abnormal neuroanatomy (with Df(2L)ast1), with GluRIICUAS.cMa
neuromuscular junction | larval stage (with Df(2L)ast1), with GluRIICUAS.cMa
terminal bouton (with Df(2L)ast1), with GluRIICUAS.cMa
Leaky expression of GluRIICUAS.cMa (without a GAL4 driver) under the control of Scer\GAL4G14 in a GluRIIC2/Df(2L)ast1 mutant background results in a significant reduction in bouton number at muscles 6/7 and 4 NMJs compared to controls.
GluRIIC2 synaptic mutants exhibit wild-type bouton structure.
The ionophoretic response to glutamate at the neuromuscular junction is approximately 13-fold less than that of wild-type larvae in GluRIIC2/Df(2L)ast1 larvae carrying GluRIICScer\UAS.cMa in the absence of an Scer\GAL4 driver. In addition, these mutant animals show a 2.5-fold reduction in mean miniature excitatory junctional potential (mEJP) amplitude and a 14.4-fold reduction in mEJP frequency compared to wild type. At low calcium levels (0.47mM), there is no difference between the excitatory junctional current (EJC) amplitude of the mutant synapse and of the wild-type synapse. However, at high external calcium levels (1.5mM), the mutant synapses generate an EJC only 1/5 the size of the wild-type EJC.
GluRIIC2 is rescued by GluRIIC+tg