RRC ID 15364
著者 Xie X, Auld VJ.
タイトル Integrins are necessary for the development and maintenance of the glial layers in the Drosophila peripheral nerve.
ジャーナル Development
Abstract Peripheral nerve development involves multiple classes of glia that cooperate to form overlapping glial layers paired with the deposition of a surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). The formation of this tubular structure protects the ensheathed axons from physical and pathogenic damage and from changes in the ionic environment. Integrins, a major family of ECM receptors, play a number of roles in the development of myelinating Schwann cells, one class of glia ensheathing the peripheral nerves of vertebrates. However, the identity and the role of the integrin complexes utilized by the other classes of peripheral nerve glia have not been determined in any animal. Here, we show that, in the peripheral nerves of Drosophila melanogaster, two integrin complexes (αPS2βPS and αPS3βPS) are expressed in the different glial layers and form adhesion complexes with integrin-linked kinase and Talin. Knockdown of the common beta subunit (βPS) using inducible RNAi in all glial cells results in lethality and glial defects. Analysis of integrin complex function in specific glial layers showed that loss of βPS in the outermost layer (the perineurial glia) results in a failure to wrap the nerve, a phenotype similar to that of Matrix metalloproteinase 2-mediated degradation of the ECM. Knockdown of βPS integrin in the innermost wrapping glia causes a loss of glial processes around axons. Together, our data suggest that integrins are employed in different glial layers to mediate the development and maintenance of the protective glial sheath in Drosophila peripheral nerves.
巻・号 138(17)
ページ 3813-22
公開日 2011-9-1
DOI 10.1242/dev.064816
PII 138/17/3813
PMID 21828098
PMC PMC3261420
MeSH Animals Axons / metabolism Drosophila Drosophila Proteins / genetics Drosophila Proteins / metabolism Extracellular Matrix / metabolism Immunohistochemistry Integrins / genetics Integrins / metabolism* Neuroglia / cytology* Neuroglia / metabolism* Peripheral Nerves / cytology* Peripheral Nerves / metabolism* Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism Talin / genetics Talin / metabolism
IF 5.611
引用数 29
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ショウジョウバエ Stock(s) of DGRC Kyoto 1560R-1 1560R-2 9623R-1 9623R-2 8095R-1 8095R-2 6831R-1 6831R-2