Multimodal stimulus coding by a gustatory sensory neuron in Drosophila larvae.

van Giesen, Lena; Hernandez-Nunez, Luis; Delasoie-Baranek, Sophie; Colombo, Martino; Renaud, Philippe; Bruggmann, Rémy; Benton, Richard; Samuel, Aravinthan D T; Sprecher, Simon G (2016). Multimodal stimulus coding by a gustatory sensory neuron in Drosophila larvae. Nature communications, 7(10687), p. 10687. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/ncomms10687

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Accurate perception of taste information is crucial for animal survival. In adult Drosophila, gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs) perceive chemical stimuli of one specific gustatory modality associated with a stereotyped behavioural response, such as aversion or attraction. We show that GRNs of Drosophila larvae employ a surprisingly different mode of gustatory information coding. Using a novel method for calcium imaging in the larval gustatory system, we identify a multimodal GRN that responds to chemicals of different taste modalities with opposing valence, such as sweet sucrose and bitter denatonium, reliant on different sensory receptors. This multimodal neuron is essential for bitter compound avoidance, and its artificial activation is sufficient to mediate aversion. However, the neuron is also essential for the integration of taste blends. Our findings support a model for taste coding in larvae, in which distinct receptor proteins mediate different responses within the same, multimodal GRN.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology > Bioinformatics
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology > Computational Biology
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

UniBE Contributor:

Bruggmann, Rémy

ISSN:

2041-1723

Publisher:

Nature Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Rémy Bruggmann

Date Deposited:

12 Nov 2018 12:39

Last Modified:

04 May 2023 14:02

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/ncomms10687

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PubMed ID:

26864722

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.89006

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/89006

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