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Yan J, Zhang FL, Jin KQ, Li JX, Wang LJ, Fan WT, Huang WH, Liu YL. Mechanical Strain Induces and Increases Vesicular Release Monitored by Microfabricated Stretchable Electrodes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403241. [PMID: 38710651 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Exocytosis involving the fusion of intracellular vesicles with cell membrane, is thought to be modulated by the mechanical cues in the microenvironment. Single-cell electrochemistry can offer unique information about the quantification and kinetics of exocytotic events; however, the effects of mechanical force on vesicular release have been poorly explored. Herein, we developed a stretchable microelectrode with excellent electrochemical stability under mechanical deformation by microfabrication of functionalized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) conductive ink, which achieved real-time quantitation of strain-induced vesicular exocytosis from a single cell for the first time. We found that mechanical strain could cause calcium influx via the activation of Piezo1 channels in chromaffin cell, initiating the vesicular exocytosis process. Interestingly, mechanical strain increases the amount of catecholamines released by accelerating the opening and prolonging the closing of fusion pore during exocytosis. This work is expected to provide revealing insights into the regulatory effects of mechanical stimuli on vesicular exocytosis.
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- Jing Yan
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Core Facility of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Zhang FL, Yang XK, Qi YT, Tian SY, Huang WH. Nanoelectrochemistry reveals how presynaptic neurons regulate vesicle release to sustain synaptic plasticity under repetitive stimuli. Chem Sci 2024; 15:7651-7658. [PMID: 38784745 PMCID: PMC11110134 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01664e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Synaptic plasticity is the ability of synapses to modulate synaptic strength in response to dynamic changes within, as well as environmental changes. Although there is a considerable body of knowledge on protein expression and receptor migration in different categories of synaptic plasticity, the contribution and impact of presynaptic vesicle release and neurotransmitter levels towards plasticity remain largely unclear. Herein, nanoelectrochemistry using carbon fiber nanoelectrodes with excellent spatio-temporal resolution was applied for real-time monitoring of presynaptic vesicle release of dopamine inside single synapses of dopaminergic neurons, and exocytotic variations in quantity and kinetics under repetitive electrical stimuli. We found that the presynaptic terminal tends to maintain synaptic strength by rapidly recruiting vesicles, changing the dynamics of exocytosis, and maintaining sufficient neurotransmitter release in following stimuli. Except for small clear synaptic vesicles, dense core vesicles are involved in exocytosis to sustain the neurotransmitter level in later periods of repetitive stimuli. These data indicate that vesicles use a potential regulatory mechanism to establish short-term plasticity, and provide new directions for exploring the synaptic mechanisms in connection and plasticity.
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- Fu-Li Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 P. R. China
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan 430071 P. R. China
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Anbalagan S, Blechman J, Gliksberg M, Gordon L, Rotkopf R, Dadosh T, Shimoni E, Levkowitz G. Robo2 regulates synaptic oxytocin content by affecting actin dynamics. eLife 2019; 8:45650. [PMID: 31180321 PMCID: PMC6590984 DOI: 10.7554/elife.45650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The regulation of neuropeptide level at the site of release is essential for proper neurophysiological functions. We focused on a prominent neuropeptide, oxytocin (OXT) in the zebrafish as an in vivo model to visualize and quantify OXT content at the resolution of a single synapse. We found that OXT-loaded synapses were enriched with polymerized actin. Perturbation of actin filaments by either cytochalasin-D or conditional Cofilin expression resulted in decreased synaptic OXT levels. Genetic loss of robo2 or slit3 displayed decreased synaptic OXT content and robo2 mutants displayed reduced mobility of the actin probe Lifeact-EGFP in OXT synapses. Using a novel transgenic reporter allowing real-time monitoring of OXT-loaded vesicles, we show that robo2 mutants display slower rate of vesicles accumulation. OXT-specific expression of dominant-negative Cdc42, which is a key regulator of actin dynamics and a downstream effector of Robo2, led to a dose-dependent increase in OXT content in WT, and a dampened effect in robo2 mutants. Our results link Slit3-Robo2-Cdc42, which controls local actin dynamics, with the maintenance of synaptic neuropeptide levels.
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- Savani Anbalagan
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Bioinformatics Unit, LSCF, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.,Electron Microscopy Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Salari V, Rahnama M, Tuszynski JA. Dissipationless Transfer of Visual Information From Retina to the Primary Visual Cortex in the Human Brain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03379582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Recently, the experiments on photosynthetic systems via “femto-second laser spectroscopy” methods have indicated that a “quantum-coherence” in the system causes a highly efficient transfer of energy to the “reaction center” (efficiency is approximately equal to 100%). A recent experiment on a single neuron has indicated that it can conduct light. Also, a re-emission of light from both photosynthetic systems and single neurons has been observed, which is called “delayed luminescence”. This can be supposed as a possibility for dissipationless transfer of visual information to the human brain. In addition, a long-range Fröhlich coherence in microtubules can be a candidate for efficient transfer of light through “noisy” and complex structures of the human brain. From an informational point of view it is a legitimate question to ask how human brain can receive subtle external quantum information of photons intact when photons are in a quantum superposition and pass through very noisy and complex pathways from the eye to the brain? Here, we propose a coherent model in which quantum states of photons can be rebuilt in the human brain.
