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11050119

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
We have used the activity-dependent probe FM1-43 with electron microscopy (EM) to examine endocytosis at the vertebrate nerve-muscle synapse. Preparations were fixed after very brief neural stimulation at reduced temperature, and internalized FM1-43 was photoconverted into an electron-dense reaction product. To locate the reaction product, we reconstructed computer renderings of individual terminal boutons from serial EM sections. Most of the reaction product was seen in 40-60 nm vesicles. All of the labeled vesicles were clathrin-coated, and 92% of them were located within 300 nm of the plasma membrane, suggesting that they had undergone little processing after retrieval from their endocytic sites. The vesicles (and by inference the sites) were not dispersed randomly near the plane of the membrane but instead were clustered significantly near active zones. Additional reaction product was found within putative macropinosomes; these appeared to form from deep membrane invaginations near active zones. Thus two mechanisms of endocytosis were evident after brief stimulation. Endocytosis near active zones is consistent with the existence of local exo/endocytic cycling pools. This mechanism also might serve to maintain alignment of active zones with postsynaptic folds during periods of activity when vesicular and plasma membranes are interchanged.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7986-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis near active zones in snake motor boutons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.