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Saltz JB, Lymer S, Gabrielian J, Nuzhdin SV. Genetic Correlations among Developmental and Contextual Behavioral Plasticity inDrosophila melanogaster. Am Nat 2017; 190:61-72. [DOI: 10.1086/692010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Di C, Ning C, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. Design of larval chemical attractants based on odorant response spectra of odorant receptors in the cotton bollworm. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 84:48-62. [PMID: 28366786 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lepidopteran caterpillars rely on olfaction and gustation to discriminate among food sources. Compared to the larval gustation, the larval olfaction has been poorly investigated. To uncover the molecular basis of olfaction in Helicoverpa armigera larvae, we identified 17 odorant receptor (Or) genes in larval antennae and maxillae using transcriptome sequencing, and functionally identified the response spectra of seven Ors to ecologically relevant odorants. Innate behavioural responses of larvae to active odorants were evaluated in chemotaxis assays. Several odorant blends were formulated based on the Ors tuning spectra and caterpillar chemotaxis. A four-component blend strongly attracted H. armigera larvae, and cis-jasmone and 1-pentanol were identified as essential components. Localization analyses showed that the two Ors detecting these components (Or41 and Or52) were expressed in the same sensory neurons. This is the first evidence that Ors in a polyphagous caterpillar respond to odorants in a combinatorial manner. The design of attractants to target specific olfactory pathways may promote the development of new baits for pest management.
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- Chang Di
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
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Michels B, Saumweber T, Biernacki R, Thum J, Glasgow RDV, Schleyer M, Chen YC, Eschbach C, Stocker RF, Toshima N, Tanimura T, Louis M, Arias-Gil G, Marescotti M, Benfenati F, Gerber B. Pavlovian Conditioning of Larval Drosophila: An Illustrated, Multilingual, Hands-On Manual for Odor-Taste Associative Learning in Maggots. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:45. [PMID: 28469564 PMCID: PMC5395560 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Larval Drosophila offer a study case for behavioral neurogenetics that is simple enough to be experimentally tractable, yet complex enough to be worth the effort. We provide a detailed, hands-on manual for Pavlovian odor-reward learning in these animals. Given the versatility of Drosophila for genetic analyses, combined with the evolutionarily shared genetic heritage with humans, the paradigm has utility not only in behavioral neurogenetics and experimental psychology, but for translational biomedicine as well. Together with the upcoming total synaptic connectome of the Drosophila nervous system and the possibilities of single-cell-specific transgene expression, it offers enticing opportunities for research. Indeed, the paradigm has already been adopted by a number of labs and is robust enough to be used for teaching in classroom settings. This has given rise to a demand for a detailed, hands-on manual directed at newcomers and/or at laboratory novices, and this is what we here provide. The paradigm and the present manual have a unique set of features: The present manual can thus foster science education at an earlier age and enable research by a broader community than has been the case to date.
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- Birgit Michels
- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department Neurobiology and Genetics, Julius Maximilians UniversityWürzburg, Germany
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- Department Neurobiology and Genetics, Julius Maximilians UniversityWürzburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department Systems Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology MagdeburgMagdeburg, Germany
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- Italian Institute of Technology, Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and TechnologyGenova, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyMagdeburg, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke UniversityMagdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain SciencesMagdeburg, Germany
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Hsieh YW, Alqadah A, Chuang CF. Mechanisms controlling diversification of olfactory sensory neuron classes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:3263-3274. [PMID: 28357469 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2512-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Animals survive in harsh and fluctuating environments using sensory neurons to detect and respond to changes in their surroundings. Olfactory sensory neurons are essential for detecting food, identifying danger, and sensing pheromones. The ability to sense a large repertoire of different types of odors is crucial to distinguish between different situations, and is achieved through neuronal diversity within the olfactory system. Here, we review the developmental mechanisms used to establish diversity of olfactory sensory neurons in various model organisms, including Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and vertebrate models. Understanding and comparing how different olfactory neurons develop within the nervous system of different animals can provide insight into how the olfactory system is shaped in humans.
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- Yi-Wen Hsieh
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S. Ashland Avenue, MC 567, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S. Ashland Avenue, MC 567, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 S. Ashland Avenue, MC 567, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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Kudow N, Miura D, Schleyer M, Toshima N, Gerber B, Tanimura T. Preference for and learning of amino acids in larval Drosophila. Biol Open 2017; 6:365-369. [PMID: 28193602 PMCID: PMC5374393 DOI: 10.1242/bio.020412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Relative to other nutrients, less is known about how animals sense amino acids and how behaviour is organized accordingly. This is a significant gap in our knowledge because amino acids are required for protein synthesis - and hence for life as we know it. Choosing Drosophila larvae as a case study, we provide the first systematic analysis of both the preference behaviour for, and the learning of, all 20 canonical amino acids in Drosophila We report that preference for individual amino acids differs according to the kind of amino acid, both in first-instar and in third-instar larvae. Our data suggest that this preference profile changes across larval instars, and that starvation during the third instar also alters this profile. Only aspartic acid turns out to be robustly attractive across all our experiments. The essentiality of amino acids does not appear to be a determinant of preference. Interestingly, although amino acids thus differ in their innate attractiveness, we find that all amino acids are equally rewarding. Similar discrepancies between innate attractiveness and reinforcing effect have previously been reported for other tastants, including sugars, bitter substances and salt. The present analyses will facilitate the ongoing search for the receptors, sensory neurons, and internal, homeostatic amino acid sensors in Drosophila.
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- Nana Kudow
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, Brenneckestrasse 6, Magdeburg 39118, Germany
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.,Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, Brenneckestrasse 6, Magdeburg 39118, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, Brenneckestrasse 6, Magdeburg 39118, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.,Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute for Biology, Universitätsplatz 2, Magdeburg 39106, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan .,Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Perry S, Kiragasi B, Dickman D, Ray A. The Role of Histone Deacetylase 6 in Synaptic Plasticity and Memory. Cell Rep 2017; 18:1337-1345. [PMID: 28178513 PMCID: PMC5387061 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) have been extensively studied as drug targets in neurodegenerative diseases, but less is known about their role in healthy neurons. We tested zinc-dependent HDACs using RNAi in Drosophila melanogaster and found memory deficits with RPD3 and HDAC6. We demonstrate that HDAC6 is required in both the larval and adult stages for normal olfactory memory retention. Neuronal expression of HDAC6 rescued memory deficits, and we demonstrate that the N-terminal deacetylase (DAC) domain is required for this ability. This suggests that deacetylation of synaptic targets associated with the first DAC domain, such as the active-zone scaffold Bruchpilot, is required for memory retention. Finally, electrophysiological experiments at the neuromuscular junction reveal that HDAC6 mutants exhibit a partial block of homeostatic plasticity, suggesting that HDAC6 may be required for the stabilization of synaptic strength. The learning deficit we observe in HDAC6 mutants could be a behavioral consequence of these synaptic defects.
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- Sarah Perry
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Center for Disease Vector Research, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Kohsaka H, Guertin PA, Nose A. Neural Circuits Underlying Fly Larval Locomotion. Curr Pharm Des 2017; 23:1722-1733. [PMID: 27928962 PMCID: PMC5470056 DOI: 10.2174/1381612822666161208120835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Locomotion is a complex motor behavior that may be expressed in different ways using a variety of strategies depending upon species and pathological or environmental conditions. Quadrupedal or bipedal walking, running, swimming, flying and gliding constitute some of the locomotor modes enabling the body, in all cases, to move from one place to another. Despite these apparent differences in modes of locomotion, both vertebrate and invertebrate species share, at least in part, comparable neural control mechanisms for locomotor rhythm and pattern generation and modulation. Significant advances have been made in recent years in studies of the genetic aspects of these control systems. Findings made specifically using Drosophila (fruit fly) models and preparations have contributed to further understanding of the key role of genes in locomotion. This review focuses on some of the main findings made in larval fruit flies while briefly summarizing the basic advantages of using this powerful animal model for studying the neural locomotor system.
