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ERK phosphorylation regulates sleep and plasticity in Drosophila.


ABSTRACT: Given the relationship between sleep and plasticity, we examined the role of Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in regulating baseline sleep, and modulating the response to waking experience. Both sleep deprivation and social enrichment increase ERK phosphorylation in wild-type flies. The effects of both sleep deprivation and social enrichment on structural plasticity in the LNvs can be recapitulated by expressing an active version of ERK (UAS-ERK(SEM)) pan-neuronally in the adult fly using GeneSwitch (Gsw) Gsw-elav-GAL4. Conversely, disrupting ERK reduces sleep and prevents both the behavioral and structural plasticity normally induced by social enrichment. Finally, using transgenic flies carrying a cAMP response Element (CRE)-luciferase reporter we show that activating ERK enhances CRE-Luc activity while disrupting ERK reduces it. These data suggest that ERK phosphorylation is an important mediator in transducing waking experience into sleep.

SUBMITTER: Vanderheyden WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3828275 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ERK phosphorylation regulates sleep and plasticity in Drosophila.

Vanderheyden William M WM   Gerstner Jason R JR   Tanenhaus Anne A   Yin Jerry C JC   Shaw Paul J PJ  

PloS one 20131114 11


Given the relationship between sleep and plasticity, we examined the role of Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in regulating baseline sleep, and modulating the response to waking experience. Both sleep deprivation and social enrichment increase ERK phosphorylation in wild-type flies. The effects of both sleep deprivation and social enrichment on structural plasticity in the LNvs can be recapitulated by expressing an active version of ERK (UAS-ERK(SEM)) pan-neuronally in the adult fly u  ...[more]

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