Temporal regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits supports central cholinergic synapse development
Yuan, Q.; Rosenthal, J.; Yin, J.; Long, C.; Spillman, E.; Sheng, C.
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Construction and maturation of the postsynaptic apparatus are crucial for synapse and dendrite development. The fundamental mechanisms underlying these processes are most often studied in glutamatergic central synapses in vertebrates. Whether the same principles apply to excitatory cholinergic synapses in the insect central nervous system (CNS) is not known. To address this question, we investigated Drosophila ventral lateral neurons (LNvs) and identified nAchR1 (D1) and nAchR6 (D6) as the main functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAchR) subunits in these cells. With morphological and calcium imaging studies, we demonstrated their distinct roles in supporting dendrite morphogenesis and synaptic transmission. Furthermore, our analyses revealed a transcriptional upregulation of D1 and downregulation of D6 during larval development, indicating a close association between the temporal regulation of nAchR subunits and synapse maturation. Together, our findings show transcriptional regulation of nAchR composition is a core element of developmental and activity-dependent regulation of central cholinergic synapses.
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