The Drosophila eye displays peculiar sensory organs of unknown function, the mechanosensory bristles, that are intercalated among the adjacent ommatidia. Like the other Drosophila sensory organs, the mechanosensory bristles consist of a bipolar neuron and two tandemly aligned centrioles, the distal of which nucleates the ciliary axoneme and represents the starting point of the ciliary rootlets. We report here that the centriole associated protein Sas-4 colocalizes with the short ciliary rootlets of the mechanosensory bristles and with the elongated rootlets of chordotonal and olfactory neurons. This finding suggests an unexpected cytoplasmic localization of Sas-4 protein and points to a new underscored role for this protein. Moreover, we observed that the sheath cells associated with the sensory neurons also display two tandemly aligned centrioles but lacks ciliary axonemes, suggesting that the dendrites of the sensory neurons are dispensable for the assembly of aligned centrioles and rootlets.

Persico, V., Callaini, G., Riparbelli, M.G. (2021). Sas-4 colocalizes with the ciliary rootlets of the drosophila sensory organs. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 9(1) [10.3390/jdb9010001].

Sas-4 colocalizes with the ciliary rootlets of the drosophila sensory organs

Callaini G.
Conceptualization
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Riparbelli M. G.
Conceptualization
2021-01-01

Abstract

The Drosophila eye displays peculiar sensory organs of unknown function, the mechanosensory bristles, that are intercalated among the adjacent ommatidia. Like the other Drosophila sensory organs, the mechanosensory bristles consist of a bipolar neuron and two tandemly aligned centrioles, the distal of which nucleates the ciliary axoneme and represents the starting point of the ciliary rootlets. We report here that the centriole associated protein Sas-4 colocalizes with the short ciliary rootlets of the mechanosensory bristles and with the elongated rootlets of chordotonal and olfactory neurons. This finding suggests an unexpected cytoplasmic localization of Sas-4 protein and points to a new underscored role for this protein. Moreover, we observed that the sheath cells associated with the sensory neurons also display two tandemly aligned centrioles but lacks ciliary axonemes, suggesting that the dendrites of the sensory neurons are dispensable for the assembly of aligned centrioles and rootlets.
2021
Persico, V., Callaini, G., Riparbelli, M.G. (2021). Sas-4 colocalizes with the ciliary rootlets of the drosophila sensory organs. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 9(1) [10.3390/jdb9010001].
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