Abstract
It is long known that the nervous system of vertebrates can be shaped by internal and external factors. On the other hand, the nervous system of insects was long assumed to be stereotypic, although evidence for plasticity effects accumulated for several decades. To cover the topic comprehensively, this review recapitulates the establishment of the term “plasticity” in neuroscience and introduces its original meaning. We describe the basic composition of the insect olfactory system using Drosophila melanogaster as a representative example and outline experience-dependent plasticity effects observed in this part of the brain in a variety of insects, including hymenopterans, lepidopterans, locusts, and flies. In particular, we highlight recent advances in the study of experience-dependent plasticity effects in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster, as it is the most accessible olfactory system of all insect species due to the genetic tools available. The partly contradictory results demonstrate that morphological, physiological and behavioral changes in response to long-term olfactory stimulation are more complex than previously thought. Different molecular mechanisms leading to these changes were unveiled in the past and are likely responsible for this complexity. We discuss common problems in the study of experience-dependent plasticity, ways to overcome them, and future directions in this area of research. In addition, we critically examine the transferability of laboratory data to natural systems to address the topic as holistically as possible. As a mechanism that allows organisms to adapt to new environmental conditions, experience-dependent plasticity contributes to an animal’s resilience and is therefore a crucial topic for future research, especially in an era of rapid environmental changes.
1. Introduction
The word “plasticity” is exceptionally popular nowadays and is used to describe various phenomena in different branches of science, particularly in neuroscience. Searching for this term in scientific texts yields about 3 million hits, a similar number to other commonly used words such as “neuron” or “Drosophila,” which yield 3.3 million and 2 million hits, respectively, and it generates even half as many hits as “climate” (via Google Scholar, as of 03.11.2022). Although the term is used so frequently, it is inadequately defined, probably largely due to ignorance of its original meaning.
In the 1860s, at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the concept of plasticity originated in physics and material sciences (Tresca, 1864). At this time, a hypothesis about a peculiar property of metals was published by Henri Tresca. According to his hypothesis, metals enter a flowing state when an applied force exceeds a certain threshold. This work formed the basis for our current comprehension of the term “plasticity” in the physical sense, according to which solid bodies deform in response to an applied force and retain this state even after the force is removed ().
It only needed a few decades for this term to find its way into biology. William James used the term for the first time in a surprisingly modern way () to link the morphological plasticity of organisms to their behaviors (James, 1890). He suggested that the observed behaviors of organisms depend on the plasticity of the organic matter that constitutes the organisms. He already emphasized that structural plasticity needs not necessarily to involve only the visible morphology of an organism, but can also take place at the molecular level. Moreover, James highlighted nervous tissue as an organic matter with an exceptional amount of plasticity. It was his adoption of the term “plasticity” that bridged the gap between biology and physics and that later became accepted in neuroscience.
, Ramón y Cajal (1894), Lugaro (1906, 1909), and Minea (1909) were the first neuroscientists to demonstrably use the term “plasticity” (; Mateos-Aparicio and Rodríguez-Moreno, 2019). However, it took several decades for the term to become as popular as it is today. Shortly after 1970, the terms “plasticity” and “neuroplasticity” were used by an increasing number of neuroscientists. As early as 1976, it was noted that the term was being used more and more broadly without being properly defined (Paillard, 1976). Paillard proposed that plasticity describes the ability of a system to acquire new functions by transforming its internal connectivity or by changing the elements of which it consists in response to the internal or external environment (; Will et al., 2008). According to this definition, a phenomenon can be called plastic only if it combines a morphological and functional change. In addition, the changes must be lasting, even if the event that triggers the effect is only temporary. If morphological and functional changes are reversible, the term “elasticity” would be more appropriate. Since Paillard’s views were published, the term’s popularity has only grown, and has been paralleled by an intensified decline in the accuracy of its use (Jones, 2000; Will et al., 2008; Groh and Meinertzhagen, 2010), which today reached a state where “plasticity” is often just a synonym for “change” or “difference.”
