Arborization pattern ofEngrailed-positive neural lineages reveal neuromere boundaries in theDrosophilabrain neuropil
- 11 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Vol. 517 (1), 87-104
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22112
Abstract
The Drosophila brain is a highly complex structure composed of thousands of neurons that are interconnected in numerous exquisitely organized neuropil structures such as the mushroom bodies, central complex, antennal lobes, and other specialized neuropils. While the neurons of the insect brain are known to derive in a lineage‐specific fashion from a stereotyped set of segmentally organized neuroblasts, the developmental origin and neuromeric organization of the neuropil formed by these neurons is still unclear. In this study we used genetic labeling techniques to characterize the neuropil innervation pattern of engrailed‐expressing brain lineages of known neuromeric origin. We show that the neurons of these lineages project to and form most arborizations, in particular all of their proximal branches, in the same brain neuropil compartments in embryonic, larval and adult stages. Moreover, we show that engrailed‐positive neurons of differing neuromeric origin respect boundaries between neuromere‐specific compartments in the brain. This is confirmed by an analysis of the arborization pattern of empty spiracles‐expressing lineages. These findings indicate that arborizations of lineages deriving from different brain neuromeres innervate a nonoverlapping set of neuropil compartments. This supports a model for neuromere‐specific brain neuropil, in which a given lineage forms its proximal arborizations predominantly in the compartments that correspond to its neuromere of origin. J. Comp. Neurol. 517:87–104, 2009.Keywords
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