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Liprin-alpha/SYD-2 determines the size of dense projections in presynaptic active zones in C. elegans
| Title: | Liprin-alpha/SYD-2 determines the size of dense projections in presynaptic active zones in C. elegans |
| Authors: | Kittelmann, Maike Browse this author | | Hegermann, Jan Browse this author | | Goncharov, Alexandr Browse this author | | Taru, Hidenori Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Ellisman, Mark H. Browse this author | | Richmond, Janet E. Browse this author | | Jin, Yishi Browse this author | | Eimer, Stefan Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | 9-Dec-2013 |
| Publisher: | Rockefeller univ press |
| Journal Title: | Journal of cell biology |
| Volume: | 203 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page: | 849 |
| End Page: | 863 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1083/jcb.201302022 |
| PMID: | 24322429 |
| Abstract: | Synaptic vesicle (SV) release is spatially and temporally regulated by a network of proteins that form the presynaptic active zone (AZ). The hallmark of most AZs is an electron-dense projection (DP) surrounded by SVs. Despite their importance for our understanding of triggered SV release, high-resolution analyses of DP structures are limited. Using electron microscopy, we show that DPs at Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) were highly structured, composed of building units forming bays in which SVs are docked to the AZ membrane. Furthermore, larger ribbonlike DPs that were multimers of the NMJ building unit are found at synapses between inter- and motoneurons. We also demonstrate that DP size is determined by the activity of the AZ protein SYD-2/Liprin-alpha. Whereas loss of syd-2 function led to smaller DPs, syd-2 gain-of-function mutants displayed larger ribbonlike DPs through increased recruitment of ELKS-1/ELKS. Therefore, our data suggest that a main role of SYD-2/Liprin-alpha in synaptogenesis is to regulate the polymerization of DPs. |
| Rights: | Kittelmann M. et al., 2013. Originally published in Journal of Cell Biology. doi:10.1083/jcb.201302022. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/54517 |
| Appears in Collections: | 薬学研究院 (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 多留 偉功
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