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- Hiroshi Kohsaka
- Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry & Neurosciences, Laval University, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Choi J, van Giesen L, Choi MS, Kang K, Sprecher SG, Kwon JY. A Pair of Pharyngeal Gustatory Receptor Neurons Regulates Caffeine-Dependent Ingestion in Drosophila Larvae. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:181. [PMID: 27486388 PMCID: PMC4949222 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The sense of taste is an essential chemosensory modality that enables animals to identify appropriate food sources and control feeding behavior. In particular, the recognition of bitter taste prevents animals from feeding on harmful substances. Feeding is a complex behavior comprised of multiple steps, and food quality is continuously assessed. We here examined the role of pharyngeal gustatory organs in ingestion behavior. As a first step, we constructed a gustatory receptor-to-neuron map of the larval pharyngeal sense organs, and examined corresponding gustatory receptor neuron (GRN) projections in the larval brain. Out of 22 candidate bitter compounds, we found 14 bitter compounds that elicit inhibition of ingestion in a dose-dependent manner. We provide evidence that certain pharyngeal GRNs are necessary and sufficient for the ingestion response of larvae to caffeine. Additionally, we show that a specific pair of pharyngeal GRNs, DP1, responds to caffeine by calcium imaging. In this study we show that a specific pair of GRNs in the pharyngeal sense organs coordinates caffeine sensing with regulation of behavioral responses such as ingestion. Our results indicate that in Drosophila larvae, the pharyngeal GRNs have a major role in sensing food palatability to regulate ingestion behavior. The pharyngeal sense organs are prime candidates to influence ingestion due to their position in the pharynx, and they may act as first level sensors of ingested food.
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- Jaekyun Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon South Korea
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg Switzerland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon South Korea
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg Switzerland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon South Korea
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Wilk R, Hu J, Blotsky D, Krause HM. Diverse and pervasive subcellular distributions for both coding and long noncoding RNAs. Genes Dev 2016; 30:594-609. [PMID: 26944682 PMCID: PMC4782052 DOI: 10.1101/gad.276931.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Here, Wilk et al. examined ∼8000 mRNA transcripts throughout Drosophila embryogenesis. They found that almost all RNAs, both coding and noncoding RNAs, are subcellularly localized at some stage of development, thus providing an important resource for functional gene analysis. In a previous analysis of 2300 mRNAs via whole-mount fluorescent in situ hybridization in cellularizing Drosophila embryos, we found that 70% of the transcripts exhibited some form of subcellular localization. To see whether this prevalence is unique to early Drosophila embryos, we examined ∼8000 transcripts over the full course of embryogenesis and ∼800 transcripts in late third instar larval tissues. The numbers and varieties of new subcellular localization patterns are both striking and revealing. In the much larger cells of the third instar larva, virtually all transcripts observed showed subcellular localization in at least one tissue. We also examined the prevalence and variety of localization mechanisms for >100 long noncoding RNAs. All of these were also found to be expressed and subcellularly localized. Thus, subcellular RNA localization appears to be the norm rather than the exception for both coding and noncoding RNAs. These results, which have been annotated and made available on a recompiled database, provide a rich and unique resource for functional gene analyses, some examples of which are provided.
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- Ronit Wilk
- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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Ramírez G, Fagundez C, Grosso JP, Argibay P, Arenas A, Farina WM. Odor Experiences during Preimaginal Stages Cause Behavioral and Neural Plasticity in Adult Honeybees. Front Behav Neurosci 2016; 10:105. [PMID: 27375445 PMCID: PMC4891344 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In eusocial insects, experiences acquired during the development have long-term consequences on mature behavior. In the honeybee that suffers profound changes associated with metamorphosis, the effect of odor experiences at larval instars on the subsequent physiological and behavioral response is still unclear. To address the impact of preimaginal experiences on the adult honeybee, colonies containing larvae were fed scented food. The effect of the preimaginal experiences with the food odor was assessed in learning performance, memory retention and generalization in 3–5- and 17–19 day-old bees, in the regulation of their expression of synaptic-related genes and in the perception and morphology of their antennae. Three-five day old bees that experienced 1-hexanol (1-HEX) as food scent responded more to the presentation of the odor during the 1-HEX conditioning than control bees (i.e., bees reared in colonies fed unscented food). Higher levels of proboscis extension response (PER) to 1-HEX in this group also extended to HEXA, the most perceptually similar odor to the experienced one that we tested. These results were not observed for the group tested at older ages. In the brain of young adults, larval experiences triggered similar levels of neurexins (NRXs) and neuroligins (Nlgs) expression, two proteins that have been involved in synaptic formation after associative learning. At the sensory periphery, the experience did not alter the number of the olfactory sensilla placoidea, but did reduce the electrical response of the antennae to the experienced and novel odor. Our study provides a new insight into the effects of preimaginal experiences in the honeybee and the mechanisms underlying olfactory plasticity at larval stage of holometabolous insects.
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- Gabriela Ramírez
- Laboratorio de Insectos Sociales, IFIBYNE-CONICET, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Medicina Experimental, Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Insectos Sociales, IFIBYNE-CONICET, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Medicina Experimental, Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Insectos Sociales, IFIBYNE-CONICET, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Insectos Sociales, IFIBYNE-CONICET, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Berck ME, Khandelwal A, Claus L, Hernandez-Nunez L, Si G, Tabone CJ, Li F, Truman JW, Fetter RD, Louis M, Samuel AD, Cardona A. The wiring diagram of a glomerular olfactory system. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27177418 PMCID: PMC4930330 DOI: 10.7554/elife.14859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The sense of smell enables animals to react to long-distance cues according to learned and innate valences. Here, we have mapped with electron microscopy the complete wiring diagram of the Drosophila larval antennal lobe, an olfactory neuropil similar to the vertebrate olfactory bulb. We found a canonical circuit with uniglomerular projection neurons (uPNs) relaying gain-controlled ORN activity to the mushroom body and the lateral horn. A second, parallel circuit with multiglomerular projection neurons (mPNs) and hierarchically connected local neurons (LNs) selectively integrates multiple ORN signals already at the first synapse. LN-LN synaptic connections putatively implement a bistable gain control mechanism that either computes odor saliency through panglomerular inhibition, or allows some glomeruli to respond to faint aversive odors in the presence of strong appetitive odors. This complete wiring diagram will support experimental and theoretical studies towards bridging the gap between circuits and behavior. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14859.001 Our sense of smell can tell us about bread being baked faraway in the kitchen, or whether a leftover piece finally went bad. Similarly to the eyes, the nose enables us to make up a mental image of what lies at a distance. In mammals, the surface of the nose hosts a huge number of olfactory sensory cells, each of which is tuned to respond to a small set of scent molecules. The olfactory sensory cells communicate with a region of the brain called the olfactory bulb. Olfactory sensory cells of the same type converge onto the same small pocket of the olfactory bulb, forming a structure called a glomerulus. Similarly to how the retina generates an image, the combined activity of multiple glomeruli defines an odor. A particular smell is the combination of many volatile compounds, the odorants. Therefore the interactions between different olfactory glomeruli are important for defining the nature of the perceived odor. Although the types of neurons involved in these interactions were known in insects, fish and mice, a precise wiring diagram of a complete set of glomeruli had not been described. In particular, the points of contact through which neurons communicate with each other – known as synapses – among all the neurons participating in an olfactory system were not known. Berck, Khandelwal et al. have now taken advantage of the small size of the olfactory system of the larvae of Drosophila fruit flies to fully describe, using high-resolution imaging, all its neurons and their synapses. The results define the complete wiring diagram of the neural circuit that processes the signals sent by olfactory sensory neurons in the larva’s olfactory circuits. In addition to the neurons that read out the activity of a single glomerulus and send it to higher areas of the brain for further processing, there are also numerous neurons that read out activity from multiple glomeruli. These neurons represent a system, encoded in the genome, for quickly extracting valuable olfactory information and then relaying it to other areas of the brain. An essential aspect of sensation is the ability to stop noticing a stimulus if it doesn't change. This allows an animal to, for example, find food by moving in a direction that increases the intensity of an odor. Inhibition mediates some aspects of this capability. The discovery of structure in the inhibitory connections among glomeruli, together with prior findings on the inner workings of the olfactory system, enabled Berck, Khandelwal et al. to hypothesize how the olfactory circuits enable odor gradients to be navigated. Further investigation revealed more about how the circuits could detect slight changes in odor concentration regardless of whether the overall odor intensity is strong or faint. And, crucially, it revealed how the worst odors – which can signal danger – can still be perceived in the presence of very strong pleasant odors. With the wiring diagram, theories about the sense of smell can now be tested using the genetic tools available for Drosophila, leading to an understanding of how neural circuits work. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14859.002
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- Matthew E Berck
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.,Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.,Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.,Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.,Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.,Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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Drosophila Food-Associated Pheromones: Effect of Experience, Genotype and Antibiotics on Larval Behavior. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151451. [PMID: 26987117 PMCID: PMC4795598 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Animals ubiquitously use chemical signals to communicate many aspects of their social life. These chemical signals often consist of environmental cues mixed with species-specific signals-pheromones-emitted by conspecifics. During their life, insects can use pheromones to aggregate, disperse, choose a mate, or find the most suitable food source on which to lay eggs. Before pupariation, larvae of several Drosophila species migrate to food sources depending on their composition and the presence of pheromones. Some pheromones derive from microbiota gut activity and these food-associated cues can enhance larval attraction or repulsion. To explore the mechanisms underlying the preference (attraction/repulsion) to these cues and clarify their effect, we manipulated factors potentially involved in larval response. In particular, we found that the (i) early exposure to conspecifics, (ii) genotype, and (iii) antibiotic treatment changed D. melanogaster larval behavior. Generally, larvae-tested either individually or in groups-strongly avoided food processed by other larvae. Compared to previous reports on larval attractive pheromones, our data suggest that such attractive effects are largely masked by food-associated compounds eliciting larval aversion. The antagonistic effect of attractive vs. aversive compounds could modulate larval choice of a pupariation site and impact the dispersion of individuals in nature.
