PMID- 19778508 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091009 LR - 20231120 IS - 1097-4199 (Electronic) IS - 0896-6273 (Print) IS - 0896-6273 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 6 DP - 2009 Sep 24 TI - The microRNA bantam functions in epithelial cells to regulate scaling growth of dendrite arbors in drosophila sensory neurons. PG - 788-802 LID - 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.08.006 [doi] AB - In addition to establishing dendritic coverage of the receptive field, neurons need to adjust their dendritic arbors to match changes of the receptive field. Here, we show that dendrite arborization (da) sensory neurons establish dendritic coverage of the body wall early in Drosophila larval development and then grow in precise proportion to their substrate, the underlying body wall epithelium, as the larva more than triples in length. This phenomenon, referred to as scaling growth of dendrites, requires the function of the microRNA (miRNA) bantam (ban) in the epithelial cells rather than the da neurons themselves. We further show that ban in epithelial cells dampens Akt kinase activity in adjacent neurons to influence dendrite growth. This signaling between epithelial cells and neurons receiving sensory input from the body wall synchronizes their growth to ensure proper dendritic coverage of the receptive field. FAU - Parrish, Jay Z AU - Parrish JZ AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. FAU - Xu, Peizhang AU - Xu P FAU - Kim, Charles C AU - Kim CC FAU - Jan, Lily Yeh AU - Jan LY FAU - Jan, Yuh Nung AU - Jan YN LA - eng GR - K99 MH084277-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 NS040929/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States GR - R01 MH084234/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH084234-06/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - 5K99MH084277/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS040929/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS040929-09/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - K99 MH084277/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01NS40929/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Neuron JT - Neuron JID - 8809320 RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (bantam microRNA, Drosophila) RN - 0 (enhanced green fluorescent protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - EC 1.11.1.- (Horseradish Peroxidase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Oncogene Protein v-akt) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Genetically Modified MH - Dendrites/*pathology/*physiology MH - Drosophila/embryology/growth & development MH - Drosophila Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Embryo, Nonmammalian MH - Epithelial Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics/*physiology MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Horseradish Peroxidase/metabolism MH - Larva MH - Laser Therapy/methods MH - MicroRNAs/*physiology MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Oncogene Protein v-akt/metabolism MH - Peripheral Nerves/cytology MH - Sensory Receptor Cells/*cytology MH - Signal Transduction/genetics MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC2772869 MID - NIHMS149998 EDAT- 2009/09/26 06:00 MHDA- 2009/10/10 06:00 PMCR- 2010/03/24 CRDT- 2009/09/26 06:00 PHST- 2009/04/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/06/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/08/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/10/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/03/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0896-6273(09)00616-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.08.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuron. 2009 Sep 24;63(6):788-802. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.08.006.