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Carrier Y, Rio LQ, Formicola N, de Sousa-Xavier V, Tabet M, Chen YCD, Wislez M, Orts L, Pinto-Teixeira F. Biased cell adhesion organizes a circuit for visual motion integration. bioRxiv 2023:2023.12.11.571076. [PMID: 38168373 PMCID: PMC10760042 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.11.571076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
Abstract
Layer specific computations in the brain rely on neuronal processes establishing synaptic connections with specific partners in distinct laminae. In the Drosophila lobula plate neuropile, the axons of the four subtypes of T4 and T5 visual motion direction-selective neurons segregate into four layers, based on their directional preference, and form synapses with distinct subsets of postsynaptic neurons. Four bi-stratified inhibitory lobula plate intrinsic cells exhibit a consistent synaptic pattern, receiving excitatory T4/T5 inputs in one layer, and conveying inhibitory signals to an adjacent layer. This layered arrangement establishes motion opponency. Here, we identify layer-specific expression of different receptor-ligand pairs belonging to the Beat and Side families of Cell Adhesion Molecules (CAMs) between T4/T5 neurons and their postsynaptic partners. Genetic analysis reveals that Beat/Side mediated interactions are required to restrict T4/T5 axonal innervation to a single layer. We propose that Beat/Side contribute to synaptic specificity by biasing adhesion between synaptic partners before synaptogenesis.
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- Yannick Carrier
- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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- MCD, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, UT3, Toulouse, France
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De Graeve F, Formicola N, Pushpalatha KV, Nakamura A, Debreuve E, Descombes X, Besse F. Detecting Stress Granules in Drosophila Neurons. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2428:229-242. [PMID: 35171483 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1975-9_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Stress granules (SGs) are cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein condensates that dynamically and reversibly assemble in response to stress. They are thought to contribute to the adaptive stress response by storing translationally inactive mRNAs as well as signaling molecules. Recent work has shown that SG composition and properties depend on both stress and cell types, and that neurons exhibit a complex SG proteome and a strong vulnerability to mutations in SG proteins. Drosophila has emerged as a powerful genetically tractable organism where to study the physiological regulation and functions of SGs in normal and pathological contexts. In this chapter, we describe a protocol enabling quantitative analysis of SG properties in both larval and adult Drosophila CNS samples. In this protocol, fluorescently tagged SGs are induced upon acute ex vivo stress or chronic in vivo stress, imaged at high-resolution via confocal microscopy and detected automatically, using a dedicated software.
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- Fabienne De Graeve
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Department of Germline Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inria, Laboratoire I3S, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Inria, CNRS, Laboratoire I3S, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France.
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Formicola N, Heim M, Dufourt J, Lancelot AS, Nakamura A, Lagha M, Besse F. Correction: Tyramine induces dynamic RNP granule remodeling and translation activation in the Drosophila brain. eLife 2021; 10:70755. [PMID: 34047275 PMCID: PMC8163498 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Formicola N, Heim M, Dufourt J, Lancelot AS, Nakamura A, Lagha M, Besse F. Tyramine induces dynamic RNP granule remodeling and translation activation in the Drosophila brain. eLife 2021; 10:65742. [PMID: 33890854 PMCID: PMC8064753 DOI: 10.7554/elife.65742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are dynamic condensates enriched in regulatory RNA binding proteins (RBPs) and RNAs under tight spatiotemporal control. Extensive recent work has investigated the molecular principles underlying RNP granule assembly, unraveling that they form through the self-association of RNP components into dynamic networks of interactions. How endogenous RNP granules respond to external stimuli to regulate RNA fate is still largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate through high-resolution imaging of intact Drosophila brains that Tyramine induces a reversible remodeling of somatic RNP granules characterized by the decondensation of granule-enriched RBPs (e.g. Imp/ZBP1/IGF2BP) and helicases (e.g. Me31B/DDX-6/Rck). Furthermore, our functional analysis reveals that Tyramine signals both through its receptor TyrR and through the calcium-activated kinase CamkII to trigger RNP component decondensation. Finally, we uncover that RNP granule remodeling is accompanied by the rapid and specific translational activation of associated mRNAs. Thus, this work sheds new light on the mechanisms controlling cue-induced rearrangement of physiological RNP condensates.
