Sleep homeostasis regulated by 5HT2b receptor in a small subset of neurons in the dorsal fan-shaped body of drosophila

Qian, Y., Cao, Y., Deng, B., Yang, G., Li, J., Xu, R., Zhang, D., Huang, J., Rao, Y. (October 2017) Sleep homeostasis regulated by 5HT2b receptor in a small subset of neurons in the dorsal fan-shaped body of drosophila. Elife, 6. e26519. ISSN 2050-084x

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URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28984573

DOI: 10.7554/eLife.26519

Abstract

Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying sleep homeostasis is limited. We have taken a systematic approach to study neural signaling by the transmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in drosophila. We have generated knockout and knockin lines for Trh, the 5-HT synthesizing enzyme and all five 5-HT receptors, making it possible for us to determine their expression patterns and to investigate their functional roles. Loss of the Trh, 5HT1a or 5HT2b gene decreased sleep time whereas loss of the Trh or 5HT2b gene diminished sleep rebound after sleep deprivation. 5HT2b expression in a small subset of, probably a single pair of, neurons in the dorsal fan-shaped body (dFB) is functionally essential: elimination of the 5HT2b gene from these neurons led to loss of sleep homeostasis. Genetic ablation of 5HT2b neurons in the dFB decreased sleep and impaired sleep homeostasis. Our results have shown that serotonergic signaling in specific neurons is required for the regulation of sleep homeostasis.

Item Type:	Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords:	5HT2b receptor D. melanogaster dFB neurons neuroscience serotonin sleep homeostasis
Subjects:	organism description > animal > insect > Drosophila bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > serotonin
CSHL Authors:	Li, Jiayun
Communities:	CSHL labs > Fearon lab
Depositing User:	Matt Covey
Date:	6 October 2017
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2017 17:21
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2017 17:23
PMCID:	PMC5648528
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URI:	https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/35660

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