Transcription Factor Acj6 Specifies Distinct Dendrite Targets via Unique Cell-Surface Protein Combinations
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ABSTRACT: Xie Q, Li J1, Li H, Udeshi ND, Svinkina T, Kohani S, Guajardo R, Mani DR, Xu C, Li T, Han S, Wei W, Shuster SA, Luginbuhl DJ, Ting AY, Carr SA, Luo L. 2022.
Transcription factors specify the fate and connectivity of developing neurons. To understand how distal neurites execute commands from these nucleus-residing factors to specify their connectivity, we investigated how a lineage-specific transcription factor, Acj6, controls the precise dendrite targeting of Drosophila olfactory projection neurons (PNs). Quantitative cell-surface proteomic profiling of wild-type and acj6 mutant PNs in intact developing brains and a proteome-informed genetic screen identified PN surface proteins that execute Acj6-regulated wiring decisions. These include canonical cell adhesion molecules and molecules previously not associated with wiring, such as the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo. Ion channel activity is dispensable for Piezo's function in PN dendrite targeting. Combinatorial expression of Acj6 executors more strongly rescued specific acj6 mutant phenotypes than expression of individual executors. Together, our findings reveal that a key transcription factor controls wiring specificity of different neuron types by regulating expression of unique combinations of cell-surface executors.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF-X
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila Melanogaster (ncbitaxon:7227)
SUBMITTER: Steven A. Carr
PROVIDER: MSV000089187 | MassIVE | Fri Apr 01 08:04:00 BST 2022
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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