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Das G, Lin S, Waddell S. Remembering Components of Food in Drosophila. Front Integr Neurosci 2016; 10:4. [PMID: 26924969 PMCID: PMC4759284 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2016.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Remembering features of past feeding experience can refine foraging and food choice. Insects can learn to associate sensory cues with components of food, such as sugars, amino acids, water, salt, alcohol, toxins and pathogens. In the fruit fly Drosophila some food components activate unique subsets of dopaminergic neurons (DANs) that innervate distinct functional zones on the mushroom bodies (MBs). This architecture suggests that the overall dopaminergic neuron population could provide a potential cellular substrate through which the fly might learn to value a variety of food components. In addition, such an arrangement predicts that individual component memories reside in unique locations. DANs are also critical for food memory consolidation and deprivation-state dependent motivational control of the expression of food-relevant memories. Here, we review our current knowledge of how nutrient-specific memories are formed, consolidated and specifically retrieved in insects, with a particular emphasis on Drosophila.
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- Gaurav Das
- Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of OxfordOxford, UK
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- Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of OxfordOxford, UK
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- Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of OxfordOxford, UK
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Rohwedder A, Wenz NL, Stehle B, Huser A, Yamagata N, Zlatic M, Truman JW, Tanimoto H, Saumweber T, Gerber B, Thum AS. Four Individually Identified Paired Dopamine Neurons Signal Reward in Larval Drosophila. Curr Biol 2016; 26:661-9. [PMID: 26877086 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Dopaminergic neurons serve multiple functions, including reinforcement processing during associative learning [1-12]. It is thus warranted to understand which dopaminergic neurons mediate which function. We study larval Drosophila, in which only approximately 120 of a total of 10,000 neurons are dopaminergic, as judged by the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme of dopamine biosynthesis [5, 13]. Dopaminergic neurons mediating reinforcement in insect olfactory learning target the mushroom bodies, a higher-order "cortical" brain region [1-5, 11, 12, 14, 15]. We discover four previously undescribed paired neurons, the primary protocerebral anterior medial (pPAM) neurons. These neurons are TH positive and subdivide the medial lobe of the mushroom body into four distinct subunits. These pPAM neurons are acutely necessary for odor-sugar reward learning and require intact TH function in this process. However, they are dispensable for aversive learning and innate behavior toward the odors and sugars employed. Optogenetical activation of pPAM neurons is sufficient as a reward. Thus, the pPAM neurons convey a likely dopaminergic reward signal. In contrast, DL1 cluster neurons convey a corresponding punishment signal [5], suggesting a cellular division of labor to convey dopaminergic reward and punishment signals. On the level of individually identified neurons, this uncovers an organizational principle shared with adult Drosophila and mammals [1-4, 7, 9, 10] (but see [6]). The numerical simplicity and connectomic tractability of the larval nervous system [16-19] now offers a prospect for studying circuit principles of dopamine function at unprecedented resolution.
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- Astrid Rohwedder
- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1600 Fribourg, Switzerland; Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, 980-8577 Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, 980-8577 Sendai, Japan
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- Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), 39118 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), 39118 Magdeburg, Germany; Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Biologie, Verhaltensgenetik, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1600 Fribourg, Switzerland; Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, 78464 Konstanz, Germany.
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van Giesen L, Hernandez-Nunez L, Delasoie-Baranek S, Colombo M, Renaud P, Bruggmann R, Benton R, Samuel ADT, Sprecher SG. Multimodal stimulus coding by a gustatory sensory neuron in Drosophila larvae. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10687. [PMID: 26864722 PMCID: PMC4753250 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Accurate perception of taste information is crucial for animal survival. In adult Drosophila, gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs) perceive chemical stimuli of one specific gustatory modality associated with a stereotyped behavioural response, such as aversion or attraction. We show that GRNs of Drosophila larvae employ a surprisingly different mode of gustatory information coding. Using a novel method for calcium imaging in the larval gustatory system, we identify a multimodal GRN that responds to chemicals of different taste modalities with opposing valence, such as sweet sucrose and bitter denatonium, reliant on different sensory receptors. This multimodal neuron is essential for bitter compound avoidance, and its artificial activation is sufficient to mediate aversion. However, the neuron is also essential for the integration of taste blends. Our findings support a model for taste coding in larvae, in which distinct receptor proteins mediate different responses within the same, multimodal GRN. While gustatory systems have been extensively studied in adult Drosophila, not much is known about taste coding at the larval stage. Here, the authors investigate gustatory receptor neurons in larvae and find single neurons are capable of responding to more than one taste modality.
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- Lena van Giesen
- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee 10, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- Center for Brain Science and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Microsystems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Genopode Building, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Microsystems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Genopode Building, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Berne, Berne 3012, Switzerland
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- Center for Brain Science and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee 10, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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Kawano T, Ryuda M, Matsumoto H, Ochiai M, Oda Y, Tanimura T, Csikos G, Moriya M, Hayakawa Y. Function of desiccate in gustatory sensilla of drosophila melanogaster. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17195. [PMID: 26610608 PMCID: PMC4661605 DOI: 10.1038/srep17195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Desiccate (Desi), initially discovered as a gene expressing in the epidermis of Drosophila larvae for protection from desiccation stress, was recently found to be robustly expressed in the adult labellum; however, the function, as well as precise expression sites, was unknown. Here, we found that Desi is expressed in two different types of non-neuronal cells of the labellum, the epidermis and thecogen accessory cells. Labellar Desi expression was significantly elevated under arid conditions, accompanied by an increase in water ingestion by adults. Desi overexpression also promoted water ingestion. In contrast, a knockdown of Desi expression reduced feeding as well as water ingestion due to a drastic decrease in the gustatory sensillar sensitivity for all tested tastants. These results indicate that Desi helps protect insects from desiccation damage by not only preventing dehydration through the integument but also accelerating water ingestion via elevated taste sensitivities of the sensilla.
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- Takeshi Kawano
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- The Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences of Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Molecular Biology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, H-1117
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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Davies A, Louis M, Webb B. A Model of Drosophila Larva Chemotaxis. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004606. [PMID: 26600460 PMCID: PMC4657977 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Detailed observations of larval Drosophila chemotaxis have characterised the relationship between the odour gradient and the runs, head casts and turns made by the animal. We use a computational model to test whether hypothesised sensorimotor control mechanisms are sufficient to account for larval behaviour. The model combines three mechanisms based on simple transformations of the recent history of odour intensity at the head location. The first is an increased probability of terminating runs in response to gradually decreasing concentration, the second an increased probability of terminating head casts in response to rapidly increasing concentration, and the third a biasing of run directions up concentration gradients through modulation of small head casts. We show that this model can be tuned to produce behavioural statistics comparable to those reported for the larva, and that this tuning results in similar chemotaxis performance to the larva. We demonstrate that each mechanism can enable odour approach but the combination of mechanisms is most effective, and investigate how these low-level control mechanisms relate to behavioural measures such as the preference indices used to investigate larval learning behaviour in group assays. The larvae of the fruitfly are attracted to many odours. We use a computational model in which simulated larvae stop, start and redirect their crawling behaviour in response to their experience of changes in odour. We show that three simple rules for switching between behaviours are sufficient to produce larva-like results in a simulated agent.
