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Meriney SD, Umbach JA, Gundersen CB. Fast, Ca2+-dependent exocytosis at nerve terminals: shortcomings of SNARE-based models. Prog Neurobiol 2014; 121:55-90. [PMID: 25042638 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2014.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Investigations over the last two decades have made major inroads in clarifying the cellular and molecular events that underlie the fast, synchronous release of neurotransmitter at nerve endings. Thus, appreciable progress has been made in establishing the structural features and biophysical properties of the calcium (Ca2+) channels that mediate the entry into nerve endings of the Ca2+ ions that trigger neurotransmitter release. It is now clear that presynaptic Ca2+ channels are regulated at many levels and the interplay of these regulatory mechanisms is just beginning to be understood. At the same time, many lines of research have converged on the conclusion that members of the synaptotagmin family serve as the primary Ca2+ sensors for the action potential-dependent release of neurotransmitter. This identification of synaptotagmins as the proteins which bind Ca2+ and initiate the exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane has spurred widespread efforts to reveal molecular details of synaptotagmin's action. Currently, most models propose that synaptotagmin interfaces directly or indirectly with SNARE (soluble, N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment receptors) proteins to trigger membrane fusion. However, in spite of intensive efforts, the field has not achieved consensus on the mechanism by which synaptotagmins act. Concurrently, the precise sequence of steps underlying SNARE-dependent membrane fusion remains controversial. This review considers the pros and cons of the different models of SNARE-mediated membrane fusion and concludes by discussing a novel proposal in which synaptotagmins might directly elicit membrane fusion without the intervention of SNARE proteins in this final fusion step.
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- Stephen D Meriney
- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Park S, Bin NR, Sugita S. Novel role of glial syntaxin-1B in supporting neuronal survival. J Neurochem 2014; 130:469-71. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Seungmee Park
- Division of Fundamental Neurobiology; University Health Network; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Physiology; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Division of Fundamental Neurobiology; University Health Network; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Physiology; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Division of Fundamental Neurobiology; University Health Network; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Physiology; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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Kofuji T, Fujiwara T, Sanada M, Mishima T, Akagawa K. HPC-1/syntaxin 1A and syntaxin 1B play distinct roles in neuronal survival. J Neurochem 2014; 130:514-25. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Takefumi Kofuji
- Radioisotope Laboratory; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Mitaka Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Mitaka Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Mitaka Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Mitaka Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Mitaka Tokyo Japan
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Fà M, Staniszewski A, Saeed F, Francis YI, Arancio O. Dynamin 1 is required for memory formation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91954. [PMID: 24643165 PMCID: PMC3958425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Dynamin 1–3 isoforms are known to be involved in endocytotic processes occurring during synaptic transmission. No data has directly linked dynamins yet with normal animal behavior. Here we show that dynamin pharmacologic inhibition markedly impairs hippocampal-dependent associative memory. Memory loss was associated with changes in synaptic function occurring during repetitive stimulation that is thought to be linked with memory induction. Synaptic fatigue was accentuated by dynamin inhibition. Moreover, dynamin inhibition markedly reduced long-term potentiation, post-tetanic potentiation, and neurotransmitter released during repetitive stimulation. Most importantly, the effect of dynamin inhibition onto memory and synaptic plasticity was due to a specific involvement of the dynamin 1 isoform, as demonstrated through a genetic approach with siRNA against this isoform to temporally block it. Taken together, these findings identify dynamin 1 as a key protein for modulation of memory and release evoked by repetitive activity.
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- Mauro Fà
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Mishima T, Fujiwara T, Sanada M, Kofuji T, Kanai-Azuma M, Akagawa K. Syntaxin 1B, but not syntaxin 1A, is necessary for the regulation of synaptic vesicle exocytosis and of the readily releasable pool at central synapses. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90004. [PMID: 24587181 PMCID: PMC3938564 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Two syntaxin 1 (STX1) isoforms, HPC-1/STX1A and STX1B, are coexpressed in neurons and function as neuronal target membrane (t)-SNAREs. However, little is known about their functional differences in synaptic transmission. STX1A null mutant mice develop normally and do not show abnormalities in fast synaptic transmission, but monoaminergic transmissions are impaired. In the present study, we found that STX1B null mutant mice died within 2 weeks of birth. To examine functional differences between STX1A and 1B, we analyzed the presynaptic properties of glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses in STX1B null mutant and STX1A/1B double null mutant mice. We found that the frequency of spontaneous quantal release was lower and the paired-pulse ratio of evoked postsynaptic currents was significantly greater in glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses of STX1B null neurons. Deletion of STX1B also accelerated synaptic vesicle turnover in glutamatergic synapses and decreased the size of the readily releasable pool in glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses. Moreover, STX1A/1B double null neurons showed reduced and asynchronous evoked synaptic vesicle release in glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses. Our results suggest that although STX1A and 1B share a basic function as neuronal t-SNAREs, STX1B but not STX1A is necessary for the regulation of spontaneous and evoked synaptic vesicle exocytosis in fast transmission.
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- Tatsuya Mishima
- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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- Radio Isotope Laboratory, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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Ramakrishnan NA, Drescher MJ, Morley BJ, Kelley PM, Drescher DG. Calcium regulates molecular interactions of otoferlin with soluble NSF attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins required for hair cell exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:8750-66. [PMID: 24478316 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.480533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mutations in otoferlin, a C2 domain-containing ferlin family protein, cause non-syndromic hearing loss in humans (DFNB9 deafness). Furthermore, transmitter secretion of cochlear inner hair cells is compromised in mice lacking otoferlin. In the present study, we show that the C2F domain of otoferlin directly binds calcium (KD = 267 μM) with diminished binding in a pachanga (D1767G) C2F mouse mutation. Calcium was found to differentially regulate binding of otoferlin C2 domains to target SNARE (t-SNARE) proteins and phospholipids. C2D-F domains interact with the syntaxin-1 t-SNARE motif with maximum binding within the range of 20-50 μM Ca(2+). At 20 μM Ca(2+), the dissociation rate was substantially lower, indicating increased binding (KD = ∼10(-9)) compared with 0 μM Ca(2+) (KD = ∼10(-8)), suggesting a calcium-mediated stabilization of the C2 domain·t-SNARE complex. C2A and C2B interactions with t-SNAREs were insensitive to calcium. The C2F domain directly binds the t-SNARE SNAP-25 maximally at 100 μM and with reduction at 0 μM Ca(2+), a pattern repeated for C2F domain interactions with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. In contrast, C2F did not bind the vesicle SNARE protein synaptobrevin-1 (VAMP-1). Moreover, an antibody targeting otoferlin immunoprecipitated syntaxin-1 and SNAP-25 but not synaptobrevin-1. As opposed to an increase in binding with increased calcium, interactions between otoferlin C2F domain and intramolecular C2 domains occurred in the absence of calcium, consistent with intra-C2 domain interactions forming a "closed" tertiary structure at low calcium that "opens" as calcium increases. These results suggest a direct role for otoferlin in exocytosis and modulation of calcium-dependent membrane fusion.
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Sakurai T, Ito T, Wakame K, Kitadate K, Arai T, Ogasawara J, Kizaki T, Sato S, Ishibashi Y, Fujiwara T, Akagawa K, Ishida H, Ohno H. Enzyme-treated Asparagus officinalis Extract Shows Neuroprotective Effects and Attenuates Cognitive Impairment in Senescence-accelerated Mice. Nat Prod Commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1400900130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Increases in the number of patients with dementia involving Alzheimer's disease (AD) are seen as a grave public health problem. In neurodegenerative disorders involving AD, biological stresses, such as oxidative and inflammatory stress, induce neural cell damage. Asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis) is a popular vegetable, and an extract prepared from this reportedly possesses various beneficial biological activities. In the present study, we investigated the effects of enzyme-treated asparagus extract (ETAS) on neuronal cells and early cognitive impairment of senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) mice. The expression of mRNAs for factors that exert cytoprotective and anti-apoptotic functions, such as heat-shock protein 70 and heme oxygenase-1, was upregulated in NG108–15 neuronal cells by treatment with ETAS. Moreover, when release of lactate dehydrogenase from damaged NG108–15 cells was increased for cells cultured in medium containing either the nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside or the hypoxia mimic reagent cobalt chloride, ETAS significantly attenuated this cell damage. Also, when contextual fear memory, which is considered to be a hippocampus-dependent memory, was significantly impaired in SAMP8 mice, ETAS attenuated the cognitive impairment. These results suggest that ETAS produces cytoprotective effects in neuronal cells and attenuates the effects on the cognitive impairment of SAMP8 mice.
