title: The transcription factor Mef2 links the Drosophila core clock to Fas2, neuronal morphology, and circadian behavior.
abstract: The transcription factor Mef2 regulates activity-dependent neuronal plasticity and morphology in mammals, and clock neurons are reported to experience activity-dependent circadian remodeling in Drosophila. We show here that Mef2 is required for this daily fasciculation-defasciculation cycle. Moreover, the master circadian transcription complex CLK/CYC directly regulates Mef2 transcription. ChIP-Chip analysis identified numerous Mef2 target genes implicated in neuronal plasticity, including the cell-adhesion gene Fas2. Genetic epistasis experiments support this transcriptional regulatory hierarchy, CLK/CYC- > Mef2- > Fas2, indicate that it influences the circadian fasciculation cycle within pacemaker neurons, and suggest that this cycle also contributes to circadian behavior. Mef2 therefore transmits clock information to machinery involved in neuronal remodeling, which contributes to locomotor activity rhythms.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sivachenko
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Katharine C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Abruzzi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosbash
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D056926:CLOCK Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; C120526:Clk protein, Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C499409:Mef2 protein, Drosophila; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; C051642:fasciclin II; D056926:CLOCK Proteins
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