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Miklavc P, Ehinger K, Sultan A, Felder T, Paul P, Gottschalk KE, Frick M. Actin depolymerisation and crosslinking join forces with myosin II to contract actin coats on fused secretory vesicles. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:1193-203. [PMID: 25637593 PMCID: PMC4359923 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.165571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In many secretory cells actin and myosin are specifically recruited to the surface of secretory granules following their fusion with the plasma membrane. Actomyosin-dependent compression of fused granules is essential to promote active extrusion of cargo. However, little is known about molecular mechanisms regulating actin coat formation and contraction. Here, we provide a detailed kinetic analysis of the molecules regulating actin coat contraction on fused lamellar bodies in primary alveolar type II cells. We demonstrate that ROCK1 and myosin light chain kinase 1 (MLCK1, also known as MYLK) translocate to fused lamellar bodies and activate myosin II on actin coats. However, myosin II activity is not sufficient for efficient actin coat contraction. In addition, cofilin-1 and α-actinin translocate to actin coats. ROCK1-dependent regulated actin depolymerisation by cofilin-1 in cooperation with actin crosslinking by α-actinin is essential for complete coat contraction. In summary, our data suggest a complementary role for regulated actin depolymerisation and crosslinking, and myosin II activity, to contract actin coats and drive secretion.
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- Pika Miklavc
- Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Kisiel M, McKenzie K, Stewart B. Localization and mobility of synaptic vesicles in Myosin VI mutants of Drosophila. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102988. [PMID: 25062032 PMCID: PMC4111356 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background At the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ), synaptic vesicles are mobile; however, the mechanisms that regulate vesicle traffic at the nerve terminal are not fully understood. Myosin VI has been shown to be important for proper synaptic physiology and morphology at the NMJ, likely by functioning as a vesicle tether. Here we investigate vesicle dynamics in Myosin VI mutants of Drosophila. Results In Drosophila, Myosin VI is encoded by the gene, jaguar (jar). To visualize active vesicle cycling we used FM dye loading and compared loss of function alleles of jar with controls. These studies revealed a differential distribution of vesicles at the jar mutant nerve terminal, with the newly endocytosed vesicles observed throughout the mutant boutons in contrast to the peripheral localization visualized at control NMJs. This finding is consistent with a role for Myosin VI in restraining vesicle mobility at the synapse to ensure proper localization. To further investigate regulation of vesicle dynamics by Myosin VI, FRAP analysis was used to analyze movement of GFP-labeled synaptic vesicles within individual boutons. FRAP revealed that synaptic vesicles are moving more freely in the jar mutant boutons, indicated by changes in initial bleach depth and rapid recovery of fluorescence following photobleaching. Conclusion This data provides insights into the role for Myosin VI in mediating synaptic vesicle dynamics at the nerve terminal. We observed mislocalization of actively cycling vesicles and an apparent increase in vesicle mobility when Myosin VI levels are reduced. These observations support the notion that a major function of Myosin VI in the nerve terminal is tethering synaptic vesicles to proper sub-cellular location within the bouton.
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- Marta Kisiel
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Bui L, Glavinović MI. Synaptic activity slows vesicular replenishment at excitatory synapses of rat hippocampus. Cogn Neurodyn 2014; 7:105-20. [PMID: 24427195 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-012-9232-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Short-term synaptic depression mainly reflects the depletion of the readily releasable pool (RRP) of quanta. Its dynamics, and especially the replenishment rate of the RRP, are still not well characterized in spite of decades of investigation. Main reason is that the vesicular storage and release system is treated as time-independent. If it is time-dependent all parameters thus estimated become problematic. Indeed the reports about how prolonged stimulation affects the dynamics are contradictory. To study this, we used patterned stimulation on the Schaeffer collateral fiber pathway and model-fitting of the excitatory post-synaptic currents (EPSC) recorded from CA1 neurons in rat hippocampal slices. The parameters of a vesicular storage and release model with two pools were estimated by minimizing the squared difference between the ESPC amplitudes and simulated model output. This yields the 'basic' parameters (release coupling, replenishment coupling and RRP size) that underlie the 'derived' and commonly used parameters (fractional release and replenishment rate). The fractional release increases when [Ca(++)]o is raised, whereas the replenishment rate is [Ca(++)]o independent. Fractional release rises because release coupling increases, and the RRP becomes less able to contain quanta. During prolonged stimulation, the fractional release remains generally unaltered, whereas the replenishment rate decreases down to ~10 % of its initial value with a decay time of ~15 s, and this decrease in the replenishment rate significantly contributes to synaptic depression. In conclusion, the fractional release is [Ca(++)]o-dependent and stimulation-independent, whereas the replenishment rate is [Ca(++)]o-independent and stimulation-dependent.