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- Alex Davies
- School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Plavicki JS, Squirrell JM, Eliceiri KW, Boekhoff-Falk G. Expression of the Drosophila homeobox gene, Distal-less, supports an ancestral role in neural development. Dev Dyn 2015; 245:87-95. [PMID: 26472170 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Distal-less (Dll) encodes a homeodomain transcription factor expressed in developing appendages of organisms throughout metazoan phylogeny. Based on earlier observations in the limbless nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and the primitive chordate amphioxus, it was proposed that Dll had an ancestral function in nervous system development. Consistent with this hypothesis, Dll is necessary for the development of both peripheral and central components of the Drosophila olfactory system. Furthermore, vertebrate homologs of Dll, the Dlx genes, play critical roles in mammalian brain development. RESULTS Using fluorescent immunohistochemistry of fixed samples and multiphoton microscopy of living Drosophila embryos, we show that Dll is expressed in the embryonic, larval and adult central nervous system and peripheral nervous system (PNS) in embryonic and larval neurons, brain and ventral nerve cord glia, as well as in PNS structures associated with chemosensation. In adult flies, Dll expression is expressed in the optic lobes, central brain regions and the antennal lobes. CONCLUSIONS Characterization of Dll expression in the developing nervous system supports a role of Dll in neural development and function and establishes an important basis for determining the specific functional roles of Dll in Drosophila development and for comparative studies of Drosophila Dll functions with those of its vertebrate counterparts.
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- Jessica S Plavicki
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.,School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation, University of Wisconsin-Madison.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison.,Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Joseph RM, Carlson JR. Drosophila Chemoreceptors: A Molecular Interface Between the Chemical World and the Brain. Trends Genet 2015; 31:683-695. [PMID: 26477743 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chemoreception is essential for survival. Feeding, mating, and avoidance of predators depend on detection of sensory cues. Drosophila contains diverse families of chemoreceptors that detect odors, tastants, pheromones, and noxious stimuli, including receptors of the odor receptor (Or), gustatory receptor (Gr), ionotropic receptor (IR), Pickpocket (Ppk), and Trp families. We consider recent progress in understanding chemoreception in the fly, including the identification of new receptors, the discovery of novel biological functions for receptors, and the localization of receptors in unexpected places. We discuss major unsolved problems and suggest areas that may be particularly ripe for future discoveries, including the roles of these receptors in driving the circuits and behaviors that are essential to the survival and reproduction of the animal.
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- Ryan M Joseph
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA.
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Changes Across Development Influence Visible and Cryptic Natural Variation of Drosophila melanogaster Olfactory Response. Evol Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-015-9352-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Apostolopoulou AA, Rist A, Thum AS. Taste processing in Drosophila larvae. Front Integr Neurosci 2015; 9:50. [PMID: 26528147 PMCID: PMC4602287 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The sense of taste allows animals to detect chemical substances in their environment to initiate appropriate behaviors: to find food or a mate, to avoid hostile environments and predators. Drosophila larvae are a promising model organism to study gustation. Their simple nervous system triggers stereotypic behavioral responses, and the coding of taste can be studied by genetic tools at the single cell level. This review briefly summarizes recent progress on how taste information is sensed and processed by larval cephalic and pharyngeal sense organs. The focus lies on several studies, which revealed cellular and molecular mechanisms required to process sugar, salt, and bitter substances.
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz Konstanz, Germany ; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
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Del Pino F, Jara C, Pino L, Medina-Muñoz MC, Alvarez E, Godoy-Herrera R. The Identification of Congeners and Aliens by Drosophila Larvae. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136363. [PMID: 26313007 PMCID: PMC4552012 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We investigated the role of Drosophila larva olfactory system in identification of congeners and aliens. We discuss the importance of these activities in larva navigation across substrates, and the implications for allocation of space and food among species of similar ecologies. Wild type larvae of cosmopolitan D. melanogaster and endemic D. pavani, which cohabit the same breeding sites, used species-specific volatiles to identify conspecifics and aliens moving toward larvae of their species. D. gaucha larvae, a sibling species of D. pavani that is ecologically isolated from D. melanogaster, did not respond to melanogaster odor cues. Similar to D. pavani larvae, the navigation of pavani female x gaucha male hybrids was influenced by conspecific and alien odors, whereas gaucha female x pavani male hybrid larvae exhibited behavior similar to the D. gaucha parent. The two sibling species exhibited substantial evolutionary divergence in processing the odor inputs necessary to identify conspecifics. Orco (Or83b) mutant larvae of D. melanogaster, which exhibit a loss of sense of smell, did not distinguish conspecific from alien larvae, instead moving across the substrate. Syn97CS and rut larvae of D. melanogaster, which are unable to learn but can smell, moved across the substrate as well. The Orco (Or83b), Syn97CS and rut loci are necessary to orient navigation by D. melanogaster larvae. Individuals of the Trana strain of D. melanogaster did not respond to conspecific and alien larval volatiles and therefore navigated randomly across the substrate. By contrast, larvae of the Til-Til strain used larval volatiles to orient their movement. Natural populations of D. melanogaster may exhibit differences in identification of conspecific and alien larvae. Larval locomotion was not affected by the volatiles.
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- Francisco Del Pino
- Laboratorio de Etología, Genética y Evolución de la Conducta, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Etología, Genética y Evolución de la Conducta, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Etología, Genética y Evolución de la Conducta, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Etología, Genética y Evolución de la Conducta, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Etología, Genética y Evolución de la Conducta, Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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Silva B, Molina-Fernández C, Ugalde MB, Tognarelli EI, Angel C, Campusano JM. Muscarinic ACh Receptors Contribute to Aversive Olfactory Learning in Drosophila. Neural Plast 2015; 2015:658918. [PMID: 26380118 PMCID: PMC4562076 DOI: 10.1155/2015/658918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The most studied form of associative learning in Drosophila consists in pairing an odorant, the conditioned stimulus (CS), with an unconditioned stimulus (US). The timely arrival of the CS and US information to a specific Drosophila brain association region, the mushroom bodies (MB), can induce new olfactory memories. Thus, the MB is considered a coincidence detector. It has been shown that olfactory information is conveyed to the MB through cholinergic inputs that activate acetylcholine (ACh) receptors, while the US is encoded by biogenic amine (BA) systems. In recent years, we have advanced our understanding on the specific neural BA pathways and receptors involved in olfactory learning and memory. However, little information exists on the contribution of cholinergic receptors to this process. Here we evaluate for the first time the proposition that, as in mammals, muscarinic ACh receptors (mAChRs) contribute to memory formation in Drosophila. Our results show that pharmacological and genetic blockade of mAChRs in MB disrupts olfactory aversive memory in larvae. This effect is not explained by an alteration in the ability of animals to respond to odorants or to execute motor programs. These results show that mAChRs in MB contribute to generating olfactory memories in Drosophila.
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- Bryon Silva
- Laboratorio Neurogenética de la Conducta, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, 8331150 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Neurogenética de la Conducta, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, 8331150 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Neurogenética de la Conducta, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, 8331150 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Neurogenética de la Conducta, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, 8331150 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Neurogenética de la Conducta, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, 8331150 Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio Neurogenética de la Conducta, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, 8331150 Santiago, Chile
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Rohwedder A, Selcho M, Chassot B, Thum AS. Neuropeptide F neurons modulate sugar reward during associative olfactory learning ofDrosophilalarvae. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:2637-64. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 07/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Astrid Rohwedder
- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg Switzerland
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- Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg Switzerland
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- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; Fribourg Switzerland
- Department of Biology; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
- Zukunftskolleg; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
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Rhomboid Enhancer Activity Defines a Subset of Drosophila Neural Precursors Required for Proper Feeding, Growth and Viability. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134915. [PMID: 26252385 PMCID: PMC4529294 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Organismal growth regulation requires the interaction of multiple metabolic, hormonal and neuronal pathways. While the molecular basis for many of these are well characterized, less is known about the developmental origins of growth regulatory structures and the mechanisms governing control of feeding and satiety. For these reasons, new tools and approaches are needed to link the specification and maturation of discrete cell populations with their subsequent regulatory roles. In this study, we characterize a rhomboid enhancer element that selectively labels four Drosophila embryonic neural precursors. These precursors give rise to the hypopharyngeal sensory organ of the peripheral nervous system and a subset of neurons in the deutocerebral region of the embryonic central nervous system. Post embryogenesis, the rhomboid enhancer is active in a subset of cells within the larval pharyngeal epithelium. Enhancer-targeted toxin expression alters the morphology of the sense organ and results in impaired larval growth, developmental delay, defective anterior spiracle eversion and lethality. Limiting the duration of toxin expression reveals differences in the critical periods for these effects. Embryonic expression causes developmental defects and partially penetrant pre-pupal lethality. Survivors of embryonic expression, however, ultimately become viable adults. In contrast, post-embryonic toxin expression results in fully penetrant lethality. To better define the larval growth defect, we used a variety of assays to demonstrate that toxin-targeted larvae are capable of locating, ingesting and clearing food and they exhibit normal food search behaviors. Strikingly, however, following food exposure these larvae show a rapid decrease in consumption suggesting a satiety-like phenomenon that correlates with the period of impaired larval growth. Together, these data suggest a critical role for these enhancer-defined lineages in regulating feeding, growth and viability.