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- Takuya Sakurai
- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd., Sapporo 004-0839, Japan
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- Amino Up Chemical Co., Ltd., Sapporo 004-0839, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Research, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama 339–8551, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 181–8611, Japan
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Titration of Syntaxin1 in mammalian synapses reveals multiple roles in vesicle docking, priming, and release probability. J Neurosci 2013; 33:16698-714. [PMID: 24133272 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0187-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Synaptic vesicles undergo sequential steps in preparation for neurotransmitter release. Individual SNARE proteins and the SNARE complex itself have been implicated in these processes. However, discrete effects of SNARE proteins on synaptic function have been difficult to assess using complete loss-of-function approaches. We therefore used a genetic titration technique in cultured mouse hippocampal neurons to evaluate the contribution of the neuronal SNARE protein Syntaxin1 (Stx1) in vesicle docking, priming, and release probability. We generated graded reductions of total Stx1 levels by combining two approaches, namely, endogenous hypomorphic expression of the isoform Stx1B and RNAi-mediated knockdown. Proximity of synaptic vesicles to the active zone was not strongly affected. However, overall release efficiency of affected neurons was severely impaired, as demonstrated by a smaller readily releasable pool size, slower refilling rate of primed vesicles, and lower release probability. Interestingly, dose-response fitting of Stx1 levels against readily releasable pool size and vesicular release probability showed similar Kd (dissociation constant) values at 18% and 19% of wild-type Stx1, with cooperativity estimates of 3.4 and 2.5, respectively. This strongly suggests that priming and vesicle fusion share the same molecular stoichiometry, and are governed by highly related mechanisms.
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Matsuzawa R, Fujiwara T, Nemoto K, Fukushima T, Yamaguchi S, Akagawa K, Hori Y. Presynaptic inhibitory actions of pregabalin on excitatory transmission in superficial dorsal horn of mouse spinal cord: further characterization of presynaptic mechanisms. Neurosci Lett 2013; 558:186-91. [PMID: 24269977 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Pregabalin is widely used as an analgesic for the treatment of neuropathic pain. In the present experiments using mouse spinal slices, we recorded electrically evoked glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic currents (eEPSCs) from superficial dorsal horn neurons. Pregabalin reduced the amplitude of eEPSCs, and increased the paired pulse ratio. Pregabalin also inhibited the frequency of spontaneously occurring miniature EPSCs without affecting their amplitude. Partial ligation of the sciatic nerve increased the expression of the calcium channel α2δ-1 subunit, and increased the presynaptic inhibitory action of pregabalin. Intrathecal injection of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide against the α2δ-1 subunit, decreased the expression of α2δ-1 mRNA in the spinal dorsal horn, and decreased pregabalin's action. These results provide further evidence that pregabalin exerts its presynaptic inhibitory action via binding with the α2δ subunit in a state-dependent manner. Furthermore, presynaptic actions of pregabalin were attenuated in knockout mice lacking the protein syntaxin 1A, a component of the synaptic vesicle release machinery, indicating that syntaxin 1A is required for pregabalin to exert its full presynaptic inhibitory action. These observations might suggest that direct and/or indirect interactions with the presynaptic proteins composing the release machinery underlie at least some part of pregabalin's presynaptic actions.
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- Rie Matsuzawa
- Department of Physiology and Biological Information, Dokkyo Medical University, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biological Information, Dokkyo Medical University, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biological Information, Dokkyo Medical University, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biological Information, Dokkyo Medical University, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biological Information, Dokkyo Medical University, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
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Oligomerised lychee fruit-derived polyphenol attenuates cognitive impairment in senescence-accelerated mice and endoplasmic reticulum stress in neuronal cells. Br J Nutr 2013; 110:1549-58. [DOI: 10.1017/s000711451300086x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Recently, the ability of polyphenols to reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) has attracted a great deal of interest. In the present study, we investigated the attenuating effects of oligomerised lychee fruit-derived polyphenol (OLFP, also called Oligonol) on early cognitive impairment. Male senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) mice (4 months old) were given OLFP (100 mg/kg per d) for 2 months, and then conditioned fear memory testing was conducted. Contextual fear memory, which is considered hippocampus-dependent memory, was significantly impaired in SAMP8 mice compared with non-senescence-accelerated mice. OLFP attenuated cognitive impairment in SAMP8 mice. Moreover, the results of real-time PCR analysis that followed DNA array analysis in the hippocampus revealed that, compared with SAMP8 mice, the mRNA expression of Wolfram syndrome 1 (Wfs1) was significantly higher in SAMP8 mice administered with OLFP. Wfs1 reportedly helps to protect against endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which is thought to be one of the causes for AD. The expression of Wfs1 was significantly up-regulated in NG108-15 neuronal cells by the treatment with OLFP, and the up-regulation was inhibited by the treatment of the cells with a c-Jun N-terminal kinase-specific inhibitor rather than with an extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibitor. Moreover, OLFP significantly attenuated the tunicamycin-induced expression of the ER stress marker BiP (immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein) in the cells. These results suggest that OLFP has an attenuating effect on early cognitive impairment in SAMP8 mice, and diminishes ER stress in neuronal cells.
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Bragina L, Fattorini G, Giovedì S, Bosco F, Benfenati F, Conti F. Heterogeneity of presynaptic proteins: do not forget isoforms. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:8. [PMID: 23382710 PMCID: PMC3563084 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Analysis of presynaptic protein expression in glutamatergic and GABAergic central synapses performed in several laboratories and with different techniques is unveiling a complex scenario, largely because each presynaptic protein exists in several isoforms. The interpretation of these findings is generally based on the notion that each synapse and each synaptic vesicle contains one of the isoforms of each family of presynaptic proteins. We verified whether this interpretation is tenable by performing triple labeling and immunoisolation studies with the aim of detecting two isoforms of a given presynaptic protein in glutamatergic or GABAergic axon terminals and/or synaptic vesicles (SVs). Here, we show that: (1) the possibility that not all families of presynaptic proteins are expressed in all terminals must be taken into serious account; (2) the expression of a given protein isoform in a terminal does not exclude the expression of other isoforms of the same protein in the same terminal and in the same vesicle. These conclusions open new and interesting problems; their experimental analysis might improve our understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of central synapses.
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- Luca Bragina
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona, Italy ; Center for Neurobiology of Aging, Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani Ancona, Italy
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Tobin V, Leng G, Ludwig M. The involvement of actin, calcium channels and exocytosis proteins in somato-dendritic oxytocin and vasopressin release. Front Physiol 2012; 3:261. [PMID: 22934017 PMCID: PMC3429037 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Hypothalamic magnocellular neurons release vasopressin and oxytocin not only from their axon terminals into the blood, but also from their somata and dendrites into the extracellular space of the brain, and this can be regulated independently. Differential release of neurotransmitters from different compartments of a single neuron requires subtle regulatory mechanisms. Somato-dendritic, but not axon terminal release can be modulated by changes in intracellular calcium concentration [(Ca2+)] by release of calcium from intracellular stores, resulting in priming of dendritic pools for activity-dependent release. This review focuses on our current understanding of the mechanisms of priming and the roles of actin remodeling, voltage-operated calcium channels (VOCCs) and SNARE proteins in the regulation somato-dendritic and axon terminal peptide release.
