., 1 day). Our data suggest that the remodeling of presynaptic AZ refines the MB circuitry after paired aversive conditioning, over a time window of a few hours, to display aversive olfactory memories.
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- Oriane Turrel
- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany; NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Bourouliti A, Skoulakis EMC. Anesthesia Resistant Memories in Drosophila, a Working Perspective. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158527. [PMID: 35955662 PMCID: PMC9369046 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Memories are lasting representations over time of associations between stimuli or events. In general, the relatively slow consolidation of memories requires protein synthesis with a known exception being the so-called Anesthesia Resistant Memory (ARM) in Drosophila. This protein synthesis-independent memory type survives amnestic shocks after a short, sensitive window post training, and can also emerge after repeated cycles of training in a negatively reinforced olfactory conditioning task, without rest between cycles (massed conditioning—MC). We discussed operational and molecular mechanisms that mediate ARM and differentiate it from protein synthesis-dependent long-term memory (LTM) in Drosophila. Based on the notion that ARM is unlikely to specifically characterize Drosophila, we examined protein synthesis and MC-elicited memories in other species and based on intraspecies shared molecular components and proposed potential relationships of ARM with established memory types in Drosophila and vertebrates.
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- Anna Bourouliti
- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, 16674 Vari, Greece;
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, 16674 Vari, Greece;
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Lee WP, Chiang MH, Chang LY, Shyu WH, Chiu TH, Fu TF, Wu T, Wu CL. Serotonin Signals Modulate Mushroom Body Output Neurons for Sustaining Water-Reward Long-Term Memory in Drosophila. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:755574. [PMID: 34858982 PMCID: PMC8631865 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.755574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Memory consolidation is a time-dependent process through which an unstable learned experience is transformed into a stable long-term memory; however, the circuit and molecular mechanisms underlying this process are poorly understood. The Drosophila mushroom body (MB) is a huge brain neuropil that plays a crucial role in olfactory memory. The MB neurons can be generally classified into three subsets: γ, αβ, and α′β′. Here, we report that water-reward long-term memory (wLTM) consolidation requires activity from α′β′-related mushroom body output neurons (MBONs) in a specific time window. wLTM consolidation requires neurotransmission in MBON-γ3β′1 during the 0–2 h period after training, and neurotransmission in MBON-α′2 is required during the 2–4 h period after training. Moreover, neurotransmission in MBON-α′1α′3 is required during the 0–4 h period after training. Intriguingly, blocking neurotransmission during consolidation or inhibiting serotonin biosynthesis in serotoninergic dorsal paired medial (DPM) neurons also disrupted the wLTM, suggesting that wLTM consolidation requires serotonin signals from DPM neurons. The GFP Reconstitution Across Synaptic Partners (GRASP) data showed the connectivity between DPM neurons and MBON-γ3β′1, MBON-α′2, and MBON-α′1α′3, and RNAi-mediated silencing of serotonin receptors in MBON-γ3β′1, MBON-α′2, or MBON-α′1α′3 disrupted wLTM. Taken together, our results suggest that serotonin released from DPM neurons modulates neuronal activity in MBON-γ3β′1, MBON-α′2, and MBON-α′1α′3 at specific time windows, which is critical for the consolidation of wLTM in Drosophila.
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- Wang-Pao Lee
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, New Taipei Municipal Tucheng Hospital, Tucheng, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Xiamen, China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.,Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Le TD, Inoue YH. Sesamin Activates Nrf2/Cnc-Dependent Transcription in the Absence of Oxidative Stress in Drosophila Adult Brains. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10060924. [PMID: 34200419 PMCID: PMC8227698 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10060924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sesamin, a major lignin in sesame seeds, possesses health-promoting properties. Sesamin feeding suppresses several aging-related phenotypes such as age-dependent accumulation of damaged proteins in the muscles and neuronal loss in the brains of Drosophila adults with high levels of reactive oxygen species. Sesamin promotes the transcription of several genes that are responsible for oxidative stress, although the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we aimed to demonstrate that sesamin mediates its action through activation of a transcription factor, Nrf2 (Cnc in Drosophila), essential for anti-aging oxidative stress response. Nrf2/Cnc activation was determined using the antioxidant response element, Green Fluorescence Protein reporter, that can monitor Nrf2/Cnc-dependent transcription. We observed strong fluorescence in the entire bodies, particularly in the abdomens and brains, of adult flies fed sesamin. Interestingly, Nrf2/Cnc was strongly activated in neuronal cells, especially in several neuron types, including glutamatergic and cholinergic, and some dopaminergic and/or serotonergic neurons but not in GABAergic neurons or the mushroom bodies of flies fed sesamin. These results indicate that the anti-aging effects of sesamin are exerted via activation of Nrf2/Cnc-dependent transcription to circumvent oxidative stress accumulation in several types of neurons of adult brains. Sesamin could be explored as a potential dietary supplement for preventing neurodegeneration associated with accumulation of oxidative stress.
