A tyramine receptor gene mutation causes a defective olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

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作者
Kutsukake, M
Komatsu, A
Yamamoto, D
Ishiwa-Chigusa, S
机构
[1] Ochanomizu Univ, Dept Biol, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1128610, Japan
[2] Tokyo Womens Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1628666, Japan
[3] Mitsubishi Kasei Inst Life Sci, ERATO, Yamamoto Behav Genet Project, Machida, Tokyo 1948511, Japan
[4] Waseda Univ, Sch Human Sci, Tokorozawa, Saitama 3591192, Japan
关键词
enhancer-trap line; neurotransmitter/neuromodulator; octopamine; olfactory mutant; T-maze apparatus; tyramine;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00569-7
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
We characterized molecular profiles of a new olfactory mutant line, honoka (hono), which was found among 500 viable P-element insertion lines screened first by 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indrolyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (X-gal) staining on the third segment of the antenna, and then by behavioral assays to several pure chemicals. The behavioral responses of hono mutants to repellents such as ethyl acetate (EA), benzaldehyde (BZ) and 4-methylcycrohexanol (MCH), were reduced compared with those of a control strain. The location of the element insertion was determined to be about 100 bp upstream of the first exon of the tyramine receptor gene. The level of 3.6 kb tyramine receptor mRNA expression was reduced in hone compared with that of wild-type flies. The tyramine receptor cDNA hybridized to the chromosomal division 79C-D, the same locus as the beta-element insertion point in hono, and not to 99A-B, previously reported by Arakawa et al. (1990. Neuron 2, 343-354). Electrophysiological responses to octopamine and tyramine were examined by measuring the excitatory junctional potential (UP) amplitude from larval body-wall muscles of the hono mutant. The hone was impaired with responding to tyramine, while displaying normal response to octopamine. These results indicate that tyramine has a functional role in the Drosophila olfactory system as a neurotransmitter or a neuromodulator, and hono is the first tyramine receptor mutant. This study provides the first step toward understanding of the molecular genetics of tyramine-mediated neural functions in Drosophila. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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