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- Loc Bui
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, 3655 Sir William Osler Promenade, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6 Canada
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, 3655 Sir William Osler Promenade, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6 Canada
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Multiple roles for the actin cytoskeleton during regulated exocytosis. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 70:2099-121. [PMID: 22986507 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1156-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Regulated exocytosis is the main mechanism utilized by specialized secretory cells to deliver molecules to the cell surface by virtue of membranous containers (i.e., secretory vesicles). The process involves a series of highly coordinated and sequential steps, which include the biogenesis of the vesicles, their delivery to the cell periphery, their fusion with the plasma membrane, and the release of their content into the extracellular space. Each of these steps is regulated by the actin cytoskeleton. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge regarding the involvement of actin and its associated molecules during each of the exocytic steps in vertebrates, and suggest that the overall role of the actin cytoskeleton during regulated exocytosis is linked to the architecture and the physiology of the secretory cells under examination. Specifically, in neurons, neuroendocrine, endocrine, and hematopoietic cells, which contain small secretory vesicles that undergo rapid exocytosis (on the order of milliseconds), the actin cytoskeleton plays a role in pre-fusion events, where it acts primarily as a functional barrier and facilitates docking. In exocrine and other secretory cells, which contain large secretory vesicles that undergo slow exocytosis (seconds to minutes), the actin cytoskeleton plays a role in post-fusion events, where it regulates the dynamics of the fusion pore, facilitates the integration of the vesicles into the plasma membrane, provides structural support, and promotes the expulsion of large cargo molecules.
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Brockington A, Heath PR, Holden H, Kasher P, Bender FLP, Claes F, Lambrechts D, Sendtner M, Carmeliet P, Shaw PJ. Downregulation of genes with a function in axon outgrowth and synapse formation in motor neurones of the VEGFdelta/delta mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:203. [PMID: 20346106 PMCID: PMC2861063 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-203] [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: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an endothelial cell mitogen that stimulates vasculogenesis. It has also been shown to act as a neurotrophic factor in vitro and in vivo. Deletion of the hypoxia response element of the promoter region of the gene encoding VEGF in mice causes a reduction in neural VEGF expression, and results in adult-onset motor neurone degeneration that resembles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Investigating the molecular pathways to neurodegeneration in the VEGFδ/δ mouse model of ALS may improve understanding of the mechanisms of motor neurone death in the human disease. Results Microarray analysis was used to determine the transcriptional profile of laser captured spinal motor neurones of transgenic and wild-type littermates at 3 time points of disease. 324 genes were significantly differentially expressed in motor neurones of presymptomatic VEGFδ/δ mice, 382 at disease onset, and 689 at late stage disease. Massive transcriptional downregulation occurred with disease progression, associated with downregulation of genes involved in RNA processing at late stage disease. VEGFδ/δ mice showed reduction in expression, from symptom onset, of the cholesterol synthesis pathway, and genes involved in nervous system development, including axonogenesis, synapse formation, growth factor signalling pathways, cell adhesion and microtubule-based processes. These changes may reflect a reduced capacity of VEGFδ/δ mice for maintenance and remodelling of neuronal processes in the face of demands of neural plasticity. The findings are supported by the demonstration that in primary motor neurone cultures from VEGFδ/δ mice, axon outgrowth is significantly reduced compared to wild-type littermates. Conclusions Downregulation of these genes involved in axon outgrowth and synapse formation in adult mice suggests a hitherto unrecognized role of VEGF in the maintenance of neuronal circuitry. Dysregulation of VEGF may lead to neurodegeneration through synaptic regression and dying-back axonopathy.
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- Alice Brockington
- Academic Neurology Unit, University of Sheffield, E Floor, Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK
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Seabrooke S, Qiu X, Stewart BA. Nonmuscle Myosin II helps regulate synaptic vesicle mobility at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. BMC Neurosci 2010; 11:37. [PMID: 20233422 PMCID: PMC2853426 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Although the mechanistic details of the vesicle transport process from the cell body to the nerve terminal are well described, the mechanisms underlying vesicle traffic within nerve terminal boutons is relatively unknown. The actin cytoskeleton has been implicated but exactly how actin or actin-binding proteins participate in vesicle movement is not clear. Results In the present study we have identified Nonmuscle Myosin II as a candidate molecule important for synaptic vesicle traffic within Drosophila larval neuromuscular boutons. Nonmuscle Myosin II was found to be localized at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction; genetics and pharmacology combined with the time-lapse imaging technique FRAP were used to reveal a contribution of Nonmuscle Myosin II to synaptic vesicle movement. FRAP analysis showed that vesicle dynamics were highly dependent on the expression level of Nonmuscle Myosin II. Conclusion Our results provide evidence that Nonmuscle Myosin II is present presynaptically, is important for synaptic vesicle mobility and suggests a role for Nonmuscle Myosin II in shuttling vesicles at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. This work begins to reveal the process by which synaptic vesicles traverse within the bouton.
