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ArticleeLife2020

Loss of Doc2b does not influence transmission at Purkinje cell to deep nuclei synapses under physiological conditions.

Mehak M Khan, Wade G Regehr

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Article in eLife, 2020. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Increased CA3 burst activity inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  2. Frequency of Spontaneous Neurotransmission at Individual Boutons Corresponds to the Size of the Readily Releasable Pool of Vesicles.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Mehak M KhanDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5710-7421
Wade G RegehrDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3485-8094
Harvard University · US

Funding

Mechanisms and Functions of Synapses and CircuitsR35NS097284 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 2017 to 2024
$7.5M
National Science Foundation DGE1745303NIH Office of the Director R35NS097284NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Doc2a and Doc2b are high-affinity calcium-binding proteins that interact with SNARE proteins and phospholipids. Experiments performed on cultured cells indicated that Doc2 proteins promote spontaneous vesicle fusion and asynchronous neurotransmitter release, regulate vesicle priming, mediate augmentation, and regulate transmission during sustained activity. Here, we assess the role of Doc2 proteins in synaptic transmission under physiological conditions at mature synapses made by Purkinje cells onto neurons in the deep cerebellar nuclei (PC to DCN synapses). PCs express Doc2b but not Doc2a. Surprisingly, spontaneous neurotransmitter release, synaptic strength, the time course of evoked release, responses evoked by sustained high-frequency stimulation, and short-term plasticity were normal in Doc2b KO mice. Thus, in stark contrast to numerous functions previously proposed for Doc2, here we find that Doc2b removal does not influence transmission at PC-to-DCN synapses, indicating that conclusions based on studies of Doc2b in cultured cells do not necessarily generalize to mature synapses under physiological conditions.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCerebellar NucleiMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronal PlasticityPurkinje CellsSynaptic TransmissionCalcium-Binding ProteinsDoc2b protein, mouseNerve Tissue Proteinscalciumdeep cerebellar nucleimouseneuroscienceplasticitysynapse

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PMID32347796
PMCPMC7190354
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