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Hirakawa M, Yokoyama T, Abdali SS, Yamamoto Y, Saino T. Immunohistochemical localization of proteins involved in exocytosis of glutamate from P2X3 purinoceptor-expressing subserosal afferent nerve endings in the rat gastric antrum. Acta Histochem 2024; 126:152170. [PMID: 38936136 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2024.152170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
Abstract
We previously reported the presence of P2X3 purinoceptors (P2X3)-expressing subserosal afferent nerve endings consisting of net- and basket-like nerve endings in the rat gastric antrum. These nerve endings may morphologically be vagal mechanoreceptors activated by antral peristalsis. The present study investigated immunoreactivities for vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) 1 and VGLUT2 as well as exocytosis-related proteins, i.e., core components of the SNARE complex (SNAP25, Stx1, and VAMP2) and synaptotagmin-1 (Syt1), in whole-mount preparations of the rat gastric antrum using double immunofluorescence. VGLUT1 immunoreactivity was not detected, whereas VGLUT2 immunoreactivity was observed in P2X3-immunoreactive subserosal nerve endings composed of both net- and basket-like endings. In net-like nerve endings, intense VGLUT2 immunoreactivity was localized in polygonal bulges of reticular nerve fibers and peripheral axon terminals. Furthermore, intense immunoreactivities for SNAP25, Stx1, and VAMP2 were localized in net-like nerve endings. Intense immunoreactivities for VAMP2 and Syt1 were observed in VGLUT2-immunoreactive net-like nerve endings. In basket-like nerve endings, VGLUT2 immunoreactivity was localized in pleomorphic terminal structures and small bulges surrounding the subserosal ganglion, whereas immunoreactivities for SNAP25, Stx1, and VAMP2 were weak in these nerve endings. VGLUT2-immunoreactive basket-like nerve endings were weakly immunoreactive for VAMP2 and Syt1. These results suggest that subserosal afferent nerve endings release glutamate by exocytosis mainly from net-like nerve endings to modulate their mechanoreceptor function.
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- Masato Hirakawa
- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan.
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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Nakayama T, Singh AK, Fukutomi T, Uchida N, Terao Y, Hamada H, Muraoka T, Muthusamy E, Kundu TK, Akagawa K. Activator of KAT3 histone acetyltransferase family ameliorates a neurodevelopmental disorder phenotype in the syntaxin 1A ablated mouse model. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114101. [PMID: 38613786 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024] Open
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Syntaxin-1A (stx1a) repression causes a neurodevelopmental disorder phenotype, low latent inhibition (LI) behavior, by disrupting 5-hydroxytryptaminergic (5-HTergic) systems. Herein, we discovered that lysine acetyltransferase (KAT) 3B increases stx1a neuronal transcription and TTK21, a KAT3 activator, induces stx1a transcription and 5-HT release in vitro. Furthermore, glucose-derived CSP-TTK21 could restore decreased stx1a expression, 5-HTergic systems in the brain, and low LI in stx1a (+/-) mice by crossing the blood-brain barrier, whereas the KAT3 inhibitor suppresses stx1a expression, 5-HTergic systems, and LI behaviors in wild-type mice. Finally, in wild-type and stx1a (-/-) mice treated with IKK inhibitors and CSP-TTK21, respectively, we show that KAT3 activator-induced LI improvement is a direct consequence of KAT3B-stx1a pathway, not a side effect. In conclusion, KAT3B can positively regulate stx1a transcription in neurons, and increasing neuronal stx1a expression and 5-HTergic systems by a KAT3 activator consequently improves the low LI behavior in the stx1a ablation mouse model.
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- Takahiro Nakayama
- Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
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- Transcription and Disease Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India; Neuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Okayama University of Science, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Transcription and Disease Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India; Neuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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Yokoyama T, Ito M, Yamamoto Y, Hirakawa M, Sakanoue W, Sato K, Saino T. Immunolocalization of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 and exocytosis-related proteins in afferent nerve endings innervating taste buds in the rat incisive papilla. Anat Histol Embryol 2023. [PMID: 36825501 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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The present study aimed to investigate the immunolocalization of vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) 1 and 2, and proteins associated with exocytosis, i.e., core components of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor complex (synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa, syntaxin 1, and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2) and synaptotagmin-1 (Syt1), in incisive papillary taste buds of rats using double-indirect immunofluorescence. No VGLUT1 immunoreactivity was observed, whereas VGLUT2-immunoreactive punctate products were closely associated with guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(t) subunit α3-immmunoreactive cells in taste buds. VGLUT2 was immunolocalized in P2X3 purinoceptor-expressing afferent nerve endings. Synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa, syntaxin 1, and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 were immunolocalized in nerve endings containing VGLUT2-immunoreactive products as well as a few cells in taste buds. VGLUT2 was co-immunolocalized in some intragemmal nerve endings immunoreactive for Syt1, a calcium sensor implicated in vesicle membrane fusion. The present results suggest that afferent nerve endings innervating incisive taste buds release glutamate by exocytosis to modulate taste cell function.
