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Akefe IO, Osborne SL, Matthews B, Wallis TP, Meunier FA. Lipids and Secretory Vesicle Exocytosis. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2023; 33:357-397. [PMID: 37615874 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34229-5_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
In recent years, the number of studies implicating lipids in the regulation of synaptic vesicle exocytosis has risen considerably. It has become increasingly clear that lipids such as phosphoinositides, lysophospholipids, cholesterol, arachidonic acid and myristic acid play critical regulatory roles in the processes leading up to exocytosis. Lipids may affect membrane fusion reactions by altering the physical properties of the membrane, recruiting key regulatory proteins, concentrating proteins into exocytic "hotspots" or by modulating protein functions allosterically. Discrete changes in phosphoinositides concentration are involved in multiple trafficking events including exocytosis and endocytosis. Lipid-modifying enzymes such as the DDHD2 isoform of phospholipase A1 were recently shown to contribute to memory acquisition via dynamic modifications of the brain lipid landscape. Considering the increasing reports on neurodegenerative disorders associated with aberrant intracellular trafficking, an improved understanding of the control of lipid pathways is physiologically and clinically significant and will afford unique insights into mechanisms and therapeutic methods for neurodegenerative diseases. Consequently, this chapter will discuss the different classes of lipids, phospholipase enzymes, the evidence linking them to synaptic neurotransmitter release and how they act to regulate key steps in the multi-step process leading to neuronal communication and memory acquisition.
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- Isaac O Akefe
- Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- ARC Training Centre for Innovation in Biomedical Imaging Technology (CIBIT), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
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Vardar G, Salazar-Lázaro A, Zobel S, Trimbuch T, Rosenmund C. Syntaxin-1A modulates vesicle fusion in mammalian neurons via juxtamembrane domain dependent palmitoylation of its transmembrane domain. eLife 2022; 11:78182. [PMID: 35638903 PMCID: PMC9183232 DOI: 10.7554/elife.78182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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SNAREs are undoubtedly one of the core elements of synaptic transmission. Contrary to the well characterized function of their SNARE domains bringing the plasma and vesicular membranes together, the level of contribution of their juxtamembrane domain (JMD) and the transmembrane domain (TMD) to the vesicle fusion is still under debate. To elucidate this issue, we analyzed three groups of STX1A mutations in cultured mouse hippocampal neurons: (1) elongation of STX1A’s JMD by three amino acid insertions in the junction of SNARE-JMD or JMD-TMD; (2) charge reversal mutations in STX1A’s JMD; and (3) palmitoylation deficiency mutations in STX1A’s TMD. We found that both JMD elongations and charge reversal mutations have position-dependent differential effects on Ca2+-evoked and spontaneous neurotransmitter release. Importantly, we show that STX1A’s JMD regulates the palmitoylation of STX1A’s TMD and loss of STX1A palmitoylation either through charge reversal mutation K260E or by loss of TMD cysteines inhibits spontaneous vesicle fusion. Interestingly, the retinal ribbon specific STX3B has a glutamate in the position corresponding to the K260E mutation in STX1A and mutating it with E259K acts as a molecular on-switch. Furthermore, palmitoylation of post-synaptic STX3A can be induced by the exchange of its JMD with STX1A’s JMD together with the incorporation of two cysteines into its TMD. Forced palmitoylation of STX3A dramatically enhances spontaneous vesicle fusion suggesting that STX1A regulates spontaneous release through two distinct mechanisms: one through the C-terminal half of its SNARE domain and the other through the palmitoylation of its TMD.
