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ArticleCell reports2018

Rapid Assembly of Presynaptic Materials behind the Growth Cone in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Mediated by Precise Regulation of Axonal Transport.

David M Lipton, Celine I Maeder, Kang Shen

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David M LiptonHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 385 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Neurosciences Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Celine I MaederHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 385 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Kang ShenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 385 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: kangshen@stanford.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USStanford University · US

Funding

Dopamine modulation of synaptic plasticity and integration in the striatumR01NS091144 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jun Ding · 2015 to 2026
$4.2M
Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity in C. elegansR01NS048392 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHEN, KANG · 2005 to 2014
$3.1M
Mechanisms of synaptic specificity in C. elegansR37NS048392 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHEN, KANG · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
Dopamine Degradation Pathway and Alpha-synuclein AggregationR01NS103037 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DING, JUN · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS048392NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091144NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS103037NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS048392
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The proper assembly of neural circuits depends on the process of synaptogenesis, or the formation of synapses between partner neurons. Using the dopaminergic PDE neurons in C. elegans, we developed an in vivo system to study the earliest steps of the formation of en passant presynaptic specializations behind an extending growth cone. We find that presynaptic materials coalesce into puncta in as little as a few minutes and that both synaptic vesicle (SV) and active zone (AZ) proteins arrive nearly simultaneously at the nascent sites of synapse formation. We show that precise regulation of UNC-104/Kinesin-3 determines the distribution of SV proteins along the axon. The localization of AZ proteins to en passant puncta, however, is largely independent of the major axonal kinesins: UNC-104/Kinesin-3 and UNC-116/Kinesin-1. Moreover, AZ proteins play a crucial role in recruiting and tethering SV precursors (SVPs).

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonal TransportCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsDopaminergic NeuronsKinesinsNerve Tissue ProteinsSynaptic VesiclesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsKinesinsNerve Tissue ProteinsUNC-104 protein, C elegansUNC-116 protein, C elegansactive zonesaxon transportkinesinsynaptogenesis

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PMID30184504
PMCPMC6179448
OpenAlexW2891808973

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