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- Takuya Yokoyama
- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Department of Reconstructive Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Department of Reconstructive Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Department of Reconstructive Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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Liu W, Stenovec M, Lee W, Montana V, Kreft M, Zorec R, Parpura V. Probing single molecule mechanical interactions of syntaxin 1A with native synaptobrevin 2 residing on a secretory vesicle. Cell Calcium 2022; 104:102570. [PMID: 35314381 PMCID: PMC9119915 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102570] [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: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Interactive mechanical forces between pairs of individual SNARE proteins synaptobrevin 2 (Sb2) and syntaxin 1A (Sx1A) may be sufficient to mediate vesicle docking. This notion, based on force spectroscopy single molecule measurements probing recombinant Sx1A an Sb2 in silico, questioned a predominant view of docking via the ternary SNARE complex formation, which includes an assembly of the intermediate cis binary complex between Sx1A and SNAP25 on the plasma membrane to engage Sb2 on the vesicle. However, whether a trans binary Sx1A-Sb2 complex alone could mediate vesicle docking in a cellular environment remains unclear. To address this issue, we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the force spectroscopy mode combined with fluorescence imaging. Using AFM tips functionalized with the full Sx1A cytosolic domain, we probed native Sb2 studding the membrane of secretory vesicles docked at the plasma membrane patches, referred to as "inside-out lawns", identified based on fluorescence stains and prepared from primary culture of lactotrophs. We recorded single molecule Sx1A-Sb2 mechanical interactions and obtained measurements of force (∼183 pN) and extension (∼21.6 nm) necessary to take apart Sx1A-Sb2 binding interactions formed at tip-vesicle contact. Measured interactive force between a single pair of Sx1A-Sb2 molecules is sufficient to hold a single secretory vesicle docked at the plasma membrane within distances up to that of the measured extension. This finding further advances a notion that native vesicle docking can be mediated by a single trans binary Sx1A-Sb2 complex in the absence of SNAP25.
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- Wei Liu
- Department of Neurobiology, Atomic Force Microscopy & Nanotechnology Laboratories, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, 1000 Ljubljana, EU, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Atomic Force Microscopy & Nanotechnology Laboratories, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology, Atomic Force Microscopy & Nanotechnology Laboratories, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States of America
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- University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, CPAE, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, EU, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, 1000 Ljubljana, EU, Slovenia.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Atomic Force Microscopy & Nanotechnology Laboratories, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States of America.
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Yamamoto Y, Moriai H, Yokoyama T, Nakamuta N. Immunohistochemical distribution of proteins involved in glutamate release in subepithelial sensory nerve endings of rat epiglottis. Histochem Cell Biol 2021; 157:51-63. [PMID: 34613496 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-021-02038-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To elucidate the efferent functions of sensory nerve endings, the distribution of calretinin and vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VGLUT1) in laryngeal laminar nerve endings and the immunohistochemical distribution of proteins associated with synaptic vesicle release, i.e., t-SNARE (SNAP25 and syntaxin 1), v-SNARE (VAMP1 and VAMP2), synaptotagmin 1 (Syt1), bassoon, and piccolo, were examined. Subepithelial laminar nerve endings immunoreactive for Na+-K+-ATPase α3-subunit (NKAα3) were largely distributed in the whole-mount preparation of the epiglottic mucosa, and several endings were also immunoreactive for calretinin. VGLUT1 immunoreactivity was observed within terminal part near the outline of the small processes of NKAα3-immunoreactive nerve ending. SNAP25, syntaxin 1, and VAMP1 immunoreactivities were detected in terminal parts of calretinin-immunoreactive endings, whereas VAMP2 immunoreactivity was only observed in a few terminals. Terminal parts immunoreactive for calretinin and/or VGLUT1 also exhibited immunoreactivities for Syt1, Ca2+ sensor for membrane trafficking, and for bassoon and piccolo, presynaptic scaffold proteins. The presence of vesicular release-related proteins, including SNARE proteins, in the terminals of laryngeal laminar endings indicate that intrinsic glutamate modulates their afferent activity in an autocrine-like manner.