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Adverse life events can induce two kinds of memory with opposite valence, dependent on timing: "negative" memories for stimuli preceding them and "positive" memories for stimuli experienced at the moment of "relief." Such punishment memory and relief memory are found in insects, rats, and man. For example, fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) avoid an odor after odor-shock training ("forward conditioning" of the odor), whereas after shock-odor training ("backward conditioning" of the odor) they approach it. Do these timing-dependent associative processes share molecular determinants? We focus on the role of Synapsin, a conserved presynaptic phosphoprotein regulating the balance between the reserve pool and the readily releasable pool of synaptic vesicles. We find that a lack of Synapsin leaves task-relevant sensory and motor faculties unaffected. In contrast, both punishment memory and relief memory scores are reduced. These defects reflect a true lessening of associative memory strength, as distortions in nonassociative processing (e.g., susceptibility to handling, adaptation, habituation, sensitization), discrimination ability, and changes in the time course of coincidence detection can be ruled out as alternative explanations. Reductions in punishment- and relief-memory strength are also observed upon an RNAi-mediated knock-down of Synapsin, and are rescued both by acutely restoring Synapsin and by locally restoring it in the mushroom bodies of mutant flies. Thus, both punishment memory and relief memory require the Synapsin protein and in this sense share genetic and molecular determinants. We note that corresponding molecular commonalities between punishment memory and relief memory in humans would constrain pharmacological attempts to selectively interfere with excessive associative punishment memories, e.g., after traumatic experiences.
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Hartenstein V, Younossi-Hartenstein A, Lovick JK, Kong A, Omoto JJ, Ngo KT, Viktorin G. Lineage-associated tracts defining the anatomy of the Drosophila first instar larval brain. Dev Biol 2015; 406:14-39. [PMID: 26141956 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fixed lineages derived from unique, genetically specified neuroblasts form the anatomical building blocks of the Drosophila brain. Neurons belonging to the same lineage project their axons in a common tract, which is labeled by neuronal markers. In this paper, we present a detailed atlas of the lineage-associated tracts forming the brain of the early Drosophila larva, based on the use of global markers (anti-Neuroglian, anti-Neurotactin, inscuteable-Gal4>UAS-chRFP-Tub) and lineage-specific reporters. We describe 68 discrete fiber bundles that contain axons of one lineage or pairs/small sets of adjacent lineages. Bundles enter the neuropil at invariant locations, the lineage tract entry portals. Within the neuropil, these fiber bundles form larger fascicles that can be classified, by their main orientation, into longitudinal, transverse, and vertical (ascending/descending) fascicles. We present 3D digital models of lineage tract entry portals and neuropil fascicles, set into relationship to commonly used, easily recognizable reference structures such as the mushroom body, the antennal lobe, the optic lobe, and the Fasciclin II-positive fiber bundles that connect the brain and ventral nerve cord. Correspondences and differences between early larval tract anatomy and the previously described late larval and adult lineage patterns are highlighted. Our L1 neuro-anatomical atlas of lineages constitutes an essential step towards following morphologically defined lineages to the neuroblasts of the early embryo, which will ultimately make it possible to link the structure and connectivity of a lineage to the expression of genes in the particular neuroblast that gives rise to that lineage. Furthermore, the L1 atlas will be important for a host of ongoing work that attempts to reconstruct neuronal connectivity at the level of resolution of single neurons and their synapses.
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- Volker Hartenstein
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive, 5009 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive, 5009 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive, 5009 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive, 5009 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive, 5009 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Drive, 5009 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Schulze A, Gomez-Marin A, Rajendran VG, Lott G, Musy M, Ahammad P, Deogade A, Sharpe J, Riedl J, Jarriault D, Trautman ET, Werner C, Venkadesan M, Druckmann S, Jayaraman V, Louis M. Dynamical feature extraction at the sensory periphery guides chemotaxis. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26077825 PMCID: PMC4468351 DOI: 10.7554/elife.06694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Behavioral strategies employed for chemotaxis have been described across phyla, but the sensorimotor basis of this phenomenon has seldom been studied in naturalistic contexts. Here, we examine how signals experienced during free olfactory behaviors are processed by first-order olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) of the Drosophila larva. We find that OSNs can act as differentiators that transiently normalize stimulus intensity—a property potentially derived from a combination of integral feedback and feed-forward regulation of olfactory transduction. In olfactory virtual reality experiments, we report that high activity levels of the OSN suppress turning, whereas low activity levels facilitate turning. Using a generalized linear model, we explain how peripheral encoding of olfactory stimuli modulates the probability of switching from a run to a turn. Our work clarifies the link between computations carried out at the sensory periphery and action selection underlying navigation in odor gradients. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06694.001 Fruit flies are attracted to the smell of rotting fruit, and use it to guide them to nearby food sources. However, this task is made more challenging by the fact that the distribution of scent or odor molecules in the air is constantly changing. Fruit flies therefore need to cope with, and exploit, this variation if they are to use odors as cues. Odor molecules bind to receptors on the surface of nerve cells called olfactory sensory neurons, and trigger nerve impulses that travel along these cells. While many studies have investigated how fruit flies can distinguish between different odors, less is known about how animals can use variation in the strength of an odor to guide them towards its source. Optogenetics is a technique that allows neuroscientists to control the activities of individual nerve cells, simply by shining light on to them. Because fruit fly larvae are almost transparent, optogenetics can be used on freely moving animals. Now, Schulze, Gomez-Marin et al. have used optogenetics in these larvae to trigger patterns of activity in individual olfactory sensory neurons that mimic the activity patterns elicited by real odors. These virtual realities were then used to study, in detail, some of the principles that control the sensory navigation of a larva—as it moves using a series of forward ‘runs’ and direction-changing ‘turns’. Olfactory sensory neurons responded most strongly whenever light levels changed rapidly in strength (which simulated a rapid change in odor concentration). On the other hand, these neurons showed relatively little response to constant light levels (i.e., constant odors). This indicates that the activity of olfactory sensory neurons typically represents the rate of change in the concentration of an odor. An independent study by Kim et al. found that olfactory sensory neurons in adult fruit flies also respond in a similar way. Schulze, Gomez-Marin et al. went on to show that the signals processed by a single type of olfactory sensory neuron could be used to predict a larva's behavior. Larvae tended to turn less when their olfactory sensory neurons were highly active. Low levels and inhibition of activity in the olfactory sensory neurons had the opposite effect; this promoted turning. It remains to be determined how this relatively simple control principle is implemented by the neural circuits that connect sensory neurons to the parts of a larva's nervous system that are involved with movement. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06694.002
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- Aljoscha Schulze
- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
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Bose C, Basu S, Das N, Khurana S. Chemosensory apparatus of Drosophila larvae. Bioinformation 2015; 11:185-8. [PMID: 26124558 PMCID: PMC4479052 DOI: 10.6026/97320630011185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Many insects, including Drosophila melanogaster, have a rich repertoire of olfactory behavior. Combination of robust behavioral assays, physiological and molecular tools render D. melanogaster as highly suitable system for olfactory studies. The small number of neurons in the olfactory system of fruit flies, especially the number of sensory neurons in the larval stage, makes the exploration of sensory coding at all stages of its nervous system a potentially tractable goal, which is not possible in the foreseeable future in any mammalian preparation. Advances in physiological recordings, olfactory signaling and detailed analysis of behavior, can place larvae in a position to ask previously unanswerable questions.
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), Mohanpur, West Bengal – 741246, India
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Schleyer M, Reid SF, Pamir E, Saumweber T, Paisios E, Davies A, Gerber B, Louis M. The impact of odor-reward memory on chemotaxis in larval Drosophila. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 22:267-77. [PMID: 25887280 PMCID: PMC4408773 DOI: 10.1101/lm.037978.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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How do animals adaptively integrate innate with learned behavioral tendencies? We tackle this question using chemotaxis as a paradigm. Chemotaxis in the Drosophila larva largely results from a sequence of runs and oriented turns. Thus, the larvae minimally need to determine (i) how fast to run, (ii) when to initiate a turn, and (iii) where to direct a turn. We first report how odor-source intensities modulate these decisions to bring about higher levels of chemotactic performance for higher odor-source intensities during innate chemotaxis. We then examine whether the same modulations are responsible for alterations of chemotactic performance by learned odor “valence” (understood throughout as level of attractiveness). We find that run speed (i) is neither modulated by the innate nor by the learned valence of an odor. Turn rate (ii), however, is modulated by both: the higher the innate or learned valence of the odor, the less often larvae turn whenever heading toward the odor source, and the more often they turn when heading away. Likewise, turning direction (iii) is modulated concordantly by innate and learned valence: turning is biased more strongly toward the odor source when either innate or learned valence is high. Using numerical simulations, we show that a modulation of both turn rate and of turning direction is sufficient to account for the empirically found differences in preference scores across experimental conditions. Our results suggest that innate and learned valence organize adaptive olfactory search behavior by their summed effects on turn rate and turning direction, but not on run speed. This work should aid studies into the neural mechanisms by which memory impacts specific aspects of behavior.
