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Myosin Va Brain-Specific Mutation Alters Mouse Behavior and Disrupts Hippocampal Synapses. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0284-20.2020. [PMID: 33229412 PMCID: PMC7769881 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0284-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Myosin Va (MyoVa) is a plus-end filamentous-actin motor protein that is highly and broadly expressed in the vertebrate body, including in the nervous system. In excitatory neurons, MyoVa transports cargo toward the tip of the dendritic spine, where the postsynaptic density (PSD) is formed and maintained. MyoVa mutations in humans cause neurologic dysfunction, intellectual disability, hypomelanation, and death in infancy or childhood. Here, we characterize the Flailer (Flr) mutant mouse, which is homozygous for a myo5a mutation that drives high levels of mutant MyoVa (Flr protein) specifically in the CNS. Flr protein functions as a dominant-negative MyoVa, sequestering cargo and blocking its transport to the PSD. Flr mice have early seizures and mild ataxia but mature and breed normally. Flr mice display several abnormal behaviors known to be associated with brain regions that show high expression of Flr protein. Flr mice are defective in the transport of synaptic components to the PSD and in mGluR-dependent long-term depression (LTD) and have a reduced number of mature dendritic spines. The synaptic and behavioral abnormalities of Flr mice result in anxiety and memory deficits similar to that of other mouse mutants with obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Because of the dominant-negative nature of the Flr protein, the Flr mouse offers a powerful system for the analysis of how the disruption of synaptic transport and lack of LTD can alter synaptic function, development and wiring of the brain and result in symptoms that characterize many neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Diabetic bladder dysfunction in T2D KK-Ay mice and its changes in the level of relevant gene expression. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 131:110706. [PMID: 33152907 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD) is one of the most common and bothersome complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). The purpose of the present study is to investigate DBD in KK-Ay mice, and to identify the expression of relative genes. METHOD Totally twenty-seven KK-Ay mice and thirty C57BL/6 J mice, respectively, were randomly divided into 12-, 18-, and 25-week old groups. The weight, water intake, voided volume, the frequency of micturition, fasting blood glucose (FBG), oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were measured at varying time points. Maximum bladder volume (MBC), residual volume (RV), bladder compliance (BC), micturition efficiency (VE) and maximum micturition pressure (MVP) were assessed by urodynamic test, and contractile responses to α, β-methylene ATP, KCl, electrical-field stimulation, carbachol were performed by detrusor smooth muscle strips contractility test. The bladders were stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Masson's trichrome to determine bladder wall thickness. Additionally, the mRNA expression of Myosin Va, SLC17A9, P2X1, M3 and M2 were then verified by qRT-PCR. RESULT The weight, water intake, voided volumes, micturition frequency, FBG, the blood glucose AUC0-2h of KK-Ay mice were significantly increased at three time points. MBC, RV and BC were significantly increased; VE was significantly lower at the age of 18 and 25 weeks in KK-Ay mice; MVP was significantly increased at the age of 25 weeks in KK-Ay mice. In DSM strips contractility test, the amplitude of the spontaneous activity in KK-Ay mice significant increased at 12 weeks and 18 weeks, while both the amplitude and frequency were significantly decreased at the age of 25 weeks. The level of Myosin Va, SLC17A9 and M3 receptor significantly decreased in KK-Ay mice at 12 weeks, while Myosin Va markedly increased at 18 weeks; P2X1 and M2 receptors of KK-Ay mice was significantly increased at all three time points. CONCLUSION Taken together, this study demonstrates that KK-Ay mice can be a proper model to investigate DBD whose transformation from compensatory state to decompensated state may ascribe to the time-dependent alternations of Myosin Va, SLC17A9, P2X1, M3 and M2 expression levels.
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Endoplasmic reticulum visits highly active spines and prevents runaway potentiation of synapses. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5083. [PMID: 33033259 PMCID: PMC7546627 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18889-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In hippocampal pyramidal cells, a small subset of dendritic spines contain endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In large spines, ER frequently forms a spine apparatus, while smaller spines contain just a single tubule of smooth ER. Here we show that the ER visits dendritic spines in a non-random manner, targeting spines during periods of high synaptic activity. When we blocked ER motility using a dominant negative approach against myosin V, spine synapses became stronger compared to controls. We were not able to further potentiate these maxed-out synapses, but long-term depression (LTD) was readily induced by low-frequency stimulation. We conclude that the brief ER visits to active spines have the important function of preventing runaway potentiation of individual spine synapses, keeping most of them at an intermediate strength level from which both long-term potentiation (LTP) and LTD are possible. In hippocampal pyramidal cells, a subset of dendritic spines contain endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, the authors show that ER enters dendritic spines in a non-random manner, during high synaptic activity with the function of limiting synaptic strength.
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Alexander CJ, Wagner W, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Hammer JA. Creation of a myosin Va-TAP-tagged mouse and identification of potential myosin Va-interacting proteins in the cerebellum. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2019; 75:395-409. [PMID: 29979496 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The actin-based motor myosin Va transports numerous cargos, including the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) in cerebellar Purkinje neurons (PNs) and melanosomes in melanocytes. Identifying proteins that interact with this myosin is key to understanding its cellular functions. Toward that end, we used recombineering to insert via homologous recombination a tandem affinity purification (TAP) tag composed of the immunoglobulin G-binding domain of protein A, a tobacco etch virus cleavage site, and a FLAG tag into the mouse MYO5A locus immediately after the initiation codon. Importantly, we provide evidence that the TAP-tagged version of myosin Va (TAP-MyoVa) functions normally in terms of SER transport in PNs and melanosome positioning in melanocytes. Given this and other evidence that TAP-MyoVa is fully functional, we purified it together with associated proteins directly from juvenile mouse cerebella and subjected the samples to mass spectroscopic analyses. As expected, known myosin Va-binding partners like dynein light chain were identified. Importantly, numerous novel interacting proteins were also tentatively identified, including guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha (Gnao1), a biomarker for schizophrenia. Consistently, an antibody to Gnao1 immunoprecipitates myosin Va, and Gnao1's localization to PN dendritic spines depends on myosin Va. The mouse model created here should facilitate the identification of novel myosin Va-binding partners, which in turn should advance our understanding of the roles played by this important myosin in vivo.
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- Christopher J Alexander
- Cell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH), Department of Molecular Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson, Department of Genetics, Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson, Department of Genetics, Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Cell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Maschi D, Gramlich MW, Klyachko VA. Myosin V functions as a vesicle tether at the plasma membrane to control neurotransmitter release in central synapses. eLife 2018; 7:e39440. [PMID: 30320552 PMCID: PMC6209431 DOI: 10.7554/elife.39440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Synaptic vesicle fusion occurs at specialized release sites at the active zone. How refilling of release sites with new vesicles is regulated in central synapses remains poorly understood. Using nanoscale-resolution detection of individual release events in rat hippocampal synapses we found that inhibition of myosin V, the predominant vesicle-associated motor, strongly reduced refilling of the release sites during repetitive stimulation. Single-vesicle tracking revealed that recycling vesicles continuously shuttle between a plasma membrane pool and an inner pool. Vesicle retention at the membrane pool was regulated by neural activity in a myosin V dependent manner. Ultrastructural measurements of vesicle occupancy at the plasma membrane together with analyses of single-vesicle trajectories during vesicle shuttling between the pools suggest that myosin V acts as a vesicle tether at the plasma membrane, rather than a motor transporting vesicles to the release sites, or directly regulating vesicle exocytosis.