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Chouhan NS, Griffith LC, Haynes P, Sehgal A. Availability of food determines the need for sleep in memory consolidation. Nature 2020; 589:582-585. [PMID: 33268891 PMCID: PMC7856038 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2997-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Sleep remains a major mystery of biology, with little understood about its basic function. One of the most commonly proposed functions for sleep is the consolidation of memory1–3. However, as conditions like starvation require the organism to be awake and active4, the ability to switch to a memory consolidation mechanism that is not contingent on sleep may confer an evolutionary advantage. Here, we identify a novel adaptive circuit-based mechanism that enables Drosophila to form sleep-dependent and sleep-independent memory. Flies fed after appetitive conditioning needed increased sleep for memory consolidation, but flies starved after training did not require sleep to form memories. Memory in fed flies is mediated by the anterior-posterior α’/β’ neurons of the mushroom body (MB), while memory under starvation is mediated by medial α’/β’ neurons. Sleep-dependent and sleep-independent memory rely upon distinct dopaminergic neurons and corresponding MB output neurons. However, sleep and memory are coupled such that mushroom body neurons required for sleep-dependent memory also promote sleep. Flies lacking Neuropeptide F display sleep-dependent memory even when starved, suggesting that circuit selection is determined by hunger. This plasticity in memory circuits enables flies to retain essential information in changing environments.
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- Nitin S Chouhan
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Volen National Center for Complex Systems and National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. .,Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Duhart JM, Herrero A, de la Cruz G, Ispizua JI, Pírez N, Ceriani MF. Circadian Structural Plasticity Drives Remodeling of E Cell Output. Curr Biol 2020; 30:5040-5048.e5. [PMID: 33065014 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Behavioral outputs arise as a result of highly regulated yet flexible communication among neurons. The Drosophila circadian network includes 150 neurons that dictate the temporal organization of locomotor activity; under light-dark (LD) conditions, flies display a robust bimodal pattern. The pigment-dispersing factor (PDF)-positive small ventral lateral neurons (sLNv) have been linked to the generation of the morning activity peak (the "M cells"), whereas the Cryptochrome (CRY)-positive dorsal lateral neurons (LNds) and the PDF-negative sLNv are necessary for the evening activity peak (the "E cells") [1, 2]. While each group directly controls locomotor output pathways [3], an interplay between them along with a third dorsal cluster (the DN1ps) is necessary for the correct timing of each peak and for adjusting behavior to changes in the environment [4-7]. M cells set the phase of roughly half of the circadian neurons (including the E cells) through PDF [5, 8-10]. Here, we show the existence of synaptic input provided by the evening oscillator onto the M cells. Both structural and functional approaches revealed that E-to-M cell connectivity changes across the day, with higher excitatory input taking place before the day-to-night transition. We identified two different neurotransmitters, acetylcholine and glutamate, released by E cells that are relevant for robust circadian output. Indeed, we show that acetylcholine is responsible for the excitatory input from E cells to M cells, which show preferential responsiveness to acetylcholine during the evening. Our findings provide evidence of an excitatory feedback between circadian clusters and unveil an important plastic remodeling of the E cells' synaptic connections.
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- José M Duhart
- Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405-BWE, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405-BWE, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405-BWE, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405-BWE, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405-BWE, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405-BWE, Argentina.