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- Yoshio Yamamoto
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 18-8, Ueda 3-chome, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 18-8, Ueda 3-chome, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, 1-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate, 028-3694, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 18-8, Ueda 3-chome, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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Yokoyama T, Settai K, Nakamuta N, Yamamoto Y. Vesicular glutamate transporter 2-immunoreactive afferent nerve terminals in rat carotid sinus baroreceptors. Acta Histochem 2020; 122:151469. [PMID: 31784233 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.151469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sensory nerve endings respond to various stimuli and subsequently transmit afferent informations to central nervous system, but their responsibility has been suggested to be modulated by glutamate. In the present study, we examined the immunohistochemical localization of vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (vGLUT1) and vGLUT2 in baroreceptor nerve endings immunoreactive for P2X2 and P2X3 purinoceptors in the rat carotid sinus by immunohistochemistry of whole-mount preparations with confocal scanning laser microscopy. P2X3-immunoreactive flat leaf-like axon terminals were immunoreactive to vGLUT2, but not to vGLUT1. Among members of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor complex, immunoreactivities for synaptosomal-associated protein, 25 kDa, Syntaxin1, and vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) were localized in P2X2- and P2X3-immunoreactive axon terminals. Punctate immunoreactive products for VAMP2 and vGLUT2 were co-localized in axon terminals. These results suggest that vGLUT2 is localized in P2X3-immunoreactive baroreceptor terminals in the carotid sinus, and these terminals may release glutamate by exocytosis in order to modulate baroreceptor function in the carotid sinus.
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- Takuya Yokoyama
- Department of Anatomy (Cell Biology), Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan.
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Modulation of neurotransmitter exocytosis by activated Gi/o coupled G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) is a universal regulatory mechanism used both to avoid overstimulation and to influence circuitry. One of the known modulation mechanisms is the interaction between Gβγ and the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNAREs). There are 5 Gβ and 12 Gγ subunits, but specific Gβγs activated by a given GPCR and the specificity to effectors, such as SNARE, in vivo are not known. Although less studied, Gβγ binding to the exocytic fusion machinery (i.e. SNARE) provides a more direct regulatory mechanism for neurotransmitter release. Here, we review some recent insights in the architecture of the synaptic terminal, modulation of synaptic transmission, and implications of G protein modulation of synaptic transmission in diseases. Numerous presynaptic proteins are involved in the architecture of synaptic terminals, particularly the active zone, and their importance in the regulation of exocytosis is still not completely understood. Further understanding of the Gβγ-SNARE interaction and the architecture and mechanisms of exocytosis may lead to the discovery of novel therapeutic targets to help patients with various disorders such as hypertension, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and acute/chronic pain.
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- Yun Young Yim
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37232-6600, TN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37232-6600, TN, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37232-6600, TN, United States.
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Wang G, Galli T. Reciprocal link between cell biomechanics and exocytosis. Traffic 2018; 19:741-749. [PMID: 29943478 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Revised: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
A cell is able to sense the biomechanical properties of the environment such as the rigidity of the extracellular matrix and adapt its tension via regulation of plasma membrane and underlying actomyosin meshwork properties. The cell's ability to adapt to the changing biomechanical environment is important for cellular homeostasis and also cell dynamics such as cell growth and motility. Membrane trafficking has emerged as an important mechanism to regulate cell biomechanics. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the role of cell mechanics in exocytosis, and reciprocally, the role of exocytosis in regulating cell mechanics. We also discuss how cell mechanics and membrane trafficking, particularly exocytosis, can work together to regulate cell polarity and motility.
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- Guan Wang
- Membrane Traffic in Healthy & Diseased Brain, Center of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, INSERM U894, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Membrane Traffic in Healthy & Diseased Brain, Center of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, INSERM U894, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Hicks JA, Yoo D, Liu HC. Interaction of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus major envelope proteins GP5 and M with the cellular protein Snapin. Virus Res 2018; 249:85-92. [PMID: 29577951 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is characterized by abortions in pregnant sows and respiratory disease, particularly in young pigs. The causative agent is porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), a member of the arterivirus family. GP5 and M are the major envelope proteins encoded by PRRSV. To further characterize these two viral proteins, a yeast two-hybrid approach was utilized to identify interacting partners of PRRSV GP5 and M proteins. METHODS Interacting partners of PRRSV GP5 and M were identified using a porcine macrophage cDNA library yeast two-hybrid screen. Subsequently, the interactions between PRRSV GP5/M and the cellular protein Snapin were mapped using truncated versions of the GP5 and M proteins in a yeast two-hybrid assay to localize the interactions. The Snapin gene from the African green monkey kidney cell line MARC-145, which is permissive to PRRSV, was cloned and sequenced, and compared to porcine Snapin. Cellular Snapin expression was reduced in PRRSV-infected cells via Snapin-specific siRNA targeting. RESULTS Here we show that the cellular Snap-Associated Protein (Snapin), an accessory protein of the SNARE membrane fusion network and also a member of the BLOC-1 complex, specifically interacts with GP5 and M. Inhibition of Snapin expression via siRNA targeting of Snapin results in the reduction of PRRSV replication. CONCLUSIONS The PRRSV GP5 and M proteins are known to form a heterodimeric complex which is important for viral structure and infectivity, and both PRRSV proteins can interact with cellular Snapin. Snapin knock-down suggests these interactions could be important in the PRRSV lifecycle. GP5 and M proteins may interact with Snapin to exploit its roles in intracellular transport and membrane fusion.