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- Dario Maschi
- Department of Cell Biology and PhysiologyWashington UniversityMissouriUnited States
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringWashington UniversityMissouriUnited States
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- Department of Cell Biology and PhysiologyWashington UniversityMissouriUnited States
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringWashington UniversityMissouriUnited States
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- Department of Cell Biology and PhysiologyWashington UniversityMissouriUnited States
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringWashington UniversityMissouriUnited States
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Park M. AMPA Receptor Trafficking for Postsynaptic Potentiation. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:361. [PMID: 30364291 PMCID: PMC6193507 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Long-term potentiation (LTP) of excitatory synaptic strength, which has long been considered a synaptic correlate for learning and memory, requires a fast recruitment of additional α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) receptors (AMPARs) to the postsynaptic sites. As cell biological concepts have been applied to the field and genetic manipulation and microscopic imaging technologies have been advanced, visualization of the trafficking of AMPARs to synapses for LTP has been investigated intensively over the last decade. Recycling endosomes have been reported as intracellular storage organelles to supply AMPARs for LTP through the endocytic recycling pathway. In addition, exocytic domains in the spine plasma membrane, where AMPARs are inserted from the intracellular compartment, and nanodomains, where diffusing AMPARs are trapped and immobilized inside synapses for LTP, have been described. Furthermore, cell surface lateral diffusion of AMPARs from extrasynaptic to synaptic sites has been reported as a key step for AMPAR location to the synaptic sites for LTP. This review article will discuss recent findings and views on the reservoir(s) of AMPARs and their trafficking for LTP expression by focusing on the exocytosis and lateral diffusion of AMPARs, and provide some future directions that need to be addressed in the field of LTP.
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- Mikyoung Park
- Center for Functional Connectomics, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Neuroscience, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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Gramlich MW, Klyachko VA. Actin/Myosin-V- and Activity-Dependent Inter-synaptic Vesicle Exchange in Central Neurons. Cell Rep 2017; 18:2096-2104. [PMID: 28249156 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vesicle sharing between synaptic boutons is an important component of the recycling process that synapses employ to maintain vesicle pools. However, the mechanisms supporting and regulating vesicle transport during the inter-synaptic exchange remain poorly understood. Using nanometer-resolution tracking of individual synaptic vesicles and advanced computational algorithms, we find that long-distance axonal transport of synaptic vesicles between hippocampal boutons is partially mediated by the actin network, with myosin V as the primary actin-dependent motor that drives this vesicle transport. Furthermore, we find that vesicle exit from the synapse to the axon and long-distance vesicle transport are both rapidly and dynamically regulated by activity. We corroborated these findings with two complementary modeling approaches of vesicle exit, which closely reproduced experimental observations. These findings uncover the roles of actin and myosin V in supporting the inter-synaptic vesicle exchange and reveal that this process is dynamically modulated in an activity-dependent manner.
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- Michael W Gramlich
- Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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For more than 20 years, we have known that Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII) activation is both necessary and sufficient for the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP). During this time, tremendous effort has been spent in attempting to understand how CaMKII activation gives rise to this phenomenon. Despite such efforts, there is much to be learned about the molecular mechanisms involved in LTP induction downstream of CaMKII activation. In this review, we highlight recent developments that have shaped our current thinking about the molecular mechanisms underlying LTP and discuss important questions that remain in the field.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and.,Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143; ,
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A nanoscale resolution view on synaptic vesicle dynamics. Synapse 2014; 69:256-67. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Revised: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ultanir SK, Yadav S, Hertz NT, Oses-Prieto JA, Claxton S, Burlingame AL, Shokat KM, Jan LY, Jan YN. MST3 kinase phosphorylates TAO1/2 to enable Myosin Va function in promoting spine synapse development. Neuron 2014; 84:968-82. [PMID: 25456499 PMCID: PMC4407996 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mammalian Sterile 20 (Ste20)-like kinase 3 (MST3) is a ubiquitously expressed kinase capable of enhancing axon outgrowth. Whether and how MST3 kinase signaling might regulate development of dendritic filopodia and spine synapses is unknown. Through shRNA-mediated depletion of MST3 and kinase-dead MST3 expression in developing hippocampal cultures, we found that MST3 is necessary for proper filopodia, dendritic spine, and excitatory synapse development. Knockdown of MST3 in layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons via in utero electroporation also reduced spine density in vivo. Using chemical genetics, we discovered thirteen candidate MST3 substrates and identified the phosphorylation sites. Among the identified MST3 substrates, TAO kinases regulate dendritic filopodia and spine development, similar to MST3. Furthermore, using stable isotope labeling by amino acids in culture (SILAC), we show that phosphorylated TAO1/2 associates with Myosin Va and is necessary for its dendritic localization, thus revealing a mechanism for excitatory synapse development in the mammalian CNS.
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- Sila K Ultanir
- Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Medical Research Council, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
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- Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Medical Research Council, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Departments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Among the largest cells in the body, neurons possess an immense surface area and intricate geometry that poses many unique cell biological challenges. This morphological complexity is critical for neural circuit formation and enables neurons to compartmentalize cell-cell communication and local intracellular signalling to a degree that surpasses other cell types. The adaptive plastic properties of neurons, synapses and circuits have been classically studied by measurement of electrophysiological properties, ionic conductances and excitability. Over the last 15 years, the field of synaptic and neural electrophysiology has collided with neuronal cell biology to produce a more integrated understanding of how these remarkable highly differentiated cells utilize common eukaryotic cellular machinery to decode, integrate and propagate signals in the nervous system. The present article gives a very brief and personal overview of the organelles and trafficking machinery of neuronal dendrites and their role in dendritic and synaptic plasticity.
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This minireview focuses on recent studies implicating class V myosins in organelle and macromolecule transport within neurons. These studies reveal that class V myosins play important roles in a wide range of fundamental processes occurring within neurons, including the transport into dendritic spines of organelles that support synaptic plasticity, the establishment of neuronal shape, the specification of polarized cargo transport, and the subcellular localization of mRNA.