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- Sara Seabrooke
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
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Tomas A, Yermen B, Min L, Pessin JE, Halban PA. Regulation of pancreatic beta-cell insulin secretion by actin cytoskeleton remodelling: role of gelsolin and cooperation with the MAPK signalling pathway. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:2156-67. [PMID: 16638805 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have previously isolated two MIN6 beta-cell sublines, B1, highly responsive to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, and C3, markedly refractory (Lilla, V., Webb, G., Rickenbach, K., Maturana, A., Steiner, D. F., Halban, P. A. and Irminger, J. C. (2003) Endocrinology 144, 1368-1379). We now demonstrate that C3 cells have substantially increased amounts of F-actin stress fibres whereas B1 cells have shorter cortical F-actin. Consistent with these data, B1 cells display glucose-dependent actin remodelling whereas, in C3 cells, F-actin is refractory to this secretagogue. Furthermore, F-actin depolymerisation with latrunculin B restores glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in C3 cells. In parallel, glucose-stimulated ERK1/2 activation is greater in B1 than in C3 cells, and is potentiated in both sublines following F-actin depolymerisation. Glucose-activated phosphoERK1/2 accumulates at actin filament tips adjacent to the plasma membrane, indicating that these are the main sites of action for this kinase during insulin secretion. In addition, B1 cell expression of the calcium-dependent F-actin severing protein gelsolin is >100-fold higher than that of C3 cells. Knock-down of gelsolin reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, whereas gelsolin over-expression potentiated secretion from B1 cells. Gelsolin localised along depolymerised actin fibres after glucose stimulation. Taken together, these data demonstrate that F-actin reorganization prior to insulin secretion requires gelsolin and plays a role in the glucose-dependent MAPK signal transduction that regulates beta-cell insulin secretion.
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- Alejandra Tomas
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland.
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Shtrahman M, Yeung C, Nauen DW, Bi GQ, Wu XL. Probing vesicle dynamics in single hippocampal synapses. Biophys J 2005; 89:3615-27. [PMID: 16113110 PMCID: PMC1366854 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.059295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We use fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to study vesicle dynamics inside the synapses of cultured hippocampal neurons labeled with the fluorescent vesicle marker FM 1-43. These studies show that when the cell is electrically at rest, only a small population of vesicles is mobile, taking seconds to traverse the synapse. Applying the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid causes vesicles to diffuse freely, moving 30 times faster than vesicles in control synapses. These results suggest that vesicles move sluggishly due to binding to elements of the synaptic cytomatrix and that this binding is altered by phosphorylation. Motivated by these results, a model is constructed consisting of diffusing vesicles that bind reversibly to the cytomatrix. This stick-and-diffuse model accounts for the fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching data, and also predicts the well-known exponential refilling of the readily releasable pool. Our measurements suggest that the movement of vesicles to the active zone is the rate-limiting step in this process.
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- Matthew Shtrahman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Charalampopoulos I, Dermitzaki E, Vardouli L, Tsatsanis C, Stournaras C, Margioris AN, Gravanis A. Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and allopregnanolone directly stimulate catecholamine production via induction of tyrosine hydroxylase and secretion by affecting actin polymerization. Endocrinology 2005; 146:3309-18. [PMID: 15860555 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Adrenal cortical cells of zona reticularis produce the neuroactive steroids dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), its sulfate ester dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), and allopregnanolone (ALLO). An interaction between zona reticularis and adrenal medulla has been postulated based on their close proximity and their interwoven borders. The aim of this paper was to examine in vitro the possible paracrine effects of these steroids on catecholamine production from adrenomedullary chromaffin cells, using an established in vitro model of chromaffin cells, the PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cell line. We have found the following: 1) DHEA, DHEAS, and ALLO increased acutely (peak effect between 10-30 min) and dose-dependently (EC50 in the nanomolar range) catecholamine levels (norepinephrine and dopamine). 2) It appears that the acute effect of these steroids involved actin depolymerization/actin filament disassembly, a fast-response cellular system regulating trafficking of catecholamine vesicles. Specifically, 10(-6) m phallacidin, an actin filament stabilizer, completely prevented steroid-induced catecholamine secretion. 3) DHEAS and ALLO, but not DHEA, also affected catecholamine synthesis. Indeed, DHEAS and ALLO increased catecholamine levels at 24 h, an effect blocked by L-2-methyl-3-(-4-hydroxyphenyl)alanine and 3-(hydrazinomethyl)phenol hydrochloride, inhibitors of tyrosine hydroxylase and L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase, respectively, suggesting that this effect involved catecholamine synthesis. The latter hypothesis was confirmed by finding that DHEAS and ALLO increased both the mRNA and protein levels of tyrosine hydroxylase. In conclusion, our findings suggest that neuroactive steroids exert a direct tonic effect on adrenal catecholamine synthesis and secretion. These data associate the adrenomedullary malfunction observed in old age and neuroactive steroids.
