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ArticleBiophysical journal2002

The synaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin: purification and characterization of its channel activity.

Dan Gincel, Varda Shoshan-Barmatz

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Room for Two: The Synaptophysin/Synaptobrevin Complex.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2021
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  10. Abnormal synaptic vesicle biogenesis in Drosophila synaptogyrin mutants.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012
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  11. The association of dynamin with synaptophysin regulates quantal size and duration of exocytotic events in chromaffin cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2010
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dan GincelDepartment of Life Sciences and the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Varda Shoshan-Barmatz
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synaptic vesicle protein synaptophysin was solubilized from rat brain synaptosomes with a relatively low concentration of Triton X-100 (0.2%) and was highly purified (above 95%) using a rapid single chromatography step on hydroxyapatite/celite resin. Purified synaptophysin was reconstituted into a planar lipid bilayer and the channel activity of synaptophysin was characterized. In asymmetric KCl solutions (cis 300 mM/trans 100 mM), synaptophysin formed a fast-fluctuating channel with a conductance of 414 +/- 13 pS at +60 mV. The open probability of synaptophysin channels was decreased upon depolarization, and channels were found to be cation-selective. Synaptophysin channels showed higher selectivity for K(+) over Cl(-) (P(K(+))/P(Cl(-)) > 8) and preferred K(+) over Li(+), Na(+), Rb(+), Cs(+), or choline(+). The synaptophysin channel is impermeable to Ca(2+), which has no effect on its channel activity. This study is the second demonstration of purified synaptophysin channel activity, but the first biophysical characterization of its channel properties. The availability of large amounts of purified synaptophysin and of its characteristic channel properties might help to establish the role of synaptophysin in synaptic transmission.

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Membranes, ArtificialAnimalsBrainCesiumChloridesCholineComet AssayGluconatesIon Channel GatingIon ChannelsLipid BilayersMembrane PotentialsPotassium ChlorideRatsRubidiumSodium ChlorideCesiumcesium chlorideChloridesCholineGluconatesIon ChannelsLipid BilayersMembranes, ArtificialPotassium ChlorideRubidiumrubidium chlorideSodium ChlorideSynaptophysin

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PMID12496091
PMCPMC1302399
OpenAlexW2024227034

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