Examining cell polarity in nerve nets

检查神经网络中的细胞极性

• 批准号: 10259695
• 负责人: Ashley L Arthur
• 金额: $ 4.19万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2022-03-20
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10259695
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Project Abstract The discovery that neurons are polarized cells and the deduction that signals travel from dendrites to cell bodies to axons allowed Ramon y Cajal to determine the connectivity between neurons and the direction of flow of information in the brain. Disruptions in neuronal connectivity are characteristic of neurological disease, age- related mental decline, and loss of motor function after injury. This proposal addresses the question: is cell polarity essential for neuronal function? Neuronal polarity will be addressed in Hydra, freshwater relatives of jellyfish. Hydra have a very simple, decentralized nervous system, called a nerve net, yet demonstrate complex behaviors including nodding, sway- ing, somersaulting, and responding to environmental stimuli. Hydra neurons lack obvious morphological polarity and do not show clear evidence of axons and dendrites, suggesting that they are not polarized. On the other hand, there are some clues that Hydra may have neuronal polarity: they have polarized chemical synapses and genetic components of the axon initial segment. Furthermore, Hydra contain a core set of evolutionarily con- served proteins that are associated with cell polarity in neurons of higher organisms. Thus, whether Hydra neu- rons are polarized is an open question. To determine whether or not neurons in Hydra are polarized, a number of cellular and molecular criteria that distinguish axons and dendrites are proposed. These criteria, to be tested in Aim 1, include neurite length, diameter, number of branch points, microtubule polarity, and the organization of actin and intermediate filaments. To assess these criteria, the proposal will take advantage of new molecular tools that are becoming available in Hydra and which allow individual cells to be fluorescently labeled, and their constituent proteins localized. In Aim 2, the nature of information flow through Hydra nerve nets will be examined. By imaging neuronal activity with calcium sensors following a sensory stimulus, the extent to which signals move directionally through the nerve net will be determined. In Aim 3, mathematical models will be used to predict how neuronal architecture emerges from neurite branching and growth rules, and the models will tested by studying regeneration. Completion of these aims will assess the extent to which neuronal polarity is an essential component of neuronal function, or whether it evolved as a specialization of centralized nervous systems. These experiments will provide insight into the evolution of nervous systems in higher animals and humans and is a step toward a long-term goal of understanding the role of connections in behavior. Regardless of whether or not polarity and directional signaling are necessary for neuronal function and behavior, the proposed studies are expected to provide insight into the function and dysfunction of the nervous system.

项目摘要 神经元是极化细胞的发现和信号从树突传递到细胞体的推论 对轴突的研究使Ramon y Cajal能够确定神经元之间的连接以及神经元流动的方向。 大脑中的信息。神经元连接的中断是神经系统疾病的特征，年龄- 相关的智力下降和损伤后运动功能丧失。这一提议解决了一个问题：细胞 极性对神经元功能至关重要 神经元极性将在水螅，水母的淡水亲戚解决。九头蛇有一个非常简单， 分散的神经系统，称为神经网络，但表现出复杂的行为，包括点头，摇摆， 翻筋斗和对环境刺激的反应。水螅神经元缺乏明显的形态极性 并且没有显示出轴突和树突的明显证据，表明它们不是极化的。另 另一方面，有一些线索表明九头蛇可能有神经元极性：它们有极化的化学突触， 轴突起始段的遗传成分。此外，Hydra包含一套核心的进化论， 在高等生物体的神经元中与细胞极性相关的蛋白质。因此，无论Hydra neu- 电子是否极化是一个悬而未决的问题。 为了确定Hydra中的神经元是否被极化，一些细胞和分子标准 区分轴突和树突的方法。这些标准将在目标1中进行测试，包括神经突长度， 直径、分支点的数量、微管极性以及肌动蛋白和中间丝的组织。 为了评估这些标准，该提案将利用新的分子工具， 水螅和允许单个细胞被荧光标记，其组成蛋白质被定位。在Aim中 2、通过Hydra神经网络的信息流的性质将被检查。通过对神经元活动进行成像， 感觉刺激后的钙传感器，信号通过神经定向移动的程度 网将确定。在目标3中，数学模型将用于预测神经元结构如何出现 从神经突的分支和生长规律，并通过研究再生来测试模型。 这些目标的完成将评估神经元极性在多大程度上是一个重要组成部分， 神经元功能，或者它是否进化为中枢神经系统的专门化。这些实验 将提供对高等动物和人类神经系统进化的深入了解，是迈向 长期目标是理解连接在行为中的作用。不管极性和 定向信号是神经元功能和行为所必需的，预计拟议的研究将 提供对神经系统功能和功能障碍的深入了解。