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Abstract / Description of output
To maintain neurotransmission in central neurons, several mechanisms are employed to retrieve synaptically exocytosed membrane. The two major modes of synaptic vesicle (SV) retrieval are clathrin-mediated endocytosis and activity-dependent bulk endocytosis (ADBE). ADBE is the dominant SV retrieval mode during intense stimulation, however the precise physiological conditions that trigger this mode are not resolved. To determine these parameters we manipulated rat hippocampal neurons using a wide spectrum of stimuli by varying both the pattern and duration of stimulation. Using live-cell fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy approaches, we established that stimulation frequency, rather than the stimulation load, was critical in the triggering of ADBE. Thus two hundred action potentials, when delivered at high frequency, were sufficient to induce near maximal bulk formation. Furthermore we observed a strong correlation between SV pool size and ability to perform ADBE. We also identified that inhibitory nerve terminals were more likely to utilize ADBE and had a larger SV recycling pool. Thus ADBE in hippocampal synaptic terminals is tightly coupled to stimulation frequency and is more likely to occur in terminals with large SV pools. These results implicate ADBE as a key modulator of both hippocampal neurotransmission and plasticity.
Original language | English |
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Article number | ARTN e38188 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Jun 2012 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- CHROMAFFIN CELLS
- NERVE-TERMINALS
- MEMBRANE
- PHOSPHORYLATION
- RELEASE
- CLATHRIN
- SYNAPTIC VESICLE ENDOCYTOSIS
- DYNAMIN
- RETRIEVAL
- POOLS
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Activity-dependant control of bulk endocytosis in the dynamin-syndapin interaction
1/01/09 → 15/06/12
Project: Research