scholarly journals Control of synaptic vesicle release probability via VAMP4 targeting to endolysosomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
pp. eabf3873
Author(s):  
Daniela Ivanova ◽  
Katharine L. Dobson ◽  
Akshada Gajbhiye ◽  
Elizabeth C. Davenport ◽  
Daniela Hacker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Vesicle ◽  
Snare Complex ◽  
Release Probability ◽  
Clearing System ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
And Function ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle Release ◽  
And Control ◽  
Activity Dependent

Synaptic vesicle (SV) release probability (Pr), determines the steady state and plastic control of neurotransmitter release. However, how diversity in SV composition arises and regulates the Pr of individual SVs is not understood. We found that modulation of the copy number of the noncanonical vesicular SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor attachment protein receptor), vesicle-associated membrane protein 4 (VAMP4), on SVs is key for regulating Pr. Mechanistically, this is underpinned by its reduced ability to form an efficient SNARE complex with canonical plasma membrane SNAREs. VAMP4 has unusually high synaptic turnover and is selectively sorted to endolysosomes during activity-dependent bulk endocytosis. Disruption of endolysosomal trafficking and function markedly increased the abundance of VAMP4 in the SV pool and inhibited SV fusion. Together, our results unravel a new mechanism for generating SV heterogeneity and control of Pr through coupling of SV recycling to a major clearing system that regulates protein homeostasis.

scholarly journals C2B Polylysine Motif of Synaptotagmin Facilitates a Ca2+-independent Stage of Synaptic Vesicle Priming In Vivo

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 5211-5226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carin A. Loewen ◽  
Soo-Min Lee ◽  
Yeon-Kyun Shin ◽  
Noreen E. Reist
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Vesicle ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Synaptic Vesicles ◽  
Attachment Protein ◽  
Release Probability ◽  
Synaptotagmin I ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Vesicle Cycle

Synaptotagmin I, a synaptic vesicle protein required for efficient synaptic transmission, contains a highly conserved polylysine motif necessary for function. Using Drosophila, we examined in which step of the synaptic vesicle cycle this motif functions. Polylysine motif mutants exhibited an apparent decreased Ca2+ affinity of release, and, at low Ca2+, an increased failure rate, increased facilitation, and increased augmentation, indicative of a decreased release probability. Disruption of Ca2+ binding, however, cannot account for all of the deficits in the mutants; rather, the decreased release probability is probably due to a disruption in the coupling of synaptotagmin to the release machinery. Mutants exhibited a major slowing of recovery from synaptic depression, which suggests that membrane trafficking before fusion is disrupted. The disrupted process is not endocytosis because the rate of FM 1-43 uptake was unchanged in the mutants, and the polylysine motif mutant synaptotagmin was able to rescue the synaptic vesicle depletion normally found in sytnull mutants. Thus, the polylysine motif functions after endocytosis and before fusion. Finally, mutation of the polylysine motif inhibits the Ca2+-independent ability of synaptotagmin to accelerate SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor)-mediated fusion. Together, our results demonstrate that the polylysine motif is required for efficient Ca2+-independent docking and/or priming of synaptic vesicles in vivo.

scholarly journals GABAB receptor deficiency causes failure of neuronal homeostasis in hippocampal networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (25) ◽  
pp. E3291-E3299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Vertkin ◽  
Boaz Styr ◽  
Edden Slomowitz ◽  
Nir Ofir ◽  
Ilana Shapira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Circuits ◽  
Gabab Receptor ◽  
Snare Complex ◽  
Homeostatic Plasticity ◽  
Calcium Flux ◽  
Neuronal Homeostasis ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Presynaptic Calcium ◽  
Hippocampal Networks ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle Release

