Journal
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3339/fncel.2015.00315
Keywords
Ca2+ channels; quantitative immunoelectron microscopy; cluster analysis; rat; hippocampus
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- BIOSS-2 A6
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 746, TP16, Fa 332/9-1]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H05871, 15H05872, 25293052, 26670512] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Tuning of the time course and strength of inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitter release is fundamental for the precise operation of cortical network activity and is controlled by Ca2+ influx into presynaptic terminals through the high voltage-activated P/Q-type Ca2+ (Ca(v)2.1) channels. Proper channel-mediated Ca2+-signaling critically depends on the topographical arrangement of the channels in the presynaptic membrane. Here, we used high-resolution SDS-digested freeze-fracture replica immunoelectron microscopy together with automatized computational analysis of Ca(v)2.1 immunogold labeling to determine the precise subcellular organization of Ca(v)2.1 channels in both inhibitory and excitatory terminals. Immunoparticles labeling the pore-forming alpha 1 subunit of Ca(v)2.1 channels were enriched over the active zone of the boutons with the number of channels (3-62) correlated with the area of the synaptic membrane. Detailed analysis showed that Ca(v)2.1 channels are non-uniformly distributed over the presynaptic membrane specialization where they are arranged in clusters of an average five channels per cluster covering a mean area with a diameter of about 70 nm. Importantly, clustered arrangement and cluster properties did not show any significant difference between GABAergic and glutamatergic terminals. Our data demonstrate a common nano-architecture of Ca(v)2.1 channels in inhibitory and excitatory boutons in stratum radiatum of the hippocampal CA1 area suggesting that the cluster arrangement is crucial for the precise release of transmitters from the axonal boutons.
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