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- Julie A Hicks
- Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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- Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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Grubišić V, Verkhratsky A, Zorec R, Parpura V. Enteric glia regulate gut motility in health and disease. Brain Res Bull 2018; 136:109-117. [PMID: 28363846 PMCID: PMC5620110 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2017.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The enteric nervous system, often referred to as the second brain, is the largest assembly of neurons and glia outside the central nervous system. The enteric nervous system resides within the wall of the digestive tract and regulates local gut reflexes involved in gastrointestinal motility and fluid transport; these functions can be accomplished in the absence of the extrinsic innervation from the central nervous system. It is neurons and their circuitry within the enteric nervous system that govern the gut reflexes. However, it is becoming clear that enteric glial cells are also actively involved in this process through the bidirectional signaling with neurons and other cells in the gut wall. We synthesize the recently discovered modulatory roles of enteric gliotransmission in gut motility and provide our perspective for future lines of research.
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- Vladimir Grubišić
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Neuroscience Program, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Achucarro Center for Neuroscience, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Celica BIOMEDICAL, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Yamamoto Y, Nakamuta N. Morphology of P2X3-immunoreactive nerve endings in the rat tracheal mucosa. J Comp Neurol 2017; 526:550-566. [PMID: 29124772 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Nerve endings with immunoreactivity for the P2X3 purinoreceptor (P2X3) in the rat tracheal mucosa were examined by immunohistochemistry of whole-mount preparations with confocal scanning laser microscopy. P2X3 immunoreactivity was observed in ramified endings distributed in the whole length of the trachea. The myelinated parent axons of P2X3-immunoreactive nerve endings ramified into several branches that extended two-dimensionally in every direction at the interface between the epithelial layer and lamina propria. The axonal branches of P2X3-immunoreactive endings branched off many twigs located just beneath the epithelium, and continued to intraepithelial axon terminals. The axon terminals of P2X3-immunoreactive endings were beaded, rounded, or club-like in shape and terminated between tracheal epithelial cells. Flat axon terminals sometimes partly ensheathed neuroendocrine cells with immunoreactivity for SNAP25 or CGRP. Some axons and axon terminals with P2X3 immunoreactivity were immunoreactive for P2X2, while some terminals were immunoreactive for vGLUT2. Furthermore, a retrograde tracing method using fast blue (FB) revealed that 88.4% of FB-labeled cells with P2X3 immunoreactivity originated from the nodose ganglion. In conclusion, P2X3-immunoreactive nerve endings in the rat tracheal mucosa have unique morphological characteristics, and these endings may be rapidly adapting receptors and/or irritant receptors that are activated by mucosal irritant stimuli.
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- Yoshio Yamamoto
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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Paul A, Crow M, Raudales R, He M, Gillis J, Huang ZJ. Transcriptional Architecture of Synaptic Communication Delineates GABAergic Neuron Identity. Cell 2017; 171:522-539.e20. [PMID: 28942923 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Understanding the organizational logic of neural circuits requires deciphering the biological basis of neuronal diversity and identity, but there is no consensus on how neuron types should be defined. We analyzed single-cell transcriptomes of a set of anatomically and physiologically characterized cortical GABAergic neurons and conducted a computational genomic screen for transcriptional profiles that distinguish them from one another. We discovered that cardinal GABAergic neuron types are delineated by a transcriptional architecture that encodes their synaptic communication patterns. This architecture comprises 6 categories of ∼40 gene families, including cell-adhesion molecules, transmitter-modulator receptors, ion channels, signaling proteins, neuropeptides and vesicular release components, and transcription factors. Combinatorial expression of select members across families shapes a multi-layered molecular scaffold along the cell membrane that may customize synaptic connectivity patterns and input-output signaling properties. This molecular genetic framework of neuronal identity integrates cell phenotypes along multiple axes and provides a foundation for discovering and classifying neuron types.