Morphological and functional changes were observed in various parts of the nervous system of insects, including motor neurons and the visual system (Sugie et al., 2018). In this review, we focus on morphological and physiological changes in the insect olfactory system in response to environmental stimuli and on associated behavioral changes. To this end, we first present the composition of the olfactory circuitry of Drosophila melanogasterMeigen, 1830 as an example of a well-studied olfactory system and then show how plasticity affects this system in different insect species, emphasizing on recent discoveries in D. melanogaster. Various molecular mechanisms that give rise to plasticity effects are highlighted. We address challenges in this research area and suggest how they can be overcome. Furthermore, the transferability of plasticity effects observed in the laboratory to more natural conditions is discussed. Finally, we argue that neuronal plasticity may be a rapid and efficient way to enable organisms to adapt to new environmental conditions, a capability that is of paramount importance in the face of environmental degradation and climate change. With this review, we aim to shed light on this area of research by providing the most comprehensive overview to date on experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of insects.
2. The olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster
2.1. Olfactory organs, receptors, and sensory neurons
The olfactory system of D. melanogaster is one of the experimentally most accessible parts of any insect brain and therefore an ideal model system for the investigation of plasticity effects. Like other insects, the vinegar fly detects odorants with its antennae, more specifically the third antennal segment (the funiculus), and the maxillary palps (Figure 1; Hansson and Stensmyr, 2011). The cuticular surface of these structures is covered with various types of sensilla, some of which have an olfactory function while others are involved in the perception of non-olfactory cues. There are about 410–460 olfactory sensilla on the funiculus and 60 on the maxillary palp with slight differences between sexes. The olfactory sensilla can be morphologically categorized into four groups: club-shaped basiconic, spine-shaped trichoid, cone-shaped coeloconic, and morphologically less well-defined intermediate sensilla, which combine characteristics of basiconic and trichoid sensilla (Figure 2; Stocker, 1994; Shanbhag et al., 1999; Laissue and Vosshall, 2008; ). These different types are distributed in a stereotypic manner across the funicular surface. The cuticular surface of olfactory sensilla is covered with small pores, which allow volatile compounds to enter (Steinbrecht, 1997), but prevent the sensillar lymph from exiting. The transition from air to an aqueous medium poses a problem for volatile compounds, especially if they are hydrophobic. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are present in high concentration in the aqueous sensillar lymph of sensilla and are thought to facilitate the transition, to transport compounds to the receptors of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) (Steinbrecht, 1998; Pelosi et al., 2006; Leal, 2013) and/or to contribute in the activation of receptors by forming a complex with the odorant (Laughlin et al., 2008). OBPs are also hypothesized to play a role in clearance of compounds from receptors to terminate responses (Vogt and Riddiford, 1981; Ziegelberger, 1995; Scheuermann and Smith, 2019). The chemoreceptors are anchored in the dendritic membrane of OSNs (). OSNs express olfactory (ORs), gustatory (GRs), or ionotropic (IRs) receptors (; Joseph and Carlson, 2015). Each sensillum houses dendrites of 1–4 OSNs in defined combinations (). Each OSN type expresses one or only very few chemoreceptors each (; Martin et al., 2013). The somata of OSNs are located directly at the bases of the sensilla. Additionally to OSN dendrites, sensilla also contain a thecogen cell, a trichogen cell and one or two tormogen cells (Shanbhag et al., 2000), which ensheath the OSNs and produce the sensillar lymph and OBPs (Park et al., 2000; Shanbhag et al., 2001; Larter et al., 2016; ).
