Endoribonuclease ENDU-2 regulates multiple traits including cold tolerance via cell autonomous and nonautonomous controls in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Environmental temperature acclimation is essential to animal survival, yet thermoregulation mechanisms remain poorly understood. We demonstrate cold tolerance in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> as regulated by paired ADL chemosensory neurons via Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependent endoribonuclease (EndoU) ENDU-2. Loss of ENDU-2 function results in life span, brood size, and synaptic remodeling abnormalities in addition to enhanced cold tolerance. Enzymatic ENDU-2 defects localized in the ADL and certain muscle cells led to increased cold tolerance in <i>endu-2</i> mutants. Ca<sup>2+</sup> imaging revealed ADL neurons were responsive to temperature stimuli through transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, concluding that ADL function requires ENDU-2 action in both cell-autonomous and cell-nonautonomous mechanisms. ENDU-2 is involved in caspase expression, which is central to cold tolerance and synaptic remodeling in dorsal nerve cord. We therefore conclude that ENDU-2 regulates cell type-dependent, cell-autonomous, and cell-nonautonomous cold tolerance.
Medical subject headings
- Acclimatization
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Endoribonucleases
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable
- Signal Transduction
- Synapses