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- Vicky Tobin
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK
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Differences in cognitive reserve may contribute to the wide range of likelihood of dementia in people with similar amounts of age-related neuropathology. The amounts and interactions of presynaptic proteins could be molecular components of cognitive reserve, contributing resistance to the expression of pathology as cognitive impairment. We carried out a prospective study with yearly assessments of N = 253 participants without dementia at study entry. Six distinct presynaptic proteins, and the protein-protein interaction between synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) and syntaxin, were measured in post-mortem brains. We assessed the contributions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology, cerebral infarcts and presynaptic proteins to odds of dementia, level of cognitive function and cortical atrophy. Clinical dementia was present in N = 97 (38.3%), a pathologic diagnosis of AD in N = 142 (56.1%) and cerebral infarcts in N = 77 (30.4%). After accounting for AD pathology and infarcts, greater amounts of vesicle-associated membrane protein, complexins I and II and the SNAP-25/syntaxin interaction were associated with lower odds of dementia (odds ratio = 0.36-0.68, P < 0.001 to P = 0.03) and better cognitive function (P < 0.001 to P = 0.03). Greater cortical atrophy, a putative dementia biomarker, was not associated with AD pathology, but was associated with lower complexin-II (P = 0.01) and lower SNAP-25/syntaxin interaction (P < 0.001). In conclusion, greater amounts of specific presynaptic proteins and distinct protein-protein interactions may be structural or functional components of cognitive reserve that reduce the risk of dementia with aging.
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Impairment of catecholamine systems during induction of long-term potentiation at hippocampal CA1 synapses in HPC-1/syntaxin 1A knock-out mice. J Neurosci 2012; 32:381-9. [PMID: 22219298 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2911-11.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The membrane protein HPC-1/syntaxin 1A is believed to play a key role in synaptic vesicle exocytosis, and it was recently suggested to be required for synaptic plasticity. Despite evidence for the function of HPC-1/syntaxin 1A in synaptic plasticity, the underlying cellular mechanism is unclear. We found that although fast synaptic transmission and long-term depression were unaffected, HPC-1/syntaxin 1A knock-out (STX1A(-/-)) mice showed impaired long-term potentiation (LTP) in response to theta-burst stimulation in CA1 hippocampal slices. The impairment in LTP was rescued by the application of forskolin, an adenylyl cyclase activator, or more robust stimulation, suggesting that cAMP/protein kinase A signaling was suppressed in these mice. In addition, catecholamine release from the hippocampus was significantly reduced in STX1A(-/-) mice. Because HPC-1/syntaxin 1A regulates exocytosis of dense-core synaptic vesicles, which contain neuromodulatory transmitters such as noradrenaline, dopamine and 5-HT, we examined the effect of neuromodulatory transmitters on LTP induction. Noradrenaline and dopamine enhanced LTP induction in STX1A(-/-) mice, whereas catecholamine depletion reduced LTP induction in wild-type mice. Theses results suggest that HPC-1/syntaxin 1A regulates catecholaminergic systems via exocytosis of dense-core synaptic vesicles, and that deletion of HPC-1/syntaxin 1A causes impairment of LTP induction.
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Rowley NM, Madsen KK, Schousboe A, Steve White H. Glutamate and GABA synthesis, release, transport and metabolism as targets for seizure control. Neurochem Int 2012; 61:546-58. [PMID: 22365921 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The synthesis, release, reuptake, and metabolism of the excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters glutamate and GABA, respectively, are tightly controlled. Given the role that these two neurotransmitters play in normal and abnormal neurotransmission, it is important to consider the processes whereby they are regulated. This brief review is focused entirely on the metabolic aspects of glutamate and GABA synthesis and neurotransmission. It describes in limited detail the synthesis, release, reuptake, metabolism, cellular compartmentation and pharmacology of the glutamatergic and GABAergic synapse. This review also provides a summary and brief description of the pathologic and phenotypic features of the various genetic animal models that have been developed in an effort to provide a greater understanding of the role that each of the aforementioned metabolic processes plays in controlling excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission and how their use will hopefully facilitate the development of safer and more efficacious therapies for the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological disorders.
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- Nicole M Rowley
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program, University of Utah, 417 Wakara Way, Suite 3211, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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Dong S, Zeng Q, Mitchell ES, Xiu J, Duan Y, Li C, Tiwari JK, Hu Y, Cao X, Zhao Z. Curcumin enhances neurogenesis and cognition in aged rats: implications for transcriptional interactions related to growth and synaptic plasticity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31211. [PMID: 22359574 PMCID: PMC3281036 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background Curcumin has been demonstrated to have many neuroprotective properties, including improvement of cognition in humans and neurogenesis in animals, yet the mechanism of such effects remains unclear. Methodology We assessed behavioural performance and hippocampal cell proliferation in aged rats after 6- and 12-week curcumin-fortified diets. Curcumin enhanced non-spatial and spatial memory, as well as dentate gyrate cell proliferation as compared to control diet rats. We also investigated underlying mechanistic pathways that might link curcumin treatment to increased cognition and neurogenesis via exon array analysis of cortical and hippocampal mRNA transcription. The results revealed a transcriptional network interaction of genes involved in neurotransmission, neuronal development, signal transduction, and metabolism in response to the curcumin treatment. Conclusions The results suggest a neurogenesis- and cognition-enhancing potential of prolonged curcumin treatment in aged rats, which may be due to its diverse effects on genes related to growth and plasticity.
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- Suzhen Dong
- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Unilever R&D, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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A signaling mechanism coupling netrin-1/deleted in colorectal cancer chemoattraction to SNARE-mediated exocytosis in axonal growth cones. J Neurosci 2011; 31:14463-80. [PMID: 21994363 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3018-11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Directed cell migration and axonal guidance are essential steps in neural development. Both processes are controlled by specific guidance cues that activate the signaling cascades that ultimately control cytoskeletal dynamics. Another essential step in migration and axonal guidance is the regulation of plasmalemma turnover and exocytosis in leading edges and growth cones. However, the cross talk mechanisms linking guidance receptors and membrane exocytosis are not understood. Netrin-1 is a chemoattractive cue required for the formation of commissural pathways. Here, we show that the Netrin-1 receptor deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) forms a protein complex with the t-SNARE (target SNARE) protein Syntaxin-1 (Sytx1). This interaction is Netrin-1 dependent both in vitro and in vivo, and requires specific Sytx1 and DCC domains. Blockade of Sytx1 function by using botulinum toxins abolished Netrin-1-dependent chemoattraction of axons in mouse neuronal cultures. Similar loss-of-function experiments in the chicken spinal cord in vivo using dominant-negative Sytx1 constructs or RNAi led to defects in commissural axon pathfinding reminiscent to those described in Netrin-1 and DCC loss-of-function models. We also show that Netrin-1 elicits exocytosis at growth cones in a Sytx1-dependent manner. Moreover, we demonstrate that the Sytx1/DCC complex associates with the v-SNARE (vesicle SNARE) tetanus neurotoxin-insensitive vesicle-associated membrane protein (TI-VAMP) and that knockdown of TI-VAMP in the commissural pathway in the spinal cord results in aberrant axonal guidance phenotypes. Our data provide evidence of a new signaling mechanism that couples chemotropic Netrin-1/DCC axonal guidance and Sytx1/TI-VAMP SNARE proteins regulating membrane turnover and exocytosis.
