PMID: 9550153Apr 29, 1998Paper

Regulated spacing of synapses and presynaptic active zones at larval neuromuscular junctions in different genotypes of the flies Drosophila and Sarcophaga

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Ian A MeinertzhagenH L Atwood

Abstract

Synapses at larval neuromuscular junctions of the flies Drosophila melanogaster and Sarcophaga bullata are not distributed randomly. They have been studied in serial electron micrographs of two identified axons (axons 1 and 2) that innervate ventral longitudinal muscles 6 and 7 of the larval body wall. The following fly larvae were examined: axon 1--wild-type Sarcophaga and Drosophila and Drosophila mutants dunce(m14) and fasII(e76), a hypomorphic allele of the fasciclin II gene; and axon 2--drosophila wild-type, dunce(m14), and fasII(e76). These lines were selected to provide a wide range of nerve terminal phenotypes in which to study the distribution and spacing of synapses. Each terminal varicosity is applied closely to the underlying subsynaptic reticulum of the muscle fiber and has 15-40 synapses. Each synapse usually bears one or more active zones, characterized by dense bodies that are T-shaped in cross section; they are located at the presumed sites of transmitter release. The distribution of synapses was characterized from the center-to-center distance of each synapse to its nearest neighbor. The mean spacing between nearest-neighbor pairs ranged from 0.84 microm to 1.05 microm for axon 1, showing no significant differ...Continue Reading

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