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Lee WP, Chiang MH, Chang LY, Lee JY, Tsai YL, Chiu TH, Chiang HC, Fu TF, Wu T, Wu CL. Mushroom body subsets encode CREB2-dependent water-reward long-term memory in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008963. [PMID: 32780743 PMCID: PMC7418956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Long-term memory (LTM) formation depends on the conversed cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB)-dependent gene transcription followed by de novo protein synthesis. Thirsty fruit flies can be trained to associate an odor with water reward to form water-reward LTM (wLTM), which can last for over 24 hours without a significant decline. The role of de novo protein synthesis and CREB-regulated gene expression changes in neural circuits that contribute to wLTM remains unclear. Here, we show that acute inhibition of protein synthesis in the mushroom body (MB) αβ or γ neurons during memory formation using a cold-sensitive ribosome-inactivating toxin disrupts wLTM. Furthermore, adult stage-specific expression of dCREB2b in αβ or γ neurons also disrupts wLTM. The MB αβ and γ neurons can be further classified into five different neuronal subsets including αβ core, αβ surface, αβ posterior, γ main, and γ dorsal. We observed that the neurotransmission from αβ surface and γ dorsal neuron subsets is required for wLTM retrieval, whereas the αβ core, αβ posterior, and γ main are dispensable. Adult stage-specific expression of dCREB2b in αβ surface and γ dorsal neurons inhibits wLTM formation. In vivo calcium imaging revealed that αβ surface and γ dorsal neurons form wLTM traces with different dynamic properties, and these memory traces are abolished by dCREB2b expression. Our results suggest that a small population of neurons within the MB circuits support long-term storage of water-reward memory in Drosophila.
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- Wang-Pao Lee
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
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Concerted Actions of Octopamine and Dopamine Receptors Drive Olfactory Learning. J Neurosci 2020; 40:4240-4250. [PMID: 32277043 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1756-19.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aminergic signaling modulates associative learning and memory. Substantial advance has been made in Drosophila on the dopamine receptors and circuits mediating olfactory learning; however, our knowledge of other aminergic modulation lags behind. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated the role of octopamine in olfactory conditioning. Here, we report that octopamine activity through the β-adrenergic-like receptor Octβ1R drives aversive and appetitive learning: Octβ1R in the mushroom body αβ neurons processes aversive learning, whereas Octβ1R in the projection neurons mediates appetitive learning. Our genetic interaction and imaging studies pinpoint cAMP signaling as a key downstream effector for Octβ1R function. The rutabaga-adenylyl cyclase synthesizes cAMP in a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent manner, serving as a coincidence detector for associative learning and likely representing a downstream target for Octβ1R. Supporting this notion, the double heterozygous rutabaga/+;octβ1r/+ flies perform poorly in both aversive and appetitive conditioning, while individual heterozygous rutabaga/+ and octβ1r/+ flies behave like the wild-type control. Consistently, the mushroom body and projection neurons in the octβ1r brain exhibit blunted responses to octopamine when cAMP levels are monitored through the cAMP sensor. We previously demonstrated the pivotal functions of the D1 receptor dDA1 in aversive and appetitive learning, and the α1 adrenergic-like receptor OAMB in appetitive learning. As expected, octβ1r genetically interacts with dumb (dDA1 mutant) in aversive and appetitive learning, but it interacts with oamb only in appetitive learning. This study uncovers the indispensable contributions of dopamine and octopamine signaling to aversive and appetitive learning. All experiments were performed on mixed sex unless otherwise noted.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Animals make flexible behavioral choices that are constantly shaped by experience. This plasticity is vital for animals to appropriately respond to the cues predicting benefit or harm. In Drosophila, dopamine is known to mediate both reward-based and punishment-based learning while octopamine function is important only for reward. Here, we demonstrate that the octopamine-Octβ1R-cAMP pathway processes both aversive and appetitive learning in distinct neural sites of the olfactory circuit. Furthermore, we show that the octopamine-Octβ1R and dopamine-dDA1 signals together drive both aversive and appetitive learning, whereas the octopamine-Octβ1R and octopamine-OAMB pathways jointly facilitate appetitive, but not aversive, learning. This study identifies the cognate actions of octopamine and dopamine signaling as a key neural mechanism for associative learning.
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Silva B, Niehage C, Maglione M, Hoflack B, Sigrist SJ, Wassmer T, Pavlowsky A, Preat T. Interactions between amyloid precursor protein-like (APPL) and MAGUK scaffolding proteins contribute to appetitive long-term memory in Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurogenet 2020; 34:92-105. [PMID: 31965876 DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1712597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
Amyloid precursor protein (APP), the precursor of amyloid beta peptide, plays a central role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a pathology characterized by memory decline and synaptic loss upon aging. Understanding the physiological role of APP is fundamental in deciphering the progression of AD, and several studies suggest a synaptic function via protein-protein interactions. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether and how these interactions contribute to memory. In Drosophila, we previously showed that APP-like (APPL), the fly APP homolog, is required for aversive associative memory in the olfactory memory center, the mushroom body (MB). In the present study, we show that APPL is required for appetitive long-term memory (LTM), another form of associative memory, in a specific neuronal subpopulation of the MB, the α'/β' Kenyon cells. Using a biochemical approach, we identify the synaptic MAGUK (membrane-associated guanylate kinase) proteins X11, CASK, Dlgh2 and Dlgh4 as interactants of the APP intracellular domain (AICD). Next, we show that the Drosophila homologs CASK and Dlg are also required for appetitive LTM in the α'/β' neurons. Finally, using a double RNAi approach, we demonstrate that genetic interactions between APPL and CASK, as well as between APPL and Dlg, are critical for appetitive LTM. In summary, our results suggest that APPL contributes to associative long-term memory through its interactions with the main synaptic scaffolding proteins CASK and Dlg. This function should be conserved across species.