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- Anirban Paul
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11790, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
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Zhang Y. Energetics, kinetics, and pathway of SNARE folding and assembly revealed by optical tweezers. Protein Sci 2017; 26:1252-1265. [PMID: 28097727 PMCID: PMC5477538 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) are universal molecular engines that drive membrane fusion. Particularly, synaptic SNAREs mediate fast calcium-triggered fusion of neurotransmitter-containing vesicles with plasma membranes for synaptic transmission, the basis of all thought and action. During membrane fusion, complementary SNAREs located on two apposed membranes (often called t- and v-SNAREs) join together to assemble into a parallel four-helix bundle, releasing the energy to overcome the energy barrier for fusion. A long-standing hypothesis suggests that SNAREs act like a zipper to draw the two membranes into proximity and thereby force them to fuse. However, a quantitative test of this SNARE zippering hypothesis was hindered by difficulties to determine the energetics and kinetics of SNARE assembly and to identify the relevant folding intermediates. Here, we first review different approaches that have been applied to study SNARE assembly and then focus on high-resolution optical tweezers. We summarize the folding energies, kinetics, and pathways of both wild-type and mutant SNARE complexes derived from this new approach. These results show that synaptic SNAREs assemble in four distinct stages with different functions: slow N-terminal domain association initiates SNARE assembly; a middle domain suspends and controls SNARE assembly; and rapid sequential zippering of the C-terminal domain and the linker domain directly drive membrane fusion. In addition, the kinetics and pathway of the stagewise assembly are shared by other SNARE complexes. These measurements prove the SNARE zippering hypothesis and suggest new mechanisms for SNARE assembly regulated by other proteins.
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- Yongli Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of MedicineYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticut06511
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Gao Q, Liu L, Chen Y, Li H, Yang L, Wang Y, Qian Q. Synaptosome-related (SNARE) genes and their interactions contribute to the susceptibility and working memory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in males. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2015; 57:132-9. [PMID: 25445064 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUNDS N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex involved in neurotransmission via exocytosis was implicated in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present study investigated the influence of SNARE related genes and their interaction on ADHD susceptibility and their cognitive functions. METHODS We genotyped eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of Syntaxin 1A (STX1A), vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) and synaptosomal-associated protein 25 kDa (SNAP25) and conducted case-control studies in 1404 male ADHD and 617 male controls. Quantitative analyses were performed for genotypes and performance on the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test (RCFT), digit span test and Stroop test in 383 ADHD males. In addition, we explored gene-gene interactions by generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR) followed with logistic regression and analyses of covariance for verifying. RESULTS Genotypic distribution of rs875342 of STX1A was significantly different between ADHD and controls. The SNPs, rs363039 of SNAP25 and rs1150 of VAMP2, were significantly associated with RCFT scores, while rs875342 of STX1A with digit span. We found genetic interaction models between these three genes and ADHD susceptibility as well as working memory function evaluated by RCFT. CONCLUSION SNARE complex genes and their interactions may play a significant role in susceptibility and working memory of ADHD.
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- Qian Gao
- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Gao Y, Zorman S, Gundersen G, Xi Z, Ma L, Sirinakis G, Rothman JE, Zhang Y. Single reconstituted neuronal SNARE complexes zipper in three distinct stages. Science 2012; 337:1340-3. [PMID: 22903523 DOI: 10.1126/science.1224492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins drive membrane fusion by assembling into a four-helix bundle in a zippering process. Here, we used optical tweezers to observe in a cell-free reconstitution experiment in real time a long-sought SNARE assembly intermediate in which only the membrane-distal amino-terminal half of the bundle is assembled. Our findings support the zippering hypothesis, but suggest that zippering proceeds through three sequential binary switches, not continuously, in the amino- and carboxyl-terminal halves of the bundle and the linker domain. The half-zippered intermediate was stabilized by externally applied force that mimicked the repulsion between apposed membranes being forced to fuse. This intermediate then rapidly and forcefully zippered, delivering free energy of 36 k(B)T (where k(B) is Boltzmann's constant and T is temperature) to mediate fusion.
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- Ying Gao
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Gofman Y, Haliloglu T, Ben-Tal N. Monte Carlo simulations of peptide-membrane interactions with the MCPep web server. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:W358-63. [PMID: 22695797 PMCID: PMC3394254 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The MCPep server (http://bental.tau.ac.il/MCPep/) is designed for non-experts wishing to perform Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of helical peptides in association with lipid membranes. MCPep is a web implementation of a previously developed MC simulation model. The model has been tested on a variety of peptides and protein fragments. The simulations successfully reproduced available empirical data and provided new molecular insights, such as the preferred locations of peptides in the membrane and the contribution of individual amino acids to membrane association. MCPep simulates the peptide in the aqueous phase and membrane environments, both described implicitly. In the former, the peptide is subjected solely to internal conformational changes, and in the latter, each MC cycle includes additional external rigid body rotational and translational motions to allow the peptide to change its location in the membrane. The server can explore the interaction of helical peptides of any amino-acid composition with membranes of various lipid compositions. Given the peptide’s sequence or structure and the natural width and surface charge of the membrane, MCPep reports the main determinants of peptide–membrane interactions, e.g. average location and orientation in the membrane, free energy of membrane association and the peptide’s helical content. Snapshots of example simulations are also provided.