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2.2. The first processing center – The antennal lobe
The first-order neurons in the olfactory system are the OSNs. OSNs that innervate the olfactory sensilla on the antenna and maxillary palps extend their axons to the first processing center, the antennal lobe (AL) (Figure 3), via the antennal nerve and labiomaxillary nerve, respectively (
FIGURE 3

Three-dimensional render of the brain of D. melanogaster. A representative olfactory circuit is shown. It consists of OSNs (orange) that innervate a specific type of sensilla on the antenna (teal) with their dendrites and a specific glomerulus (green) with their axons. In the glomerulus, OSN axons synapse onto PNs (violet) and LNs (blue). PNs extend their axons to the MB and LH. LNs usually innervate a diverse set of glomeruli to contact OSNs, PNs, and other LNs, mainly to modulate signal transduction. AL, antennal lobe; AN, antenna; LH, lateral horn; LN, local interneuron; LO, lobula; MB, mushroom body; ME, medulla; OSN, olfactory sensory neuron; PN, projection neuron; SEG, subesophageal ganglion; SLP, superior lateral protocerebrum; SMP, superior medial protocerebrum; VLP, ventrolateral protocerebrum. The 3D model is based on published figures (Jenett et al., 2012; Scheffer et al., 2020) and the brain model of NeuroNLP FlyCircuits (Ukani et al., 2016).
Within the glomeruli, OSNs, projection neurons (PNs) and local interneurons (LNs) are the three main neuronal types that form a complex network by synapsing onto each other, among each other and in rare cases also onto themselves (autapses) (Rybak et al., 2016; Horne et al., 2018; Scheffer et al., 2020). OSN axons mainly form synaptic contacts with second-order PNs and LNs. The somata of PNs and LNs are located outside of the AL adjacent to its boundaries in the anterodorsal, lateral, and ventral periphery. These three clusters were previously thought to harbor in total ∼150 PN somata (Jefferis et al., 2001) and ∼200 LN somata (
Projection neurons receive the modulated signal and transfer it to the mushroom body (MB) and the lateral horn (LH) in the protocerebrum via three different tracts, the medial AL tract (mALT), mediolateral AL tract (mlALT), and lateral AL tract (lALT) (Stocker et al., 1990). Two groups of PNs can be distinguished according to their morphology. The first group consists of PNs that are excitatory and uniglomerular, meaning that they innervate only one glomerulus (uPNs). These acetylcholine expressing uPNs (Yasuyama and Salvaterra, 1999) have their somata in the anterodorsal and lateral clusters and extend their axons along the mALT or lALT to either the MB calyx and the LH or only the LH (Tanaka et al., 2012). The second group consists of PNs that are inhibitory and innervate multiple glomeruli (mPNs). The cell bodies of these GABA releasing mPNs are located in the ventral cluster (Lai et al., 2008). The mPNs extend their axons along the mlALT and bypass the MB to innervate the LH directly (Jefferis et al., 2007; Okada et al., 2009; Tanaka et al., 2012).
2.3. The higher brain centers – The mushroom body and lateral horn
The MB and LH harbor third-order neurons, which receive input from the AL via axonal terminals of PNs (Figure 3). The MB is a neuropil that is involved in higher cognitive tasks, such as olfactory learning and memory (
The LH is the second protocerebral region that receives input from PNs. It is a neuropil involved in innate behaviors that were thought to be independent of the influence of the MB (Wang et al., 2003; Min et al., 2013). Axonal terminals of excitatory PNs branch in a typical pattern. This innervation pattern is very similar, but not identical, between sister PNs that innervate the same glomerulus in a given fly but also between different animals (Marin et al., 2002; Wong et al., 2002; Jefferis et al., 2007). Additionally, PN morphology in the LH seems to be independent of sensory input, since PN axons develop before their dendrites establish a functional connectivity with OSNs and they develop normally even when sensory input is abolished by amputation of antennae and maxillary palps (Wong et al., 2002; Jefferis et al., 2004; Jefferis and Hummel, 2006). The stereotypy of PN axons allows dividing the LH into functional regions, which receive qualitatively different olfactory input (Jefferis et al., 2007; Strutz et al., 2014; Seki et al., 2017;
Olfactory sensory neurons that express a certain receptor and therefore converge onto the same glomerulus, and their associated PNs that also only innervate the same glomerulus, synapse onto these OSNs and extend their axons into the MB and LH, is what neuroscientists often refer to as a neuronal circuit. A given odorant can bind to several different receptors and activate different circuits at the same time. Furthermore, an odorant plume can consist of different odorant molecules that are also very likely to activate different circuits. The activity of different circuits creates an elaborate spatiotemporal map of odorant responses across the AL glomeruli, the so-called combinatorial code (