Stabilization of neuronal activity by homeostatic control systems is fundamental for proper functioning of neural circuits. Failure in neuronal homeostasis has been hypothesized to underlie common pathophysiological mechanisms in a variety of brain disorders. However, the key molecules regulating homeostasis in central mammalian neural circuits remain obscure. Here, we show that selective inactivation of GABAB, but not GABAA, receptors impairs firing rate homeostasis by disrupting synaptic homeostatic plasticity in hippocampal networks. Pharmacological GABAB receptor (GABABR) blockade or genetic deletion of the GB1a receptor subunit disrupts homeostatic regulation of synaptic vesicle release. GABABRs mediate adaptive presynaptic enhancement to neuronal inactivity by two principle mechanisms: First, neuronal silencing promotes syntaxin-1 switch from a closed to an open conformation to accelerate soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex assembly, and second, it boosts spike-evoked presynaptic calcium flux. In both cases, neuronal inactivity removes tonic block imposed by the presynaptic, GB1a-containing receptors on syntaxin-1 opening and calcium entry to enhance probability of vesicle fusion. We identified the GB1a intracellular domain essential for the presynaptic homeostatic response by tuning intermolecular interactions among the receptor, syntaxin-1, and the CaV2.2 channel. The presynaptic adaptations were accompanied by scaling of excitatory quantal amplitude via the postsynaptic, GB1b-containing receptors. Thus, GABABRs sense chronic perturbations in GABA levels and transduce it to homeostatic changes in synaptic strength. Our results reveal a novel role for GABABR as a key regulator of population firing stability and propose that disruption of homeostatic synaptic plasticity may underlie seizure's persistence in the absence of functional GABABRs.

scholarly journals Syntaxin 16’s Newly Deciphered Roles in Autophagy

Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bor Luen Tang
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Functional Redundancy ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Snare Complex ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Trans Golgi Network ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Golgi Network

Syntaxin 16, a Qa-SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor activating protein receptor), is involved in a number of membrane-trafficking activities, particularly transport processes at the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Recent works have now implicated syntaxin 16 in the autophagy process. In fact, syntaxin 16 appears to have dual roles, firstly in facilitating the transport of ATG9a-containing vesicles to growing autophagosomes, and secondly in autolysosome formation. The former involves a putative SNARE complex between syntaxin 16, VAMP7 and SNAP-47. The latter occurs via syntaxin 16’s recruitment by Atg8/LC3/GABARAP family proteins to autophagosomes and endo-lysosomes, where syntaxin 16 may act in a manner that bears functional redundancy with the canonical autophagosome Qa-SNARE syntaxin 17. Here, I discuss these recent findings and speculate on the mechanistic aspects of syntaxin 16’s newly found role in autophagy.

VAMP-8 segregates mast cell–preformed mediator exocytosis from cytokine trafficking pathways

Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 111 (7) ◽  
pp. 3665-3674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeraj Tiwari ◽  
Cheng-Chun Wang ◽  
Cristiana Brochetta ◽  
Gou Ke ◽  
Francesca Vita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Snare Complex ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Syntaxin 4 ◽  
Deficient Mice ◽  
Snare Complex Formation ◽  
Vesicular Compartment

Abstract Inflammatory responses by mast cells are characterized by massive exocytosis of prestored granular mediators followed by cytokine/chemokine release. The vesicular trafficking mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. Vesicular-associated membrane protein-8 (VAMP-8), a member of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptor (SNARE) family of fusion proteins initially characterized in endosomal and endosomal-lysosomal fusion, may also function in regulated exocytosis. Here we show that in bone marrow–derived mast cells (BMMCs) VAMP-8 partially colocalized with secretory granules and redistributed upon stimulation. This was associated with increased SNARE complex formation with the target t-SNAREs, SNAP-23 and syntaxin-4. VAMP-8–deficient BMMCs exhibited a markedly reduced degranulation response after IgE+ antigen-, thapsigargin-, or ionomycin-induced stimulation. VAMP-8–deficient mice also showed reduced plasma histamine levels in passive systemic anaphylaxis experiments, while cytokine/chemokine release was not affected. Unprocessed TNF accumulated at the plasma membrane where it colocalized with a VAMP-3–positive vesicular compartment but not with VAMP-8. The findings demonstrate that VAMP-8 segregates secretory lysosomal granule exocytosis in mast cells from cytokine/chemokine molecular trafficking pathways.

