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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2011

Surface traffic of dendritic CaV1.2 calcium channels in hippocampal neurons.

Valentina Di Biase, Petronel Tuluc, Marta Campiglio, Gerald J Obermair, Martin Heine, Bernhard E Flucher

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Valentina Di BiaseDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria and Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany.
Petronel Tuluc
Marta Campiglio
Gerald J Obermair
Martin Heine
Bernhard E Flucher
Universität Innsbruck · ATInnsbruck Medical University · ATLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology · DE

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 17807Austrian Science Fund FWF P 20059Austrian Science Fund FWF P 23479Austrian Science Fund FWF T 443Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In neurons L-type calcium currents function in gene regulation and synaptic plasticity, while excessive calcium influx leads to excitotoxicity and neurodegeneration. The major neuronal Ca(V)1.2 L-type channels are localized in clusters in dendritic shafts and spines. Whereas Ca(V)1.2 clusters remain stable during NMDA-induced synaptic depression, L-type calcium currents are rapidly downregulated during strong excitatory stimulation. Here we used fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), live cell-labeling protocols, and single particle tracking (SPT) to analyze the turnover and surface traffic of Ca(V)1.2 in dendrites of mature cultured mouse and rat hippocampal neurons, respectively. FRAP analysis of channels extracellularly tagged with superecliptic pHluorin (Ca(V)1.2-SEP) demonstrated ∼20% recovery within 2 min without reappearance of clusters. Pulse-chase labeling showed that membrane-expressed Ca(V)1.2-HA is not internalized within1 h, while blocking dynamin-dependent endocytosis resulted in increased cluster density after 30 min. Together, these results suggest a turnover rate of clustered Ca(V)1.2s on the hour time scale. Direct recording of the lateral movement in the membrane using SPT demonstrated that dendritic Ca(V)1.2s show highly confined mobility with diffusion coefficients of ∼0.005 μm² s⁻¹. Consistent with the mobile Ca(V)1.2 fraction observed in FRAP, a ∼30% subpopulation of channels reversibly exchanged between confined and diffusive states. Remarkably, high potassium depolarization did not alter the recovery rates in FRAP or the diffusion coefficients in SPT analyses. Thus, an equilibrium of clustered and dynamic Ca(V)1.2s maintains stable calcium channel complexes involved in activity-dependent cell signaling, whereas the minor mobile channel pool in mature neurons allows limited capacity for short-term adaptations.

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AnimalsCalcium Channels, L-TypeDendritesDiffusionDynaminsEmbryo, MammalianEndocytosisEndosomesFemaleFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingHippocampusHydrazonesMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular ImagingCalcium Channels, L-TypeDynaminsHydrazonesL-type calcium channel alpha(1C)N'-(3,4-dihydroxybenzylidene)-3-hydroxy-2-naphthahydrazidePotassium

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PMID21940459
PMCPMC3325119
OpenAlexW1993025208

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