Neurons
expressing unc - 7:: gfp include members of all motor neuron classes (AS9 - 11, DD5, VD10 - 11, VA10 - 11, VB11, DB7, and DA7).
Not exact matches
Lane 1, wild type (N2); lanes 2 and 3,
unc - 7 (e5) rescued with
unc - 7S:: gfp + cosmid F56B12, expected to
express all isoforms; lane 4,
unc - 7 (e5) rescued with
unc - 7SΔ1S + F56B12, predicted to
express UNC - 7L:: and SR:: GFP.
(D)
UNC - 7L
expressed in interneurons (Punc - 7S::
unc - 7L [M121L]-RRB- rescues forward locomotion in
unc - 7 (e5) and localizes to puncta near B motor neuron cell bodies.
Using
unc - 9 mutants and heterologous promoters, we showed that expression of
UNC - 9 in B class motor neurons is necessary to rescue the localization of
UNC - 7S
expressed in AVB.
(B) Fully rescuing
unc - 7 min plasmid
expressing UNC - 7S and
UNC - 7SR.
To verify an AVB but not motor neuron requirement for
UNC - 7S,
UNC - 7S:: GFP under control of the sra - 11 promoter [31] was
expressed in
unc - 7 (e5).
(A) In wild - type (wt; N2),
UNC - 9:: GFP
expressed in B motor neurons (Pacr - 5::
unc - 9:: gfp) visualizes puncta in the ventral nerve cord localized near B cell bodies.
(B)
unc - 7S:: gfp construct
expressed in
unc - 7 (e5).
Psra - 11::
unc - 7S:: gfp
expressed in AVB did not rescue forward locomotion in e5 animals; the Pcex - 1::
unc - 7s: gfp construct,
expressed in AVA and AVD but not AVB, did, however, rescue e5 forward locomotion.
When Psra - 11::
unc - 7S:: gfp was
expressed in
unc - 9 daf - 6
unc - 7, puncta were not preferentially localized near B motor neurons (Figure 7H), but when co-injected with Pacr - 5::
unc - 9 (B motor neurons)
UNC - 7S:: GFP localization was restored (Figure 7I).
In animals rescued with
unc - 7SΔ1S + F56B12, predicted to
express UNC - 7SR:: GFP but not
UNC - 7S:: GFP, only the smaller band was detected.
(B)
UNC - 9:: GFP is
expressed more uniformly in the ventral nerve cord in
unc - 7 (e5) animals, and clusters of puncta near B cell bodies are not discernible.
(E)
UNC - 7L
expressed in B motor neurons (Pacr - 5::
unc - 7L [M121L]-RRB- in
unc - 9 daf - 6
unc - 7 does not localize to puncta but remains associated with cell bodies (red); co-
expressed UNC - 9:: GFP (Pacr - 5::
unc - 9:: gfp; green) is distributed throughout the motor neuron processes.
(D) In
unc - 9 daf - 6
unc - 7 animals, Pacr - 5::
unc - 9:: gfp is
expressed more diffusely in cell bodies (few bright puncta).
When
expressed under control of the Punc - 7S promoter,
UNC - 7L (Punc - 7S::
unc - 7L [M121L]-RRB- rescued
unc - 7 (e5) forward locomotion; though much of the signal remained associated with cell bodies, some puncta were seen localized to AVB: B motor neuron gap junctions (Figure 10D).
Punc - 7S::
unc - 9:: gfp was
expressed in
unc - 7 (e5) mutants;
UNC - 9:: GFP was broadly but weakly
expressed as small puncta throughout the ventral nerve cord (Figure 7J), a pattern reminiscent of
UNC - 7S expression in
unc - 9
unc - 7 double mutants (Figure 7D).
It also suggests that in
unc - 9 mutants, the native
UNC - 7 isoforms
expressed in motor neurons (as detected by previous analysis of total
UNC - 7 expression) are insufficient to properly localize AVB -
expressed UNC - 7S:: GFP (that is,
UNC - 7 in motor neurons does not substitute for
UNC - 9 in localizing AVB -
expressed UNC - 7S).