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Hyperactivation of B-Type Motor Neurons Results in Aberrant Synchrony of the Caenorhabditis elegans Motor Circuit

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Hyperactivation of B-Type Motor Neurons Results in Aberrant Synchrony of the Caenorhabditis elegans Motor Circuit.

Qi YB, Po MD, Mac P, Kawano T, Jorgensen EM, Zhen M, Jin Y.
J Neurosci. 2013 Mar 20;33(12):5319-5325.
 
Abstract
Excitatory acetylcholine motor neurons drive Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion. Coordinating the activation states of the backward-driving A and forward-driving B class motor neurons is critical for generating sinusoidal and directional locomotion. Here, we show by in vivo calcium imaging that expression of a hyperactive, somatodendritic ionotropic acetylcholine receptor ACR-2(gf) in A and B class motor neurons induces aberrant synchronous activity in both ventral- and dorsal-innervating B and A class motor neurons. Expression of ACR-2(gf) in either ventral- or dorsal-innervating B neurons is sufficient for triggering the aberrant synchrony that results in arrhythmic convulsions. Silencing of AVB, the premotor interneurons that innervate B motor neurons suppresses ACR-2(gf)-dependent convulsion; activating AVB by channelrhodopsin induces the onset of convulsion. These results support that the activity state of B motor neurons plays an instructive role for the coordination of motor circuit.

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