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Circadian Rhythms in Rho1 Activity Regulate Neuronal Plasticity and Network Hierarchy.

Afroditi Petsakou, Themistoklis P Sapsis, Justin Blau

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Article in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Afroditi PetsakouDepartment of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Themistoklis P SapsisCourant Institute for Applied Mathematics, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Justin BlauDepartment of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA; Center for Genomics & Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Program in Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: justin.blau@nyu.edu.
New York University · USCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences · US

Funding

Regulation of pacemaker neuronsR01GM063911 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI BLAU, JUSTIN · 2002 to 2019
$5.6M
EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTIONC06RR015518 · NCRR · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI LENNIE, PETER · 2000 to 2000
$1.3M
GEF activity in circadian pacemaker neuronsR03NS077156 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI BLAU, JUSTIN · 2011 to 2012
$146k
NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR015518NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR-15518-01NIGMS NIH HHS GM063911NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063911NINDS NIH HHS NS077156NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS077156
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal plasticity helps animals learn from their environment. However, it is challenging to link specific changes in defined neurons to altered behavior. Here, we focus on circadian rhythms in the structure of the principal s-LNv clock neurons in Drosophila. By quantifying neuronal architecture, we observed that s-LNv structural plasticity changes the amount of axonal material in addition to cycles of fasciculation and defasciculation. We found that this is controlled by rhythmic Rho1 activity that retracts s-LNv axonal termini by increasing myosin phosphorylation and simultaneously changes the balance of pre-synaptic and dendritic markers. This plasticity is required to change clock network hierarchy and allow seasonal adaptation. Rhythms in Rho1 activity are controlled by clock-regulated transcription of Puratrophin-1-like (Pura), a Rho1 GEF. Since spinocerebellar ataxia is associated with mutations in human Puratrophin-1, our data support the idea that defective actin-related plasticity underlies this ataxia.

Indexed as

Circadian RhythmAnimalsAxonsBiological ClocksDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMyosinsNeuronal PlasticityPhosphorylationrho GTP-Binding ProteinsSeasonsSignal TransductionSpectrinSynapsesDrosophila ProteinsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMyosinsPura protein, DrosophilaRho1 protein, Drosophilarho GTP-Binding ProteinsSpectrin

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PMID26234154
PMCPMC4537806
OpenAlexW1803957926

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