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- Yana Gofman
- Helmholtz-Zentrum, Department of Structure Research on Macromolecules, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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Betke KM, Wells CA, Hamm HE. GPCR mediated regulation of synaptic transmission. Prog Neurobiol 2012; 96:304-21. [PMID: 22307060 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Synaptic transmission is a finely regulated mechanism of neuronal communication. The release of neurotransmitter at the synapse is not only the reflection of membrane depolarization events, but rather, is the summation of interactions between ion channels, G protein coupled receptors, second messengers, and the exocytotic machinery itself which exposes the components within a synaptic vesicle to the synaptic cleft. The focus of this review is to explore the role of G protein signaling as it relates to neurotransmission, as well as to discuss the recently determined inhibitory mechanism of Gβγ dimers acting directly on the exocytotic machinery proteins to inhibit neurotransmitter release.
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- Katherine M Betke
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 442 Robinson Research Building, 23rd Ave. South @ Pierce, Nashville, TN 37232-6600, USA.
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Wells CA, Betke KM, Lindsley CW, Hamm HE. Label-free detection of G protein-SNARE interactions and screening for small molecule modulators. ACS Chem Neurosci 2012; 3:69-78. [PMID: 22368765 DOI: 10.1021/cn200102d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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G(i/o)-coupled presynaptic GPCRs are major targets in neuropsychiatric diseases. For example, presynaptic auto- or heteroreceptors include the D(2) dopamine receptor, H(3) histamine receptor, 5HT(1) serotonin receptors, M(4) acetylcholine receptors, GABA(B) receptors, Class II and III metabotropic glutamate receptors, opioid receptors, as well as many other receptors. These GPCRs exert their influence by decreasing exocytosis of synaptic vesicles. One mechanism by which they act is through direct interaction of the Gβγ subunit with members of the SNARE complex downstream of voltage-dependent calcium channels, and specifically with the C-terminus of SNAP25 and the H3 domain of syntaxin1A(1-3). Small molecule inhibitors of the Gβγ-SNARE interaction would allow the study of the relative importance of this mechanism in more detail. We have utilized novel, label-free technology to detect this protein-protein interaction and screen for several small molecule compounds that perturb the interaction, demonstrating the viability of this approach. Interestingly, the screen also produced enhancers of the Gβγ-SNARE interaction.
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- Christopher A. Wells
- Department
of Pharmacology and §Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 442 Robinson Research Building, 23rd
Avenue South @ Pierce, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6600, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and §Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 442 Robinson Research Building, 23rd
Avenue South @ Pierce, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6600, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and §Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 442 Robinson Research Building, 23rd
Avenue South @ Pierce, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6600, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology and §Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 442 Robinson Research Building, 23rd
Avenue South @ Pierce, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6600, United States
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Cellular Mechanisms for the Biogenesis and Transport of Synaptic and Dense-Core Vesicles. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 299:27-115. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394310-1.00002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Liu W, Montana V, Parpura V, Mohideen U. Single-molecule measurements of dissociation rates and energy landscapes of binary trans snare complexes in parallel versus antiparallel orientation. Biophys J 2011; 101:1854-62. [PMID: 22004738 PMCID: PMC3192972 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022] Open
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Interactions between synaptobrevin 2 (Sb2) and syntaxin 1A (Sx1A) can be readily isolated and studied with the use of force spectroscopy single-molecule measurements. We studied interactions between Sx1A and Sb2 in two different orientations (parallel and antiparallel) using four different terminus configurations of these proteins. Force-loading experiments indicated that protein pairs in any configuration/orientation are zippered. We measured the extension and force for disassembly of these interactions, calculated the spontaneous dissociation lifetimes, and determined their free energies, enthalpies, and entropies. Although the free energies were very similar for all four configurations (∼28 k(B)T (Eyring model) and ∼20 k(B)T (Kramers model)), the enthalpy changes of binary Sx1A-Sb2 interactions varied between 24.7 k(B)T and 33.1 k(B)T. This variation is consistent with the conformation changes that occur during disassembly of the various protein terminus configurations, as verified by alterations in the extension. The parallel interactions appear to be energetically somewhat advantageous over antiparallel configurations/orientation, especially when the N-termini of Sx1A-Sb2 are left to interact freely.
