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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience1999

Neuroprotection at Drosophila synapses conferred by prior heat shock.

S Karunanithi, J W Barclay, R M Robertson, I R Brown, H L Atwood

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Three Heat Shock Protein Genes and Antioxidant Enzymes ProtectInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  3. Acute Effect of Exposure to Extreme Heat (100 ± 3 °C) on Lower Limb Maximal Resistance Strength.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  5. Neural functions of small heat shock proteins.Neural regeneration research · 2022
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  11. Heat shock response and homeostatic plasticity.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2015
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  16. Neuronal responses to physiological stress.Frontiers in genetics · 2012
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  17. Temperature dependent plasticity of habituation in the crayfish.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2011
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  18. Peptide-induced modulation of synaptic transmission and escape response in Drosophila requires two G-protein-coupled receptors.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

S KarunanithiDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8.
J W Barclay
R M Robertson
I R Brown
H L Atwood
Queen's University · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAThe Scarborough Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapses are critical sites of information transfer in the nervous system, and it is important that their functionality be maintained under stressful conditions to prevent communication breakdown. Here we show that synaptic transmission at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction is protected by prior exposure to heat shock that strongly induces expression of heat shock proteins, in particular hsp70. Using a macropatch electrode to record synaptic activity at individual, visualized boutons, we found that prior heat shock sustains synaptic performance at high test temperatures through pre- and postsynaptic alterations. After heat shock, nerve impulses release more quantal units at high temperatures and exhibit fewer failures of release (presynaptic modification), whereas the amplitude of quantal currents remains more constant than does that in nonheat-shocked controls (postsynaptic modification). The time course of these physiological changes is similar to that of elevated hsp70. Thus, stress-induced neuroprotective mechanisms maintain function at synapses by modifying their properties.

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Analysis of VarianceAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterHeat-Shock ProteinsHot TemperatureLarvaNervous System Physiological PhenomenaQuantum TheorySynaptic TransmissionTime FactorsHeat-Shock Proteins

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PMID10341239
PMCPMC6782588
OpenAlexW1675038283

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