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ArticleMolecular and cellular neurosciences2019

Growth and excitability at synapsin II deficient hippocampal neurons.

Heidi Matos, Raymond Quiles, Rodrigo Andrade, Maria Bykhovskaia

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Article in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heidi MatosDepartment of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Raymond QuilesDepartment of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Rodrigo AndradeDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Maria BykhovskaiaDepartment of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America. Electronic address: mbykhovs@med.wayne.edu.
Wayne State University · US

Funding

MECHANISMS AND REGULATION OF 5HT RECEPTORS IN THE CNSR01MH043985 · NIMH · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDRADE, RODRIGO · 1993 to 2017
$5.7M
New Approaches to the study of 5-HT1a autoreceptors in the rapheR01MH100850 · NIMH · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDRADE, RODRIGO · 2013 to 2014
$452k
MECHANISMS AND REGULATION OF 5-HT RECEPTORS IN THE CNSR29MH043985 · NIMH · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI ANDRADE, RODRIGO · 1988 to 1992
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH043985NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100850NIMH NIH HHS R29 MH043985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapsins are neuronal phosphoproteins that fine-tune synaptic transmission and suppress seizure activity. Synapsin II (SynII) deletion produces epileptic seizures and overexcitability in neuronal networks. Early studies in primary neuronal cultures have shown that SynII deletion results in a delay in synapse formation. More recent studies at hippocampal slices have revealed increased spontaneous activity in SynII knockout (SynII(-)) mice. To reconcile these observations, we systematically re-examined synaptic transmission, synapse formation, and neurite growth in primary hippocampal neuronal cultures. We find that spontaneous glutamatergic synaptic activity was suppressed in SynII(-) neurons during the initial developmental epoch (7 days in vitro, DIV) but was enhanced at later times (12 and18 DIV). The density of synapses, transmission between connected pairs of neurons, and the number of docked synaptic vesicles were not affected by SynII deletion. However, we found that neurite outgrowth in SynII(-) neurons was suppressed during the initial developmental epoch (7 DIV) but enhanced at subsequent developmental stages (12 and18 DIV). This finding can account for the observed effect of SynII deletion on synaptic activity. To test whether the observed phenotype resulted directly from the deletion of SynII we expressed SynII in SynII(-) cultures using an adeno-associated virus (AAV). Expression of SynII at 2 DIV rescued the SynII deletion-dependent alterations in both synaptic activity and neuronal growth. To test whether the increased neurite outgrowth in SynII(-) observed at DIV 12 and18 represents an overcompensation for the initial developmental delay or results directly from SynII deletion we performed "late expression" experiments, transfecting SynII(-) cultures with AAV at 7 DIV. The late SynII expression suppressed neurite outgrowth at 12 and 18 DIV to the levels observed in control neurons, suggesting that these phenotypes directly depend on SynII. These results reveal a novel developmentally regulated role for SynII function in the control of neurite growth.

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Neuronal OutgrowthSynaptic PotentialsAnimalsCells, CulturedGlutamic AcidHippocampusMiceNeuronsSynapsinsGlutamic AcidSynapsinsNeuritesEPSCsIPSCSynapseSynaptic vesicle

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