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CAPS-1 promotes fusion competence of stationary dense-core vesicles in presynaptic terminals of mammalian neurons.

Margherita Farina, Rhea van de Bospoort, Enqi He, Claudia M Persoon, Jan R T van Weering, Jurjen H Broeke, Matthijs Verhage, Ruud F Toonen

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Article in eLife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 62 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.

Margherita FarinaDepartment of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Rhea van de BospoortDepartment of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Enqi HeDepartment of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Claudia M PersoonDepartment of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jan R T van WeeringDepartment of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jurjen H BroekeDepartment of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Matthijs VerhageDepartment of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ruud F ToonenDepartment of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Amsterdam Neuroscience · NLAmsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropeptides released from dense-core vesicles (DCVs) modulate neuronal activity, but the molecules driving DCV secretion in mammalian neurons are largely unknown. We studied the role of calcium-activator protein for secretion (CAPS) proteins in neuronal DCV secretion at single vesicle resolution. Endogenous CAPS-1 co-localized with synaptic markers but was not enriched at every synapse. Deletion of CAPS-1 and CAPS-2 did not affect DCV biogenesis, loading, transport or docking, but DCV secretion was reduced by 70% in CAPS-1/CAPS-2 double null mutant (DKO) neurons and remaining fusion events required prolonged stimulation. CAPS deletion specifically reduced secretion of stationary DCVs. CAPS-1-EYFP expression in DKO neurons restored DCV secretion, but CAPS-1-EYFP and DCVs rarely traveled together. Synaptic localization of CAPS-1-EYFP in DKO neurons was calcium dependent and DCV fusion probability correlated with synaptic CAPS-1-EYFP expression. These data indicate that CAPS-1 promotes fusion competence of immobile (tethered) DCVs in presynaptic terminals and that CAPS-1 localization to DCVs is probably not essential for this role.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsHippocampusMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsPresynaptic TerminalsSynaptic TransmissionCadps protein, mouseCalcium-Binding ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsCAPS proteindense-core vesicleexocytosismouseneuronsneurosciencetrafficking

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PMID25719439
PMCPMC4341531
OpenAlexW1979379929

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