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. 2024 Oct 28;15:9301. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53590-x

Fig. 4. Aggregation behavior depends on glutamate signaling from ADL and ASH neurons.

Fig. 4

A Graph showing number of aggregating animals in npr-1(ad609) compared to npr-1;eat-4(ky5) mutants and number of aggregating animals in npr-1(ad609);eat-4(ky5) mutants with EAT-4 driven by srv-3, sra-6, nhr-79, and srv-3/sra-6 combined promoters. B Graph showing number of aggregating animals in npr-1(ad609), npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778), npr-1(ad609);eat-4(ky5), npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);eat-4(ky5) mutants. Graph also includes npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);eat-4(ky5) mutants with EAT-4 driven under the nhr-79 promoter, npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);eat-4(ky5) mutants with NRX-1(α) driven under the nhr-79 promoter, and solitary controls. C Representative images of aggregation behavior in npr-1(ad609);eat-4(ky5), npr-1(ad609);eat-4(ky5); nhr-79p::eat-4, npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);eat-4(ky5), and npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);eat-4(ky5); nhr-79p::eat-4 animals (Scale bar = 1 mm). D Graph showing number of aggregating worms in npr-1(ad609), npr-1(ad609);eat-4(ky5), npr-1(ad609);nlg-1(ok259), npr-1(ad609);nlg-1(ok259);eat-4(ky5), npr-1(ad609);glr-2(ok2342), npr-1(ad609);nlg-1(ok259);glr-2(ok2342) mutants, and solitary controls. E Graph showing number of aggregating animals in npr-1(ad609), npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778), npr-1(ad609);glr-1(n2461), npr-1(ad609);glr-2(ok2342), npr-1(ad609);avr-15(ad1051), npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);glr-1(n2461), npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778); glr-2(ok2342), and npr-1(ad609);nrx-1(wy778);avr-15(ad1051) mutants. Data for npr-1 and npr-1;eat-4 are plotted in 4 A, 4B, and 4D. Data for npr-1;nrx-1 are plotted in 4B and 4E. Data for solitary controls are plotted in 4B, 4D, and 4E. The number of biological replicates (n) are displayed in the figure, bars show the mean number of aggregating C. elegans, and error bars indicate SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test was used for comparisons, exact p-values are shown on graphs (red indicates significance, black indicates non-significance). Source data are provided in the Source Data file.