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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2012

Elfn1 regulates target-specific release probability at CA1-interneuron synapses.

Emily L Sylwestrak, Anirvan Ghosh

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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105 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily L SylwestrakNeurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0366, USA.
Anirvan Ghosh
University of Basel · CH

Funding

REGULATION OF GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSES BY LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINR01NS067216 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GHOSH, ANIRVAN · 2010 to 2013
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS067216NINDS NIH HHS R01NS067216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although synaptic transmission may be unidirectional, the establishment of synaptic connections with specific properties can involve bidirectional signaling. Pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus form functionally distinct synapses onto two types of interneurons. Excitatory synapses onto oriens-lacunosum moleculare (O-LM) interneurons are facilitating and have a low release probability, whereas synapses onto parvalbumin interneurons are depressing and have a high release probability. Here, we show that the extracellular leucine-rich repeat fibronectin containing 1 (Elfn1) protein is selectively expressed by O-LM interneurons and regulates presynaptic release probability to direct the formation of highly facilitating pyramidal-O-LM synapses. Thus, postsynaptic expression of Elfn1 in O-LM interneurons regulates presynaptic release probability, which confers target-specific synaptic properties to pyramidal cell axons.

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AnimalsAxonsCA1 Region, HippocampalCells, CulturedGene Knockdown TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansInterneuronsMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsRatsRats, Inbred LECRNA, Small InterferingSynapsesSynaptic Transmissionextracellular leucine-rich repeat fibronectin containing 1 protein, mouseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID23042292
PMCPMC5297939
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