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- John A Hammer
- From the Cell Biology and Physiology Center, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 and
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A Myosin Va mutant mouse with disruptions in glutamate synaptic development and mature plasticity in visual cortex. J Neurosci 2013; 33:8472-82. [PMID: 23658184 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4585-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Myosin Va (MyoVa) mediates F-actin-based vesicular transport toward the plasma membrane and is found at neuronal postsynaptic densities (PSDs), but the role of MyoVa in synaptic development and function is largely unknown. Here, in studies using the dominant-negative MyoVa neurological mutant mouse Flailer, we find that MyoVa plays an essential role in activity-dependent delivery of PSD-95 and other critical PSD molecules to synapses and in endocytosis of AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPAR) in the dendrites of CNS neurons. MyoVa is known to carry a complex containing the major scaffolding proteins of the mature PSD, PSD-95, SAPAP1/GKAP, Shank, and Homer to dendritic spine synapses. In Flailer, neurons show abnormal dendritic shaft localization of PSD-95, stargazin, dynamin3, AMPARs and abnormal spine morphology. Flailer neurons also have abnormally high AMPAR miniature current frequencies and spontaneous AMPAR currents that are more frequent and larger than in wild-type while numbers of NMDAR containing synapses remain normal. The AMPAR abnormalities are consistent with a severely disrupted developmental regulation of long-term depression that we find in cortical Flailer neurons. Thus MyoVa plays a fundamentally important role both in localizing mature glutamate synapses to spines and in organizing the synapse for normal function. For this reason Flailer mice will be valuable in further dissecting the role of MyoVa in normal synaptic and circuit refinement and also in studies of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases where disruptions of normal glutamate synapses are frequently observed.
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Myosin motors at neuronal synapses: drivers of membrane transport and actin dynamics. Nat Rev Neurosci 2013; 14:233-47. [DOI: 10.1038/nrn3445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Peng A, Rotman Z, Deng PY, Klyachko VA. Differential motion dynamics of synaptic vesicles undergoing spontaneous and activity-evoked endocytosis. Neuron 2012; 73:1108-15. [PMID: 22445339 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Synaptic vesicle exo- and endocytosis are usually driven by neuronal activity but can also occur spontaneously. The identity and differences between vesicles supporting evoked and spontaneous neurotransmission remain highly debated. Here we combined nanometer-resolution imaging with a transient motion analysis approach to examine the dynamics of individual synaptic vesicles in hippocampal terminals under physiological conditions. We found that vesicles undergoing spontaneous and stimulated endocytosis differ in their dynamic behavior, particularly in the ability to engage in directed motion. Our data indicate that such motional differences depend on the myosin family of motor proteins, particularly myosin II. Analysis of synaptic transmission in the presence of myosin II inhibitor confirmed a specific role for myosin II in evoked, but not spontaneous, neurotransmission and also suggested a functional role of myosin II-mediated vesicle motion in supporting vesicle mobilization during neural activity.
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- Amy Peng
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Chaudhury A, He XD, Goyal RK. Role of myosin Va in purinergic vesicular neurotransmission in the gut. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 302:G598-607. [PMID: 22207579 PMCID: PMC3311306 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00330.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We examined the hypothesis that myosin Va, by transporting purinergic vesicles to the varicosity membrane for exocytosis, plays a key role in purinergic vesicular neurotransmission. Studies were performed in wild-type (WT) and myosin Va-deficient dilute, brown, nonagouti (DBA) mice. Intracellular microelectrode recordings were made in mouse antral muscle strips. Purinergic inhibitory junction potential (pIJP) was recorded under nonadrenergic noncholinergic conditions after masking the nitrergic junction potentials. DBA mice showed reduced pIJP but normal hyperpolarizing response to P2Y1 receptor agonist MRS-2365. To investigate the mechanism of reduced purinergic transmission in DBA mice, studies were performed in isolated varicosities obtained from homogenates of whole gut tissues by ultracentrifugation and sucrose cushion purification. Purinergic varicosities were identified in tissue sections and in isolated varicosities by immunostaining for the vesicular ATP transporter, the solute carrier protein SLC17A9. The varicosities were similar in WT and DBA mice. Myosin Va was markedly reduced in DBA varicosities compared with the WT varicosities. Proximity ligation assay showed that myosin Va was closely associated with SLC17A9. Vesicular exoendocytosis was examined by FM1-43 staining of varicosities, which showed that exoendocytosis after KCl stimulation was impaired in DBA varicosities compared with WT varicosities. These studies show that SLC17A9 identifies ATP-containing purinergic varicosities. Myosin Va associates with SLC17A9-stained vesicles and possibly transports them to varicosity membrane for exocytosis. In myosin Va-deficient mice, purinergic inhibitory neurotransmission is impaired.
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- Arun Chaudhury
- Center for Swallowing & Motility Disorders, Veterans Affairs Boston HealthCare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Swallowing & Motility Disorders, Veterans Affairs Boston HealthCare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Swallowing & Motility Disorders, Veterans Affairs Boston HealthCare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Schevzov G, Curthoys NM, Gunning PW, Fath T. Functional diversity of actin cytoskeleton in neurons and its regulation by tropomyosin. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 298:33-94. [PMID: 22878104 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394309-5.00002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Neurons comprise functionally, molecularly, and spatially distinct subcellular compartments which include the soma, dendrites, axon, branches, dendritic spines, and growth cones. In this chapter, we detail the remarkable ability of the neuronal cytoskeleton to exquisitely regulate all these cytoplasmic distinct partitions, with particular emphasis on the microfilament system and its plethora of associated proteins. Importance will be given to the family of actin-associated proteins, tropomyosin, in defining distinct actin filament populations. The ability of tropomyosin isoforms to regulate the access of actin-binding proteins to the filaments is believed to define the structural diversity and dynamics of actin filaments and ultimately be responsible for the functional outcome of these filaments.
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- Galina Schevzov
- Oncology Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
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Cells use molecular motors, such as myosins, to move, position and segregate their organelles. Class V myosins possess biochemical and structural properties that should make them ideal actin-based cargo transporters. Indeed, studies show that class V myosins function as cargo transporters in yeast, moving a range of organelles, such as the vacuole, peroxisomes and secretory vesicles. There is also increasing evidence in vertebrate cells that class V myosins not only tether organelles to actin but also can serve as short-range, point-to-point organelle transporters, usually following long-range, microtubule-dependent organelle transport.
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Kennedy MJ, Ehlers MD. Mechanisms and function of dendritic exocytosis. Neuron 2011; 69:856-75. [PMID: 21382547 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Dendritic exocytosis is required for a broad array of neuronal functions including retrograde signaling, neurotransmitter release, synaptic plasticity, and establishment of neuronal morphology. While the details of synaptic vesicle exocytosis from presynaptic terminals have been intensely studied for decades, the mechanisms of dendritic exocytosis are only now emerging. Here we review the molecules and mechanisms of dendritic exocytosis and discuss how exocytosis from dendrites influences neuronal function and circuit plasticity.
