Early-born neurons in type II neuroblast lineages establish a larval primordium and integrate into adult circuitry during central complex development in Drosophila

Neural Development

Heinrich Reichert¹  Gudrun Viktorin¹  Nadia Riebli¹ 

[1] Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel, CH-4056, Switzerland

关键词: Metamorphosis;    Primordium;    Fan-shaped body;    Lineage;    Neuroblast;   

Others  :  806347
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8104-8-6

 received in 2012-12-10, accepted in 2013-03-18,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The central complex is a multimodal information-processing center in the insect brain composed of thousands of neurons representing more than 50 neural types arranged in a stereotyped modular neuroarchitecture. In Drosophila, the development of the central complex begins in the larval stages when immature structures termed primordia are formed. However, the identity and origin of the neurons that form these primordia and, hence, the fate of these neurons during subsequent metamorphosis and in the adult brain, are unknown.

Results

Here, we used two pointed-Gal4 lines to identify the neural cells that form the primordium of the fan-shaped body, a major component of the Drosophila central complex. We found that these early-born primordium neurons are generated by four identified type II neuroblasts that amplify neurogenesis through intermediate progenitors, and we demonstrate that these neurons generate the fan-shaped body primordium during larval development in a highly specific manner. Moreover, we characterize the extensive growth and differentiation that these early-born primordium neurons undergo during metamorphosis in pupal stages and show that these neurons persist in the adult central complex, where they manifest layer-specific innervation of the mature fan-shaped body.

Conclusions

Taken together, these findings indicate that early-born neurons from type II neuroblast lineages have dual roles in the development of a complex brain neuropile. During larval stages they contribute to the formation of a specific central complex primordium; during subsequent pupal development they undergo extensive growth and differentiation and integrate into the modular circuitry of the adult brain central complex.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Riebli et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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