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ArticleScientific reports2018

The transcription factor SoxD controls neuronal guidance in the Drosophila visual system.

Esteban G Contreras, Tomás Palominos, Álvaro Glavic, Andrea H Brand, Jimena Sierralta, Carlos Oliva

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Esteban G ContrerasDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Independencia, 1027, Santiago, Chile.
Tomás PalominosDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile.
Álvaro GlavicCenter for Genome Regulation, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras, 3425, Nuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
Andrea H BrandThe Gurdon Institute and Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2089-6954
Jimena SierraltaDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Independencia, 1027, Santiago, Chile.
Carlos OlivaDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile. colivao@bio.puc.cl.
University of Chile · CLPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) C6946/A14492Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 092096Wellcome Trust 103792
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise control of neurite guidance during development is essential to ensure proper formation of neuronal networks and correct function of the central nervous system (CNS). How neuronal projections find their targets to generate appropriate synapses is not entirely understood. Although transcription factors are key molecules during neurogenesis, we do not know their entire function during the formation of networks in the CNS. Here, we used the Drosophila melanogaster optic lobe as a model for understanding neurite guidance during development. We assessed the function of Sox102F/SoxD, the unique Drosophila orthologue of the vertebrate SoxD family of transcription factors. SoxD is expressed in immature and mature neurons in the larval and adult lobula plate ganglia (one of the optic lobe neuropils), but is absent from glial cells, neural stem cells and progenitors of the lobula plate. SoxD RNAi knockdown in all neurons results in a reduction of the lobula plate neuropil, without affecting neuronal fate. This morphological defect is associated with an impaired optomotor response of adult flies. Moreover, knocking down SoxD only in T4/T5 neuronal types, which control motion vision, affects proper neurite guidance into the medulla and lobula. Our findings suggest that SoxD regulates neurite guidance, without affecting neuronal fate.

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AnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsNerve NetNeuritesNeuropilSOXD Transcription FactorsVisual PathwaysDrosophila ProteinsSOX102F protein, DrosophilaSOXD Transcription Factors

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PMID30190506
PMCPMC6127262
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