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HPC-1/syntaxin1A (STX1A) is considered to regulate exocytosis in neurones and endocrine cells. Previously, we reported that STX1A null mutant (STX1A KO) mice unexpectedly showed normal glutamatergic and GABAergic fast synaptic transmission but exhibited disturbances in monoaminergic transmission, such as serotonin, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), which may induce attenuation of latent inhibition. These results suggest that STX1A may contribute to dense-core vesicle exocytosis in vivo. Thus, we hypothesised that the lack of STX1A might affect the secretion of several hormones, as also mediated by dense-core vesicles exocytosis. In the present study, we focused on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is a neuroendocrine system that regulates responses to stress stimuli and is considered to be associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. Specifically, we examined whether the HPA axis is impaired in STX1A KO mice. Interestingly, plasma concentrations of both corticosterone (CORT) and adrenocorticotrophin hormone (ACTH) during the resting condition decreased in STX1A KO mice compared to WT mice. Additionally, elevated plasma CORT, ACTH and corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) which were usually observed after acute restraint stress, were also reduced in STX1A KO mice. We also observed the suppression of 5-HT-induced CRH release in STX1A KO mice in vitro. Furthermore, an in vivo microdialysis study revealed that the elevation of extracellular 5-HT in the hypothalamus, which was induced by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, fluoxetine, was significantly reduced in STX1A KO mice compared to WT mice. 5-HT elevation in the hypothalamus, which was induced by acute restraint stress, was also reduced in STX1A KO mice. Finally, STX1A KO mice showed abnormal behavioural responses after mild restraint stress. These results indicate that the lack of STX1A could induce dysfunction of the HPA axis, and the deficit may result in abnormal behavioural properties, such as unusual responses to stress stimuli.
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- T Fujiwara
- Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
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Sakurai T, Ogasawara J, Kizaki T, Ishibashi Y, Fujiwara T, Akagawa K, Izawa T, Oh-ishi S, Haga S, Ohno H. Involvement of leucine zipper transcription factor-like protein 1 (Lztfl1) in the attenuation of cognitive impairment by exercise training. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 416:125-9. [PMID: 22093827 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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It is well known that exercise prevents and reduces cognitive impairment. In the present study, we focused on exercise training as a tool to prevent cognitive impairment, and searched for novel molecules that may relate to the prevention of cognitive impairment in the hippocampus. Two-month-old senescence-accelerated mouse prone-8 (SAMP8) mice were subjected to voluntary exercise training by running on a wheel for 4 months, and were then assigned a conditioned fear memory test. Moreover, various mRNA levels in the hippocampus were examined by DNA array analysis and real-time PCR. Contextual fear memory in SAMP8 control mice was significantly impaired compared with that in non-senescence mice. Exercise training definitely attenuated such cognitive impairment. The results of real-time PCR analysis that was conducted following DNA array analysis in the hippocampus revealed that, compared with SAMR8 control mice, the expression levels of leucine zipper transcription factor-like protein 1 (Lztfl1) mRNA were significantly higher in SAMP8 mice subjected to exercise training. In addition, the overexpression of Lztfl1 promoted neurite outgrowth in Neuro 2a cells. These results suggest that exercise has a preventive effect on cognitive impairment in SAMP8 mice, and that exercise-induced increase in Lztfl1 induces neurite outgrowth.
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- Takuya Sakurai
- Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University, School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
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Wang H, Ishizaki R, Kobayashi E, Fujiwara T, Akagawa K, Izumi T. Loss of granuphilin and loss of syntaxin-1A cause differential effects on insulin granule docking and fusion. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:32244-50. [PMID: 21768089 PMCID: PMC3173164 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.268631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2011] [Revised: 07/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Rab27 effector granuphilin/Slp4 is essential for the stable attachment (docking) of secretory granules to the plasma membrane, and it also inhibits subsequent fusion. Granuphilin is thought to mediate these processes through interactions with Rab27 on the granule membrane and with syntaxin-1a on the plasma membrane and its binding partner Munc18-1. Consistent with this hypothesis, both syntaxin-1a- and Munc18-1-deficient secretory cells, as well as granuphilin null cells, have been observed to have a deficit of docked granules. However, to date there has been no direct comparative analysis of the docking defects in those mutant cells. In this study, we morphometrically compared granule-docking states between granuphilin null and syntaxin-1a null pancreatic β cells derived from mice having the same genetic background. We found that loss of syntaxin-1a does not cause a significant granule-docking defect, in contrast to granuphilin deficiency. Furthermore, we newly generated granuphilin/syntaxin-1a double knock-out mice, characterized their phenotypes, and found that the double mutant mice represent a phenocopy of granuphilin null mice and do not represent phenotypes of syntaxin-1a null mice, including their granule-docking behavior. Because granuphilin binds to syntaxin-2 and syntaxin-3 as well as syntaxin-1a, it likely mediates granule docking through interactions with those multiple syntaxins on the plasma membrane.
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- Hao Wang
- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512 and
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- the Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- the Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512 and
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El-Hattab AW, Bournat J, Eng PA, Wu JBS, Walker BA, Stankiewicz P, Cheung SW, Brown CW. Microduplication of Xp11.23p11.3 with effects on cognition, behavior, and craniofacial development. Clin Genet 2011; 79:531-8. [PMID: 20662849 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01496.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We report an ~1.3 Mb tandem duplication at Xp11.23p11.3 in an 11-year-old boy with pleasant personality, hyperactivity, learning and visual-spatial difficulties, relative microcephaly, long face, stellate iris pattern, and periorbital fullness. This clinical presentation is milder and distinct from that of patients with partially overlapping Xp11.22p11.23 duplications which have been described in males and females with intellectual disability, language delay, autistic behaviors, and seizures. The duplicated region harbors three known X-linked mental retardation genes: FTSJ1, ZNF81, and SYN1. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction from whole blood total RNA showed increased expression of three genes located in the duplicated region: EBP, WDR13, and ZNF81. Thus, over-expression of genes in the interval may contribute to the observed phenotype. Many of the features seen in this patient are present in individuals with Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS). Interestingly, the SYN1 gene within the duplicated interval, as well as the STX1A gene, within the WBS critical region, co-localize to presynaptic active zones, and play important roles in neurotransmitter release.
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- A W El-Hattab
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Multiple recurrent de novo CNVs, including duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams syndrome region, are strongly associated with autism. Neuron 2011; 70:863-85. [PMID: 21658581 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 902] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have undertaken a genome-wide analysis of rare copy-number variation (CNV) in 1124 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) families, each comprised of a single proband, unaffected parents, and, in most kindreds, an unaffected sibling. We find significant association of ASD with de novo duplications of 7q11.23, where the reciprocal deletion causes Williams-Beuren syndrome, characterized by a highly social personality. We identify rare recurrent de novo CNVs at five additional regions, including 16p13.2 (encompassing genes USP7 and C16orf72) and Cadherin 13, and implement a rigorous approach to evaluating the statistical significance of these observations. Overall, large de novo CNVs, particularly those encompassing multiple genes, confer substantial risks (OR = 5.6; CI = 2.6-12.0, p = 2.4 × 10(-7)). We estimate there are 130-234 ASD-related CNV regions in the human genome and present compelling evidence, based on cumulative data, for association of rare de novo events at 7q11.23, 15q11.2-13.1, 16p11.2, and Neurexin 1.
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Kaneko Y, Suge R, Fujiwara T, Akagawa K, Watanabe SI. Unusual retinal layer organization in HPC-1/syntaxin 1A knockout mice. J Mol Histol 2011; 42:483-9. [PMID: 21822613 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-011-9346-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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HPC-1/syntaxin 1A (STX1A) is abundantly expressed in neurons. STX1A is believed to regulate exocytosis in synaptic vesicles. In our recent studies, STX1A knockout (KO) mice showed normal development, and basal synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurons appeared to be normal. However, behavioral abnormalities were observed in STX1A KO mice. In the normal rodent retina, the STX1A protein is expressed in two synaptic layers (plexiform layers). Here, to evaluate the effects of the loss of STX1A on retinal structure, we examined the retinal layer structure in STX1A KO mice using hematoxylin staining and immunostaining. We found that the general layer structures in the retina were preserved in all genotypes. However, the outer plexiform layer (OPL) was significantly thicker in KO and heterozygous mutant (HT) mice compared with that in wild-type (WT) mice. No significant differences were observed in the thicknesses of the other layers. Immunostaining for protein kinase C α showed that the alignment of rod bipolar cell bodies in the inner nuclear layer (INL) was slightly disrupted in HT and KO retinas. Furthermore, the dendrites of these cells in the OPL of KO mice were sparse, compared to those in WT mice. Our results show that STX1A KO mice have increased thickness of the OPL and changes in the morphology of the INL that may contribute to the change in OPL thickness. We suggest that STX1A may play a role in the structural formation of the INL and OPL in the retina.