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- Wei Liu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California
- Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, California
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, California
- Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside, California
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California
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The extracellular matrix molecule Reelin is known to control neuronal migration during development. Recent evidence suggests that it also plays a role in the maturation of postsynaptic dendrites and spines as well as in synaptic plasticity. Here, we aimed to address the question whether Reelin plays a role in presynaptic structural organization and function. Quantitative electron microscopic analysis of the number of presynaptic boutons in the stratum radiatum of hippocampal region CA1 did not reveal differences between wild-type animals and Reelin-deficient reeler mutant mice. However, additional detailed analysis showed that the number of presynaptic vesicles was significantly increased in CA1 synapses of reeler mutants. To test the hypothesis that vesicle fusion is altered in reeler, we studied proteins known to control transmitter release. SNAP25, a protein of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex, was found to be significantly reduced in reeler mutants, whereas other SNARE complex proteins remained unaltered. Addition of recombinant Reelin to organotypic slice cultures of reeler hippocampi substantially rescued not only SNAP25 protein expression levels but also the number of vesicles per bouton area indicating a role for Reelin in presynaptic functions. Next, we analyzed paired-pulse facilitation, a presynaptic mechanism associated with transmitter release, and observed a significant decrease at CA1 synapses of reeler mutants when compared with wild-type animals. Together, these novel findings suggest a role for Reelin in modulating presynaptic release mechanisms.
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Verkhratsky A, Olabarria M, Noristani HN, Yeh CY, Rodriguez JJ. Astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease. Neurotherapeutics 2010; 7:399-412. [PMID: 20880504 PMCID: PMC5084302 DOI: 10.1016/j.nurt.2010.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Revised: 04/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The circuitry of the human brain is formed by neuronal networks embedded into astroglial syncytia. The astrocytes perform numerous functions, providing for the overall brain homeostasis, assisting in neurogenesis, determining the micro-architecture of the grey matter, and defending the brain through evolutionary conserved astrogliosis programs. Astroglial cells are engaged in neurological diseases by determining the progression and outcome of neuropathological process. Astrocytes are specifically involved in various neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and various forms of dementia. Recent evidence suggest that early stages of neurodegenerative processes are associated with atrophy of astroglia, which causes disruptions in synaptic connectivity, disbalance in neurotransmitter homeostasis, and neuronal death through increased excitotoxicity. At the later stages, astrocytes become activated and contribute to the neuroinflammatory component of neurodegeneration.
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- Alexei Verkhratsky
- grid.5379.80000000121662407Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
- grid.11480.3c0000000121671098Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Department of Neuroscience, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Technological Park, Bldg. 205, Floor-1, Laida Bidea, 48170 Zamudio, Vizcaya Spain
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- grid.5379.80000000121662407Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
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- grid.5379.80000000121662407Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
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- grid.5379.80000000121662407Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
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- grid.418095.10000000110153316Institute of Experimental Medicine, ASCR, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
- grid.424810.b0000000404672314Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
- grid.11480.3c0000000121671098Department of Neurosciences, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Sen N, Snyder SH. Protein modifications involved in neurotransmitter and gasotransmitter signaling. Trends Neurosci 2010; 33:493-502. [PMID: 20843563 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Covalent modifications of intracellular proteins, such as phosphorylation, are generally thought to occur as secondary or tertiary responses to neurotransmitters, following the intermediation of membrane receptors and second messengers such as cyclic AMP. By contrast, the gasotransmitter nitric oxide directly S-nitrosylates cysteine residues in diverse intracellular proteins. Recently, hydrogen sulfide has been acknowledged as a gasotransmitter, which analogously sulfhydrates cysteine residues in proteins. Cysteine residues are also modified by palmitoylation in response to neurotransmitter signaling, possibly in reciprocity with S-nitrosylation. Neurotransmission also elicits sumoylation and acetylation of lysine residues within diverse proteins. This review addresses how these recently appreciated protein modifications impact our thinking about ways in which neurotransmission regulates intracellular protein disposition.
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- Nilkantha Sen
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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López-Font I, Torregrosa-Hetland CJ, Villanueva J, Gutiérrez LM. t-SNARE cluster organization and dynamics in chromaffin cells. J Neurochem 2010; 114:1550-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06872.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu W, Parpura V. SNAREs: could they be the answer to an energy landscape riddle in exocytosis? ScientificWorldJournal 2010; 10:1258-68. [PMID: 20602083 PMCID: PMC2908314 DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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During exocytosis, chemical transmitters stored in secretory vesicles can be released upon fusion of these intracellular organelles to the plasma membrane. In this process, SNARE proteins that form a ternary core complex play a central role. This complex could provide the means for generation/storage of energy necessary for driving the fusion of vesicular and plasma membranes. Recently, the amount of energy for (dis)assembly of the ternary complex has been measured using various experimental approaches, including atomic force microscopy, the surface force apparatus, and isothermal titration calorimetry. The obtained measurements are in good agreement with the calculated energy required for membrane fusion achieved by theoretical modeling approaches. Whether the energy expenditure to form the ternary SNARE complex can be utilized towards membrane fusion and/or docking/tethering of vesicles to the plasma membrane still remains one of the key contemporary issues in biophysics and neuroscience.
