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

The synaptic ribbon is a site of phosphatidic acid generation in ribbon synapses.

Karin Schwarz, Sivaraman Natarajan, Nawal Kassas, Nicolas Vitale, Frank Schmitz

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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 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Transmission at rod and cone ribbon synapses in the retina.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021
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  4. Nanomachinery Organizing Release at Neuronal and Ribbon Synapses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  9. A Unique Homeostatic Signaling Pathway Links Synaptic Inactivity to Postsynaptic mTORC1.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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  11. Phosphatidic acid and neurotransmission.Advances in biological regulation · 2017
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  13. The Disease Protein Tulp1 Is Essential for Periactive Zone Endocytosis in Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapses.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Karin SchwarzDepartment of Neuroanatomy, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany. dr.karin.schwarz@uks.eu
Sivaraman Natarajan
Nawal Kassas
Nicolas Vitale
Frank Schmitz
Saarland University · DEInstitut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives · FR

Funding

Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribbon synapses continuously transmit graded membrane potential changes into changes of synaptic vesicle exocytosis and rely on intense synaptic membrane trafficking. The synaptic ribbon is considered central to this process. In the present study we asked whether tonically active ribbon synapses are associated with the generation of certain lipids, specifically the highly active signaling phospholipid phosphatidic acid (PA). Using PA-sensor proteins, we demonstrate that PA is enriched at mouse retinal ribbon synapses in close vicinity to the synaptic ribbon in situ. As shown by heterologous expression, RIBEYE, a main component of synaptic ribbons, is responsible for PA binding at synaptic ribbons. Furthermore, RIBEYE is directly involved in the synthesis of PA. Using various independent substrate binding and enzyme assays, we demonstrate that the B domain of RIBEYE possesses lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) acyltransferase (LPAAT) activity, which leads to the generation of PA from LPA. Since an LPAAT-deficient RIBEYE mutant does not recruit PA-binding proteins to artificial synaptic ribbons, whereas wild-type RIBEYE supports PA binding, we conclude that the LPAAT activity of the RIBEYE(B) domain is a physiologically relevant source of PA generation at the synaptic ribbon. We propose that PA generated at synaptic ribbons likely facilitates synaptic vesicle trafficking.

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AcyltransferasesAlcohol OxidoreductasesAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsConcanavalin ACo-Repressor ProteinsCOS CellsCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLiposomesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphatidic AcidsAcyltransferasesAlcohol OxidoreductasesConcanavalin ACo-Repressor ProteinsCTBP2 protein, humanCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4Green Fluorescent ProteinsLiposomesNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphatidic AcidsPhospholipidsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafTryptophan

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PMID22049442
PMCPMC6623010
OpenAlexW2106108749

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