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- Nadia Formicola
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Department of Germline Development, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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Shidlovskii YV, Bylino OV, Shaposhnikov AV, Kachaev ZM, Lebedeva LA, Kolesnik VV, Amendola D, De Simone G, Formicola N, Schedl P, Digilio FA, Giordano E. Subunits of the PBAP Chromatin Remodeler Are Capable of Mediating Enhancer-Driven Transcription in Drosophila. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22062856. [PMID: 33799739 PMCID: PMC7999800 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The chromatin remodeler SWI/SNF is an important participant in gene activation, functioning predominantly by opening the chromatin structure on promoters and enhancers. Here, we describe its novel mode of action in which SWI/SNF factors mediate the targeted action of an enhancer. We studied the functions of two signature subunits of PBAP subfamily, BAP170 and SAYP, in Drosophila. These subunits were stably tethered to a transgene reporter carrying the hsp70 core promoter. The tethered subunits mediate transcription of the reporter in a pattern that is generated by enhancers close to the insertion site in multiple loci throughout the genome. Both tethered SAYP and BAP170 recruit the whole PBAP complex to the reporter promoter. However, we found that BAP170-dependent transcription is more resistant to the depletion of other PBAP subunits, suggesting that BAP170 may play a more critical role in establishing enhancer-dependent transcription.
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- Yulii V. Shidlovskii
- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, 354340 Sochi, Russia
- Department of Biology and General Genetics, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119992 Moscow, Russia
- Correspondence: (Y.V.S.); (F.A.D.); (E.G.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, 354340 Sochi, Russia
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.A.); (G.D.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.A.); (G.D.S.)
- Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, 00154 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) National Research Council (CNR), 05010 Porano, Italy;
- Institut de Biologie Valrose iBV UMR CNRS 7277, Université Côte d’Azur, 06108 Nice, France
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- Department of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (O.V.B.); (A.V.S.); (Z.M.K.); (L.A.L.); (V.V.K.); (P.S.)
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1014, USA
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- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET) National Research Council (CNR), 05010 Porano, Italy;
- Correspondence: (Y.V.S.); (F.A.D.); (E.G.)
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- Department of Biology, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy; (D.A.); (G.D.S.)
- Correspondence: (Y.V.S.); (F.A.D.); (E.G.)
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Formicola N, Vijayakumar J, Besse F. Neuronal ribonucleoprotein granules: Dynamic sensors of localized signals. Traffic 2019; 20:639-649. [PMID: 31206920 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Membrane-less organelles, because of their capacity to dynamically, selectively and reversibly concentrate molecules, are very well adapted for local information processing and rapid response to environmental fluctuations. These features are particularly important in the context of neuronal cells, where synapse-specific activation, or localized extracellular cues, induce signaling events restricted to specialized axonal or dendritic subcompartments. Neuronal ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles, or granules, are nonmembrane bound macromolecular condensates that concentrate specific sets of mRNAs and regulatory proteins, promoting their long-distance transport to axons or dendrites. Neuronal RNP granules also have a dual function in regulating the translation of associated mRNAs: while preventing mRNA translation at rest, they fuel local protein synthesis upon activation. As revealed by recent work, rapid and reversible switches between these two functional modes are triggered by modifications of the networks of interactions underlying RNP granule assembly. Such flexible properties also come with a cost, as neuronal RNP granules are prone to transition into pathological aggregates in response to mutations, aging, or cellular stresses, further emphasizing the need to better understand the mechanistic principles governing their dynamic assembly and regulation in living systems.
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