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- Bryon Silva
- Genes and Dynamics of Memory Systems, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology/Genetics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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- Genes and Dynamics of Memory Systems, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Genes and Dynamics of Memory Systems, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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Forgetting memories through distinct actin remodeling mechanisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:20807-20808. [PMID: 31530724 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914578116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Shyu WH, Lee WP, Chiang MH, Chang CC, Fu TF, Chiang HC, Wu T, Wu CL. Electrical synapses between mushroom body neurons are critical for consolidated memory retrieval in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008153. [PMID: 31071084 PMCID: PMC6529013 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Electrical synapses between neurons, also known as gap junctions, are direct cell membrane channels between adjacent neurons. Gap junctions play a role in the synchronization of neuronal network activity; however, their involvement in cognition has not been well characterized. Three-hour olfactory associative memory in Drosophila has two components: consolidated anesthesia-resistant memory (ARM) and labile anesthesia-sensitive memory (ASM). Here, we show that knockdown of the gap junction gene innexin5 (inx5) in mushroom body (MB) neurons disrupted ARM, while leaving ASM intact. Whole-mount brain immunohistochemistry indicated that INX5 protein was preferentially expressed in the somas, calyxes, and lobes regions of the MB neurons. Adult-stage-specific knockdown of inx5 in αβ neurons disrupted ARM, suggesting a specific requirement of INX5 in αβ neurons for ARM formation. Hyperpolarization of αβ neurons during memory retrieval by expressing an engineered halorhodopsin (eNpHR) also disrupted ARM. Administration of the gap junction blocker carbenoxolone (CBX) reduced the proportion of odor responsive αβ neurons to the training odor 3 hours after training. Finally, the α-branch-specific 3-hour ARM-specific memory trace was also diminished with CBX treatment and in inx5 knockdown flies. Altogether, our results suggest INX5 gap junction channels in αβ neurons for ARM retrieval and also provide a more detailed neuronal mechanism for consolidated memory in Drosophila.
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- Wei-Huan Shyu
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
- * E-mail:
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Shih MFM, Davis FP, Henry GL, Dubnau J. Nuclear Transcriptomes of the Seven Neuronal Cell Types That Constitute the Drosophila Mushroom Bodies. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2019; 9:81-94. [PMID: 30397017 PMCID: PMC6325895 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The insect mushroom body (MB) is a conserved brain structure that plays key roles in a diverse array of behaviors. The Drosophila melanogaster MB is the primary invertebrate model of neural circuits related to memory formation and storage, and its development, morphology, wiring, and function has been extensively studied. MBs consist of intrinsic Kenyon Cells that are divided into three major neuron classes (γ, α'/β' and α/β) and 7 cell subtypes (γd, γm, α'/β'ap, α'/β'm, α/βp, α/βs and α/βc) based on their birth order, morphology, and connectivity. These subtypes play distinct roles in memory processing, however the underlying transcriptional differences are unknown. Here, we used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to profile the nuclear transcriptomes of each MB neuronal cell subtypes. We identified 350 MB class- or subtype-specific genes, including the widely used α/β class marker Fas2 and the α'/β' class marker trio Immunostaining corroborates the RNA-seq measurements at the protein level for several cases. Importantly, our data provide a full accounting of the neurotransmitter receptors, transporters, neurotransmitter biosynthetic enzymes, neuropeptides, and neuropeptide receptors expressed within each of these cell types. This high-quality, cell type-level transcriptome catalog for the Drosophila MB provides a valuable resource for the fly neuroscience community.
