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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

Differential regulation of synchronous versus asynchronous neurotransmitter release by the C2 domains of synaptotagmin 1.

Motojiro Yoshihara, Zhuo Guan, J Troy Littleton

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Calcium Sensors of Neurotransmitter Release.Advances in neurobiology · 2023
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  6. Alpha-Synuclein is Involved in DYT1 Dystonia Striatal Synaptic Dysfunction.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2022
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  7. Expanding the genotype and phenotype spectrum of SYT1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2022
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  8. Function of Drosophila Synaptotagmins in membrane trafficking at synapses.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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  16. Structural basis for the clamping and CaNature communications · 2019
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  18. SNT-1 Functions as the CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Motojiro YoshiharaPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. motojiro.yoshihara@umassmed.edu
Zhuo Guan
J Troy Littleton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DROSOPHILA SYNAPTOTAGMIN FAMILYR01NS040296 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LITTLETON, J. TROY · 2000 to 2024
$7.9M
Molecular Mechanism of Synaptic PlasticityR01MH085958 · NIMH · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI YOSHIHARA, MOTOJIRO · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
NIMH NIH HHS MH85958NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085958NINDS NIH HHS NS40296NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic vesicle fusion at many synapses has been kinetically separated into two distinct Ca(2+)-dependent temporal components consisting of a rapid synchronous phase followed by a slower asynchronous component. Mutations in the synaptic vesicle Ca(2+) sensor Synaptotagmin 1 (Syt 1) reduce synchronous neurotransmission while enhancing the slower asynchronous phase of release. Syt 1 regulation of vesicle fusion requires interactions mediated by its tandem cytoplasmic C2 domains (C2A and C2B). Although Ca(2+) binding by Syt 1 is predicted to drive synchronous release, it is unknown if Ca(2+) interactions with either C2 domain is required for suppression of asynchronous release. To determine if Ca(2+) binding by Syt 1 regulates these two phases of release independently, we performed electrophysiological analysis of transgenically expressed Syt 1 mutated at Ca(2+) binding sites in C2A or C2B in the background of Drosophila Syt 1-null mutants. Transgenic animals expressing mutations that disrupt Ca(2+) binding to C2A fully restored the synchronous phase of neurotransmitter release, whereas the asynchronous component was not suppressed. In contrast, rescue with Ca(2+)-binding mutants in C2B displayed little rescue of the synchronous release component, but reduced asynchronous release. These results suggest that the tandem C2 domains of Syt 1 play independent roles in neurotransmission, as Ca(2+) binding to C2A suppresses asynchronous release, whereas Ca(2+) binding to C2B mediates synchronous fusion.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBinding SitesBlotting, WesternCalciumDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleHypertonic SolutionsImmunohistochemistryMaleMutationNeurotransmitter AgentsSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesSynaptotagmin ICalciumDrosophila ProteinsHypertonic SolutionsNeurotransmitter AgentsSynaptotagmin I

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PMID20679236
PMCPMC2930414
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