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- Wei Liu
- Department of Neurobiology, Atomic Force Microscopy and Nanotechnology Laboratories, Center for Glial Biology in Medicine, Civitan International Research Center, and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.
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Wallace R. Neural membrane signaling platforms. Int J Mol Sci 2010; 11:2421-42. [PMID: 20640161 PMCID: PMC2904925 DOI: 10.3390/ijms11062421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Revised: 06/03/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Throughout much of the history of biology, the cell membrane was functionally defined as a semi-permeable barrier separating aqueous compartments, and an anchoring site for proteins. Little attention was devoted to its possible regulatory role in intracellular molecular processes and neuron electrical signaling. This article reviews the history of membrane studies and the current state of the art. Emphasis is placed on natural and artificial membrane studies of electric field effects on molecular organization, especially as these may relate to impulse propagation in neurons. Implications of these studies for new designs in artificial intelligence are briefly examined.
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- Ron Wallace
- Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Box 25000, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-407-823-2227
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Fernández-Busnadiego R, Zuber B, Maurer UE, Cyrklaff M, Baumeister W, Lucic V. Quantitative analysis of the native presynaptic cytomatrix by cryoelectron tomography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 188:145-56. [PMID: 20065095 PMCID: PMC2812849 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200908082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The filamentous structures that tether exocytic vesicles to the plasma membrane in the active zone are rearranged in response to synaptic stimulation. The presynaptic terminal contains a complex network of filaments whose precise organization and functions are not yet understood. The cryoelectron tomography experiments reported in this study indicate that these structures play a prominent role in synaptic vesicle release. Docked synaptic vesicles did not make membrane to membrane contact with the active zone but were instead linked to it by tethers of different length. Our observations are consistent with an exocytosis model in which vesicles are first anchored by long (>5 nm) tethers that give way to multiple short tethers once vesicles enter the readily releasable pool. The formation of short tethers was inhibited by tetanus toxin, indicating that it depends on soluble N-ethyl-maleimide sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor complex assembly. Vesicles were extensively interlinked via a set of connectors that underwent profound rearrangements upon synaptic stimulation and okadaic acid treatment, suggesting a role of these connectors in synaptic vesicle mobilization and neurotransmitter release.
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- Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Montana V, Liu W, Mohideen U, Parpura V. Single molecule measurements of mechanical interactions within ternary SNARE complexes and dynamics of their disassembly: SNAP25 vs. SNAP23. J Physiol 2009; 587:1943-60. [PMID: 19273577 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.168575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Regulated exocytosis is a crucial event for intercellular communication between neurons and astrocytes within the CNS. The soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex, composed of synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin and synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa or 23 kDa (SNAP25 or SNAP23), is essential in this process. It was reported that SNAP25 and SNAP23 have distinct roles in exocytotic release, where SNAP25, but not SNAP23, supports an exocytotic burst. It is not clear, however, whether this is due to the intrinsic properties of the ternary SNARE complex, containing either SNAP25 or SNAP23, or perhaps due to the differential association of these proteins with ancillary proteins to the complex. Here, using force spectroscopy, we show from single molecule investigations of the SNARE complex, that SNAP23A created a local interaction at the ionic layer by cuffing syntaxin 1A and synaptobrevin 2, similar to the action of SNAP25B; thus either of the ternary complexes would allow positioning of vesicles at a maximal distance of approximately 13 nm from the plasma membrane. However, the stability of the ternary SNARE complex containing SNAP23A is less than half of that for the complex containing SNAP25B. Thus, differences in the stability of the two different ternary complexes could underlie some of the SNAP25/23 differential ability to control the exocytotic burst.
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- Vedrana Montana
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Wiederhold K, Fasshauer D. Is assembly of the SNARE complex enough to fuel membrane fusion? J Biol Chem 2009; 284:13143-52. [PMID: 19258315 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900703200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The three key players in the exocytotic release of neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles are the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin 1a, and SNAP-25. Their assembly into a tight four-helix bundle complex is thought to pull the two membranes into close proximity. It is debated, however, whether the energy generated suffices for membrane fusion. Here, we have determined the thermodynamic properties of the individual SNARE assembly steps by isothermal titration calorimetry. We found extremely large favorable enthalpy changes counterbalanced by positive entropy changes, reflecting the major conformational changes upon assembly. To circumvent the fact that ternary complex formation is essentially irreversible, we used a stabilized syntaxin-SNAP-25 heterodimer to study synaptobrevin binding. This strategy revealed that the N-terminal synaptobrevin coil binds reversibly with nanomolar affinity. This suggests that individual, membrane-bridging SNARE complexes can provide much less pulling force than previously claimed.
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- Katrin Wiederhold
- Research Group Structural Biochemistry, Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen, Germany
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