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Orchestration of Stepwise Synaptic Growth by K+and Ca2+Channels inDrosophila

Authors: Jihye Lee; Chun-Fang Wu;

Orchestration of Stepwise Synaptic Growth by K+and Ca2+Channels inDrosophila

Abstract

Synapse formation is tightly associated with neuronal excitability. We found striking synaptic overgrowth caused byDrosophilaK+-channel mutations of theseizureandslowpokegenes, encoding Erg and Ca2+-activated large-conductance (BK) channels, respectively. These mutants display two distinct patterns of “satellite” budding from larval motor terminus synaptic boutons. Double-mutant analysis indicates that BK and Erg K+channels interact with separate sets of synaptic proteins to affect distinct growth steps. Post-synaptic L-type Ca2+channels, Dmca1D, and PSD-95-like scaffold protein, Discs large, are required for satellite budding induced byslowpokeandseizuremutations. Pre-synapticcacophonyCa2+channels and the NCAM-like adhesion molecule, Fasciclin II, take part in a maturation step that is partially arrested byseizuremutations. Importantly,slowpokeandseizuresatellites were both suppressed byrutabagamutations that disrupt Ca2+/CaM-dependent adenylyl cyclase, demonstrating a convergence of K+channels of different functional categories in regulation of excitability-dependent Ca2+influx for triggering cAMP-mediated growth plasticity.

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Animals, Genetically Modified, Drosophila melanogaster, Potassium Channels, Larva, Mutation, Synapses, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Calcium Channels, Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels

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