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- Matthew J Kennedy
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Wöllert T, Patel A, Lee YL, Provance DW, Vought VE, Cosgrove MS, Mercer JA, Langford GM. Myosin5a tail associates directly with Rab3A-containing compartments in neurons. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:14352-61. [PMID: 21349835 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.187286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Myosin-Va (Myo5a) is a motor protein associated with synaptic vesicles (SVs) but the mechanism by which it interacts has not yet been identified. A potential class of binding partners are Rab GTPases and Rab3A is known to associate with SVs and is involved in SV trafficking. We performed experiments to determine whether Rab3A interacts with Myo5a and whether it is required for transport of neuronal vesicles. In vitro motility assays performed with axoplasm from the squid giant axon showed a requirement for a Rab GTPase in Myo5a-dependent vesicle transport. Furthermore, mouse recombinant Myo5a tail revealed that it associated with Rab3A in rat brain synaptosomal preparations in vitro and the association was confirmed by immunofluorescence imaging of primary neurons isolated from the frontal cortex of mouse brains. Synaptosomal Rab3A was retained on recombinant GST-tagged Myo5a tail affinity columns in a GTP-dependent manner. Finally, the direct interaction of Myo5a and Rab3A was determined by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation using recombinant mouse Myo5a tail and human Rab3A. When both proteins were incubated in the presence of 1 mm GTPγS, Myo5a tail and Rab3A formed a complex and a direct interaction was observed. Further analysis revealed that GTP-bound Rab3A interacts with both the monomeric and dimeric species of the Myo5a tail. However, the interaction between Myo5a tail and nucleotide-free Rab3A did not occur. Thus, our results show that Myo5a and Rab3A are direct binding partners and interact on SVs and that the Myo5a/Rab3A complex is involved in transport of neuronal vesicles.
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- Torsten Wöllert
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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In neuroscience, myosin V motor proteins have attracted attention since they are highly expressed in brain, and absence of myosin Va in man leads to a severe neurological disease called Griscelli syndrome. While in some cells myosin V is described to act as a vesicle transport motor, an additional role in exocytosis has emerged recently. In neurons, myosin V has been linked to exocytosis of secretory vesicles and recycling endosomes. Through these functions, it is implied in regulating important brain functions including the release of neuropeptides by exocytosis of large dense-core vesicles and the insertion of neurotransmitter receptors into post-synaptic membranes. This review focuses on the role of myosin V in (i) axonal transport and stimulated exocytosis of large dense-core vesicles to regulate the secretion of neuroactive substances, (ii) tethering of the endoplasmic reticulum at cerebellar synapses to permit long-term depression, (iii) recycling of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) receptors at hippocampal synapses during long-term potentiation, and (iv) recycling of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction. Myosin V is thus discussed as an important modulator of synaptic plasticity.
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- Rüdiger Rudolf
- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Kelly EE, Horgan CP, McCaffrey MW, Young P. The role of endosomal-recycling in long-term potentiation. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:185-94. [PMID: 20820847 PMCID: PMC11114889 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0516-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Long-term potentiation (LTP) defines persistent increases in neurotransmission strength at synapses that are triggered by specific patterns of neuronal activity. LTP, the most widely accepted molecular model for learning, is best characterised at glutamatergic synapses on dendritic spines. In this context, LTP involves increases in dendritic spine size and the insertion of glutamate receptors into the post-synaptic spine membrane, which together boost post-synaptic responsiveness to neurotransmitters. In dendrites, the material required for LTP is sourced from an organelle termed the endosomal-recycling compartment (ERC), which is localised to the base of dendritic spines. When LTP is induced, material derived from the recycling compartment, which contains α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs), is mobilised into dendritic spines feeding the increased need for receptors and membrane at the spine neck and head. In this review, we discuss the importance of endosomal-recycling and the role of key proteins which control these processes in the context of LTP.
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- Eoin E Kelly
- Department of Biochemistry, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Ireland.
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Hirokawa N, Niwa S, Tanaka Y. Molecular Motors in Neurons: Transport Mechanisms and Roles in Brain Function, Development, and Disease. Neuron 2010; 68:610-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 668] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Boyer JG, Bowerman M, Kothary R. The many faces of SMN: deciphering the function critical to spinal muscular atrophy pathogenesis. FUTURE NEUROLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.2217/fnl.10.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of infant death, affecting 1 in 6000–10,000 live births. SMA is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the degeneration of α-motor neurons, and lower limb and proximal muscle weakness and wasting. SMA is the result of the deletion of or mutations in the survival motor neuron (SMN)1 gene. Currently, our understanding of how loss of the widely expressed SMN leads to the selective pathogenesis observed in SMA is limited. Here, we discuss the known nuclear and cytoplasmic functions of the SMN protein and how they relate to the SMA pathology reported in motor neurons, striated muscle and at neuromuscular junctions. While a vast amount of work in various cell and animal models has increased our knowledge of the many functions of the SMN protein, we have yet to come to a full understanding of which role(s) are central to SMA pathogenesis.
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- Justin G Boyer
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Regenerative Medicine Program, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Regenerative Medicine Program, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Bridgman PC. Myosin motor proteins in the cell biology of axons and other neuronal compartments. Results Probl Cell Differ 2010; 48:91-105. [PMID: 19554282 DOI: 10.1007/400_2009_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Most neurons of both the central and peripheral nervous systems express multiple members of the myosin superfamily that include nonmuscle myosin II, and a number of classes of unconventional myosins. Several classes of unconventional myosins found in neurons have been shown to play important roles in transport processes. A general picture of the myosin-dependent transport processes in neurons is beginning to emerge, although much more work still needs to be done to fully define these roles and establish the importance of myosin for axonal transport. Myosins appear to contribute to three types of transport processes in neurons; recycling of receptors or other membrane components, dynamic tethering of vesicular components, and transport or tethering of protein translational machinery including mRNA. Defects in one or more of these functions have potential to contribute to disease processes.
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- Paul C Bridgman
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Box 8108, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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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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Saneyoshi T, Fortin DA, Soderling TR. Regulation of spine and synapse formation by activity-dependent intracellular signaling pathways. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2009; 20:108-15. [PMID: 19896363 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2009] [Revised: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 09/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Formation of the human brain during embryonic and postnatal development is an extraordinarily complex process resulting at maturity in billions of neurons with trillions of specialized connections called synapses. These synapses, composed of a varicosity or bouton from a presynaptic neuron that communicates with a dendritic spine of the postsynaptic neuron, comprise the neural network that is essential for complex behavioral phenomena and cognition. Inappropriate synapse formation or structure is thought to underlie several developmental neuropathologies. Even in the mature CNS, alterations in synapse structure and function continues to be a very dynamic process that is foundational to learning and memory as well as other adaptive abilities of the brain. This synaptic plasticity in mature neurons, which is often triggered by certain patterns of neural activity, is again multifaceted and involves post-translational modifications (e.g. phosphorylation) and subcellular relocalization or trafficking (endocytosis/exocytosis) of existing synaptic proteins, initiation of protein synthesis from existing mRNAs localized in dendrites or spines, and triggering of new gene transcription in the nucleus. These various cellular processes support varying temporal components of synaptic plasticity that begin within 1-2 min but can persist for hours to days. This review will give a critical assessment of activity-dependent molecular modulations of synapses reported over the past couple years. Owing to space limitations, it will focus on mammalian excitatory (i.e. glutamatergic) synapses and will not consider several activity-independent signaling pathways (e.g. ephrinB receptor) that also modulate spine and synapse formation.
