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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2012

Snapin is critical for presynaptic homeostatic plasticity.

Dion K Dickman, Amy Tong, Graeme W Davis

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dion K DickmanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Amy Tong
Graeme W Davis
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SYNAPTIC HOMEOSTASISR01NS039313 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DAVIS, GRAEME W · 2000 to 2016
$5.3M
Dysbindin and the Mechanisms Controlling Homeostatic Synaptic PlasticityR00MH092351 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI DICKMAN, DION KAI · 2012 to 2014
$696k
Dysbindin and the Mechanisms Controlling Homeostatic Synaptic PlasticityK99MH092351 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DICKMAN, DION KAI · 2010 to 2011
$175k
NIMH NIH HHS K99 MH092351NIMH NIH HHS K99MH92351NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH092351NINDS NIH HHS NS39313NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying the homeostatic modulation of presynaptic neurotransmitter release are largely unknown. We have previously used an electrophysiology-based forward genetic screen to assess the function of >400 neuronally expressed genes for a role in the homeostatic control of synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila melanogaster. This screen identified a critical function for dysbindin, a gene linked to schizophrenia in humans (Dickman and Davis, 2009). Biochemical studies in other systems have shown that Snapin interacts with Dysbindin, prompting us to test whether Snapin might be involved in the mechanisms of synaptic homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate that loss of snapin blocks the homeostatic modulation of presynaptic vesicle release following inhibition of postsynaptic glutamate receptors. This is true for both the rapid induction of synaptic homeostasis induced by pharmacological inhibition of postsynaptic glutamate receptors, and the long-term expression of synaptic homeostasis induced by the genetic deletion of the muscle-specific GluRIIA glutamate receptor subunit. Loss of snapin does not alter baseline synaptic transmission, synapse morphology, synapse growth, or the number or density of active zones, indicating that the block of synaptic homeostasis is not a secondary consequence of impaired synapse development. Additional genetic evidence suggests that snapin functions in concert with dysbindin to modulate vesicle release and possibly homeostatic plasticity. Finally, we provide genetic evidence that the interaction of Snapin with SNAP25, a component of the SNARE complex, is also involved in synaptic homeostasis.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarrier ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsDysbindinDystrophin-Associated ProteinsElectrophysiological PhenomenaHomeostasisImmunohistochemistryNeuromuscular JunctionNeuronal PlasticityPresynaptic TerminalsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionSNARE ProteinsSynaptic TransmissionCarrier ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsDysbindinDysb protein, DrosophilaDystrophin-Associated ProteinsSnap25 protein, DrosophilaSnapin protein, DrosophilaSNARE ProteinsSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25Vesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID22723711
PMCPMC3395587
OpenAlexW2009667525

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