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- I Charalampopoulos
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion GR-711 10, Crete, Greece
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Van der Kloot W. Loading and recycling of synaptic vesicles in the Torpedo electric organ and the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Prog Neurobiol 2003; 71:269-303. [PMID: 14698765 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2003.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In vertebrate motor nerve terminals and in the electromotor nerve terminals of Torpedo there are two major pools of synaptic vesicles: readily releasable and reserve. The electromotor terminals differ in that the reserve vesicles are twice the diameter of the readily releasable vesicles. The vesicles contain high concentrations of ACh and ATP. Part of the ACh is brought into the vesicle by the vesicular ACh transporter, VAChT, which exchanges two protons for each ACh, but a fraction of the ACh seems to be accumulated by different, unexplored mechanisms. Most of the vesicles in the terminals do not exchange ACh or ATP with the axoplasm, although ACh and ATP are free in the vesicle interior. The VAChT is controlled by a multifaceted regulatory complex, which includes the proteoglycans that characterize the cholinergic vesicles. The drug (-)-vesamicol binds to a site on the complex and blocks ACh exchange. Only 10-20% of the vesicles are in the readily releasable pool, which therefore is turned over fairly rapidly by spontaneous quantal release. The turnover can be followed by the incorporation of false transmitters into the recycling vesicles, and by the rate of uptake of FM dyes, which have some selectivity for the two recycling pathways. The amount of ACh loaded into recycling vesicles in the readily releasable pool decreases during stimulation. The ACh content of the vesicles can be varied over eight-fold range without changing vesicle size.
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- William Van der Kloot
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY at Stony Brook, 8661 SUNT, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA.
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Washburn CL, Bean JE, Silverman MA, Pellegrino MJ, Yates PA, Allen RG. Regulation of peptidergic vesicle mobility by secretagogues. Traffic 2002; 3:801-9. [PMID: 12383346 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2002.31105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Neuropeptides are released into the extracellular space from large secretory granules. In order to reach their release sites, these granules are translocated on microtubules and thought to interact with filamentous actin as they approach the cell membrane. We have used a green fluorescent protein-tagged neuropeptide prohormone (prepro-orphanin FQ) to visualize vesicle trafficking dynamics in NS20Y cells and cultures of primary hippocampal neurons. We found that the majority of secretory granules were mobile and accumulated at both the tips of neurites as well as other apparently specialized cellular sites. We also used live-cell imaging to test the notion that peptidergic vesicle mobility was regulated by secretagogues. We show that treatment with forskolin appeared to increase vesicle rates of speed, while depolarization with high K+ had no effect, even though both treatments stimulated neuropeptide secretion. In cultured hippocampal neurons the green fluorescent protein-tagged secretory vesicles were routed to both dendrites and axons, indicating that peptidergic vesicle transport was not polarized. Basal peptidergic vesicle mobility rates in hippocampal neurons were the same as those in NS20Y cells. Taken together, these studies suggest that secretory vesicle mobility is regulated by specific classes of secretagogues and that neuropeptide containing secretory vesicles may be released from dendritic structures.