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- Takeo Saneyoshi
- Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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SMN, profilin IIa and plastin 3: A link between the deregulation of actin dynamics and SMA pathogenesis. Mol Cell Neurosci 2009; 42:66-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2009.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2009] [Revised: 05/20/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Newpher TM, Ehlers MD. Spine microdomains for postsynaptic signaling and plasticity. Trends Cell Biol 2009; 19:218-27. [PMID: 19328694 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2008] [Revised: 02/14/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Changes in the molecular composition and signaling properties of excitatory glutamatergic synapses onto dendritic spines mediate learning-related plasticity in the mammalian brain. This molecular adaptation serves as the most celebrated cell biological model for learning and memory. Within their micron-sized dimensions, dendritic spines restrict the diffusion of signaling molecules and spatially confine the activation of signal transduction pathways. Much of this local regulation occurs by spatial compartmentalization of glutamate receptors. Here, we review recently identified cell biological mechanisms regulating glutamate receptor mobility within individual dendritic spines. We discuss the emerging functions of glutamate receptors residing within sub-spine microdomains and propose a model for distinct signaling platforms with specialized functions in synaptic plasticity.
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- Thomas M Newpher
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Bittins CM, Eichler TW, Gerdes HH. Expression of the dominant-negative tail of myosin Va enhances exocytosis of large dense core vesicles in neurons. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:597-608. [PMID: 19214741 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9352-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2008] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Regulated exocytosis of secretory vesicles is a fundamental process in neurotransmission and the release of hormones and growth factors. The F-actin-binding motor protein myosin Va was recently shown to be involved in exocytosis of peptide-containing large dense core vesicles of neuroendocrine cells. It has not previously been discussed whether it plays a similar role in neurons. We performed live-cell imaging of cultured hippocampal neurons to measure the exocytosis of large dense core vesicles containing fluorescently labelled neuropeptide Y. To address the role of myosin Va in this process, neurons were transfected with the dominant-negative tail domain of myosin Va (myosinVa-tail). Under control conditions, about 0.75% of the labelled large dense core vesicles underwent exocytosis during 5 min of stimulation. This value was doubled to 1.80% of the vesicles when myosinVa-tail was expressed. Depolymerization of F-actin using latrunculin B resulted in a similar increase in exocytosis in both control and myosinVa-tail expressing cells. Interestingly, the increase in exocytosis caused by myosinVa-tail expression was completely abolished in the presence of KN-62, an inhibitor of calcium-calmodulin-dependent kinase II. We suggest that myosinVa-tail causes the liberation of large dense core vesicles from the actin cytoskeleton, leading to an increase in exocytosis in the cultured hippocampal neurons.
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Röder IV, Petersen Y, Choi KR, Witzemann V, Hammer JA, Rudolf R. Role of Myosin Va in the plasticity of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction in vivo. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3871. [PMID: 19057648 PMCID: PMC2587709 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Myosin Va is a motor protein involved in vesicular transport and its absence leads to movement disorders in humans (Griscelli and Elejalde syndromes) and rodents (e.g. dilute lethal phenotype in mice). We examined the role of myosin Va in the postsynaptic plasticity of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Methodology/Principal Findings Dilute lethal mice showed a good correlation between the propensity for seizures, and fragmentation and size reduction of NMJs. In an aneural C2C12 myoblast cell culture, expression of a dominant-negative fragment of myosin Va led to the accumulation of punctate structures containing the NMJ marker protein, rapsyn-GFP, in perinuclear clusters. In mouse hindlimb muscle, endogenous myosin Va co-precipitated with surface-exposed or internalised acetylcholine receptors and was markedly enriched in close proximity to the NMJ upon immunofluorescence. In vivo microscopy of exogenous full length myosin Va as well as a cargo-binding fragment of myosin Va showed localisation to the NMJ in wildtype mouse muscles. Furthermore, local interference with myosin Va function in live wildtype mouse muscles led to fragmentation and size reduction of NMJs, exclusion of rapsyn-GFP from NMJs, reduced persistence of acetylcholine receptors in NMJs and an increased amount of punctate structures bearing internalised NMJ proteins. Conclusions/Significance In summary, our data show a crucial role of myosin Va for the plasticity of live vertebrate neuromuscular junctions and suggest its involvement in the recycling of internalised acetylcholine receptors back to the postsynaptic membrane.
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- Ira Verena Röder
- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Research Center Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Research Center Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Research Center Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Research Center Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Wang Z, Edwards JG, Riley N, Provance DW, Karcher R, Li XD, Davison IG, Ikebe M, Mercer JA, Kauer JA, Ehlers MD. Myosin Vb mobilizes recycling endosomes and AMPA receptors for postsynaptic plasticity. Cell 2008; 135:535-48. [PMID: 18984164 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.09.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2008] [Revised: 07/16/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Learning-related plasticity at excitatory synapses in the mammalian brain requires the trafficking of AMPA receptors and the growth of dendritic spines. However, the mechanisms that couple plasticity stimuli to the trafficking of postsynaptic cargo are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that myosin Vb (MyoVb), a Ca2+-sensitive motor, conducts spine trafficking during long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength. Upon activation of NMDA receptors and corresponding Ca2+ influx, MyoVb associates with recycling endosomes (REs), triggering rapid spine recruitment of endosomes and local exocytosis in spines. Disruption of MyoVb or its interaction with the RE adaptor Rab11-FIP2 abolishes LTP-induced exocytosis from REs and prevents both AMPA receptor insertion and spine growth. Furthermore, induction of tight binding of MyoVb to actin using an acute chemical genetic strategy eradicates LTP in hippocampal slices. Thus, Ca2+-activated MyoVb captures and mobilizes REs for AMPA receptor insertion and spine growth, providing a mechanistic link between the induction and expression of postsynaptic plasticity.
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- Zhiping Wang
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Cingolani LA, Goda Y. Actin in action: the interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and synaptic efficacy. Nat Rev Neurosci 2008; 9:344-56. [PMID: 18425089 DOI: 10.1038/nrn2373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 581] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Synapse regulation exploits the capacity of actin to function as a stable structural component or as a dynamic filament. Beyond its well-appreciated role in eliciting visible morphological changes at the synapse, the emerging picture points to an active contribution of actin to the modulation of the efficacy of pre- and postsynaptic terminals. Moreover, by engaging distinct pools of actin and divergent signalling pathways, actin-dependent morphological plasticity could be uncoupled from modulation of synaptic strength. The aim of this Review is to highlight some of the recent progress in elucidating the role of the actin cytoskeleton in synaptic function.
