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Interaxonal interaction defines tiled presynaptic innervation in C. elegans.

ABSTRACT: VIDEO ABSTRACT:Cellular interactions between neighboring axons are essential for global topographic map formation. Here we show that axonal interactions also precisely instruct the location of synapses. Motoneurons form en passant synapses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Although axons from the same neuron class significantly overlap, each neuron innervates a unique and tiled segment of the muscle field by restricting its synapses to a distinct subaxonal domain-a phenomenon we term synaptic tiling. Using DA8 and DA9 motoneurons, we found that the synaptic tiling requires the PlexinA4 homolog, PLX-1, and two transmembrane semaphorins. In the plexin or semaphorin mutants, synaptic domains from both neurons expand and overlap with each other without guidance defects. In a semaphorin-dependent manner, PLX-1 is concentrated at the synapse-free axonal segment, delineating the tiling border. Furthermore, plexin inhibits presynapse formation by suppressing synaptic F-actin through its cytoplasmic GTPase-activating protein (GAP) domain. Hence, contact-dependent, intra-axonal plexin signaling specifies synaptic circuits by inhibiting synapse formation at the subcellular loci.

SUBMITTER: Mizumoto K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3846605 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interaxonal interaction defines tiled presynaptic innervation in C. elegans.

Mizumoto Kota K Shen Kang K

Neuron 20130201 4

<h4>Video abstract</h4>Cellular interactions between neighboring axons are essential for global topographic map formation. Here we show that axonal interactions also precisely instruct the location of synapses. Motoneurons form en passant synapses in Caenorhabditis elegans. Although axons from the same neuron class significantly overlap, each neuron innervates a unique and tiled segment of the muscle field by restricting its synapses to a distinct subaxonal domain-a phenomenon we term synaptic t ...[more]

PMID: 23439119

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Interaxonal interaction defines tiled presynaptic innervation in C. elegans.

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Interaxonal interaction defines tiled presynaptic innervation in C. elegans.

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