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- Yuko Kaneko
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan.
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Olsson B, Zetterberg H, Hampel H, Blennow K. Biomarker-based dissection of neurodegenerative diseases. Prog Neurobiol 2011; 95:520-34. [PMID: 21524681 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases within neurology and psychiatry are hampered by the difficulty in getting biopsies and thereby validating the diagnosis by pathological findings. Biomarkers for other types of disease have been readily adopted into the clinical practice where for instance troponins are standard tests when myocardial infarction is suspected. However, the use of biomarkers for neurodegeneration has not been fully incorporated into the clinical routine. With the development of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers that reflect pathological events within the central nervous system (CNS), important clinical diagnostic tools are becoming available. This review summarizes the most promising biomarker candidates that may be used to monitor different types of neurodegeneration and protein inclusions, as well as different types of metabolic changes, in living patients in relation to the clinical phenotype and disease progression over time. Our aim is to provide the reader with an updated lexicon on currently available biomarker candidates, how far they have come in development and how well they reflect pathogenic processes in different neurodegenerative diseases. Biomarkers for specific pathogenetic processes would also be valuable tools both to study disease pathogenesis directly in patients and to identify and monitor the effect of novel treatment strategies.
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- Bob Olsson
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden.
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Suh YH, Yoshimoto-Furusawa A, Weih KA, Tessarollo L, Roche KW, Mackem S, Roche PA. Deletion of SNAP-23 results in pre-implantation embryonic lethality in mice. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18444. [PMID: 21479242 PMCID: PMC3066230 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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SNARE-mediated membrane fusion is a pivotal event for a wide-variety of biological processes. SNAP-25, a neuron-specific SNARE protein, has been well-characterized and mouse embryos lacking Snap25 are viable. However, the phenotype of mice lacking SNAP-23, the ubiquitously expressed SNAP-25 homolog, remains unknown. To reveal the importance of SNAP-23 function in mouse development, we generated Snap23-null mice by homologous recombination. We were unable to obtain newborn SNAP-23-deficient mice, and analysis of pre-implantation embryos from Snap23Δ/wt matings revealed that Snap23-null blastocysts were dying prior to implantation at embryonic day E3.5. Thus these data reveal a critical role for SNAP-23 during embryogenesis.
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- Young Ho Suh
- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Receptor Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Pharmacology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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- Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Receptor Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Wang D, Zhang Z, Dong M, Sun S, Chapman ER, Jackson MB. Syntaxin requirement for Ca2+-triggered exocytosis in neurons and endocrine cells demonstrated with an engineered neurotoxin. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2711-3. [PMID: 21401123 DOI: 10.1021/bi200290p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Botulinum neurotoxins cleave synaptic SNAREs and block exocytosis, demonstrating that these proteins function in neurosecretion. However, the function of the SNARE syntaxin remains less clear because no neurotoxin cleaves it selectively. Starting with a botulinum neurotoxin that cleaves both syntaxin and SNAP-25, we engineered a version that retains activity against syntaxin but spares SNAP-25. These mutants block synaptic release in neurons and norepinephrine release in neuroendocrine cells, thus establishing an essential role for syntaxin in Ca2+-triggered exocytosis. These mutants can generate syntaxin-free cells as a useful experimental system for research and may lead to pharmaceuticals that target syntaxin selectively.
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- Dongsheng Wang
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1510, United States
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Osborne LR. Animal models of Williams syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS 2010; 154C:209-19. [PMID: 20425782 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In recent years, researchers have generated a variety of mouse models in an attempt to dissect the contribution of individual genes to the complex phenotype associated with Williams syndrome (WS). The mouse genome is easily manipulated to produce animals that are copies of humans with genetic conditions, be it with null mutations, hypomorphic mutations, point mutations, or even large deletions encompassing many genes. The existing mouse models certainly seem to implicate hemizygosity for ELN, BAZ1B, CLIP2, and GTF2IRD1 in WS, and new mice with large deletions of the WS region are helping us to understand both the additive and potential combinatorial effects of hemizygosity for specific genes. However, not all genes that are haploinsufficient in humans prove to be so in mice and the effect of genetic background can also have a significant effect on the penetrance of many phenotypes. Thus although mouse models are powerful tools, the information garnered from their study must be carefully interpreted. Nevertheless, mouse models look set to provide a wealth of information about the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and molecular pathways that underlie WS and in the future will act as essential tools for the development and testing of therapeutics.
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- Lucy R Osborne
- Department of Medicine and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 7360 Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Gaspar J, Baptista F, Galvão J, Castilho Á, Cunha R, Ambrósio A. Diabetes differentially affects the content of exocytotic proteins in hippocampal and retinal nerve terminals. Neuroscience 2010; 169:1589-600. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2010] [Revised: 06/01/2010] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Fujiwara T, Snada M, Kofuji T, Yoshikawa T, Akagawa K. HPC-1/syntaxin 1A gene knockout mice show abnormal behavior possibly related to a disruption in 5-HTergic systems. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 32:99-107. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07269.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Merla G, Brunetti-Pierri N, Micale L, Fusco C. Copy number variants at Williams–Beuren syndrome 7q11.23 region. Hum Genet 2010; 128:3-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00439-010-0827-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Gao MC, Bellugi U, Dai L, Mills DL, Sobel EM, Lange K, Korenberg JR. Intelligence in Williams Syndrome is related to STX1A, which encodes a component of the presynaptic SNARE complex. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10292. [PMID: 20422020 PMCID: PMC2858212 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 03/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Although genetics is the most significant known determinant of human intelligence, specific gene contributions remain largely unknown. To accelerate understanding in this area, we have taken a new approach by studying the relationship between quantitative gene expression and intelligence in a cohort of 65 patients with Williams Syndrome (WS), a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a 1.5 Mb deletion on chromosome 7q11.23. We find that variation in the transcript levels of the brain gene STX1A correlates significantly with intelligence in WS patients measured by principal component analysis (PCA) of standardized WAIS-R subtests, r = 0.40 (Pearson correlation, Bonferroni corrected p-value = 0.007), accounting for 15.6% of the cognitive variation. These results suggest that syntaxin 1A, a neuronal regulator of presynaptic vesicle release, may play a role in WS and be a component of the cellular pathway determining human intelligence.
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- Michael C Gao
- Medical Genetics Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Li HH, Roy M, Kuscuoglu U, Spencer CM, Halm B, Harrison KC, Bayle JH, Splendore A, Ding F, Meltzer LA, Wright E, Paylor R, Deisseroth K, Francke U. Induced chromosome deletions cause hypersociability and other features of Williams-Beuren syndrome in mice. EMBO Mol Med 2010; 1:50-65. [PMID: 20049703 PMCID: PMC3378107 DOI: 10.1002/emmm.200900003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The neurodevelopmental disorder Williams-Beuren syndrome is caused by spontaneous approximately 1.5 Mb deletions comprising 25 genes on human chromosome 7q11.23. To functionally dissect the deletion and identify dosage-sensitive genes, we created two half-deletions of the conserved syntenic region on mouse chromosome 5G2. Proximal deletion (PD) mice lack Gtf2i to Limk1, distal deletion (DD) mice lack Limk1 to Fkbp6, and the double heterozygotes (D/P) model the complete human deletion. Gene transcript levels in brain are generally consistent with gene dosage. Increased sociability and acoustic startle response are associated with PD, and cognitive defects with DD. Both PD and D/P males are growth-retarded, while skulls are shortened and brains are smaller in DD and D/P. Lateral ventricle (LV) volumes are reduced, and neuronal cell density in the somatosensory cortex is increased, in PD and D/P. Motor skills are most impaired in D/P. Together, these partial deletion mice replicate crucial aspects of the human disorder and serve to identify genes and gene networks contributing to the neural substrates of complex behaviours and behavioural disorders.
