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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2013

Epileptogenic Q555X SYN1 mutant triggers imbalances in release dynamics and short-term plasticity.

Gabriele Lignani, Andrea Raimondi, Enrico Ferrea, Anna Rocchi, Francesco Paonessa, Fabrizia Cesca, Marta Orlando, Tatiana Tkatch, Flavia Valtorta, Patrick Cossette and 2 more

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Article in Human molecular genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gabriele LignaniDepartment of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy.
Andrea Raimondi
Enrico Ferrea
Anna Rocchi
Francesco Paonessa
Fabrizia Cesca
Marta Orlando
Tatiana Tkatch
Flavia Valtorta
Patrick Cossette
Pietro Baldelli
Fabio Benfenati
Italian Institute of Technology · ITUniversity of Genoa · ITUniversité de Montréal · CAVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

Telethon GGP09066Telethon GGP09134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapsin I (SynI) is a synaptic vesicle (SV) phosphoprotein playing multiple roles in synaptic transmission and plasticity by differentially affecting crucial steps of SV trafficking in excitatory and inhibitory synapses. SynI knockout (KO) mice are epileptic, and nonsense and missense mutations in the human SYN1 gene have a causal role in idiopathic epilepsy and autism. To get insights into the mechanisms of epileptogenesis linked to SYN1 mutations, we analyzed the effects of the recently identified Q555X mutation on neurotransmitter release dynamics and short-term plasticity (STP) in excitatory and inhibitory synapses. We used patch-clamp electrophysiology coupled to electron microscopy and multi-electrode arrays to dissect synaptic transmission of primary SynI KO hippocampal neurons in which the human wild-type and mutant SynI were expressed by lentiviral transduction. A parallel decrease in the SV readily releasable pool in inhibitory synapses and in the release probability in excitatory synapses caused a marked reduction in the evoked synchronous release. This effect was accompanied by an increase in asynchronous release that was much more intense in excitatory synapses and associated with an increased total charge transfer. Q555X-hSynI induced larger facilitation and post-tetanic potentiation in excitatory synapses and stronger depression after long trains in inhibitory synapses. These changes were associated with higher network excitability and firing/bursting activity. Our data indicate that imbalances in STP and release dynamics of inhibitory and excitatory synapses trigger network hyperexcitability potentially leading to epilepsy/autism manifestations.

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AnimalsEpilepsyFemaleGene ExpressionHippocampusHumansIntracellular SpaceMiceMice, KnockoutNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPhenotypeProtein MultimerizationProtein TransportSynapsesSynapsins

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PMID23406870
PMCPMC3652419
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