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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Synaptotagmin-1 and -2 are known Ca(2+) sensors for fast synchronous neurotransmitter release, but the potential Ca(2+)-sensor functions of other synaptotagmins in release remain uncharacterized. We now show that besides synaptotagmin-1 and -2, only synaptotagmin-9 (also called synaptotagmin-5) mediates fast Ca(2+) triggering of release. Release induced by the three different synaptotagmin Ca(2+) sensors exhibits distinct kinetics and apparent Ca(2+) sensitivities, suggesting that the synaptotagmin isoform expressed by a neuron determines the release properties of its synapses. Conditional knockout mice producing GFP-tagged synaptotagmin-9 revealed that synaptotagmin-9 is primarily expressed in the limbic system and striatum. Acute deletion of synaptotagmin-9 in striatal neurons severely impaired fast synchronous release without changing the size of the readily-releasable vesicle pool. These data show that in mammalian brain, only synaptotagmin-1, -2, and -9 function as Ca(2+) sensors for fast release, and that these synaptotagmins are differentially expressed to confer distinct release properties onto synapses formed by defined subsets of neurons.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-81
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Presynaptic Terminals, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Synapsins, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Synaptotagmin I, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Synaptotagmin II, pubmed-meshheading:17521570-Synaptotagmins
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Synaptotagmin-1, -2, and -9: Ca(2+) sensors for fast release that specify distinct presynaptic properties in subsets of neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX 75390, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article