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- Gülçin Vardar
- Department of Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Petropavlovskiy A, Kogut J, Leekha A, Townsend C, Sanders S. A sticky situation: regulation and function of protein palmitoylation with a spotlight on the axon and axon initial segment. Neuronal Signal 2021; 5:NS20210005. [PMID: 34659801 PMCID: PMC8495546 DOI: 10.1042/ns20210005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In neurons, the axon and axon initial segment (AIS) are critical structures for action potential initiation and propagation. Their formation and function rely on tight compartmentalisation, a process where specific proteins are trafficked to and retained at distinct subcellular locations. One mechanism which regulates protein trafficking and association with lipid membranes is the modification of protein cysteine residues with the 16-carbon palmitic acid, known as S-acylation or palmitoylation. Palmitoylation, akin to phosphorylation, is reversible, with palmitate cycling being mediated by substrate-specific enzymes. Palmitoylation is well-known to be highly prevalent among neuronal proteins and is well studied in the context of the synapse. Comparatively, how palmitoylation regulates trafficking and clustering of axonal and AIS proteins remains less understood. This review provides an overview of the current understanding of the biochemical regulation of palmitoylation, its involvement in various neurological diseases, and the most up-to-date perspective on axonal palmitoylation. Through a palmitoylation analysis of the AIS proteome, we also report that an overwhelming proportion of AIS proteins are likely palmitoylated. Overall, our review and analysis confirm a central role for palmitoylation in the formation and function of the axon and AIS and provide a resource for further exploration of palmitoylation-dependent protein targeting to and function at the AIS.
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- Andrey A. Petropavlovskiy
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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Agostini S, Mancuso R, Costa AS, Guerini FR, Trecate F, Miglioli R, Menna E, Arosio B, Clerici M. Sarcopenia associates with SNAP-25 SNPs and a miRNAs profile which is modulated by structured rehabilitation treatment. J Transl Med 2021; 19:315. [PMID: 34289870 PMCID: PMC8296538 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02989-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Sarcopenia is a loss of muscle mass and strength causing disability, morbidity, and mortality in older adults, which is characterized by alterations of the neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). SNAP-25 is essential for the maintenance of NMJ integrity, and the expression of this protein was shown to be modulated by the SNAP-25 rs363050 polymorphism and by a number of miRNAs. Methods We analysed these parameters in a cohort of sarcopenic patients undergoing structured rehabilitation. The rs363050 genotype frequency distribution was analyzed in 177 sarcopenic patients and 181 healthy controls (HC). The concentration of seven miRNAs (miR-451a, miR-425-5p, miR155-5p, miR-421-3p, miR-495-3p, miR-744-5p and miR-93-5p), identified by mouse brain miRNome analysis to be differentially expressed in wild type compared to SNAP-25± heterozygous mice, was analyzed as well by droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) in a subgroup of severe sarcopenic patients undergoing rehabilitation. Results The SNAP-25 rs363050 AA genotype was significantly more common in sarcopenic patients compared to HC (pc = 0.01); miR-451a was significantly up-regulated in these patients before rehabilitation. Rehabilitation modified miRNAs expression, as miR-155-5p, miR-421-3p, miR-451a, miR-425-5p, miR-744-5p and miR-93-5p expression was significantly up-regulated (p < 0.01), whereas that of miR-495-3p was significantly down-regulated (p < 0.001) by rehabilitation. Notably, rehabilitation-associated improvement of the muscle-skeletal SPPB score was significantly associated with the reduction of miR-451a expression. Conclusion These results support the hypothesis of a role for SNAP-25 in sarcopenia and suggest SNAP-25-associated miRNAs as circulatory biomarkers of rehabilitative outcome for sarcopenia. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12967-021-02989-x.