The connectivity of neurons that are further downstream of the MB and LH is much more complex than the connectivity of first- and second-order neurons in the olfactory system. It is therefore more difficult to define specific olfactory neurons downstream of the MB and the LH. The increasing integration of different sensory modalities in higher brain areas further adds to the complexity (Thiagarajan and Sachse, 2022). In recent years, however, technological advances allowed the acquisition of large-scale connectome data and detailed 3D reconstructions of neurons and their synaptic connections, specific circuits and even entire neuropils (Horne et al., 2018; Zheng et al., 2018;
3. Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of insects (excluding Drosophila)
Not surprisingly, much of our understanding of experience-dependent plasticity in insect brains is based on the honey bee olfactory system, as it is one of the most extensively studied insect olfactory systems. Early studies demonstrated that the behavioral changes that take place during the transition from hive workers to foragers were accompanied by structural changes in the brain, particularly volume changes of the AL, its glomeruli, and the MB (Withers et al., 1993;
In other eusocial hymenopterans, it was shown that experience can also modulate the morphology of the MB. These modulations were mostly attributed to social experience, which may involve olfactory stimulation. For example, Pseudomyrmex spinicola (
The olfactory system of moths and butterflies was shown to be influenced by experience as well. When males of Spodoptera littoralis (
Morphological differences between swarm-forming locusts in the solitary and gregarious phases are an example for polyphenism, a special form of plasticity. It is known from several locust species that the population density of nymphs and also adults can trigger a behavioral and morphological shift from the solitary to the gregarious phase when a certain threshold is reached (e.g., Simpson et al., 1999; Pocco et al., 2019). Interestingly, this phase change could also be triggered in non-swarming locust species with similar behavioral and morphological consequences (
4. Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster
The olfactory system of D. melanogaster is an ideal model for the investigation of experience-dependent plasticity because of its relative simplicity and the genetic tools that are available. Its composition of strongly segregated circuits and the knowledge about odorant tuning profiles for most olfactory receptors allows specific stimulation and precise investigation of certain parts of the system. Two decades ago (Table 1), the first study that documented a case of experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster was conducted by
TABLE 1
| References | Sachse et al., 2007 | Iyengar et al., 2010 | McCann et al., 2011 | Sudhakaran et al., 2013 | Kidd et al., 2015 | Kidd and Lieber, 2016 | Gugel et al., 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Odors for exposure | Benzal–dehyde, isoamyl acetate | Benzaldehyde, isoamyl acetate | Ethyl butyrate, CO2 | Ethyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, furfuryl acetate, butanol | Ethyl acetate | Ethyl butyrate, CO2 | Ethyl butyrate, CO2 | Ethyl butyrate, CO2 | Geranyl acetate, CO2 | Geranyl acetate | Ethyl butyrate | Ethyl butyrate, CO2 | E2-hexenal, 2-butanone, geranyl acetate | Geosmin, 3-hexanone, ethyl hexanoate | |||||||
| Glomerulus volume | DM2, DM6, V | DM2, DM6, V | DM2, V | DM2, DM5, DM6, V | DM2, DM5, V | V, VA6 | VA6 | VM7d | DM2, DM5, V | VM7d | DA2, DM1, DM2 | ||||||||||
| Glomerulus-specificity | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cellular effects | OSNs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PNs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LNs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Physiology | OSNs | GCaMP | SSR | Extracellular single-unit recordings | GCaMP | Patch-clamp | GCaMP | ||||||||||||||
| PNs | GCaMP | GCaMP | GCaMP | GCaMP | GCaMP | GCaMP | PC | PC | GCaMP | ||||||||||||
| LNs | GC | GC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | T-maze | T-maze | Walking | Trap | Y-maze | Y-maze | Y-maze | Trap | Y-maze | T-maze, oviposition | |||||||||||
| Reversibility | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Early critical period | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Involved genes, neurotransmitters, and signaling pathways | Dunce | Dunce, rutabaga | Rutabaga, GABA, NMDAR1 | Ataxin-2 | Ataxin-2, dFMR1, CaMKII | Notch, disabled | Delta | NMDAR1 | Rutabaga | ||||||||||||
Summary of the literature on experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster using long-term odor exposure.
