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ArticleNature neuroscience2012

Cooperation of Syd-1 with Neurexin synchronizes pre- with postsynaptic assembly.

David Owald, Omid Khorramshahi, Varun K Gupta, Daniel Banovic, Harald Depner, Wernher Fouquet, Carolin Wichmann, Sara Mertel, Stefan Eimer, Eric Reynolds and 3 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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13 authors.

David OwaldFreie Universität Berlin, Institute for Biology/Genetics, Berlin, Germany.
Omid Khorramshahi
Varun K Gupta
Daniel Banovic
Harald Depner
Wernher Fouquet
Carolin Wichmann
Sara Mertel
Stefan Eimer
Eric Reynolds
Matthew Holt
Hermann Aberle
Stephan J Sigrist

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapse formation and maturation requires bidirectional communication across the synaptic cleft. The trans-synaptic Neurexin-Neuroligin complex can bridge this cleft, and severe synapse assembly deficits are found in Drosophila melanogaster neuroligin (Nlg1, dnlg1) and neurexin (Nrx-1, dnrx) mutants. We show that the presynaptic active zone protein Syd-1 interacts with Nrx-1 to control synapse formation at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Mutants in Syd-1 (RhoGAP100F, dsyd-1), Nrx-1 and Nlg1 shared active zone cytomatrix defects, which were nonadditive. Syd-1 and Nrx-1 formed a complex in vivo, and Syd-1 was important for synaptic clustering and immobilization of Nrx-1. Consequently, postsynaptic clustering of Nlg1 was affected in Syd-1 mutants, and in vivo glutamate receptor incorporation was changed in Syd-1, Nrx-1 and Nlg1 mutants. Stabilization of nascent Syd-1-Liprin-α (DLiprin-α) clusters, important to initialize active zone formation, was Nlg1 dependent. Thus, cooperation between Syd-1 and Nrx-1-Nlg1 seems to orchestrate early assembly processes between pre- and postsynaptic membranes, promoting avidity of newly forming synaptic scaffolds.

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AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCell Adhesion MoleculesCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCloning, MolecularDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsGTPase-Activating ProteinsImmunohistochemistryImmunoprecipitationIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMicroscopy, ElectronNeuromuscular JunctionPDZ DomainsPhosphoproteinsPresynaptic TerminalsCell Adhesion MoleculesCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalDrosophila ProteinsGTPase-Activating ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLiprin-alpha protein, DrosophilaNrx protein, DrosophilaPhosphoproteinsReceptors, GlutamateRhoGAP100F protein, Drosophila

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