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Elife ; 122023 Jun 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37294006

ABSTRACT

Symbiotic bacteria interact with their host through symbiotic cues. Here, we took advantage of the mutualism between Drosophila and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (Lp) to investigate a novel mechanism of host-symbiont interaction. Using chemically defined diets, we found that association with Lp improves the growth of larvae-fed amino acid-imbalanced diets, even though Lp cannot produce the limiting amino acid. We show that in this context Lp supports its host's growth through a molecular dialogue that requires functional operons encoding ribosomal and transfer RNAs (r/tRNAs) in Lp and the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) kinase in Drosophila's enterocytes. Our data indicate that Lp's r/tRNAs are packaged in extracellular vesicles and activate GCN2 in a subset of larval enterocytes, a mechanism necessary to remodel the intestinal transcriptome and ultimately to support anabolic growth. Based on our findings, we propose a novel beneficial molecular dialogue between host and microbes, which relies on a non-canonical role of GCN2 as a mediator of non-nutritional symbiotic cues encoded by r/tRNA operons.


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Drosophila Proteins , Symbiosis , Animals , Drosophila , Cues , RNA, Transfer , Amino Acids , Larva/genetics , Operon , Protein Kinases , Drosophila Proteins/genetics
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PLoS Genet ; 11(4): e1005191, 2015 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25905467

ABSTRACT

The molecular mechanisms controlling the subunit composition of glutamate receptors are crucial for the formation of neural circuits and for the long-term plasticity underlying learning and memory. Here we use the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ) to examine how specific receptor subtypes are recruited and stabilized at synaptic locations. In flies, clustering of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) requires Neto (Neuropillin and Tolloid-like), a highly conserved auxiliary subunit that is essential for NMJ assembly and development. Drosophila neto encodes two isoforms, Neto-α and Neto-ß, with common extracellular parts and distinct cytoplasmic domains. Mutations that specifically eliminate Neto-ß or its intracellular domain were generated. When Neto-ß is missing or is truncated, the larval NMJs show profound changes in the subtype composition of iGluRs due to reduced synaptic accumulation of the GluRIIA subunit. Furthermore, neto-ß mutant NMJs fail to accumulate p21-activated kinase (PAK), a critical postsynaptic component implicated in the synaptic stabilization of GluRIIA. Muscle expression of either Neto-α or Neto-ß rescued the synaptic transmission at neto null NMJs, indicating that Neto conserved domains mediate iGluRs clustering. However, only Neto-ß restored PAK synaptic accumulation at neto null NMJs. Thus, Neto engages in intracellular interactions that regulate the iGluR subtype composition by preferentially recruiting and/or stabilizing selective receptor subtypes.


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Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Neuromuscular Junction/genetics , Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate/genetics , p21-Activated Kinases/genetics , Animals , Drosophila Proteins/biosynthesis , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Larva/genetics , Larva/growth & development , Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis , Neuromuscular Junction/growth & development , Protein Isoforms/genetics , Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate/biosynthesis , Synapses/genetics , Synapses/metabolism , Synaptic Transmission/genetics , p21-Activated Kinases/biosynthesis
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PLoS Genet ; 11(2): e1004988, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25723514

ABSTRACT

Stabilization of neurotransmitter receptors at postsynaptic specializations is a key step in the assembly of functional synapses. Drosophila Neto (Neuropillin and Tolloid-like protein) is an essential auxiliary subunit of ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) complexes required for the iGluRs clustering at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Here we show that optimal levels of Neto are crucial for stabilization of iGluRs at synaptic sites and proper NMJ development. Genetic manipulations of Neto levels shifted iGluRs distribution to extrajunctional locations. Perturbations in Neto levels also produced small NMJs with reduced synaptic transmission, but only Neto-depleted NMJs showed diminished postsynaptic components. Drosophila Neto contains an inhibitory prodomain that is processed by Furin1-mediated limited proteolysis. neto null mutants rescued with a Neto variant that cannot be processed have severely impaired NMJs and reduced iGluRs synaptic clusters. Unprocessed Neto retains the ability to engage iGluRs in vivo and to form complexes with normal synaptic transmission. However, Neto prodomain must be removed to enable iGluRs synaptic stabilization and proper postsynaptic differentiation.


Subject(s)
Drosophila Proteins/genetics , Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Neuromuscular Junction/genetics , Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate/metabolism , Animals , Animals, Genetically Modified , Drosophila Proteins/metabolism , Drosophila melanogaster/genetics , Larva , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Muscle Proteins/genetics , Muscle Proteins/metabolism , Mutation , Neuromuscular Junction/growth & development , Neuromuscular Junction/metabolism , RNA Interference , Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate/genetics , Synapses/genetics , Synapses/metabolism , Synaptic Transmission/genetics
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