Colored tiles indicate experiments that were done in the respective studies. Green, a phenomenon was observed (e.g., glomerulus-specificity) or there was an increase in the measured parameter (e.g., glomerulus volume); orange, a phenomenon was not observed (e.g., reversibility) or there was a decrease in the measured parameter (e.g., physiology); gray, the measured parameter was unchanged. GC, GCaMP; LNs, local interneurons; OSNs, olfactory sensory neurons; PC, patch-clamp; PNs, projection neurons.
By focusing on other neuronal circuits, it was shown several years ago that the exposure to carbon dioxide or ethyl butyrate affects the associated V and DM2 glomerulus, respectively (Sachse et al., 2007). However, contrary to the mentioned previous studies, the glomeruli grew in size instead of shrinking due to the exposure. This finding was the first indicator that not every olfactory circuit is affected in the same way by the perception of odorants. Furthermore, it could be demonstrated that two subsequent days of odorant exposure are sufficient to induce the maximum volumetric effect in the V glomerulus. When flies were returned to ambient air for at least 2 days after the exposure period, the glomerulus size returned to normal. This observation of reversibility differs from the observations of
When flies are exposed to geranyl acetate, the associated VA6 glomerulus grows in size as well, which is an effect that was shown to be reversible (Kidd et al., 2015; Kidd and Lieber, 2016). The volumetric growth does not seem to rely on an early critical period, as it could also be evoked in flies that were exposed beginning on the eighth day after hatching from the pupa (Kidd and Lieber, 2016). Interestingly, exposure to geranyl acetate increases the attraction toward this odor in trap assays, which contradicts previous findings that showed that exposure to odors decreases the behavioral response toward them. The authors hypothesized that flies could form a positive association between the odorant and food during the exposure time, which could increase the attractiveness of the odor. Such a positive association might only occur when flies are exposed to neutral or attractive odorants such as geranyl acetate and not when they are exposed to repellent odors such as carbon dioxide or benzaldehyde. Additionally, exposure to geranyl acetate decreases responses of associated OSNs and increases PN responses (Kidd et al., 2015). Similarly, exposure to the neutral or attractive odors ethyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, furfuryl acetate or butanol (Knaden et al., 2012) was shown to cause an increased attraction toward the odor that was used during the exposure period (
Recent studies documented some additional interesting plasticity effects in the AL.
