期刊
NEURON
卷 70, 期 2, 页码 244-251出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.03.011
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- National Institute of Mental Health ([NIMH]) [1R01 MH089054, P50 MH086403]
- NARSAD
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Research Service [1F32NS067896]
Two families of Ca2+-binding proteins have been proposed as Ca2+ sensors for spontaneous release: synaptotagmins and Doc2s, with the intriguing possibility that Doc2s may represent high-affinity Ca2+ sensors that are activated by deletion of synaptotagmins, thereby accounting for the increased spontaneous release in synaptotagmin-deficient synapses. Here, we use an shRNA-dependent quadruple knockdown of all four Ca2+-binding proteins of the Doc2 family to confirm that Doc2-deficient synapses exhibit a marked decrease in the frequency of spontaneous release events. Knockdown of Doc2s in synaptotagmin-1-deficient synapses, however, failed to reduce either the increased spontaneous release or the decreased evoked release of these synapses, suggesting that Doc2s do not constitute Ca2+ sensors for asynchronous release. Moreover, rescue experiments revealed that the decrease in spontaneous release induced by the Doc2 knockdown in wildtype synapses is fully reversed by mutant Doc2B lacking Ca2+-binding sites. Thus, our data suggest that Doc2s are modulators of spontaneous synaptic transmission that act by a Ca2+-independent mechanism.
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