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- Hong Hua Li
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Linkage of hippocampal proteins to spatial memory formation and strain-dependence in Apodemus sylvaticus, C57BL/6J and PWD/PhJ mice. Neurochem Int 2010; 56:522-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Revised: 12/11/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pegoraro S, Broccard FD, Ruaro ME, Bianchini D, Avossa D, Pastore G, Bisson G, Altafini C, Torre V. Sequential steps underlying neuronal plasticity induced by a transient exposure to gabazine. J Cell Physiol 2010; 222:713-28. [PMID: 20027606 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Periods of intense electrical activity can initiate neuronal plasticity leading to long lasting changes of network properties. By combining multielectrode extracellular recordings with DNA microarrays, we have investigated in rat hippocampal cultures the temporal sequence of events of neuronal plasticity triggered by a transient exposure to the GABA(A) receptor antagonist gabazine (GabT). GabT induced a synchronous bursting pattern of activity. The analysis of electrical activity identified three main phases during neuronal plasticity induced by GabT: (i) immediately after termination of GabT, an early synchronization (E-Sync) of the spontaneous electrical activity appears that progressively decay after 3-6 h. E-Sync is abolished by inhibitors of the ERK1/2 pathway but not by inhibitors of gene transcription; (ii) the evoked response (induced by a single pulse of extracellular electrical stimulation) was maximally potentiated 3-10 h after GabT (M-LTP); and (iii) at 24 h the spontaneous electrical activity became more synchronous (L-Sync). The genome-wide analysis identified three clusters of genes: (i) an early rise of transcription factors (Cluster 1), primarily composed by members of the EGR and Nr4a families, maximally up-regulated 1.5 h after GabT; (ii) a successive up-regulation of some hundred genes, many of which known to be involved in LTP (Cluster 2), 3 h after GabT likely underlying M-LTP. Moreover, in Cluster 2 several genes coding for K(+) channels are down-regulated at 24 h. (iii) Genes in Cluster 3 are up-regulated at 24 h and are involved in cellular homeostasis. This approach allows relating different steps of neuronal plasticity to specific transcriptional profiles.
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- Silvia Pegoraro
- International School for Advanced Studies, Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy
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Jewell JL, Oh E, Thurmond DC. Exocytosis mechanisms underlying insulin release and glucose uptake: conserved roles for Munc18c and syntaxin 4. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 298:R517-31. [PMID: 20053958 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00597.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes has been coined "a two-hit disease," as it involves specific defects of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from the pancreatic beta cells in addition to defects in peripheral tissue insulin action required for glucose uptake. Both of these processes, insulin secretion and glucose uptake, are mediated by SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) protein core complexes composed of syntaxin, SNAP-23/25, and VAMP proteins. The SNARE core complex is regulated by the Sec1/Munc18 (SM) family of proteins, which selectively bind to their cognate syntaxin isoforms with high affinity. The process of insulin secretion uses multiple Munc18-syntaxin isoform pairs, whereas insulin action in the peripheral tissues appears to use only the Munc18c-syntaxin 4 pair. Importantly, recent reports have linked obesity and Type 2 diabetes in humans with changes in protein levels and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Munc18 and syntaxin isoforms relevant to these exocytotic processes, although the molecular mechanisms underlying the observed phenotypes remain incomplete (5, 104, 144). Given the conservation of these proteins in two seemingly disparate processes and the need to design and implement novel and more effective clinical interventions, it will be vitally important to delineate the mechanisms governing these conserved SNARE-mediated exocytosis events. Thus, we provide here an up-to-date historical review of advancements in defining the roles and molecular mechanisms of Munc18-syntaxin complexes in the pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes.
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- Jenna L Jewell
- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Heterogeneity of glutamatergic and GABAergic release machinery in cerebral cortex: analysis of synaptogyrin, vesicle-associated membrane protein, and syntaxin. Neuroscience 2009; 165:934-43. [PMID: 19909789 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 11/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To define whether cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic release machineries can be differentiated on the basis of the nature and amount of proteins they express, we studied the degree of co-localization of synaptogyrin (SGYR) 1 and 3, vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) 1 and 2, syntaxin (STX) 1A and 1B in vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT)1-, VGLUT2- and vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT)-positive (+) puncta and synaptic vesicles in the rat cerebral cortex. Co-localization studies showed that SGYR1 and 3 were expressed in about 90% of VGLUT1+, 70% of VGLUT2+ and 80% of VGAT+ puncta; VAMP1 was expressed in approximately 45% of VGLUT1+, 55% of VGLUT2+, and 80% of VGAT+ puncta; VAMP2 in about 95% of VGLUT1+, 75% of VGLUT2+, and 80% of VGAT+ puncta; STX1A in about 65% of VGLUT1+, 30% of VGLUT2+, and 3% of VGAT+ puncta, and STX1B in approximately 45% of VGLUT1+, 35% of VGLUT2+, and 70% of VGAT+ puncta. Immunoisolation studies showed that while STX1A was completely segregated and virtually absent from VGAT synaptic vesicles, STX1B, VAMP1/VAMP2, SGYR1/SGYR3 showed a similar pattern with the highest expression in VGLUT1 immunoisolated vesicles and the lowest in VGAT immunoisolated vesicles. Moreover, we studied the localization of STX1B at the electron microscope and found that a population of axon terminals forming symmetric synapses were STX1B-positive.These results extend our previous observations on the differential expression of presynaptic proteins involved in neurotransmitter release in GABAergic and glutamatergic terminals and indicate that heterogeneity of glutamatergic and GABAergic release machinery can be contributed by both the presence or absence of a given protein in a nerve terminal and the amount of protein expressed by synaptic vesicles.
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Oliver PL, Davies KE. Interaction between environmental and genetic factors modulates schizophrenic endophenotypes in the Snap-25 mouse mutant blind-drunk. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 18:4576-89. [PMID: 19729413 PMCID: PMC2773274 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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To understand the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia requires consideration of multiple genetic and non-genetic factors. However, very little is known about the consequences of combining models of synaptic dysfunction with controlled environmental manipulations. Therefore, to generate new insights into gene–environment interactions and complex behaviour, we examined the influence of variable prenatal stress (PNS) on two mouse lines with mutations in synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (Snap-25): the blind-drunk (Bdr) point mutant and heterozygous Snap-25 knockout mice. Neonatal development was analysed in addition to an assessment of adult behavioural phenotypes relevant to the psychotic, cognitive and negative aspects of schizophrenia. These data show that PNS influenced specific anxiety-related behaviour in all animals. In addition, sensorimotor gating deficits previously noted in Bdr mutants were markedly enhanced by PNS; significantly, these effects could be reversed with the application of anti-psychotic drugs. Moreover, social interaction abnormalities were observed only in Bdr animals from stressed dams but not in wild-type littermates or mutants from non-stressed mothers. These results show for the first time that combining a synaptic mouse point mutant with a controlled prenatal stressor paradigm produces both modified and previously unseen phenotypes, generating new insights into the interactions between genetics and the environment relevant to the study of psychiatric disease.
