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Synaptotagmin-1 and synaptotagmin-7 trigger synchronous and asynchronous phases of neurotransmitter release.

Taulant Bacaj, Dick Wu, Xiaofei Yang, Wade Morishita, Peng Zhou, Wei Xu, Robert C Malenka, Thomas C Südhof

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Article in Neuron, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 191 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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191 citing papers in PubMed, 324 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Taulant BacajDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Dick Wu
Xiaofei Yang
Wade Morishita
Peng Zhou
Wei Xu
Robert C Malenka
Thomas C Südhof
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USStanford University · US

Funding

Role of synaptotagmins and neurexin ligands in homeostatic synaptic plasticityP50MH086403 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, LU · 2009 to 2019
$18.4M
Large-Scale Molecular Interrogation of Synaptic TransmissionR01NS077906 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, LU, MALENKA, ROBERT C · 2011 to 2014
$2.5M
Homeostatic Plasticity in Nucleus AccumbensR01DA030379 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DONG, YAN, MALENKA, ROBERT C · 2013 to 2014
$880k
Role of Doc2 in calcium regulation of synapsesF32NS067896 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BACAJ, TAULANT · 2010 to 2012
$146k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA030379NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH086403NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS067896NINDS NIH HHS F32NS067896NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS077906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In forebrain neurons, knockout of synaptotagmin-1 blocks fast Ca(2+)-triggered synchronous neurotransmitter release but enables manifestation of slow Ca(2+)-triggered asynchronous release. Here, we show using single-cell PCR that individual hippocampal neurons abundantly coexpress two Ca(2+)-binding synaptotagmin isoforms, synaptotagmin-1 and synaptotagmin-7. In synaptotagmin-1-deficient synapses of excitatory and inhibitory neurons, loss of function of synaptotagmin-7 suppressed asynchronous release. This phenotype was rescued by wild-type but not mutant synaptotagmin-7 lacking functional Ca(2+)-binding sites. Even in synaptotagmin-1-containing neurons, synaptotagmin-7 ablation partly impaired asynchronous release induced by extended high-frequency stimulus trains. Synaptotagmins bind Ca(2+) via two C2 domains, the C2A and C2B domains. Surprisingly, synaptotagmin-7 function selectively required its C2A domain Ca(2+)-binding sites, whereas synaptotagmin-1 function required its C2B domain Ca(2+)-binding sites. Our data show that nearly all Ca(2+)-triggered release at a synapse is due to synaptotagmins, with synaptotagmin-7 mediating a slower form of Ca(2+)-triggered release that is normally occluded by faster synaptotagmin-1-induced release but becomes manifest upon synaptotagmin-1 deletion.

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AnimalsCalciumCells, CulturedDependovirusFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHippocampusLentivirusMiceMice, KnockoutNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsPatch-Clamp TechniquesReceptors, Calcium-SensingRNA InterferenceRNA, MessengerSynapsesCalciumNeurotransmitter AgentsReceptors, Calcium-SensingRNA, MessengerSynaptotagmin ISynaptotagmins

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PMID24267651
PMCPMC3888870
OpenAlexW1981726470

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