scholarly journals SNARE complexes of different composition jointly mediate membrane fusion in Arabidopsis cytokinesis

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1593-1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid El Kasmi ◽  
Cornelia Krause ◽  
Ulrike Hiller ◽  
York-Dieter Stierhof ◽  
Ulrike Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fusion ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Snare Complex ◽  
The Other ◽  
Division Plane ◽  
Daughter Cells ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Membrane Type ◽  
Cell Division Plane

Membrane fusion is mediated by soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complexes. Although membrane fusion is required for separating daughter cells in eukaryotic cytokinesis, the SNARE complexes involved are not known. In plants, membrane vesicles targeted to the cell division plane fuse with one another to form the partitioning membrane, progressing from the center to the periphery of the cell. In Arabidopsis, the cytokinesis-specific Qa-SNARE KNOLLE interacts with two other Q-SNAREs, SNAP33 and novel plant-specific SNARE 11 (NPSN11), whose roles in cytokinesis are not clear. Here we show by coimmunoprecipitation that KNOLLE forms two SNARE complexes that differ in composition. One complex is modeled on the trimeric plasma membrane type of SNARE complex and includes, in addition to KNOLLE, the promiscuous Qb,c-SNARE SNAP33 and the R-SNARE vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) 721,722, also involved in innate immunity. In contrast, the other KNOLLE-containing complex is tetrameric and includes Qb-SNARE NPSN11, Qc-SNARE SYP71, and VAMP721,722. Elimination of only one or the other type of KNOLLE complex by mutation, including the double mutant npsn11 syp71, causes a mild or no cytokinesis defect. In contrast, the two double mutants snap33 npsn11 and snap33 syp71 eliminate both types of KNOLLE complexes and display knolle-like cytokinesis defects. Thus the two distinct types of KNOLLE complexes appear to jointly mediate membrane fusion in Arabidopsis cytokinesis.

scholarly journals Author response: Elevated synaptic vesicle release probability in synaptophysin/gyrin family quadruple knockouts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathan K Raja ◽  
Julia Preobraschenski ◽  
Sergio Del Olmo-Cabrera ◽  
Rebeca Martinez-Turrillas ◽  
Reinhard Jahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Vesicle ◽  
Author Response ◽  
Vesicle Release ◽  
Release Probability ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle Release

scholarly journals The decoy SNARE Tomosyn sets tonic versus phasic release properties and is required for homeostatic synaptic plasticity

eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad W Sauvola ◽  
Yulia Akbergenova ◽  
Karen L Cunningham ◽  
Nicole A Aponte-Santiago ◽  
J Troy Littleton
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Plasticity ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle ◽  
Snare Complex ◽  
Neuronal Populations ◽  
Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity ◽  
Enhanced Resistance ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle Release ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle Fusion ◽  
Snare Complex Formation ◽  
Phasic Release

Synaptic vesicle release probability (Pr) is a key presynaptic determinant of synaptic strength established by cell intrinsic properties and further refined by plasticity. To characterize mechanisms that generate Pr heterogeneity between distinct neuronal populations, we examined glutamatergic tonic (Ib) and phasic (Is) motoneurons in Drosophila with stereotyped differences in Pr and synaptic plasticity. We found the decoy SNARE Tomosyn is differentially expressed between these motoneuron subclasses and contributes to intrinsic differences in their synaptic output. Tomosyn expression enables tonic release in Ib motoneurons by reducing SNARE complex formation and suppressing Pr to generate decreased levels of synaptic vesicle fusion and enhanced resistance to synaptic fatigue. In contrast, phasic release dominates when Tomosyn expression is low, enabling high intrinsic Pr at Is terminals at the expense of sustained release and robust presynaptic potentiation. In addition, loss of Tomosyn disrupts the ability of tonic synapses to undergo presynaptic homeostatic potentiation (PHP).

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