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- Simone Agostini
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy
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- CNR-Institute of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy.,Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Italy
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- Geriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, P.zza Morandi, 3, 20100, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Li S, Bronnimann MP, Williams SJ, Campos SK. Glutathione contributes to efficient post-Golgi trafficking of incoming HPV16 genome. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225496. [PMID: 31743367 PMCID: PMC6863556 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted pathogen in the United States, causing 99% of cervical cancers and 5% of all human cancers worldwide. HPV infection requires transport of the viral genome (vDNA) into the nucleus of basal keratinocytes. During this process, minor capsid protein L2 facilitates subcellular retrograde trafficking of the vDNA from endosomes to the Golgi, and accumulation at host chromosomes during mitosis for nuclear retention and localization during interphase. Here we investigated the relationship between cellular glutathione (GSH) and HPV16 infection. siRNA knockdown of GSH biosynthetic enzymes results in a partial decrease of HPV16 infection. Likewise, infection of HPV16 in GSH depleted keratinocytes is inefficient, an effect that was not seen with adenoviral vectors. Analysis of trafficking revealed no defects in cellular binding, entry, furin cleavage of L2, or retrograde trafficking of HPV16, but GSH depletion hindered post-Golgi trafficking and translocation, decreasing nuclear accumulation of vDNA. Although precise mechanisms have yet to be defined, this work suggests that GSH is required for a specific post-Golgi trafficking step in HPV16 infection.
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- Shuaizhi Li
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
- Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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Gustus KC, Li L, Chander P, Weick JP, Wilson MC, Cunningham LA. Genetic inactivation of synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) in adult hippocampal neural progenitors impairs pattern discrimination learning but not survival or structural maturation of newborn dentate granule cells. Hippocampus 2019; 28:735-744. [PMID: 29995325 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Adult neurogenesis is necessary for proper cognition and behavior, however, the mechanisms that underlie the integration and maturation of newborn neurons into the pre-existing hippocampal circuit are not entirely known. In this study, we sought to determine the role of action potential (AP)-dependent synaptic transmission by adult-generated dentate granule cells (DGCs) in their survival and function within the existing circuitry. We used a triple transgenic mouse (NestinCreERT2 :Snap25fl/fl : tdTomato) to inducibly inactivate AP-dependent synaptic transmission within adult hippocampal progenitors and their progeny. Behavioral testing in a hippocampal-dependent A/B contextual fear-discrimination task revealed impaired discrimination learning in mice harboring SNAP-25-deficient adult-generated dentate granule cells (DGCs). Despite poor performance on this neurogenesis-dependent task, the production and survival of newborn DGCs was quantitatively unaltered in tamoxifen-treated NestinCreERT2 :Snap25fl/fl : tdTomato SNAP compared to tamoxifen-treated NestinCreERT2 :Snap25wt/wt : tdTomato control mice. Although SNAP-25-deficient adult DGCs displayed a small but statistically significant enhancement in proximal dendritic branching, their overall dendritic length and distal branching complexity was unchanged. SNAP-25-deficient newborn DGCs also displayed robust efferent mossy fiber output to CA3, with normal linear density of large mossy fiber terminals (LMTs). These studies suggest that AP-dependent neurotransmitter release by newborn DGCs is not essential for their survival or rudimentary structural maturation within the adult hippocampus.
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- Kymberly C Gustus
- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Wang Z, Schey KL. Proteomic Analysis of S-Palmitoylated Proteins in Ocular Lens Reveals Palmitoylation of AQP5 and MP20. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2019; 59:5648-5658. [PMID: 30489624 PMCID: PMC6266727 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.18-25312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this study was to characterize the palmitoyl-proteome in lens fiber cells. S-palmitoylation is the most common form of protein S-acylation and the reversible nature of this modification functions as a molecular switch to regulate many biological processes. This modification could play important roles in regulating protein functions and protein–protein interactions in the lens. Methods The palmitoyl-proteome of bovine lens fiber cells was investigated by combining acyl-biotin exchange (ABE) chemistry and mass-spectrometry analysis. Due to the possibility of false-positive results from ABE experiment, a method was also developed for direct detection of palmitoylated peptides by mass spectrometry for validating palmitoylation of lens proteins MP20 and AQP5. Palmitoylation levels on AQP5 in different regions of the lens were quantified after iodoacetamide (IAA)-palmitate exchange. Results The ABE experiment identified 174 potential palmitoylated proteins. These proteins include 39 well-characterized palmitoylated proteins, 92 previously reported palmitoylated proteins in other tissues, and 43 newly identified potential palmitoylated proteins including two important transmembrane proteins in the lens, AQP5 and MP20. Further analysis by direct detection of palmitoylated peptides confirmed palmitoylation of AQP5 on C6 and palmitoylation of MP20 on C159. Palmitoylation of AQP5 was found to only occur in a narrow region of the inner lens cortex and does not occur in the lens epithelium, in the lens outer cortex, or in the lens nucleus. Conclusions AQP5 and MP20 are among 174 palmitoylated proteins found in bovine lens fiber cells. This modification to AQP5 and MP20 may play a role in their translocation from the cytoplasm to cell membranes during fiber cell differentiation.
