Local endocytosis triggers dendritic thinning and pruning in Drosophila sensory neurons

Takahiro Kanamori, Jiro Yoshino, Kei-ichiro Yasunaga, Yusuke Dairyo and Kazuo Emoto ()
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Takahiro Kanamori: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Jiro Yoshino: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Kei-ichiro Yasunaga: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Yusuke Dairyo: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Kazuo Emoto: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract The refinement of neural circuits involves dendrite pruning, a process that removes inappropriate projections that are formed during development. In Drosophila sensory neurons, compartmentalized calcium (Ca2+) transients in dendrites act as spatiotemporal cues to trigger pruning, yet how neurons define the dendrites with Ca2+ transients remains elusive. Here we report that local elevation of endocytic activity contributes to defining dendrites that generate Ca2+ transients, triggering pruning. In vivo imaging of single dendrites reveals an increase of endocytosis in proximal dendrites that spatially and temporally correlates with dendrite thinning, an early step in pruning tightly coupled with compartmentalized Ca2+ transients. Two GTPases, Rab5 and dynamin, are required for both the increased endocytic activity and compartmentalized Ca2+ transients. Further genetic analyses suggest that local endocytosis in proximal dendrites functions cooperatively with global endocytosis-mediated protein degradation pathways to promote dendrite pruning.

Date: 2015
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