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ArticleGenes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms2020

The Caenorhabditis elegans INX-4/Innexin is required for the fine-tuning of temperature orientation in thermotaxis behavior.

Satomi Tsukamoto, Taishi Emmei, Shunji Nakano, Nana Nishio, Hiroyuki Sasakura, Ikue Mori

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Article in Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. A multilayered gap junction network is essential for social decision-making.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  2. A hyperpolarizing neuron recruits undocked innexin hemichannels to transmit neural information inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Satomi TsukamotoDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Taishi EmmeiDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Shunji NakanoDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6565-9450
Nana NishioDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Hiroyuki SasakuraDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Ikue MoriDivision of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2116-8825
Nagoya University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI 10J10139Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI 13J02785Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI 22123010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innexins in invertebrates are considered to play roles similar to those of connexins and pannexins in vertebrates. However, it remains poorly understood how innexins function in biological phenomena including their function in the nervous systems. Here, we identified inx-4, a member of the innexin family in C. elegans, by a forward screening of thermotaxis-defective mutants. The inx-4 mutants exhibited abnormal migration to a temperature slightly higher than the cultivation temperature, called mild thermophilic behavior. Rescue experiments revealed that INX-4 acts in the major thermosensory neuron AFD to regulate thermotaxis behavior. INX-4::GFP fusion protein localized exclusively along axons in AFD neurons. In addition, over-expression of INX-4 in AFD neurons induced a cryophilic behavior, which is opposite to inx-4 mutants. Our findings suggest that INX-4/Innexin in AFD may fine-tune the execution of thermotaxis behavior when moving to desired temperatures.

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TemperatureAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansMutationC. elegansinnexinmemorythermotaxis

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