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- Lorenzo A Cingolani
- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and MRC Cell Biology Unit, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Correia SS, Bassani S, Brown TC, Lisé MF, Backos DS, El-Husseini A, Passafaro M, Esteban JA. Motor protein–dependent transport of AMPA receptors into spines during long-term potentiation. Nat Neurosci 2008; 11:457-66. [DOI: 10.1038/nn2063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2007] [Accepted: 02/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Srinivasan G, Kim JH, von Gersdorff H. The pool of fast releasing vesicles is augmented by myosin light chain kinase inhibition at the calyx of Held synapse. J Neurophysiol 2008; 99:1810-24. [PMID: 18256166 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00949.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Synaptic strength is determined by release probability and the size of the readily releasable pool of docked vesicles. Here we describe the effects of blocking myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), a cytoskeletal regulatory protein thought to be involved in myosin-mediated vesicle transport, on synaptic transmission at the mouse calyx of Held synapse. Application of three different MLCK inhibitors increased the amplitude of the early excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) in a stimulus train, without affecting the late steady-state EPSCs. A presynaptic locus of action for MLCK inhibitors was confirmed by an increase in the frequency of miniature EPSCs that left their average amplitude unchanged. MLCK inhibition did not affect presynaptic Ca(2+) currents or action potential waveform. Moreover, Ca(2+) imaging experiments showed that [Ca(2+)](i) transients elicited by 100-Hz stimulus trains were not altered by MLCK inhibition. Studies using high-frequency stimulus trains indicated that MLCK inhibitors increase vesicle pool size, but do not significantly alter release probability. Accordingly, when AMPA-receptor desensitization was minimized, EPSC paired-pulse ratios were unaltered by MLCK inhibition, suggesting that release probability remains unaltered. MLCK inhibition potentiated EPSCs even when presynaptic Ca(2+) buffering was greatly enhanced by treating slices with EGTA-AM. In addition, MLCK inhibition did not affect the rate of recovery from short-term depression. Finally, developmental studies revealed that EPSC potentiation by MLCK inhibition starts at postnatal day 5 (P5) and remains strong during synaptic maturation up to P18. Overall, our data suggest that MLCK plays a crucial role in determining the size of the pool of synaptic vesicles that undergo fast release at a CNS synapse.
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- Geetha Srinivasan
- The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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A product of myosin Va mutations, Griscelli's syndrome type 1 (GS1) is characterized by several neurologic deficits including quadraparesis, mental retardation, and seizures. Although multiple studies have not clearly established a cause for the neurologic deficits linked with GS1, a few reports suggest that GS1 is associated with abnormal myelination, which could cause the neurologic deficits seen with GS1. In this report, we investigate whether myosin Va is critical to oligodendrocyte morphology and to myelination in vivo. We found that myosin Va-null mice exhibit significantly impaired myelination of the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord. Oligodendrocytes express myosin Va and loss of myosin Va function resulted in significantly smaller lamellas and decreased process number, length, and branching of oligodendrocytes. Loss of myosin Va function also blocked distal localization of vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2), which is known to associate with myosin Va. When VAMP2 function was disrupted, oligodendrocytes exhibited similar morphologic deficits to what is seen with functional ablation of myosin Va. Our findings establish a role for both myosin Va and VAMP2 in oligodendrocyte function as it relates to myelination.
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Desnos C, Huet S, Fanget I, Chapuis C, Böttiger C, Racine V, Sibarita JB, Henry JP, Darchen F. Myosin va mediates docking of secretory granules at the plasma membrane. J Neurosci 2007; 27:10636-45. [PMID: 17898234 PMCID: PMC6673143 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1228-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Myosin Va (MyoVa) is a prime candidate for controlling actin-based organelle motion in neurons and neuroendocrine cells. Its function in secretory granule (SG) trafficking was investigated in enterochromaffin cells by wide-field and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. The distribution of endogenous MyoVa partially overlapped with SGs and microtubules. Impairing MyoVa function by means of a truncated construct (MyoVa tail) or RNA interference prevented the formation of SG-rich regions at the cell periphery and reduced SG density in the subplasmalemmal region. Individual SG trajectories were tracked to analyze SG mobility. A wide distribution of their diffusion coefficient, D(xy), was observed. Almost immobile SGs (D(xy) < 5 x 10(-4) microm2 x s(-1)) were considered as docked at the plasma membrane based on two properties: (1) SGs that undergo exocytosis have a D(xy) below this threshold value for at least 2 s before fusion; (2) a negative autocorrelation of the vertical motion was found in subtrajectories with a D(xy) below the threshold. Using this criterion of docking, we found that the main effect of MyoVa inhibition was to reduce the number of docked granules, leading to reduced secretory responses. Surprisingly, this reduction was not attributable to a decreased transport of SGs toward release sites. In contrast, MyoVa silencing reduced the occurrence of long-lasting, but not short-lasting, docking periods. We thus propose that, despite its known motor activity, MyoVa directly mediates stable attachment of SGs at the plasma membrane.
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- Claire Desnos
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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- Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 144, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 144, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France, and
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Desnos C, Huet S, Darchen F. 'Should I stay or should I go?': myosin V function in organelle trafficking. Biol Cell 2007; 99:411-23. [PMID: 17635110 DOI: 10.1042/bc20070021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Actin- and microtubule-based motors can propel different cargos along filaments. Within cells, they control the distribution of membrane-bound compartments by performing complementary tasks. Organelles make long journeys along microtubules, with class V myosins ensuring their capture and their dispersal in actin-rich regions. Myosin Va is recruited on to diverse organelles, such as melanosomes and secretory vesicles, by a mechanism involving Rab GTPases. The role of myosin Va in the recruitment of secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane reveals that the cortical actin network cannot merely be seen as a physical barrier hindering vesicle access to release sites. In neurons, myosin Va controls the targeting of IP(3) (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate)-sensitive Ca(2+) stores to dendritic spines and the transport of mRNAs. These defects probably account for the severe neurological symptoms observed in Griscelli syndrome due to mutations in the MYO5A gene.
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- Claire Desnos
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR 1929, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France.
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Igarashi M, Watanabe M. Roles of calmodulin and calmodulin-binding proteins in synaptic vesicle recycling during regulated exocytosis at submicromolar Ca2+ concentrations. Neurosci Res 2007; 58:226-33. [PMID: 17601619 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2006] [Revised: 03/14/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Calcium ion is required at various concentrations for vesicular recycling in the presynaptic terminal. Although calmodulin (CaM) is the most abundant Ca2+-binding protein and has a submicromolar affinity for Ca2+, it is not the Ca2+ sensor for vesicular fusion because this process requires Ca2+ concentrations above 1 microM. Several lines of evidence, however, suggest that CaM mediates the regulation of vesicular recycling by submicromolar Ca2+ via novel protein-protein interactions. In this review, we discuss recent findings on how CaM regulates synaptic vesicle recycling by controlling the SNARE mechanism, which is the molecular machinery that mediates exocytosis.