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- C L Washburn
- Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, The Vollum Institute Portland, OR 97201, USA
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Hagan S, Hameroff SR, Tuszyński JA. Quantum computation in brain microtubules: decoherence and biological feasibility. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 65:061901. [PMID: 12188753 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.061901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2000] [Revised: 08/07/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The Penrose-Hameroff orchestrated objective reduction (orch. OR) model assigns a cognitive role to quantum computations in microtubules within the neurons of the brain. Despite an apparently "warm, wet, and noisy" intracellular milieu, the proposal suggests that microtubules avoid environmental decoherence long enough to reach threshold for "self-collapse" (objective reduction) by a quantum gravity mechanism put forth by Penrose. The model has been criticized as regards the issue of environmental decoherence, and a recent report by Tegmark finds that microtubules can maintain quantum coherence for only 10(-13) s, far too short to be neurophysiologically relevant. Here, we critically examine the decoherence mechanisms likely to dominate in a biological setting and find that (1) Tegmark's commentary is not aimed at an existing model in the literature but rather at a hybrid that replaces the superposed protein conformations of the orch. OR theory with a soliton in superposition along the microtubule; (2) recalculation after correcting for differences between the model on which Tegmark bases his calculations and the orch. OR model (superposition separation, charge vs dipole, dielectric constant) lengthens the decoherence time to 10(-5)-10(-4) s; (3) decoherence times on this order invalidate the assumptions of the derivation and determine the approximation regime considered by Tegmark to be inappropriate to the orch. OR superposition; (4) Tegmark's formulation yields decoherence times that increase with temperature contrary to well-established physical intuitions and the observed behavior of quantum coherent states; (5) incoherent metabolic energy supplied to the collective dynamics ordering water in the vicinity of microtubules at a rate exceeding that of decoherence can counter decoherence effects (in the same way that lasers avoid decoherence at room temperature); (6) microtubules are surrounded by a Debye layer of counterions, which can screen thermal fluctuations, and by an actin gel that might enhance the ordering of water in bundles of microtubules, further increasing the decoherence-free zone by an order of magnitude and, if the dependence on the distance between environmental ion and superposed state is accurately reflected in Tegmark's calculation, extending decoherence times by three orders of magnitude; (7) topological quantum computation in microtubules may be error correcting, resistant to decoherence; and (8) the decohering effect of radiative scatterers on microtubule quantum states is negligible. These considerations bring microtubule decoherence into a regime in which quantum gravity could interact with neurophysiology.
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- S Hagan
- Department of Mathematics, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5G 3H2
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What is consciousness? Conventional approaches see it as an emergent property of complex interactions among individual neurons; however these approaches fail to address enigmatic features of consciousness. Accordingly, some philosophers have contended that "qualia," or an experiential medium from which consciousness is derived, exists as a fundamental component of reality. Whitehead, for example, described the universe as being composed of "occasions of experience." To examine this possibility scientifically, the very nature of physical reality must be re-examined. We must come to terms with the physics of spacetime--as described by Einstein's general theory of relativity, and its relation to the fundamental theory of matter--as described by quantum theory. Roger Penrose has proposed a new physics of objective reduction: "OR," which appeals to a form of quantum gravity to provide a useful description of fundamental processes at the quantum/classical borderline. Within the OR scheme, we consider that consciousness occurs if an appropriately organized system is able to develop and maintain quantum coherent superposition until a specific "objective" criterion (a threshold related to quantum gravity) is reached; the coherent system then self-reduces (objective reduction: OR). We contend that this type of objective self-collapse introduces non-computability, an essential feature of consciousness which distinguishes our minds from classical computers. Each OR is taken as an instantaneous event--the climax of a self-organizing process in fundamental spacetime--and a candidate for a conscious Whitehead "occasion of experience." How could an OR process occur in the brain, be coupled to neural activities, and account for other features of consciousness? We nominate a quantum computational OR process with the requisite characteristics to be occurring in cytoskeletal micro-tubules within the brain's neurons. In this model, quantum-superposed states develop in microtubule subunit proteins ("tubulins") within certain brain neurons, remain coherent, and recruit more superposed tubulins until a mass-time-energy threshold (related to quantum gravity) is reached. At that point, self-collapse, or objective reduction (OR), abruptly occurs. We equate the pre-reduction, coherent superposition ("quantum computing") phase with pre-conscious processes, and each instantaneous (and non-computable) OR, or self-collapse, with a discrete conscious event. Sequences of OR events give rise to a "stream" of consciousness. Microtubule-associated proteins can "tune" the quantum oscillations of the coherent superposed states; the OR is thus self-organized, or "orchestrated" ("Orch OR"). Each Orch OR event selects (non-computably) microtubule subunit states which regulate synaptic/neural functions using classical signaling. The quantum gravity threshold for self-collapse is relevant to consciousness, according to our arguments, because macroscopic superposed quantum states each have their own spacetime geometries. These geometries are also superposed, and in some way "separated," but when sufficiently separated, the superposition of spacetime geometries becomes significantly unstable and reduces to a single universe state. Quantum gravity determines the limits of the instability; we contend that the actual choice of state made by Nature is non-computable. Thus each Orch OR event is a self-selection of spacetime geometry, coupled to the brain through microtubules and other biomolecules. If conscious experience is intimately connected with the very physics underlying spacetime structure, then Orch OR in microtubules indeed provides us with a completely new and uniquely promising perspective on the difficult problems of consciousness.