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- Zhen Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Shaaban A, Dhara M, Frisch W, Harb A, Shaib AH, Becherer U, Bruns D, Mohrmann R. The SNAP-25 linker supports fusion intermediates by local lipid interactions. eLife 2019; 8:41720. [PMID: 30883328 PMCID: PMC6422494 DOI: 10.7554/elife.41720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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SNAP-25 is an essential component of SNARE complexes driving fast Ca2+-dependent exocytosis. Yet, the functional implications of the tandem-like structure of SNAP-25 are unclear. Here, we have investigated the mechanistic role of the acylated “linker” domain that concatenates the two SNARE motifs within SNAP-25. Refuting older concepts of an inert connector, our detailed structure-function analysis in murine chromaffin cells demonstrates that linker motifs play a crucial role in vesicle priming, triggering, and fusion pore expansion. Mechanistically, we identify two synergistic functions of the SNAP-25 linker: First, linker motifs support t-SNARE interactions and accelerate ternary complex assembly. Second, the acylated N-terminal linker segment engages in local lipid interactions that facilitate fusion triggering and pore evolution, putatively establishing a favorable membrane configuration by shielding phospholipid headgroups and affecting curvature. Hence, the linker is a functional part of the fusion complex that promotes secretion by SNARE interactions as well as concerted lipid interplay.
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- Ahmed Shaaban
- ZHMB, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.,Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Physiology, Center of Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Institute for Physiology, Center of Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- ZHMB, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Physiology, Center of Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Institute for Physiology, Center of Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- ZHMB, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.,Institute for Physiology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Science, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Garcia-Martinez V, Gimenez-Molina Y, Villanueva J, Darios FD, Davletov B, Gutiérrez LM. Emerging evidence for the modulation of exocytosis by signalling lipids. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:3493-3503. [PMID: 29962039 PMCID: PMC6282582 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Membrane fusion is a key event in exocytosis of neurotransmitters and hormones stored in intracellular vesicles. In this process, soluble N‐ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins are essential components of the exocytotic molecular machinery, while lipids have been seen traditionally as structural elements. However, the so‐called signalling lipids, such as sphingosine and arachidonic acid, interact with SNAREs and directly modulate the frequency and mode of fusion events. Interestingly, recent work has proved that the sphingosine analogue FTY‐720, used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, mimics the effects of signalling lipids. In the present Review, we discuss recent investigations suggesting that endogenous signalling lipids and synthetic analogues can modulate important physiological aspects of secretion, such as quantal release, vesicle recruitment into active sites, vesicle transport and even organelle fusion in the cytosol. Therefore, these compounds are far from being merely structural components of cellular membranes.
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- Virginia Garcia-Martinez
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain
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- Inserm, U1127, CNRS, UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain
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Rothman JE, Krishnakumar SS, Grushin K, Pincet F. Hypothesis - buttressed rings assemble, clamp, and release SNAREpins for synaptic transmission. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:3459-3480. [PMID: 28983915 PMCID: PMC5698743 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Neural networks are optimized to detect temporal coincidence on the millisecond timescale. Here, we offer a synthetic hypothesis based on recent structural insights into SNAREs and the C2 domain proteins to explain how synaptic transmission can keep this pace. We suggest that an outer ring of up to six curved Munc13 ‘MUN’ domains transiently anchored to the plasma membrane via its flanking domains surrounds a stable inner ring comprised of synaptotagmin C2 domains to serve as a work‐bench on which SNAREpins are templated. This ‘buttressed‐ring hypothesis’ affords straightforward answers to many principal and long‐standing questions concerning how SNAREpins can be assembled, clamped, and then released synchronously with an action potential.
