Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans.
When Caenorhabditis elegans encounters an unfavourable stimulus at its anterior, it responds by initiating an avoidance response, namely reversal of locomotion. The amphid neurons, ASHL and ASHR, are polymodal in function, with roles in the avoidance responses to high osmolarity, nose touch, and bot...
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| author | Denise S Walker Rafael P Vázquez-Manrique Nicholas J D Gower Elizabeth Gregory William R Schafer Howard A Baylis |
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| description | When Caenorhabditis elegans encounters an unfavourable stimulus at its anterior, it responds by initiating an avoidance response, namely reversal of locomotion. The amphid neurons, ASHL and ASHR, are polymodal in function, with roles in the avoidance responses to high osmolarity, nose touch, and both volatile and non-volatile repellents. The mechanisms that underlie the ability of the ASH neurons to respond to such a wide range of stimuli are still unclear. We demonstrate that the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R), encoded by itr-1, functions in the reversal responses to nose touch and benzaldehyde, but not in other known ASH-mediated responses. We show that phospholipase Cbeta (EGL-8) and phospholipase Cgamma (PLC-3), which catalyse the production of IP(3), both function upstream of ITR-1 in the response to nose touch. We use neuron-specific gene rescue and neuron-specific disruption of protein function to show that the site of ITR-1 function is the ASH neurons. By rescuing plc-3 and egl-8 in a neuron-specific manner, we show that both are acting in ASH. Imaging of nose touch-induced Ca(2+) transients in ASH confirms these conclusions. In contrast, the response to benzaldehyde is independent of PLC function. Thus, we have identified distinct roles for the IP(3)R in two specific responses mediated by ASH. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ccd8f65aed445bfacfc0e7b032383692025-08-20T03:25:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042009-09-0159e100063610.1371/journal.pgen.1000636Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans.Denise S WalkerRafael P Vázquez-ManriqueNicholas J D GowerElizabeth GregoryWilliam R SchaferHoward A BaylisWhen Caenorhabditis elegans encounters an unfavourable stimulus at its anterior, it responds by initiating an avoidance response, namely reversal of locomotion. The amphid neurons, ASHL and ASHR, are polymodal in function, with roles in the avoidance responses to high osmolarity, nose touch, and both volatile and non-volatile repellents. The mechanisms that underlie the ability of the ASH neurons to respond to such a wide range of stimuli are still unclear. We demonstrate that the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R), encoded by itr-1, functions in the reversal responses to nose touch and benzaldehyde, but not in other known ASH-mediated responses. We show that phospholipase Cbeta (EGL-8) and phospholipase Cgamma (PLC-3), which catalyse the production of IP(3), both function upstream of ITR-1 in the response to nose touch. We use neuron-specific gene rescue and neuron-specific disruption of protein function to show that the site of ITR-1 function is the ASH neurons. By rescuing plc-3 and egl-8 in a neuron-specific manner, we show that both are acting in ASH. Imaging of nose touch-induced Ca(2+) transients in ASH confirms these conclusions. In contrast, the response to benzaldehyde is independent of PLC function. Thus, we have identified distinct roles for the IP(3)R in two specific responses mediated by ASH.https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000636&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Denise S Walker Rafael P Vázquez-Manrique Nicholas J D Gower Elizabeth Gregory William R Schafer Howard A Baylis Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genetics |
| title | Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| title_full | Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| title_fullStr | Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| title_short | Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| title_sort | inositol 1 4 5 trisphosphate signalling regulates the avoidance response to nose touch in caenorhabditis elegans |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000636&type=printable |
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