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- Michael Schleyer
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), 08003 Barcelona, Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Department Genetics of Learning and Memory, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute for Biology, Behavior Genetics, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany Center of Behavioural Brain Science (CBBS), Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), 08003 Barcelona, Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Carvalho MJA, Mirth CK. Coordinating morphology with behavior during development: an integrative approach from a fly perspective. Front Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chen YC, Gerber B. Generalization and discrimination tasks yield concordant measures of perceived distance between odours and their binary mixtures in larval Drosophila. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 217:2071-7. [PMID: 24920835 PMCID: PMC4191342 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.100966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Similarity between odours is notoriously difficult to measure. Widely used behavioural approaches in insect olfaction research are cross-adaptation, masking, as well as associative tasks based on olfactory learning and the subsequent testing for how specific the established memory is. A concern with such memory-based approaches is that the learning process required to establish an odour memory may alter the way the odour is processed, such that measures of perception taken at the test are distorted. The present study was therefore designed to see whether behavioural judgements of perceptual distance are different for two different memory-based tasks, namely generalization and discrimination. We used odour–reward learning in larval Drosophila as a study case. In order to challenge the larvae's olfactory system, we chose to work with binary mixtures and their elements (1-octanol, n-amyl acetate, 3-octanol, benzaldehyde and hexyl acetate). We determined the perceptual distance between each mixture and its elements, first in a generalization task, and then in a discrimination task. It turns out that scores of perceptual distance are correlated between both tasks. A re-analysis of published studies looking at element-to-element perceptual distances in larval reward learning and in adult punishment learning confirms this result. We therefore suggest that across a given set of olfactory stimuli, associative training does not grossly alter the pattern of perceptual distances.
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- Yi-chun Chen
- Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum, Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum, Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie, 97074 Würzburg, Germany Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Biologie, Verhaltensgenetik, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany Center for Behavioral Brain Science (CBBS), 39106 Magdeburg, Germany Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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Majdi S, Ren L, Fathali H, Li X, Ewing AG. Selected recent in vivo studies on chemical measurements in invertebrates. Analyst 2015; 140:3676-86. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an02172j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Review ofin vivoanalysis of brain chemicals in invertebrates.
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- S. Majdi
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
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Etges WJ, Trotter MV, de Oliveira CC, Rajpurohit S, Gibbs AG, Tuljapurkar S. Deciphering life history transcriptomes in different environments. Mol Ecol 2014; 24:151-79. [PMID: 25442828 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We compared whole transcriptome variation in six pre-adult stages and seven adult female ages in two populations of cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis reared on two host plants to understand how differences in gene expression influence standing life history variation. We used singular value decomposition (SVD) to identify dominant trajectories of life cycle gene expression variation, performed pairwise comparisons of stage and age differences in gene expression across the life cycle, identified when genes exhibited maximum levels of life cycle gene expression, and assessed population and host cactus effects on gene expression. Life cycle SVD analysis returned four significant components of transcriptional variation, revealing functional enrichment of genes responsible for growth, metabolic function, sensory perception, neural function, translation and ageing. Host cactus effects on female gene expression revealed population- and stage-specific differences, including significant host plant effects on larval metabolism and development, as well as adult neurotransmitter binding and courtship behaviour gene expression levels. In 3- to 6-day-old virgin females, significant upregulation of genes associated with meiosis and oogenesis was accompanied by downregulation of genes associated with somatic maintenance, evidence for a life history trade-off. The transcriptome of D. mojavensis reared in natural environments throughout its life cycle revealed core developmental transitions and genome-wide influences on life history variation in natural populations.
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- William J Etges
- Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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Salt is a fundamental nutrient that is required for many physiological processes, including electrolyte homeostasis and neuronal activity. In mammals and Drosophila, the detection of NaCl induces two different behaviors: low-salt concentrations provide an attractive stimulus, whereas high-salt concentrations are avoided. We identified the gene called serrano (sano) as being expressed in the sensory organs of Drosophila larvae. A transgenic reporter line showed that sano was coexpressed with Gr66a in a subset of gustatory neurons in the terminal organ of third-instar larvae. The disruption of sano gene expression in gustatory neurons led to the specific loss of high-salt concentration avoidance in larvae, whereas the detection of other attractive or aversive substances was unaffected. Moreover, using a cellular marker sensitive to calcium levels, Sano function was shown to be required for neuronal activity in response to high-salt concentrations. In these neurons, the loss of the DEG/ENaC channel PPK19 function also eliminated the cellular response to high-salt concentrations. Our study revealed that PPK19 and Sano are required in the neurons of the larval gustatory organs for the detection of high-salt concentrations.
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Saumweber T, Cano C, Klessen J, Eichler K, Fendt M, Gerber B. Immediate and punitive impact of mechanosensory disturbance on olfactory behaviour of larval Drosophila. Biol Open 2014; 3:1005-10. [PMID: 25260919 PMCID: PMC4197435 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The ability to respond to and to learn about mechanosensory disturbance is widespread among animals. Using Drosophila larvae, we describe how the frequency of mechanosensory disturbance ('buzz') affects three aspects of behaviour: free locomotion, innate olfactory preference, and potency as a punishment. We report that (i) during 2-3 seconds after buzz onset the larvae slowed down and then turned, arguably to escape this situation; this was seen for buzz frequencies of 10, 100, and 1000 Hz, (ii) innate olfactory preference was reduced when tested in the presence of the buzz; this effect was strongest for the 100 Hz frequency, (iii) after odour-buzz associative training, we observed escape from the buzz-associated odour; this effect was apparent for 10 and 100, but not for 1000 Hz. We discuss the multiple behavioural effects of mechanosensation and stress that the immediate effects on locomotion and the impact as punishment differ in their frequency-dependence. Similar dissociations between immediate, reflexive behavioural effects and reinforcement potency were previously reported for sweet, salty and bitter tastants. It should be interesting to see how these features map onto the organization of sensory, ascending pathways.
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- Timo Saumweber
- Institut für Biologie, Universität Leipzig, Tierphysiologie, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Universität Leipzig, Genetik, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Present address: Institut für Psychologie, Universität Bonn, 53111 Bonn, Germany
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- Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie, Universität Leipzig, Genetik, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Present address: Institut für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany Center for Behavioral Brain Science (CBBS), 39016 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), 39118 Magdeburg, Germany Institut für Biologie, Universität Leipzig, Genetik, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Center for Behavioral Brain Science (CBBS), 39016 Magdeburg, Germany Institut für Biologie, Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Verhaltensgenetik, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Prey perception of predation risk: volatile chemical cues mediate non-consumptive effects of a predator on a herbivorous insect. Oecologia 2014; 176:669-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3069-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Grewal JS, Nguyen C, Robles R, Cho C, Kir K, Fledderman N, Gacharna G, Wesolowski M, Klinger C, Vallejo P, Menhennett L, Nagaraj A, Ebo C, Peacy G, Davelis E, Kucher D, Giers S, Kreher SA. Complex and non-redundant signals from individual odor receptors that underlie chemotaxis behavior in Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Biol Open 2014; 3:947-57. [PMID: 25238759 PMCID: PMC4197443 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The rules by which odor receptors encode odors and allow behavior are still largely unexplored. Although large data sets of electrophysiological responses of receptors to odors have been generated, few hypotheses have been tested with behavioral assays. We use a data set on odor responses of Drosophila larval odor receptors coupled with chemotaxis behavioral assays to examine rules of odor coding. Using mutants of odor receptors, we have found that odor receptors with similar electrophysiological responses to odors across concentrations play non-redundant roles in odor coding at specific odor concentrations. We have also found that high affinity receptors for odors determine behavioral response thresholds, but the rules for determining peak behavioral responses are more complex. While receptor mutants typically show loss of attraction to odors, some receptor mutants result in increased attraction at specific odor concentrations. The odor receptor mutants were rescued using transgenic expression of odor receptors, validating assignment of phenotypes to the alleles. Vapor pressures alone cannot fully explain behavior in our assay. Finally, some odors that did not elicit strong electrophysiological responses are associated with behavioral phenotypes upon examination of odor receptor mutants. This result is consistent with the role of sensory neurons in lateral inhibition via local interneurons in the antennal lobe. Taken together, our results suggest a complexity of odor coding rules even in a simple olfactory sensory system.
