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ArticleScientific reports2021

Differences in synaptic vesicle pool behavior between male and female hippocampal cultured neurons.

Sinem M Sertel, Wiebke Blumenstein, Sunit Mandad, Orr Shomroni, Gabriela Salinas, Silvio O Rizzoli

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Sinem M SertelInstitute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany. sinem.sertel@med.uni-goettingen.de.
Wiebke BlumensteinInstitute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Sunit MandadInstitute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Orr ShomroniNGS-Integrative Genomics Core Unit Göttingen (NIG), Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
Gabriela SalinasNGS-Integrative Genomics Core Unit Göttingen (NIG), Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
Silvio O RizzoliInstitute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany. srizzol@gwdg.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A strong focus on sex-related differences has arisen recently in neurobiology, but most investigations focus on brain function in vivo, ignoring common experimental models like cultured neurons. A few studies have addressed morphological differences between male and female neurons in culture, but very few works focused on functional aspects, and especially on presynaptic function. To fill this gap, we studied here functional parameters of synaptic vesicle recycling in hippocampal cultures from male and female rats, which are a standard model system for many laboratories. We found that, although the total vesicle pools are similar, the recycling pool of male synapses was larger, and was more frequently used. This was in line with the observation that the male synapses engaged in stronger local translation. Nevertheless, the general network activity of the neurons was similar, and only small differences could be found when stimulating the cultures. We also found only limited differences in several other assays. We conclude that, albeit these cultures are similar in behavior, future studies of synapse behavior in culture should take the sex of the animals into account.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsCells, CulturedFemaleHippocampusMaleNeuronsRatsRats, WistarSynaptic VesiclesSynaptotagmin ITetrodotoxinSynaptotagmin ISyt1 protein, ratTetrodotoxin

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PMID34462487
PMCPMC8405817

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