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- James E Rothman
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ, CNRS, Paris, France
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Weber P, Batoulis H, Rink KM, Dahlhoff S, Pinkwart K, Söllner TH, Lang T. Electrostatic anchoring precedes stable membrane attachment of SNAP25/SNAP23 to the plasma membrane. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28240595 PMCID: PMC5362264 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The SNAREs SNAP25 and SNAP23 are proteins that are initially cytosolic after translation, but then become stably attached to the cell membrane through palmitoylation of cysteine residues. For palmitoylation to occur, membrane association is a prerequisite, but it is unclear which motif may increase the affinities of the proteins for the target membrane. In experiments with rat neuroendocrine cells, we find that a few basic amino acids in the cysteine-rich region of SNAP25 and SNAP23 are essential for plasma membrane targeting. Reconstitution of membrane-protein binding in a liposome assay shows that the mechanism involves protein electrostatics between basic amino acid residues and acidic lipids such as phosphoinositides that play a primary role in these interactions. Hence, we identify an electrostatic anchoring mechanism underlying initial plasma membrane contact by SNARE proteins, which subsequently become palmitoylated at the plasma membrane. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19394.001 Cells often communicate with each other by releasing chemicals that normally are stored in small membrane-bound compartments called vesicles. For example, when a neuron is stimulated, vesicles merge with its cell membrane and release their content into a gap between itself and other neurons. This complicated process involves many steps and molecules, including proteins called SNAREs. Some SNARE proteins reside at the inner side of the cell membrane and help vesicles to fuse with this membrane. Two SNARE proteins called SNAP25 and SNAP23 are produced in the liquid inside the cell and initially float freely. Eventually, these proteins become directly anchored to the cell membrane, however, not much is known about what happens to these proteins in between these stages, or how they first attach to the membrane before anchoring to it. Electrostatic forces between oppositely charged molecules are known to be important for them to bind with each other. Here, electrostatic forces are less likely to occur because SNAP25 and SNAP23 are both mostly negatively charged, and should therefore be repelled from the cell membrane, which also typically has a negative charge. However, both SNAP25 and SNAP23 have a small cluster of positively charged amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) near the attachment site, and Weber et al. have now tested whether this charge is sufficient to overcome the predicted repulsion. The approach involved making mutant proteins with either more or less positively charged attachment regions. Mutant SNAP25 or SNAP23 proteins with more positive charges may stick more tightly but not necessarily more permanently to the membrane. However, when the number of positive charges was lowered, more of the proteins remained floating freely in the liquid inside the cell. These results suggest that even a small number of positively charged amino acids is sufficient to help a protein bind to a cell membrane for further processing. The findings of Weber et al. reveal an early step in the life cycle of SNAP25 and SNAP23 before they anchor to the cell membrane. They suggest that finely tuned protein electrostatics can regulate how long a protein spends at a specific site and thereby indirectly determine its fate. Such fine-tuned protein electrostatics are difficult to recognize and could represent an underestimated regulatory mechanism in all types of cells. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19394.002
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- Pascal Weber
- Membrane Biochemistry, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Membrane Biochemistry, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Membrane Biochemistry, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Membrane Biochemistry, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Membrane Biochemistry, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Ivannikov MV, Van Remmen H. Sod1 gene ablation in adult mice leads to physiological changes at the neuromuscular junction similar to changes that occur in old wild-type mice. Free Radic Biol Med 2015; 84:254-262. [PMID: 25841780 PMCID: PMC4762177 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are believed to be important mediators of muscle atrophy and weakness in aging and many degenerative conditions. However, the mechanisms and physiological processes specifically affected by elevated ROS in neuromuscular units that contribute to muscle weakness during aging are not well defined. Here we investigate the effects of chronic oxidative stress on neurotransmission and excitation-contraction (EC) coupling mechanisms in the levator auris longus (LAL) muscle from young (4-8 months) and old (22-28 