A neural progenitor mitotic wave is required for asynchronous axon outgrowth and morphology

  1. Jérôme Lacoste  Is a corresponding author
  2. Hédi Soula
  3. Angélique Burg
  4. Agnès Audibert
  5. Pénélope Darnat
  6. Michel Gho  Is a corresponding author
  7. Sophie Louvet-Vallée  Is a corresponding author
  1. CNRS Sorbonne-Université, France
  2. Sorbonne Université, INSERM, France

Abstract

Spatiotemporal mechanisms generating neural diversity are fundamental for understanding neural processes. Here, we investigated how neural diversity arises from neurons coming from identical progenitors. In the dorsal thorax of Drosophila, rows of mechanosensory organs originate from the division of sensory organ progenitor (SOPs). We show that in each row of the notum, an anteromedial located central SOP divides first, then neighbouring SOPs divide, and so on. This centrifugal wave of mitoses depends on cell-cell inhibitory interactions mediated by SOP cytoplasmic protrusions and Scabrous, a secreted protein interacting with the Delta/Notch complex. Furthermore, when this mitotic wave was reduced, axonal growth was more synchronous, axonal terminals had a complex branching pattern and fly behaviour was impaired. We show that the temporal order of progenitor divisions influences the birth order of sensory neurons, axon branching and impact on grooming behaviour. These data support the idea that developmental timing controls axon wiring neural diversity.

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  1. Jérôme Lacoste

    UMR 7622 laboratory of Developmental Biology, CNRS Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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  2. Hédi Soula

    NutriOmics Research Unit, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Paris, France
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  3. Angélique Burg

    UMR 7622 laboratory of Developmental Biology, CNRS Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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  4. Agnès Audibert

    UMR 7622 laboratory of Developmental Biology, CNRS Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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  5. Pénélope Darnat

    UMR 7622 laboratory of Developmental Biology, CNRS Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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  6. Michel Gho

    UMR 7622 laboratory of Developmental Biology, CNRS Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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    michel.gho@sorbonne-universite.fr
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  7. Sophie Louvet-Vallée

    UMR 7622 laboratory of Developmental Biology, CNRS Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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    sophie.louvet_vallee@sorbonne-universite.fr
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Funding was provided by recurrent subsides from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Sorbonne University. No external funding was receives for this work.

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© 2022, Lacoste et al.

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  1. Jérôme Lacoste
  2. Hédi Soula
  3. Angélique Burg
  4. Agnès Audibert
  5. Pénélope Darnat
  6. Michel Gho
  7. Sophie Louvet-Vallée
(2022)
A neural progenitor mitotic wave is required for asynchronous axon outgrowth and morphology
eLife 11:e75746.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75746

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