RPM-1 is localized to distinct subcellular compartments and regulates axon length in GABAergic motor neurons

Neural Development

Brock Grill¹  Karla J Opperman¹ 

[1] Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute - Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA

关键词: Synaptogenesis;    Synapse formation;    SYD-2;    Presynaptic terminal;    PHR protein;    RPM-1;    Neuronal development;    Axon termination;   

Others  :  802825
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8104-9-10

 received in 2013-09-24, accepted in 2014-04-24,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The PAM/Highwire/RPM-1 (PHR) proteins are conserved signaling proteins that regulate axon length and synapse formation during development. Loss of function in Caenorhabditis elegans rpm-1 results in axon termination and synapse formation defects in the mechanosensory neurons. An explanation for why these two phenotypes are observed in a single neuronal cell has remained absent. Further, it is uncertain whether the axon termination phenotypes observed in the mechanosensory neurons of rpm-1 mutants are unique to this specific type of neuron, or more widespread defects that occur with loss of function in rpm-1.

Results

Here, we show that RPM-1 is localized to both the mature axon tip and the presynaptic terminals of individual motor neurons and individual mechanosensory neurons. Genetic analysis indicated that GABAergic motor neurons, like the mechanosensory neurons, have both synapse formation and axon termination defects in rpm-1 mutants. RPM-1 functions in parallel with the active zone component SYD-2 (Liprin) to regulate not only synapse formation, but also axon termination in motor neurons. Our analysis of rpm-1−/−; syd-2−/− double mutants also revealed a role for RPM-1 in axon extension. The MAP3K DLK-1 partly mediated RPM-1 function in both axon termination and axon extension, and the relative role of DLK-1 was dictated by the anatomical location of the neuron in question.

Conclusions

Our findings show that axon termination defects are a core phenotype caused by loss of function in rpm-1, and not unique to the mechanosensory neurons. We show in motor neurons and in mechanosensory neurons that RPM-1 is localized to multiple, distinct subcellular compartments in a single cell. Thus, RPM-1 might be differentially regulated or RPM-1 might differentially control signals in distinct subcellular compartments to regulate multiple developmental outcomes in a single neuron. Our findings provide further support for the previously proposed model that PHR proteins function to coordinate axon outgrowth and termination with synapse formation.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Opperman and Grill; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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