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook School of Medicine; Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Wu CL, Chang CC, Wu JK, Chiang MH, Yang CH, Chiang HC. Mushroom body glycolysis is required for olfactory memory in Drosophila. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2018; 150:13-19. [PMID: 29477608 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2018.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Glucose catabolism, also known as glycolysis, is important for energy generation and involves a sequence of enzymatic reactions that convert a glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules. The glycolysis process generates adenosine triphosphate as a byproduct. In this study, we investigated whether glycolysis plays a role in maintaining neuronal functions in the Drosophila mushroom bodies (MBs), which are generally accepted to be an olfactory learning and memory center. Our data showed that individual knockdown of glycolytic enzymes in the MBs, including hexokinase (HexA), phosphofructokinase (Pfk), or pyruvate kinase (PyK), disrupts olfactory memory. Whole-mount brain immunostaining indicated that pyruvate kinase is strongly expressed in the MB αβ, α'β', and γ neuron subsets. We conclude that HexA, Pfk, and PyK are required in each MB neuron subset for olfactory memory formation. Our data therefore indicates that glucose catabolism in the MBs is important for olfactory memory formation in Drosophila.
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- Chia-Lin Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Drk-mediated signaling to Rho kinase is required for anesthesia-resistant memory in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:10984-10989. [PMID: 28973902 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704835114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Anesthesia-resistant memory (ARM) was described decades ago, but the mechanisms that underlie this protein synthesis-independent form of consolidated memory in Drosophila remain poorly understood. Whether the several signaling molecules, receptors, and synaptic proteins currently implicated in ARM operate in one or more pathways and how they function in the process remain unclear. We present evidence that Drk, the Drosophila ortholog of the adaptor protein Grb2, is essential for ARM within adult mushroom body neurons. Significantly, Drk signals engage the Rho kinase Drok, implicating dynamic cytoskeletal changes in ARM, and this is supported by reduced F-actin in the mutants and after pharmacological inhibition of Drok. Interestingly, Drk-Drok signaling appears independent of the function of Radish (Rsh), a protein long implicated in ARM, suggesting that the process involves at least two distinct molecular pathways. Based on these results, we propose that signaling pathways involved in structural plasticity likely underlie this form of translation-independent memory.
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Long-term memory requires sequential protein synthesis in three subsets of mushroom body output neurons in Drosophila. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7112. [PMID: 28769066 PMCID: PMC5540930 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07600-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Creating long-term memory (LTM) requires new protein synthesis to stabilize learning-induced synaptic changes in the brain. In the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, aversive olfactory learning forms several phases of labile memory to associate an odor with coincident punishment in the mushroom body (MB). It remains unclear how the brain consolidates early labile memory into LTM. Here, we survey 183 Gal4 lines containing almost all 21 distinct types of MB output neurons (MBONs) and show that sequential synthesis of learning-induced proteins occurs at three types of MBONs. Downregulation of oo18 RNA-binding proteins (ORBs) in any of these MBONs impaired LTM. And, neurotransmission outputs from these MBONs are all required during LTM retrieval. Together, these results suggest an LTM consolidation model in which transient neural activities of early labile memory in the MB are consolidated into stable LTM at a few postsynaptic MBONs through sequential ORB-regulated local protein synthesis.
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Shyu WH, Chiu TH, Chiang MH, Cheng YC, Tsai YL, Fu TF, Wu T, Wu CL. Neural circuits for long-term water-reward memory processing in thirsty Drosophila. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15230. [PMID: 28504254 PMCID: PMC5440665 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The intake of water is important for the survival of all animals and drinking water can be used as a reward in thirsty animals. Here we found that thirsty Drosophila melanogaster can associate drinking water with an odour to form a protein-synthesis-dependent water-reward long-term memory (LTM). Furthermore, we found that the reinforcement of LTM requires water-responsive dopaminergic neurons projecting to the restricted region of mushroom body (MB) β′ lobe, which are different from the neurons required for the reinforcement of learning and short-term memory (STM). Synaptic output from α′β′ neurons is required for consolidation, whereas the output from γ and αβ neurons is required for the retrieval of LTM. Finally, two types of MB efferent neurons retrieve LTM from γ and αβ neurons by releasing glutamate and acetylcholine, respectively. Our results therefore cast light on the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for processing water-reward LTM in Drosophila. Distinct subsets of dopaminergic PAM neurons have been shown to be involved in short-term and long-term memory for sugar reward. Here the authors report the neural circuits and the cellular and molecular mechanisms for short-term and long-term memory for water reward in thirsty Drosophila.
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- Wei-Huan Shyu
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi-Nan University, Nantou 54561, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.,Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan
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Hu W, Zhang X, Wang L, Liu ZJ, Zhong Y, Li Q. Preferential distribution of nuclear MAPK signal in α/β core neurons during long-term memory consolidation in Drosophila. Protein Cell 2017; 8:780-783. [PMID: 28421388 PMCID: PMC5636746 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-017-0404-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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- Wantong Hu
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518114, China.,The Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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