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A Drosophila kinesin required for synaptic bouton formation and synaptic vesicle transport.
Pack-Chung, Eunju; Kurshan, Peri T; Dickman, Dion K; Schwarz, Thomas L.
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  • Pack-Chung E; Program in Neurobiology, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Nat Neurosci ; 10(8): 980-9, 2007 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17643120
The morphological transition of growth cones to synaptic boutons characterizes synaptogenesis. Here we have isolated mutations in immaculate connections (imac; CG8566), a previously uncharacterized Drosophila gene encoding a member of the Kinesin-3 family. Whereas earlier studies in Drosophila implicated Kinesin-1 in transporting synaptic vesicle precursors, we find that Imac is essential for this transport. An unexpected feature of imac mutants is the failure of synaptic boutons to form. Motor neurons lacking imac properly target to muscles but remain within target fields as thin processes, a structure that is distinct from either growth cones or mature terminals. Few active zones form at these endings. We show that the arrest of synaptogenesis is not a secondary consequence of the absence of transmission. Our data thus indicate that Imac transports components required for synaptic maturation and provide insight into presynaptic maturation as a process that can be differentiated from axon outgrowth and targeting.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vesículas Sinápticas / Cinesinas / Terminações Pré-Sinápticas / Proteínas de Drosophila / Junção Neuromuscular Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2007 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vesículas Sinápticas / Cinesinas / Terminações Pré-Sinápticas / Proteínas de Drosophila / Junção Neuromuscular Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2007 Tipo de documento: Article