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- Jeewanjot S Grewal
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, Parmer Hall 244, River Forest, IL 60305, USA
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Drosophila have been used in classical conditioning experiments for over 40 years, thus greatly facilitating our understanding of memory, including the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved in cognitive diseases. Learning and memory can be assayed in larvae to study the effect of neurodevelopmental genes and in flies to measure the contribution of adult plasticity genes. Furthermore, the short lifespan of Drosophila facilitates the analysis of genes mediating age-related memory impairment. The availability of many inducible promoters that subdivide the Drosophila nervous system makes it possible to determine when and where a gene of interest is required for normal memory as well as relay of different aspects of the reinforcement signal. Studying memory in adult Drosophila allows for a detailed analysis of the behavior and circuitry involved and a measurement of long-term memory. The length of the adult stage accommodates longer-term genetic, behavioral, dietary and pharmacological manipulations of memory, in addition to determining the effect of aging and neurodegenerative disease on memory. Classical conditioning is induced by the simultaneous presentation of a neutral odor cue (conditioned stimulus, CS(+)) and a reinforcement stimulus, e.g., an electric shock or sucrose, (unconditioned stimulus, US), that become associated with one another by the animal. A second conditioned stimulus (CS(-)) is subsequently presented without the US. During the testing phase, Drosophila are simultaneously presented with CS+ and CS- odors. After the Drosophila are provided time to choose between the odors, the distribution of the animals is recorded. This procedure allows associative aversive or appetitive conditioning to be reliably measured without a bias introduced by the innate preference for either of the conditioned stimuli. Various control experiments are also performed to test whether all genotypes respond normally to odor and reinforcement alone.
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Li HH, Kroll JR, Lennox SM, Ogundeyi O, Jeter J, Depasquale G, Truman JW. A GAL4 driver resource for developmental and behavioral studies on the larval CNS of Drosophila. Cell Rep 2014; 8:897-908. [PMID: 25088417 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We report the larval CNS expression patterns for 6,650 GAL4 lines based on cis-regulatory regions (CRMs) from the Drosophila genome. Adult CNS expression patterns were previously reported for this collection, thereby providing a unique resource for determining the origins of adult cells. An illustrative example reveals the origin of the astrocyte-like glia of the ventral CNS. Besides larval neurons and glia, the larval CNS contains scattered lineages of immature, adult-specific neurons. Comparison of lineage expression within this large collection of CRMs provides insight into the codes used for designating neuronal types. The CRMs encode both dense and sparse patterns of lineage expression. There is little correlation between brain and thoracic lineages in patterns of sparse expression, but expression in the two regions is highly correlated in the dense mode. The optic lobes, by comparison, appear to use a different set of genetic instructions in their development.
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- Hsing-Hsi Li
- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA
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- Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
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Del Pino F, Jara C, Pino L, Godoy-Herrera R. The neuro-ecology of Drosophila pupation behavior. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102159. [PMID: 25033294 PMCID: PMC4102506 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Many species of Drosophila form conspecific pupa aggregations across the breeding sites. These aggregations could result from species-specific larval odor recognition. To test this hypothesis we used larval odors of D. melanogaster and D. pavani, two species that coexist in the nature. When stimulated by those odors, wild type and vestigial (vg) third-instar larvae of D. melanogaster pupated on conspecific larval odors, but individuals deficient in the expression of the odor co-receptor Orco randomly pupated across the substrate, indicating that in this species, olfaction plays a role in pupation site selection. Larvae are unable to learn but can smell, the Syn97CS and rut strains of D. melanogaster, did not respond to conspecific odors or D. pavani larval cues, and they randomly pupated across the substrate, suggesting that larval odor-based learning could influence the pupation site selection. Thus, Orco, Syn97CS and rut loci participated in the pupation site selection. When stimulated by conspecific and D. melanogaster larval cues, D. pavani larvae also pupated on conspecific odors. The larvae of D. gaucha, a sibling species of D. pavani, did not respond to D. melanogaster larval cues, pupating randomly across the substrate. In nature, D. gaucha is isolated from D. melanogaster. Interspecific hybrids, which result from crossing pavani female with gaucha males clumped their pupae similarly to D. pavani, but the behavior of gaucha female x pavani male hybrids was similar to D. gaucha parent. The two sibling species show substantial evolutionary divergence in organization and functioning of larval nervous system. D. melanogaster and D. pavani larvae extracted information about odor identities and the spatial location of congener and alien larvae to select pupation sites. We hypothesize that larval recognition contributes to the cohabitation of species with similar ecologies, thus aiding the organization and persistence of Drosophila species guilds in the wild.
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- Francisco Del Pino
- Programa de Genetica Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Genetica Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Genetica Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Genetica Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Understanding social behaviour requires a study case that is simple enough to be tractable, yet complex enough to remain interesting. Do larval Drosophila meet these requirements? In a broad sense, this question can refer to effects of the mere presence of other larvae on the behaviour of a target individual. Here we focused in a more strict sense on ‘peer pressure’, that is on the question of whether the behaviour of a target individual larva is affected by what a surrounding group of larvae is doing. We found that innate olfactory preference of a target individual was neither affected (i) by the level of innate olfactory preference in the surrounding group nor (ii) by the expression of learned olfactory preference in the group. Likewise, learned olfactory preference of a target individual was neither affected (iii) by the level of innate olfactory preference of the surrounding group nor (iv) by the learned olfactory preference the group was expressing. We conclude that larval Drosophila thus do not take note of specifically what surrounding larvae are doing. This implies that in a strict sense, and to the extent tested, there is no social interaction between larvae. These results validate widely used en mass approaches to the behaviour of larval Drosophila.
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- Thomas Niewalda
- Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Brenneckestrasse 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Universität Leipzig, Institut für Biologie, Genetik, Talstrasse 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Brenneckestrasse 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN), Abteilung Genetik von Lernen und Gedächtnis, Brenneckestrasse 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Biologie, Verhaltensgenetik, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany Center of Behavioural Brain Science (CBBS), Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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König C, Schleyer M, Leibiger J, El-Keredy A, Gerber B. Bitter-sweet processing in larval Drosophila. Chem Senses 2014; 39:489-505. [PMID: 24833133 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bju016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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"Sweet-" and "bitter-" tasting substances distinctively support attractive and aversive choice behavior, respectively, and therefore are thought to be processed by distinct pathways. Interestingly, electrophysiological recordings in adult Drosophila suggest that bitter and salty tastants, in addition to activating bitter, salt, or bitter/salt sensory neurons, can also inhibit sweet-sensory neurons. However, the behavioral significance of such a potential for combinatorial coding is little understood. Using larval Drosophila as a study case, we find that the preference towards fructose is inhibited when assayed in the background of the bitter tastant quinine. When testing the influence of quinine on the preference to other, equally preferred sweet tastants, we find that these sweet tastants differ in their susceptibility to be inhibited by quinine. Such stimulus specificity argues that the inhibitory effect of quinine is not due to general effects on locomotion or nausea. In turn, not all bitter tastants have the same potency to inhibit sweet preference; notably, their inhibitory potency is not determined by the strength of the avoidance of them. Likewise, equally avoided concentrations of sodium chloride differ in their potency to inhibit sugar preference. Furthermore, Gr33a-Gal4-positive neurons, while being necessary for bitter avoidance, are dispensable for inhibition of the sweet pathway. Thus, interactions across taste modalities are behaviorally significant and, as we discuss, arguably diverse in mechanism. These results suggest that the coding of tastants and the organization of gustatory behavior may be more combinatorial than is generally acknowledged.