A subsequent study by
For the publications mentioned so far, which dealt with experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster, very high odorant concentrations were used over an exposure period of usually four subsequent days (
In a recent study, we asked whether even a highly specific olfactory circuit, which is crucial for the survival of D. melanogaster because it conveys information about the presence of potentially toxic microorganisms (Stensmyr et al., 2012) is subject to plasticity as well (
Notably, OSN axons and glia cell processes extending into the DA2 glomerulus were shown to not contribute to the glomerular growth (
In contrast to work examining experience-dependent plasticity in the MB or LH in other insects, there are only few studies linking structural and functional changes in these higher olfactory brain centers of D. melanogaster. Disruption of signaling in PNs was shown to affect the physiology and morphology of microglomeruli in the MB (Kremer et al., 2010; Pech et al., 2015;
5. Molecular underpinnings of experience-dependent plasticity in the antennal lobe of D. melanogaster
For many of the morphological, physiological and behavioral consequences of long-term exposure to odorants, molecular and genetic drivers were found (Table 1). Early studies discovered that flies with a mutation in the dunce gene (dnc1) do not exhibit changes in glomerular volumes or behavior in response to odorant exposure (
Another gene that was reported to play a role in experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster is notch (Kidd et al., 2015; Kidd and Lieber, 2016). This gene encodes a transmembrane receptor protein (Wharton et al., 1985). It is involved in signal transduction between cells and fulfills various functions during developmental processes (e.g.,
The gene delta encodes a ligand for the notch receptor (Rebay et al., 1991) and it is therefore not surprising that the manipulation of delta has an impact on odor-evoked plasticity effects as well. The increased neuronal response of VA6 PNs that were observed in geranyl acetate-exposed flies is abolished when delta is knocked down in these PNs (Kidd and Lieber, 2016). Surprisingly, this knockdown causes an amplified volumetric growth of the glomerulus in odor-exposed flies. These findings indicate that the relationship between physiological and morphological plasticity effects is not straightforward. The authors conclude that the notch pathway affects the glomerular plasticity by canonical and non-canonical mechanisms. Interestingly, the VA6 glomerulus still grows in size when vesicle release in the associated OSNs is blocked by tetanus toxin, indicating that the volume increase is independent of activation of downstream neurons. The authors hypothesize that the delta pathway could be activated by neuropeptide signals from OSNs to PNs. Moreover, the notch pathway was shown to be involved in the reversibility of the plasticity effect. When delta is knocked down, the volumetric increase of glomeruli that is caused by exposure to odorants is irreversible for 2 days after the exposure (Kidd and Lieber, 2016).
In the context of retracting OSN axons and the associated decrease of synaptic area and T-bars in the VM7d glomerulus, the Wnt signaling pathways were investigated in more detail (
Beside the experiments that aimed at different gene regulatory networks, some studies focused on synaptic transmitters in order to elucidate underlying mechanisms of experience-dependent plasticity. For example,
All these genetic and molecular findings demonstrate that experience-dependent plasticity in the AL underlies various signaling pathways with complex interactions (reviewed in
6. Limiting factors for the investigation of experience-dependent plasticity effects
The investigation of long-term plasticity effects in the olfactory system of insects poses a challenge. We have to assume that some individuals are strongly affected by the exposure procedure while others might not be affected at all, without any evidence to indicate which of the exposed flies were not affected. For example, in our recent study, we observed that the standard deviation of the volume of the DA2 glomerulus was in most cases higher in the group of animals that perceived geosmin (
The measurement of morphological characters only at specific time points during the development also poses a problem. Just because no morphological changes were observed in the neurites of neurons after the exposure period it does not necessarily mean that there were no changes at all. During development, OSNs axons, for example, frequently extend and retract their axons (Li et al., 2021). In the developing larval visual system, these extensions and retractions of neurite terminals were shown to occur at the same rate, so that the overall length did not change (Sheng et al., 2018), although intense dynamic processes were at work. However, such dynamic plasticity effects could only be detected in adult flies if glomerular growth could be observed in real time. Moreover, the glomerular growth was shown to be reversible in some olfactory circuits (Sachse et al., 2007;
There is evidence that the observed volumetric effects could also be influenced by methodological procedures. Specific changes in glomerular volume were consistently observed in all of our in vivo experiments but, surprisingly, not in in vitro experiments (
7. Discussion
All of the mentioned observations in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster and other insect species draw a clear picture – plasticity effects in this part of the nervous system are common in insects. In general, neuronal plasticity is also known from other arthropods, such as crustaceans (Harrison et al., 2002; Sandeman and Sandeman, 2003) and jumping spiders (Steinhoff et al., 2018), but also in other invertebrates like cephalopods (
Most studies that focused on plasticity effects in the olfactory system of insect species observed volumetric changes in entire neuropils like the MB and AL. Only a few studies managed to resolve plasticity effects on the scale of individual glomeruli. These morphological changes may be triggered, for example, by foraging, social, or olfactory experiences. In species other than D. melanogaster it is more difficult to link morphological changes to functional changes. However, as genetic techniques for generating genetically modified strains advance, we are likely to obtain more detailed data in the future for comparison with observations in D. melanogaster.
