title: Glia and muscle sculpt neuromuscular arbors by engulfing destabilized synaptic boutons and shed presynaptic debris.
abstract: Synapse remodeling is an extremely dynamic process, often regulated by neural activity. Here we show during activity-dependent synaptic growth at the Drosophila NMJ many immature synaptic boutons fail to form stable postsynaptic contacts, are selectively shed from the parent arbor, and degenerate or disappear from the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Surprisingly, we also observe the widespread appearance of presynaptically derived "debris" during normal synaptic growth. The shedding of both immature boutons and presynaptic debris is enhanced by high-frequency stimulation of motorneurons, indicating that their formation is modulated by neural activity. Interestingly, we find that glia dynamically invade the NMJ and, working together with muscle cells, phagocytose shed presynaptic material. Suppressing engulfment activity in glia or muscle by disrupting the Draper/Ced-6 pathway results in a dramatic accumulation of presynaptic debris, and synaptic growth in turn is severely compromised. Thus actively growing NMJ arbors appear to constitutively generate an excessive number of immature boutons, eliminate those that are not stabilized through a shedding process, and normal synaptic expansion requires the continuous clearance of this material by both glia and muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Yuly
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fuentes-Medel
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashley
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ataman
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Budnik
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007814:Larva / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C495322:drpr protein, Drosophila
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