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- Christian König
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstr. 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, Research Group Molecular Systems Biology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstr. 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, Department of Genetics of Learning and Memory, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstr. 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, Department of Genetics of Learning and Memory, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta-Kafr El-Sheikh Road, Seberbay Campus, 31527 Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Genetics of Learning and Memory, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany, Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany and Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Selcho M, Pauls D, Huser A, Stocker RF, Thum AS. Characterization of the octopaminergic and tyraminergic neurons in the central brain ofDrosophilalarvae. J Comp Neurol 2014; 522:3485-500. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.23616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Mareike Selcho
- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland
- Neurobiology and Genetics; Theodor-Boveri-Institute; Biocenter, University of Würzburg; D-97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland
- Neurobiology and Genetics; Theodor-Boveri-Institute; Biocenter, University of Würzburg; D-97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland
- Department of Biology; University of Konstanz; D-78464 Konstanz Germany
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- Department of Biology; University of Fribourg; CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland
- Department of Biology; University of Konstanz; D-78464 Konstanz Germany
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Durisko Z, Kemp R, Mubasher R, Dukas R. Dynamics of social behavior in fruit fly larvae. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95495. [PMID: 24740198 PMCID: PMC3989340 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We quantified the extent and dynamics of social interactions among fruit fly larvae over time. Both a wild-type laboratory population and a recently-caught strain of larvae spontaneously formed social foraging groups. Levels of aggregation initially increased during larval development and then declined with the wandering stage before pupation. We show that larvae aggregated more on hard than soft food, and more at sites where we had previously broken the surface of the food. Groups of larvae initiated burrowing sooner than solitary individuals, indicating that one potential benefit of larval aggregations is an improved ability to dig and burrow into the food substrate. We also show that two closely related species, D. melanogaster and D. simulans, differ in their tendency to aggregate, which may reflect different evolutionary histories. Our protocol for quantifying social behavior in larvae uncovered robust social aggregations in this simple model, which is highly amenable to neurogenetic analyses, and can serve for future research into the mechanisms and evolution of social behavior.
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- Zachary Durisko
- Animal Behaviour Group, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Social Aetiology of Mental Illness (SAMI) CIHR Training Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Animal Behaviour Group, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Animal Behaviour Group, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Animal Behaviour Group, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Galizia CG. Olfactory coding in the insect brain: data and conjectures. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 39:1784-95. [PMID: 24698302 PMCID: PMC4237541 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Much progress has been made recently in understanding how olfactory coding works in insect brains. Here, I propose a wiring diagram for the major steps from the first processing network (the antennal lobe) to behavioral readout. I argue that the sequence of lateral inhibition in the antennal lobe, non-linear synapses, threshold-regulating gated spring network, selective lateral inhibitory networks across glomeruli, and feedforward inhibition to the lateral protocerebrum cover most of the experimental results from different research groups and model species. I propose that the main difference between mushroom bodies and the lateral protocerebrum is not about learned vs. innate behavior. Rather, mushroom bodies perform odor identification, whereas the lateral protocerebrum performs odor evaluation (both learned and innate). I discuss the concepts of labeled line and combinatorial coding and postulate that, under restrictive experimental conditions, these networks lead to an apparent existence of 'labeled line' coding for special odors. Modulatory networks are proposed as switches between different evaluating systems in the lateral protocerebrum. A review of experimental data and theoretical conjectures both contribute to this synthesis, creating new hypotheses for future research.
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Flaven-Pouchon J, Garcia T, Abed-Vieillard D, Farine JP, Ferveur JF, Everaerts C. Transient and permanent experience with fatty acids changes Drosophila melanogaster preference and fitness. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92352. [PMID: 24667657 PMCID: PMC3965419 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Food and host-preference relies on genetic adaptation and sensory experience. In vertebrates, experience with food-related cues during early development can change adult preference. This is also true in holometabolous insects, which undergo a drastic nervous system remodelling during their complete metamorphosis, but remains uncertain in Drosophila melanogaster. We have conditioned D. melanogaster with oleic (C18:1) and stearic (C18:0) acids, two common dietary fatty acids, respectively preferred by larvae and adult. Wild-type individuals exposed either during a transient period of development-from embryo to adult-or more permanently-during one to ten generation cycles-were affected by such conditioning. In particular, the oviposition preference of females exposed to each fatty acid during larval development was affected without cross-effect indicating the specificity of each substance. Permanent exposure to each fatty acid also drastically changed oviposition preference as well as major fitness traits (development duration, sex-ratio, fecundity, adult lethality). This suggests that D. melanogaster ability to adapt to new food sources is determined by its genetic and sensory plasticity both of which may explain the success of this generalist-diet species.
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- Justin Flaven-Pouchon
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Sun F, Wang Y, Zhou Y, Van Swinderen B, Gong Z, Liu L. Identification of neurons responsible for feeding behavior in the Drosophila brain. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2014; 57:391-402. [PMID: 24744088 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-014-4641-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Drosophila melanogaster feeds mainly on rotten fruits, which contain many kinds of sugar. Thus, the sense of sweet taste has evolved to serve as a dominant regulator and driver of feeding behavior. Although several sugar receptors have been described, it remains poorly understood how the sensory input is transformed into an appetitive behavior. Here, we used a neural silencing approach to screen brain circuits, and identified neurons labeled by three Gal4 lines that modulate Drosophila feeding behavior. These three Gal4 lines labeled neurons mainly in the suboesophageal ganglia (SOG), which is considered to be the fly's primary taste center. When we blocked the activity of these neurons, flies decreased their sugar consumption significantly. In contrast, activation of these neurons resulted in enhanced feeding behavior and increased food consumption not only towards sugar, but to an array of food sources. Moreover, upon neuronal activation, the flies demonstrated feeding behavior even in the absence of food, which suggests that neuronal activation can replace food as a stimulus for feeding behavior. These findings indicate that these Gal4-labeled neurons, which function downstream of sensory neurons and regulate feeding behavior towards different food sources is necessary in Drosophila feeding control.
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- Fei Sun
- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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Mysore K, Andrews E, Li P, Duman-Scheel M. Chitosan/siRNA nanoparticle targeting demonstrates a requirement for single-minded during larval and pupal olfactory system development of the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2014; 14:9. [PMID: 24552425 PMCID: PMC3936921 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-14-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Essentially nothing is known about the genetic regulation of olfactory system development in vector mosquitoes, which use olfactory cues to detect blood meal hosts. Studies in Drosophila melanogaster have identified a regulatory matrix of transcription factors that controls pupal/adult odorant receptor (OR) gene expression in olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). However, it is unclear if transcription factors that function in the D. melanogaster regulatory matrix are required for OR expression in mosquitoes. Furthermore, the regulation of OR expression during development of the larval olfactory system, which is far less complex than that of pupae/adults, is not well understood in any insect, including D. melanogaster. Here, we examine the regulation of OR expression in the developing larval olfactory system of Aedes aegypti, the dengue vector mosquito. Results A. aegypti bears orthologs of eight transcription factors that regulate OR expression in D. melanogaster pupae/adults. These transcription factors are expressed in A. aegypti larval antennal sensory neurons, and consensus binding sites for these transcription factors reside in the 5’ flanking regions of A. aegypti OR genes. Consensus binding sites for Single-minded (Sim) are located adjacent to over half the A. aegypti OR genes, suggesting that this transcription factor functions as a major regulator of mosquito OR expression. To functionally test this hypothesis, chitosan/siRNA nanoparticles were used to target sim during larval olfactory development. These experiments demonstrated that Sim positively regulates expression of a large subset of OR genes, including orco, the obligate co-receptor in the assembly and function of heteromeric OR/Orco complexes. Decreased innervation of the antennal lobe was also noted in sim knockdown larvae. These OR expression and antennal lobe defects correlated with a larval odorant tracking behavioral defect. OR expression and antennal lobe defects were also observed in sim knockdown pupae. Conclusions The results of this investigation indicate that Sim has multiple functions during larval and pupal olfactory system development in A. aegypti.
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, IN 46617, United States of America.
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Apostolopoulou AA, Hersperger F, Mazija L, Widmann A, Wüst A, Thum AS. Composition of agarose substrate affects behavioral output of Drosophila larvae. Front Behav Neurosci 2014; 8:11. [PMID: 24478658 PMCID: PMC3904111 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the last decade the Drosophila larva has evolved into a simple model organism offering the opportunity to integrate molecular genetics with systems neuroscience. This led to a detailed understanding of the neuronal networks for a number of sensory functions and behaviors including olfaction, vision, gustation and learning and memory. Typically, behavioral assays in use exploit simple Petri dish setups with either agarose or agar as a substrate. However, neither the quality nor the concentration of the substrate is generally standardized across these experiments and there is no data available on how larval behavior is affected by such different substrates. Here, we have investigated the effects of different agarose concentrations on several larval behaviors. We demonstrate that agarose concentration is an important parameter, which affects all behaviors tested: preference, feeding, learning and locomotion. Larvae can discriminate between different agarose concentrations, they feed differently on them, they can learn to associate an agarose concentration with an odor stimulus and change locomotion on a substrate of higher agarose concentration. Additionally, we have investigated the effect of agarose concentration on three quinine based behaviors: preference, feeding and learning. We show that in all cases examined the behavioral output changes in an agarose concentration-dependent manner. Our results suggest that comparisons between experiments performed on substrates differing in agarose concentration should be done with caution. It should be taken into consideration that the agarose concentration can affect the behavioral output and thereby the experimental outcomes per se potentially due to the initiation of an escape response or changes in foraging behavior on more rigid substrates.
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
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