The knowledge we already have today about experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of D. melanogaster indicates that exposure to odorants can cause a variety of opposing morphological, physiological and behavioral effects. These effects are likely to depend on the odorants that were used and the glomeruli that were investigated. Although only very few odorants and glomeruli were investigated in the context of experience-dependent plasticity so far, there was no general effect found that applies to all tested combinations of glomeruli and odorants (Table 1). Some studies report decreased, increased, or unchanged glomerular volumes after flies were exposed to certain odorants. If glomerular sizes are affected, these effects can either be long-lasting or reversible, glomerulus-specific or general, and dependent or independent of an early critical period. The physiological response of associated neurons is also either higher, lower, or unaffected. Similarly, the behavioral response to the exposed odorant can also be either enhanced or weakened dependent on which odorant flies were exposed to during the exposure period. But why are such opposing effects observed across different studies? An obvious answer to this question could be that various circuits in the olfactory system underlie some different molecular mechanisms that cause these circuit-specific effects. Additionally, the impact of the odorant and the resulting changes in the olfactory system could depend on its hedonic valence, which might be specifically important for the behavioral effects of long-term exposure. However, methodological issues cannot be excluded. Although the exposure method is similar in a few studies, it still varies at least in some fine details, which could influence the outcome of the experiments. Standardized procedures in future investigations would certainly help to gather data that is more comparable between studies.
Most mentioned studies that investigated plasticity effects caused by long-term odorant exposure in D. melanogaster used extremely artificial exposure procedures. A continuous exposure period of 2–4 days with odorant concentrations between 0.1% and 25% (
Highly specific receptors such as Or56a, GR21a, GR63a or pheromone receptors are crucial for an animal’s behavior. At first glance, it seems puzzling that circuits with a high specificity like the geosmin circuit, which conveys information about the presence of toxic threats (Stensmyr et al., 2012), change based on past experience. One reason for observing experience-dependency in such highly specific olfactory circuits could be their evolutionary past. It is likely that these circuits did not emerge de novo, but evolved from a more broadly tuned circuit and became more specific over time. For example, the emergence of new olfactory circuits could be caused by gene duplications (Prieto-Godino et al., 2017) or by suppression of apoptotic events during development (Prieto-Godino et al., 2020). Therefore, it is credible that narrowly tuned and broadly tuned circuits share at least some similar molecular mechanisms that cause experience-dependent plasticity effects. However, the ability to exhibit plastic changes in highly specific circuits may be more than just a relic of their evolutionary past. Plastic effects in neuronal tissue are an efficient way to adjust the energetically expensive nervous system in response to changing environmental conditions (
Moreover, plasticity effects could also play a role in speciation processes. The data show that a female fly exposed to an aversive odorant such as geosmin for an extended period of time subsequently behaves indifferently to the odorant. It is likely to lay more eggs on a medium exposed to a geosmin source, and thus the offspring is exposed to the odorant throughout its development.
Interesting observations were made in studies in which D. melanogaster cohabitated with the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina heterotoma (Thomson, 1862). Flies exposed to these wasps developed a preference for ethanol-containing substrate for oviposition, as an ethanol-rich diet protected larvae from parasitoids (Kacsoh et al., 2013). Surprisingly, this behavioral change was observed in subsequent generations, although the offspring never experienced the presence of wasps (
Experience-dependent plasticity in the insect olfactory system as a consequence of an altered chemical environment has the potential to change odorant perception and associated behavior over relatively short time scales. Similar to associative learning (
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Keywords
olfaction, plasticity, odor experience, Drosophila, insects, antennal lobe
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Fabian B and Sachse S (2023) Experience-dependent plasticity in the olfactory system of Drosophila melanogaster and other insects. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 17:1130091. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1130091
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