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- Peter L Oliver
- MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
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Bethani I, Werner A, Kadian C, Geumann U, Jahn R, Rizzoli SO. Endosomal fusion upon SNARE knockdown is maintained by residual SNARE activity and enhanced docking. Traffic 2009; 10:1543-59. [PMID: 19624487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00959.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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SNARE proteins mediate membrane fusion in the secretory pathway of eukaryotic cells. Genetic deletion and siRNA-based knockdown have been instrumental in assigning given SNAREs to defined intracellular transport steps. However, SNARE depletion occasionally results in barely detectable phenotypes. To understand how cells cope with SNARE loss, we have knocked down several SNAREs functioning in early endosome fusion. Surprisingly, knockdown of syntaxin 13, syntaxin 6 and vti1a, alone or in combinations, did not result in measurable changes of endosomal trafficking or fusion. We found that the residual SNARE levels (typically approximately 10%) were sufficient for a substantial amount of SNARE-SNARE interactions. Conversely, in wild-type cells, most SNARE molecules were concentrated in clusters, constituting a spare pool not readily available for interactions. Additionally, the knockdown organelles exhibited enhanced docking. We conclude that SNAREs are expressed at much higher levels than needed for maintenance of organelle fusion, and that loss of SNAREs is compensated for by the co-regulation of the docking machinery.
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- Ioanna Bethani
- Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Savonenko A, Munoz P, Melnikova T, Wang Q, Liang X, Breyer RM, Montine TJ, Kirkwood A, Andreasson K. Impaired cognition, sensorimotor gating, and hippocampal long-term depression in mice lacking the prostaglandin E2 EP2 receptor. Exp Neurol 2009; 217:63-73. [PMID: 19416671 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Revised: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 01/16/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a neuronal immediate early gene that is regulated by N-methyl d aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity. COX-2 enzymatic activity catalyzes the first committed step in prostaglandin synthesis. Recent studies demonstrate an emerging role for the downstream PGE(2) EP2 receptor in diverse models of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity and a significant function in models of neurological disease including cerebral ischemia, Familial Alzheimer's disease, and Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Little is known, however, about the normal function of the EP2 receptor in behavior and cognition. Here we report that deletion of the EP2 receptor leads to significant cognitive deficits in standard tests of fear and social memory. EP2-/- mice also demonstrated impaired prepulse inhibition (PPI) and heightened anxiety, but normal startle reactivity, exploratory behavior, and spatial reference memory. This complex behavioral phenotype of EP2-/- mice was associated with a deficit in long-term depression (LTD) in hippocampus. Our findings suggest that PGE(2) signaling via the EP2 receptors plays an important role in cognitive and emotional behaviors that recapitulate some aspects of human psychopathology related to schizophrenia.
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- A Savonenko
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Geumann U, Barysch SV, Hoopmann P, Jahn R, Rizzoli SO. SNARE function is not involved in early endosome docking. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:5327-37. [PMID: 18843044 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-05-0457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Docking and fusion of transport vesicles constitute elementary steps in intracellular membrane traffic. While docking is thought to be initiated by Rab-effector complexes, fusion is mediated by SNARE (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor [NSF] attachment receptor) proteins. However, it has been recently debated whether SNAREs also play a role in the establishment or maintenance of a stably docked state. To address this question, we have investigated the SNARE dependence of docking and fusion of early endosomes, one of the central sorting compartments in the endocytic pathway. A new, fluorescence-based in vitro assay was developed, which allowed us to investigate fusion and docking in parallel. Similar to homotypic fusion, docking of early endosomes is dependent on the presence of ATP and requires physiological temperatures. Unlike fusion, docking is insensitive to the perturbation of SNARE function by means of soluble SNARE motifs, SNARE-specific F(ab) fragments, or by a block of NSF activity. In contrast, as expected, docking is strongly reduced by interfering with the synthesis of phosphatidyl inositol (PI)-3 phosphate, with the function of Rab-GTPases, as well as with early endosomal autoantigen 1 (EEA1), an essential tethering factor. We conclude that docking of early endosomes is independent of SNARE function.
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- Ulf Geumann
- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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McRory JE, Rehak R, Simms B, Doering CJ, Chen L, Hermosilla T, Duke C, Dyck R, Zamponi GW. Syntaxin 1A is required for normal in utero development. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 375:372-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- James A McNew
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-140, Houston, Texas 77251-1892, USA.
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Hammarlund M, Palfreyman MT, Watanabe S, Olsen S, Jorgensen EM. Open syntaxin docks synaptic vesicles. PLoS Biol 2008; 5:e198. [PMID: 17645391 PMCID: PMC1914072 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Synaptic vesicles dock to the plasma membrane at synapses to facilitate rapid exocytosis. Docking was originally proposed to require the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins; however, perturbation studies suggested that docking was independent of the SNARE proteins. We now find that the SNARE protein syntaxin is required for docking of all vesicles at synapses in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The active zone protein UNC-13, which interacts with syntaxin, is also required for docking in the active zone. The docking defects in unc-13 mutants can be fully rescued by overexpressing a constitutively open form of syntaxin, but not by wild-type syntaxin. These experiments support a model for docking in which UNC-13 converts syntaxin from the closed to the open state, and open syntaxin acts directly in docking vesicles to the plasma membrane. These data provide a molecular basis for synaptic vesicle docking.
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- Marc Hammarlund
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Wasser CR, Kavalali ET. Leaky synapses: regulation of spontaneous neurotransmission in central synapses. Neuroscience 2008; 158:177-88. [PMID: 18434032 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Revised: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The mechanisms underlying spontaneous neurotransmitter release are not well understood. Under physiological as well as pathophysiological circumstances, spontaneous fusion events can set the concentration of ambient levels of neurotransmitter within the synaptic cleft and in the extracellular milieu. In the brain, unregulated release of excitatory neurotransmitters, exacerbated during pathological conditions such as stroke, can lead to neuronal damage and death. In addition, recent findings suggest that under physiological circumstances spontaneous release events can trigger postsynaptic signaling events independent of evoked neurotransmitter release. Therefore, elucidation of mechanisms underlying spontaneous neurotransmission may help us better understand the functional significance of this form of release and provide tools for its selective manipulation. For instance, our recent investigations indicate that the level of cholesterol in the synapse plays a critical role in limiting spontaneous synaptic vesicle fusion. Therefore, alterations in synaptic cholesterol metabolism can be a critical determinant of glutamatergic neurotransmission at rest. This article aims to provide a closer look into our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying spontaneous neurotransmission and the signaling triggered by these unitary release events.
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- C R Wasser
- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9111, USA
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Takasusuki T, Fujiwara T, Yamaguchi S, Fukushima T, Akagawa K, Hori Y. Enhancement of synaptic transmission and nociceptive behaviour in HPC-1/syntaxin 1A knockout mice following peripheral nerve injury. Eur J Neurosci 2008; 26:2179-87. [PMID: 17953616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05830.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Our previous analysis of HPC-1/syntaxin 1A knockout (KO) mice indicated that HPC-1/syntaxin 1A plays an important role in the synaptic plasticity of the hippocampus in vitro and learning behaviour in vivo. In order to gain further insights into the physiological functions of HPC-1/syntaxin 1A, we studied the changes in the plasticity of synaptic transmission in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord following a peripheral nerve injury in HPC-1/syntaxin 1A KO and wild-type (WT) mice. The von Frey filament test revealed that partial ligation of the sciatic nerve caused neuropathic pain in both WT and KO mice. However, KO mice showed significant enhancement of mechanical allodynia as compared with WT mice. Tight-seal whole-cell recordings were obtained from neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord slices. Electrical stimulus-evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), asynchronous EPSCs (aEPSCs) in the presence of strontium, and spontaneously occurring miniature EPSCs (mEPSCs) were analysed. Prior to peripheral nerve ligation, no significant differences were observed in the properties of evoked EPSCs, aEPSCs and mEPSCs in KO and WT mice. Seven-14 days after partial ligation, the amplitude of evoked EPSCs and the frequency of aEPSCs and mEPSCs in KO mice were significantly greater than those in WT mice; however, the amplitude of aEPSCs and mEPSCs remained unchanged in both groups. Enhanced allodynia behaviour and significant enhancement of excitatory synaptic transmission following peripheral nerve ligation in KO mice suggest that HPC-1/syntaxin 1A might play a role in synaptic plasticity in the nociceptive pathway.