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- S Hameroff
- Department of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. ,
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Dermitzaki E, Gravanis A, Venihaki M, Stournaras C, Margioris AN. Opioids suppress basal and nicotine-induced catecholamine secretion via a stabilizing effect on actin filaments. Endocrinology 2001; 142:2022-31. [PMID: 11316769 DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.5.8133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Catecholamine secretion and actin filament disassembly are closely coupled in chromaffin cells. Opioid suppression of catecholamine secretion is fast and transient, both characteristics of actin filament involvement. The aim of the present work was to test the hypothesis that opioids suppress catecholamine secretion via an inhibitory effect on actin filament disassembly. For this purpose we used the PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cell line. Norepinephrine and dopamine were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or RIA. Polymerized actin was measured by rhodamine-phalloidin and visualized by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Opioids suppressed basal catecholamine secretion. The onset of this effect was fast and transient, peaking at 2 min, and was reversible by opioid antagonists. Synchronously, opioids suppressed actin filament disassembly; this was also reversible by opioid antagonists. Cytochalasin B prevented the inhibitory effect of opioids on catecholamine secretion. In addition, opioids suppressed the stimulatory effect of nicotine on catecholamine secretion and actin depolymerization. Changes in actin cytoskeleton in neuron-like PC12 cells make them resistant to both effects of opioids, i.e. on catecholamine secretion and actin disassembly. In conclusion, our data suggest that the suppressive effect of opioids on basal and nicotine-induced catecholamine secretion may result from an opioid-provoked stabilization of cortical actin. It also appears that basal catecholamine secretion is associated with opioid-sensitive machinery regulating the continuous formation of short-lived areas of cortical actin filament disassembly.
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- E Dermitzaki
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion GR-711 10, Crete, Greece
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- M R Bennett
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Harada A, Furuta B, Takeuchi K, Itakura M, Takahashi M, Umeda M. Nadrin, a novel neuron-specific GTPase-activating protein involved in regulated exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36885-91. [PMID: 10967100 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004069200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It has been proposed that the cortical actin filament networks act as a cortical barrier that must be reorganized to enable docking and fusion of the synaptic vesicles with the plasma membranes. We identified a novel neuron-associated developmentally regulated protein, designated as Nadrin. Expression of Nadrin is restricted to neurons and correlates well with the differentiation of neurons. Nadrin has a unique structure; it contains a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) domain for Rho family GTPases, a potential coiled-coil domain, and a succession of 29 glutamines. In vitro the GAP domain activates RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 GTPases. Expression of Nadrin in NIH3T3 cells markedly reduced the number of the actin stress fibers and the formation of the ruffled membranes, suggesting that Nadrin regulates actin filament reorganization. In PC12 cells, Nadrin colocalized with synaptotagmin in the neurite termini and also with cortical actin filaments in the subplasmalemmal regions. Expression of Nadrin or its mutant composed of the coiled-coil and GAP domain enhanced Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis of PC12 cells, but a mutant lacking the GAP domain inhibited exocytosis. These results suggest that Nadrin plays a role in regulating Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis, most likely by catalyzing GTPase activity of Rho family proteins and by inducing the reorganization of the cortical actin filaments.
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- A Harada
- Department of Molecular Biodynamics, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (RINSHOKEN), 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8613, Japan
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Walaas SI, Sefland I. Modulation of calcium-evoked [3H]noradrenaline release from permeabilized cerebrocortical synaptosomes by the MARCKS protein, calmodulin and the actin cytoskeleton. Neurochem Int 2000; 36:581-93. [PMID: 10771116 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00159-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In order to examine intracellular modulation of CNS catecholamine release, cerebrocortical synaptosomes were prelabeled with [3H]noradrenaline and permeabilized with streptolysin-O in the absence or presence of Ca(2+). Plasma membrane permeabilization allowed efflux of cytosol and left a compartmentalized pool of [3H]noradrenaline intact, approximately 10% of which was released by addition of 10(-5) M Ca(2+). Addition of activators or inhibitors of protein kinase C, as well as inhibitors of Ca(2+)-calmodulin kinase II or calcineurin, failed to change Ca(2+)-induced noradrenaline release. Evoked release from permeabilized synaptosomes deficient in the vesicle-associated phosphoprotein synapsin I was also unchanged. In contrast, addition of a synthetic 'active domain' peptide from the myristoylated, alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS) protein increased, while addition of calmodulin decreased Ca(2+)-induced release from the permeabilized synaptosomes, the latter effect being reversed by a peptide inhibitor of calcineurin. Moreover, addition of the actin-destabilizing agent DNase I, as well as antibodies to MARCKS, appeared to increase spontaneous, Ca(2+)-independent release from noradrenergic vesicles. These results indicate that the MARCKS protein may modulate release from permeabilized noradrenergic synaptosomes, possibly by modulating calmodulin levels and/or the actin cytoskeleton.
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- S I Walaas
- Neurochemical Laboratory, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1115-Blindern, N-0317, Oslo, Norway.