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- Michihiro Igarashi
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahi-Machi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
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Ishmael JE, Safic M, Amparan D, Vogel WK, Pham T, Marley K, Filtz TM, Maier CS. Nonmuscle myosins II-B and Va are components of detergent-resistant membrane skeletons derived from mouse forebrain. Brain Res 2007; 1143:46-59. [PMID: 17321505 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2006] [Revised: 01/14/2007] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Myosins are actin-based molecular motors that may have specialized trafficking and contractile functions in cytoskeletal compartments that lack microtubules. The postsynaptic excitatory synapse is one such specialization, yet little is known about the spatial organization of myosin motor proteins in the mature brain. We used a proteomics approach to determine if class II and class V myosin isoforms are associated with Triton X-100-resistant membranes isolated from mouse forebrain. Two nonmuscle myosin isoforms (II-B and Va), were identified as components of lipid raft fractions that also contained typical membrane skeletal proteins such as non-erythrocyte spectrins, actin, alpha-actinin-2 and tubulin subunits. Other raft-associated proteins included lipid raft markers, proteins involved in cell adhesion and membrane dynamics, receptors and channels including glutamate receptor subunits, scaffolding and regulatory proteins. Myosin II-B and Va were also present in standard postsynaptic density (PSD) fractions, however retention of myosin II-B was strongly influenced by ATP status. If homogenates were supplemented with ATP, myosin II-B could be extracted from PSD I whereas myosin Va and other postsynaptic proteins were resistant to extraction. In summary, both myosin isoforms are components of a raft-associated membrane skeleton and are likely detected in standard PSD fractions as a result of their intrinsic ability to form actomyosin. Myosin II-B, however, is more loosely associated with PSD fractions than myosin Va, which appears to be a core PSD protein.
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- Jane E Ishmael
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Tokuoka H, Goda Y. Myosin light chain kinase is not a regulator of synaptic vesicle trafficking during repetitive exocytosis in cultured hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci 2006; 26:11606-14. [PMID: 17093082 PMCID: PMC6674773 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3400-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which synaptic vesicles (SVs) are recruited to the release site is poorly understood. One candidate mechanism for trafficking of SVs is the myosin-actin motor system. Myosin activity is modulated by myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), which in turn is activated by calmodulin. Ca(2+) signaling in presynaptic terminals, therefore, may serve to regulate SV mobility along actin filaments via MLCK. Previous studies in different types of synapses have supported such a hypothesis. Here, we further investigated the role of MLCK in neurotransmitter release at glutamatergic synapses in cultured hippocampal neurons by examining the effects of two MLCK inhibitors, 1-(5-iodonaphthalene-1-sulfonyl)-1H-hexahydro-1,4-diazepine.HCl (ML-7) and wortmannin. Bath application of ML-7 enhanced short-term depression of EPSCs to repetitive stimulation, whereas it reduced presynaptic release probability. However, ML-7 also inhibited action potential amplitude and voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel currents. These effects were not mimicked by wortmannin, suggesting that ML-7 was not specific to MLCK in hippocampal neurons. When SV exocytosis was directly triggered by a Ca(2+) ionophore, calcimycin, to bypass voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels, ML-7 had no effect on neurotransmitter release. Furthermore, when SV exocytosis elicited by electrical field stimulation was monitored by styryl dye, FM1-43 [N-(3-triethylammoniumpropyl)-4-(4-(dibutylamino)styryl)pyridinium dibromide], the unloading kinetics of the dye was not altered in the presence of wortmannin. These data indicate that MLCK is not a major regulator of presynaptic SV trafficking during repetitive exocytosis at hippocampal synapses.
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- Hirofumi Tokuoka
- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Cell Biology Unit, and
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Cell Biology Unit, and
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Eichler TW, Kögel T, Bukoreshtliev NV, Gerdes HH. The role of myosin Va in secretory granule trafficking and exocytosis. Biochem Soc Trans 2006; 34:671-4. [PMID: 17052171 DOI: 10.1042/bst0340671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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It emerges that myosin Va plays multiple roles in the trafficking of SGs (secretory granules). In addition to a function in the capture and transport of newly formed SGs in the F-actin-rich cortex, myosin Va is implicated in late transport events of these organelles, which precede their exocytosis. Consistent with these roles, interactions of myosin Va with an array of well-known proteins involved in regulated protein secretion have been documented.
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- T W Eichler
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009 Bergen, Norway
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Neurons are among the largest and most complex cells in the body. Their immense size and intricate geometry pose many unique cell-biological problems. How is dendritic architecture established and maintained? How do neurons traffic newly synthesized integral membrane proteins over such long distances to synapses? Functionally, protein trafficking to and from the postsynaptic membrane has emerged as a key mechanism underlying various forms of synaptic plasticity. Which organelles are involved in postsynaptic trafficking, and how do they integrate and respond to activity at individual synapses? Here we review what is currently known about long-range trafficking of newly synthesized postsynaptic proteins as well as the local rules that govern postsynaptic trafficking at individual synapses.
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- Matthew J Kennedy
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Kushner SA, Elgersma Y, Murphy GG, Jaarsma D, van Woerden GM, Hojjati MR, Cui Y, LeBoutillier JC, Marrone DF, Choi ES, De Zeeuw CI, Petit TL, Pozzo-Miller L, Silva AJ. Modulation of presynaptic plasticity and learning by the H-ras/extracellular signal-regulated kinase/synapsin I signaling pathway. J Neurosci 2006; 25:9721-34. [PMID: 16237176 PMCID: PMC2802213 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2836-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Molecular and cellular studies of the mechanisms underlying mammalian learning and memory have focused almost exclusively on postsynaptic function. We now reveal an experience-dependent presynaptic mechanism that modulates learning and synaptic plasticity in mice. Consistent with a presynaptic function for endogenous H-ras/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling, we observed that, under normal physiologic conditions in wild-type mice, hippocampus-dependent learning stimulated the ERK-dependent phosphorylation of synapsin I, and MEK (MAP kinase kinase)/ERK inhibition selectively decreased the frequency of miniature EPSCs. By generating transgenic mice expressing a constitutively active form of H-ras (H-rasG12V), which is abundantly localized in axon terminals, we were able to increase the ERK-dependent phosphorylation of synapsin I. This resulted in several presynaptic changes, including a higher density of docked neurotransmitter vesicles in glutamatergic terminals, an increased frequency of miniature EPSCs, and increased paired-pulse facilitation. In addition, we observed facilitated neurotransmitter release selectively during high-frequency activity with consequent increases in long-term potentiation. Moreover, these mice showed dramatic enhancements in hippocampus-dependent learning. Importantly, deletion of synapsin I, an exclusively presynaptic protein, blocked the enhancements of learning, presynaptic plasticity, and long-term potentiation. Together with previous invertebrate studies, these results demonstrate that presynaptic plasticity represents an important evolutionarily conserved mechanism for modulating learning and memory.