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- T Takasusuki
- Department of Physiology and Biological Information, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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Arunachalam L, Han L, Tassew NG, He Y, Wang L, Xie L, Fujita Y, Kwan E, Davletov B, Monnier PP, Gaisano HY, Sugita S. Munc18-1 is critical for plasma membrane localization of syntaxin1 but not of SNAP-25 in PC12 cells. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:722-34. [PMID: 18077557 PMCID: PMC2230596 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-07-0662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2007] [Revised: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Although Munc18-1 was originally identified as a syntaxin1-interacting protein, the physiological significance of this interaction remains unclear. In fact, recent studies of Munc18-1 mutants have suggested that Munc18-1 plays a critical role for docking of secretory vesicles, independent of syntaxin1 regulation. Here we investigated the role of Munc18-1 in syntaxin1 localization by generating stable neuroendocrine cell lines in which Munc18-1 was strongly down-regulated. In these cells, the secretion capability, as well as the docking of dense-core vesicles, was significantly reduced. More importantly, not only was the expression level of syntaxin1 reduced, but the localization of syntaxin1 at the plasma membrane was also severely perturbed. The mislocalized syntaxin1 resided primarily in the perinuclear region of the cells, in which it was highly colocalized with Secretogranin II, a marker protein for dense-core vesicles. In contrast, the expression level and the plasma membrane localization of SNAP-25 were not affected. Furthermore, the syntaxin1 localization and the secretion capability were restored upon transfection-mediated reintroduction of Munc18-1. Our results indicate that endogenous Munc18-1 plays a critical role for the plasma membrane localization of syntaxin1 in neuroendocrine cells and therefore necessitates the interpretation of Munc18-1 mutant phenotypes to be in terms of mislocalized syntaxin1.
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- *Division of Fundamental Neurobiology and
- Departments of Physiology and
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- Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada
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- Departments of Physiology and
- Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; and
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- *Division of Fundamental Neurobiology and
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- Departments of Physiology and
- Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; and
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- Departments of Physiology and
- Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; and
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- Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada
- Departments of Physiology and
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- *Division of Fundamental Neurobiology and
- Departments of Physiology and
- Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; and
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- *Division of Fundamental Neurobiology and
- Departments of Physiology and
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Young EJ, Lipina T, Tam E, Mandel A, Clapcote SJ, Bechard AR, Chambers J, Mount HTJ, Fletcher PJ, Roder JC, Osborne LR. Reduced fear and aggression and altered serotonin metabolism in Gtf2ird1-targeted mice. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2007; 7:224-34. [PMID: 17680805 PMCID: PMC2883608 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2007.00343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The GTF2IRD1 general transcription factor is a candidate for involvement in the varied cognitive and neurobehavioral symptoms of the microdeletion disorder, Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS). We show that mice with heterozygous or homozygous disruption of Gtf2ird1 exhibit decreased fear and aggression and increased social behaviors. These findings are reminiscent of the hypersociability and diminished fear of strangers that are hallmarks of WBS. Other core features of WBS, such as increased anxiety and problems with spatial learning were not present in the targeted mice. Investigation of a possible neurochemical basis for the altered behaviors in these mice using high-performance liquid chromatography analysis showed increased levels of serotonin metabolites in several brain regions, including the amygdala, frontal cortex and parietal cortex. Serotonin levels have previously been implicated in fear and aggression, through modulation of the neural pathway connecting the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. These results suggest that hemizygosity for GTF2IRD1 may play a role in the complex behavioral phenotype seen in patients with WBS, either individually, or in combination with other genes, and that the GTF2I transcription factors may influence fear and social behavior through the alteration of neurochemical pathways.
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- E. J. Young
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Function, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Function, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Function, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Section of Biopsychology, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Section of Biopsychology, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Neurodevelopment and Cognitive Function, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Corresponding author: L. R. Osborne, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 7360 Medical Sciences Building, 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.
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Cai Q, Pan PY, Sheng ZH. Syntabulin-kinesin-1 family member 5B-mediated axonal transport contributes to activity-dependent presynaptic assembly. J Neurosci 2007; 27:7284-96. [PMID: 17611281 PMCID: PMC6794594 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0731-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which microtubule-based axonal transport regulates activity-dependent presynaptic plasticity in developing neurons remains mostly unknown. Our previous studies established that syntabulin is an adaptor capable of conjoining the kinesin family member 5B (KIF5B) motor and syntaxin-1. We now report that the complex of syntaxin-1-syntabulin-KIF5B mediates axonal transport of the active zone (AZ) components essential for presynaptic assembly. Syntabulin associates with AZ precursor carriers and colocalizes and comigrates with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-Bassoon-labeled AZ transport cargos within developing axons. Knock-down of syntabulin or disruption of the syntaxin-1-syntabulin-KIF5B complex impairs the anterograde transport of GFP-Bassoon out of the soma and reduces the axonal densities of synaptic vesicle (SV) clusters and FM4-64 [N-(3-triethylammoniumpropyl)-4-(p-dibutylaminostyryl)pyridinium, dibromide] loading. Furthermore, syntabulin loss of function results in a reduction in both the amplitude of postsynaptic currents and the frequency of asynchronous quantal events, and abolishes the activity-induced recruitment of new GFP-Bassoon into the axons and subsequent coclustering with SVs. Consequently, syntabulin loss of function blocks the formation of new presynaptic boutons during activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in developing neurons. These studies establish that a kinesin motor-adaptor complex is critical for the anterograde axonal transport of AZ components, thus contributing to activity-dependent presynaptic assembly during neuronal development.
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- Qian Cai
- Synaptic Function Unit, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3701
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- Synaptic Function Unit, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3701
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- Synaptic Function Unit, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3701
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Hirano AA, Brandstätter JH, Vila A, Brecha NC. Robust syntaxin-4 immunoreactivity in mammalian horizontal cell processes. Vis Neurosci 2007; 24:489-502. [PMID: 17640443 PMCID: PMC2744743 DOI: 10.1017/s0952523807070198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Horizontal cells mediate inhibitory feed-forward and feedback communication in the outer retina; however, mechanisms that underlie transmitter release from mammalian horizontal cells are poorly understood. Toward determining whether the molecular machinery for exocytosis is present in horizontal cells, we investigated the localization of syntaxin-4, a SNARE protein involved in targeting vesicles to the plasma membrane, in mouse, rat, and rabbit retinae using immunocytochemistry. We report robust expression of syntaxin-4 in the outer plexiform layer of all three species. Syntaxin-4 occurred in processes and tips of horizontal cells, with regularly spaced, thicker sandwich-like structures along the processes. Double labeling with syntaxin-4 and calbindin antibodies, a horizontal cell marker, demonstrated syntaxin-4 localization to horizontal cell processes; whereas, double labeling with PKC antibodies, a rod bipolar cell (RBC) marker, showed a lack of co-localization, with syntaxin-4 immunolabeling occurring just distal to RBC dendritic tips. Syntaxin-4 immunolabeling occurred within VGLUT-1-immunoreactive photoreceptor terminals and underneath synaptic ribbons, labeled by CtBP2/RIBEYE antibodies, consistent with localization in invaginating horizontal cell tips at photoreceptor triad synapses. Vertical sections of retina immunostained for syntaxin-4 and peanut agglutinin (PNA) established that the prominent patches of syntaxin-4 immunoreactivity were adjacent to the base of cone pedicles. Horizontal sections through the OPL indicate a one-to-one co-localization of syntaxin-4 densities at likely all cone pedicles, with syntaxin-4 immunoreactivity interdigitating with PNA labeling. Pre-embedding immuno-electron microscopy confirmed the subcellular localization of syntaxin-4 labeling to lateral elements at both rod and cone triad synapses. Finally, co-localization with SNAP-25, a possible binding partner of syntaxin-4, indicated co-expression of these SNARE proteins in the same subcellular compartment of the horizontal cell. Taken together, the strong expression of these two SNARE proteins in the processes and endings of horizontal cells at rod and cone terminals suggests that horizontal cell axons and dendrites are likely sites of exocytotic activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arlene A Hirano
- Departments of Neurobiology & Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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