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Walaas SI. Regulation of calcium-dependent [3H]noradrenaline release from rat cerebrocortical synaptosomes by protein kinase C and modulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Neurochem Int 1999; 34:221-33. [PMID: 10355489 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects that active phorbol esters, staurosporine, and changes in actin dynamics, might have on Ca2+ -dependent exocytosis of [3H]-labelled noradrenaline, induced by either membrane-depolarizing agents or a Ca2+ ionophore, have been examined in isolated nerve terminals in vitro. Depolarization-induced openings of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels with 30 mM KCl or 1 mM 4-aminopyridine induced limited exocytosis of [3H]noradrenaline, presumably from a readily releasable vesicle pool. Application of the Ca2+ ionophore calcimycin (10 microM) induced more extensive [3H]noradrenaline release, presumably from intracellular reserve vesicles. Stimulation of protein kinase C with phorbol 12-myristate,13-acetate increased release evoked by all secretagogues. Staurosporine (1 microM) had no effect on depolarization-induced release, but decreased ionophore-induced release and reversed all effects of the phorbol ester. When release was induced by depolarization, internalization of the actin-destabilizing agent DNAase I into the synaptosomes gave a slight increase in [3H]NA release and strongly increased the potentiating effect of the phorbol ester. In contrast, when release was induced by the Ca2+ ionophore, DNAase I had no effect, either in the absence or presence of phorbol ester. The results indicate that depolarization of noradrenergic rat synaptosomes induces Ca2+ -dependent release from a releasable pool of staurosporine-insensitive vesicles. Activation of protein kinase C increases this release by staurosporine-sensitive mechanisms, and destabilization of the actin cytoskeleton further increases this effect of protein kinase C. In contrast, ionophore-induced noradrenaline release originates from a pool of staurosporine-sensitive vesicles, and although activation of protein kinase C increases release from this pool, DNAase I has no effect and also does not change the effect of protein kinase C. The results support the existence of two functionally distinct pools of secretory vesicles in noradrenergic CNS nerve terminals, which are regulated in distinct ways by protein kinase C and the actin cytoskeleton.
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- S I Walaas
- Department Group of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Foster-Barber A, Bishop JM. Src interacts with dynamin and synapsin in neuronal cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:4673-7. [PMID: 9539797 PMCID: PMC22549 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.8.4673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Src is expressed at a high level in cells that are specialized for regulated secretion, such as the neuron, and is concentrated on secretory vesicles or at the site of exocytosis. To investigate the possibility that Src may play a role in regulating membrane traffic, we searched for neuronal proteins that will interact with Src. The SH3 domain of Src, but not that of the splice variant N-Src, bound to three proteins from mouse synaptosomes or PC12 cells: dynamin, synapsin Ia, and synapsin Ib. Dynamin and the synapsins coprecipitated with Src from PC12 cell extracts, and they colocalized with a subset of Src in the PC12 cell by immunofluorescence. Neither dynamin nor the synapsins were phosphorylated by Src, suggesting that the interaction of these proteins serves to direct the kinase activity of Src toward other proteins in the vesicle population. In immunoprecipitates containing Src and dynamin, the clathrin adaptor protein alpha-adaptin was also found. The association of Src and synapsin suggests a role for Src in the life cycle of the synaptic vesicle. The identification of a complex containing Src, dynamin, and alpha-adaptin indicates that Src may play a more general role in membrane traffic as well.
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- A Foster-Barber
- G. W. Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0552, USA
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Beta-amyloid1-42 (Abeta) is a naturally occuring peptide whose accumulation in the brain is putatively coupled to Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Deleterious effects of Abeta on neurons have been linked to the inappropriate activation of signaling pathways within the cell (reviewed in Yankner, 1996), including tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) (Zhang et al., 1994, 1996a,b). Here we have investigated the effects of Abeta on paxillin in a neural cell line. Paxillin, a substrate for FAK, is thought to act as a signal "integrator," functioning to link other proteins into multi-molecular signaling complexes (reviewed in Turner, 1994). Treatment of the rat central nervous system B103 cell line with aggregates of Abeta was found to induce the tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin within 30 min, nearly 24 hr prior to significant cell death. Particularly striking was a subsequent "mobilization" of paxillin to the cytoskeleton in Abeta-treated cells. The amount of paxillin associated with the cytoskeleton in Abeta-treated cells was increased 10-fold over controls. The Abeta-induced paxillin accumulation could be visualized immunocytochemically, with an increase in number and size of paxillin-labeled focal contacts upon treatment with Abeta. This effect was specific, in that vinculin, another focal contact protein, was unaffected by Abeta. Disruption of f-actin, which inhibits both Abeta-induced neurotoxicity (Furukawa and Mattson, 1995) and focal contact signaling in B103 cells (Zhang et al., 1996b) was found to block the cytoskeletal paxillin accumulation. The rapid tyrosine phosphorylation and cytoskeletal mobilization of paxillin links Abeta to the activation of focal contact signaling events that may influence neuronal cytoskeletal architecture, gene expression, synaptic plasticity and cell viability.
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- M M Berg
- Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
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