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- Steven A Kushner
- Department of Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1761, USA
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Lisé MF, Wong TP, Trinh A, Hines RM, Liu L, Kang R, Hines DJ, Lu J, Goldenring JR, Wang YT, El-Husseini A. Involvement of Myosin Vb in Glutamate Receptor Trafficking. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:3669-78. [PMID: 16338934 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511725200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Myosin V motors mediate cargo transport; however, the identity of neuronal molecules transported by these proteins remains unknown. Here we show that myosin Vb is expressed in several neuronal populations and associates with the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate-type glutamate receptor subunit GluR1. In developing hippocampal neurons, expression of the tail domain of myosin Vb, but not myosin Va, enhanced GluR1 accumulation in the soma and reduced its surface expression. These changes were accompanied by reduced GluR1 clustering and diminished frequency of excitatory but not inhibitory synaptic currents. Similar effects were observed upon expression of full-length myosin Vb lacking a C-terminal region required for binding to the small GTPase Rab11. In contrast, mutant myosin Vb did not change the localization of several other neurotransmitter receptors, including the glutamate receptor subunit NR1. These results reveal a novel mechanism for the transport of a specific glutamate receptor subunit in neurons mediated by a member of the myosin V family.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Brain/metabolism
- COS Cells
- Cell Line
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Electrophysiology
- Female
- Glutathione Transferase/metabolism
- Hippocampus/embryology
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Myosin Type V/chemistry
- Myosins/chemistry
- Neurons/metabolism
- Neurotransmitter Agents/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein Transport
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, AMPA/metabolism
- Receptors, Glutamate/chemistry
- Receptors, Glutamate/metabolism
- Subcellular Fractions
- Transfection
- rab GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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- Marie-France Lisé
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Takagishi Y, Futaki S, Itoh K, Espreafico EM, Murakami N, Murata Y, Mochida S. Localization of myosin II and V isoforms in cultured rat sympathetic neurones and their potential involvement in presynaptic function. J Physiol 2005; 569:195-208. [PMID: 16166155 PMCID: PMC1464199 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.095943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 08/03/2005] [Accepted: 09/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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While vesicle transport is one of the principal functions of myosin motors in neurones, the role played by specific myosin subtypes in discrete vesicle trafficking is poorly understood. We conducted electrophysiological and morphological experiments to determine whether myosin isoforms II and V might be involved in the transport of small synaptic vesicles in presynaptic nerve terminals of a model cholinergic synapse. Electron microscopy revealed the presence of normal synaptic architecture and synaptic vesicle density in presynaptic terminals of cultured superior cervical ganglion neurones (SCGNs) from myosin Va null rats (dilute-opisthotonus, dop). Similarly, electrophysiological analyses of synaptic transmission and synaptic vesicle cycling at paired SCGN synapses failed to uncover any significant differences in synaptic development and function between normal and dop rats. Immunocytochemistry and in situ localization of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fusion proteins in wild-type synapses revealed that myosins IIB and Va were distributed throughout the cell soma and processes of SCGNs, while myosins IIA and Vb were not detected in SCGNs. Myosin Va was conspicuously absent in presynaptic nerve terminals, but myosin IIB alone was found to be expressed. Furthermore, synaptic transmission was inhibited by introduction of myosin IIB heavy chain fragments into presynaptic terminals of SCGNs. Together these results suggest that only myosin IIB isoform participates in vesicle trafficking in presynaptic nerve terminals of cultured SCGNs.
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- Yoshiko Takagishi
- Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Polo-Parada L, Plattner F, Bose C, Landmesser LT. NCAM 180 acting via a conserved C-terminal domain and MLCK is essential for effective transmission with repetitive stimulation. Neuron 2005; 46:917-31. [PMID: 15953420 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2004] [Revised: 04/01/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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NCAM 180 isoform null neuromuscular junctions are unable to effectively mobilize and exocytose synaptic vesicles and thus exhibit periods of total transmission failure during high-frequency repetitive stimulation. We have identified a highly conserved C-terminal (KENESKA) domain on NCAM that is required to maintain effective transmission and demonstrate that it acts via a pathway involving MLCK and probably myosin light chain (MLC) and myosin II. By perfecting a method of introducing peptides into adult NMJs, we tested the hypothesized role of proteins in this pathway by competitive disruption of protein-protein interactions. The effects of KENESKA and other peptides on MLCK and MLC activation and on failures in both wild-type and NCAM 180 null junctions supported this pathway, and serine phosphorylation of KENESKA was critical. We propose that this pathway is required to replenish synaptic vesicles utilized during high levels of exocytosis by facilitating myosin-driven delivery of synaptic vesicles to active zones or their subsequent exocytosis.
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- Luis Polo-Parada
- Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Watanabe M, Nomura K, Ohyama A, Ishikawa R, Komiya Y, Hosaka K, Yamauchi E, Taniguchi H, Sasakawa N, Kumakura K, Ushiki T, Sato O, Ikebe M, Igarashi M. Myosin-Va regulates exocytosis through the submicromolar Ca2+-dependent binding of syntaxin-1A. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:4519-30. [PMID: 16030255 PMCID: PMC1237061 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-03-0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Myosin-Va is an actin-based processive motor that conveys intracellular cargoes. Synaptic vesicles are one of the most important cargoes for myosin-Va, but the role of mammalian myosin-Va in secretion is less clear than for its yeast homologue, Myo2p. In the current studies, we show that myosin-Va on synaptic vesicles interacts with syntaxin-1A, a t-SNARE involved in exocytosis, at or above 0.3 microM Ca2+. Interference with formation of the syntaxin-1A-myosin-Va complex reduces the exocytotic frequency in chromaffin cells. Surprisingly, the syntaxin-1A-binding site was not in the tail of myosin-Va but rather in the neck, a region that contains calmodulin-binding IQ-motifs. Furthermore, we found that syntaxin-1A binding by myosin-Va in the presence of Ca2+ depends on the release of calmodulin from the myosin-Va neck, allowing syntaxin-1A to occupy the vacant IQ-motif. Using an anti-myosin-Va neck antibody, which blocks this binding, we demonstrated that the step most important for the antibody's inhibitory activity is the late sustained phase, which is involved in supplying readily releasable vesicles. Our results demonstrate that the interaction between myosin-Va and syntaxin-1A is involved in exocytosis and suggest that the myosin-Va neck contributes not only to the large step size but also to the regulation of exocytosis by Ca2+.
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- Michitoshi Watanabe
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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Libby RT, Lillo C, Kitamoto J, Williams DS, Steel KP. Myosin Va is required for normal photoreceptor synaptic activity. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:4509-15. [PMID: 15316067 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Myosin Va is an actin-based motor molecule, one of a large family of unconventional myosins. In humans, mutations in MYO5A cause Griscelli syndrome type 1 and Elejalde syndrome, diseases characterized by pigmentation defects and the prepubescent onset of severe neurological deficits that ultimately lead to a shortened lifespan. Mutations in the Myo5a gene in mouse cause the dilute series of mouse mutants, demonstrating that myosin Va is involved in pigmentation and neural function. Although the reason for the pigmentation abnormalities is well understood, the role of myosin Va in neural function is not. Myosin Va has been found in synaptic terminals in the retina and brain. We report here new physiological evidence for a role of myosin Va in synaptic function. Photoreceptor synapses in neurologically affected myosin Va mutant mice have both anatomical and physiological abnormalities. Thus, myosin Va is required for normal photoreceptor signalling, suggesting that it might function in central nervous system synapses in general, with aberrant synaptic activity potentially underlying the neurological defects observed in dilute lethal mice and patients with Griscelli syndrome type 1 and Elejalde syndrome.
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- Richard T Libby
- MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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