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giant fiber A (gfA) encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor that mediates synaptic transmission in the giant fiber circuit of Drosophila

Fayyazuddin, A., Zaheer, M., Hiesinger, P.R., and Bellen, H.J. – 2006

Acetylcholine is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system of insects. Mutant analysis of the Dalpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) of Drosophila shows that it is required for the giant fiber-mediated escape behavior. The Dalpha7 protein is enriched in the dendrites of the giant fiber, and electrophysiological analysis of the giant fiber circuit showed that sensory input to the giant fiber is disrupted, as is transmission at an identified cholinergic synapse between the peripherally synapsing interneuron and the dorsal lateral muscle motor neuron. Moreover, we found that gfA1, a mutation identified in a screen for giant fiber defects more than twenty years ago, is an allele of Dalpha7. Therefore, a combination of behavioral, electrophysiological, anatomical, and genetic data indicate an essential role for the Dalpha7 nAChR in giant fiber-mediated escape in Drosophila.

Title
giant fiber A (gfA) encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor that mediates synaptic transmission in the giant fiber circuit of Drosophila
Author
Fayyazuddin, A., Zaheer, M., Hiesinger, P.R., and Bellen, H.J.
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Date
2006-02-28
Identifier
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040063
Appeared in
PloS Biology 4(3): e63
Language
eng
Type
Text
Rights
© 2006 Fayyazuddin et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.