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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 44, 期 5, 页码 2272-2284出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13331
关键词
excitatory synapse; neurotransmitter release; presynaptic terminal; synaptic vesicle dynamics
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Comprehensive Center of Education and Research for Chemical Biology of the Diseases (Global COE Program)
- Strategic Research Program for Brain Sciences from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Toray Science Foundation
- Daiichi Sankyo Foundation of Life Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K08612, 15H04272, 15K14309] Funding Source: KAKEN
Synaptic efficacy is determined by various factors, including the quantal size, which is dependent on the amount of neurotransmitters in synaptic vesicles at the presynaptic terminal. It is essential for stable synaptic transmission that the quantal size is kept within a constant range and that synaptic efficacy during and after repetitive synaptic activation is maintained by replenishing release sites with synaptic vesicles. However, the mechanisms for these fundamental properties have still been undetermined. We found that the active zone protein CAST (cytomatrix at the active zone structural protein) played pivotal roles in both presynaptic regulation of quantal size and recycling of endocytosed synaptic vesicles. In the CA1 region of hippocampal slices of the CAST knockout mice, miniature excitatory synaptic responses were increased in size, and synaptic depression after prolonged synaptic activation was larger, which was attributable to selective impairment of synaptic vesicle trafficking via the endosome in the presynaptic terminal likely mediated by Rab6. Therefore, CAST serves as a key molecule that regulates dynamics and neurotransmitter contents of synaptic vesicles in the excitatory presynaptic terminal in the central nervous system.
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