Overexpressing temperature-sensitive dynamin decelerates phototransduction and bundles microtubules in Drosophila photoreceptors.
Overexpressing temperature-sensitive dynamin decelerates phototransduction and bundles microtubules in Drosophila photoreceptors.
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10.1523/jneurosci.2873-09.2009
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2009-11-11
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Juusola M
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Gonzalez-Bellido PT;Wardill TJ;Kostyleva R;Meinertzhagen IA;Juusola M
shibirets1, a temperature-sensitive mutation of the Drosophila gene encoding a Dynamin orthologue, blocks vesicle endocytosis and thus synaptic transmission, at elevated, or restrictive temperatures. By targeted Gal4 expression, UAS-shibirets1 has been used to dissect neuronal circuits. We investigated the effects of UAS-shibirets1 overexpression in Drosophila photoreceptors at permissive (19°C) and restrictive (31°C) temperatures. At 19°C, overexpression of UAS-shits1 causes decelerated phototransduction and reduced neurotransmitter release. This phenotype is exacerbated with dark-adaptation, age and in white mutants. Photoreceptors overexpressing UAS-shibirets1 contain terminals with widespread vacuolated mitochondria, reduced numbers of vesicles and bundled microtubules. Immuno-EM reveals that the latter are dynamin coated. Further, the microtubule phenotype is not restricted to photoreceptors, as UAS-shibirets1 overexpression in lamina cells also bundles microtubules. We conclude that dynamin has multiple functions that are interrupted by UAS-shibirets1 overexpression in Drosophila photoreceptors, destabilizing their neural communication irreversibly at previously reported permissive temperatures.