Journal: Neural Regeneration Research
Article Title: Drosophila models used to simulate human ATP1A1 gene mutations that cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 disease and refractory seizures
doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.391302
Figure Lengend Snippet: Most Atpα -CMT2 flies have motor and sensory defects and an abnormal circadian neuron dendritic morphology. (A) Images of control, Atpα -CMT2, and mutant flies expressing nSybGFP in the neuromuscular junction of third instar larvae. Staining with anti-GFP antibody revealed the morphology of neuromuscular junctions. All Atpα -CMT2 and mutant flies showed a decrease in synapse number and length. We utilized an online post hoc power calculator (https://clincalc.com/stats/Power.aspx) to assess statistical power, with a false positive rate set at 0.05. Except for the statistical power of Atpα mut/+ in the synapse length group, which is 56.4%, the statistical power of the other significantly different groups exceed 83.5%. (B) Plots of synapse number (left) and length (right) in control, Atpα -CMT2, and mutant flies ( n = 6–10). One-way analysis of variance with Tukey’s multiple comparison test were used. (C) Images of control, Atpα -CMT2, and mutant brains with Class IV multidendritic sensory neurons in the third instar larval body wall visualized by ppk -GAL4-driven mCD8-GFP. Except for Atpα D580F/+ and Atpα mut/+ , all other heterozygous Atpα -CMT2 flies showed significantly reduced dendritic branching. (D) Plots of dendritic branch number in control, Atpα -CMT2, and mutant flies ( n = 15–20). Dendritic branch number was compared using the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s multiple comparison test. The statistical powers of the significantly different groups are between 94.7% and 100%. (E) Left: Image of a circadian circuit in a control brain, visualized by staining with anti-PDF antibodies. sLNvs and lLNvs indicate small and large ventral lateral neurons. Right: The region analyzed. (F) Images of representative PDF dorsal axonal projections from control, Atpα -CMT2, and mutant flies taken during the early day (ZT2) and early night (ZT14). Apart from Atpα mut/+ , there was a significant decrease in axonal arbor complexity of the PDF circuit in Atpα -CMT2 flies. (G) Quantification of the total number of intersections between concentric rings and axonal projections at ZT2 and ZT14 ( n = 8–11). Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance with Tukey’s multiple comparison test. The statistical powers of the significantly different groups are between 76.9% and 100%. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, **** P < 0.0001. Error bars represent SEM. Atpα : Na pump α subunit; CMT2: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2; Gal4: galactose-responsive transcription factor GAL4; GFP: green fluorescent protein; lLNv: large ventral lateral clock neurons; ns: not significant; PDF: pigment-dispersing factor; ppk: polyphosphate kinase; sLNv: small ventral lateral clock neurons; ZT: zeitgeber time.
Article Snippet: To visualize neuromuscular junctions in third instar larvae, D42 -Gal4,UAS-nSyb-GFP flies (Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, Bloomington, IN, USA, Cat# 9263) were prepared and stained overnight at 4°C with a primary antibody against green fluorescent protein (GFP; 1:1000, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA, Cat# A11120, RRID: AB_221568).
Techniques: Control, Mutagenesis, Expressing, Staining, Comparison