months) wild-type mice and young adult Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase 1 knockout (Sod1(-/-)) mice. The frequency of spontaneous neurotransmitter release and the amplitude of evoked neurotransmitter release in young Sod1(-/-) and old wild-type LAL neuromuscular junctions were significantly reduced from the young wild-type values, and those declines were mirrored by decreases in synaptic vesicle pool size. Presynaptic cytosolic calcium concentration and mitochondrial calcium uptake amplitudes showed substantial increases in stimulated young Sod1(-/-) and old axon terminals. Surprisingly, LAL muscle fibers from old mice showed a greater excitability than fibers from either young wild-type or young Sod1(-/-) LAL. Both evoked excitatory junction potential (EJP) and spontaneous mini EJP amplitudes were considerably higher in LAL muscles from old mice than in fibers from young Sod1(-/-) LAL muscle. Despite a greater excitability, sarcoplasmic calcium influx in both old wild-type and young Sod1(-/-) LAL muscle fibers was significantly less. Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium levels were also reduced in both old wild-type and young Sod1(-/-) mice, but the difference was not statistically significant in muscle fibers from old wild-type mice. The protein ratio of triad calcium channels RyR1/DHPR was not different in all groups. However, fibers from both young Sod1(-/-) and old mice had substantially elevated levels of protein carbonylation and S-nitrosylation modifications. Overall, our results suggest that young Sod1(-/-) recapitulate many neuromuscular and muscle fiber changes seen in old mice. We also conclude that muscle weakness in old mice might in part be driven by ROS-mediated EC uncoupling, while both EC uncoupling and reduced neurotransmitter release contribute to muscle weakness in Sod1(-/-) mice.
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- Maxim V Ivannikov
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Fossati G, Morini R, Corradini I, Antonucci F, Trepte P, Edry E, Sharma V, Papale A, Pozzi D, Defilippi P, Meier JC, Brambilla R, Turco E, Rosenblum K, Wanker EE, Ziv NE, Menna E, Matteoli M. Reduced SNAP-25 increases PSD-95 mobility and impairs spine morphogenesis. Cell Death Differ 2015; 22:1425-36. [PMID: 25678324 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Impairment of synaptic function can lead to neuropsychiatric disorders collectively referred to as synaptopathies. The SNARE protein SNAP-25 is implicated in several brain pathologies and, indeed, brain areas of psychiatric patients often display reduced SNAP-25 expression. It has been recently found that acute downregulation of SNAP-25 in brain slices impairs long-term potentiation; however, the processes through which this occurs are still poorly defined. We show that in vivo acute downregulation of SNAP-25 in CA1 hippocampal region affects spine number. Consistently, hippocampal neurons from SNAP-25 heterozygous mice show reduced densities of dendritic spines and defective PSD-95 dynamics. Finally, we show that, in brain, SNAP-25 is part of a molecular complex including PSD-95 and p140Cap, with p140Cap being capable to bind to both SNAP-25 and PSD-95. These data demonstrate an unexpected role of SNAP-25 in controlling PSD-95 clustering and open the possibility that genetic reductions of the protein levels - as occurring in schizophrenia - may contribute to the pathology through an effect on postsynaptic function and plasticity.
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- G Fossati
- 1] Department of Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20129, Italy [2] Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain Pathology, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milano, Italy
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- 1] Department of Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20129, Italy [2] Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain Pathology, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milano, Italy
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- 1] Department of Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20129, Italy [2] Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Milano 20129, Italy
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- 1] Department of Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20129, Italy [2] Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Milano 20129, Italy
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- Neuroproteomics, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin 13125, Germany
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, Center for Gene Manipulation in the Adult Brain (CGMB), Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, Center for Gene Manipulation in the Adult Brain (CGMB), Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
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- Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute and University, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain Pathology, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10124, Italy
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- 1] RNA Editing and Hyperexcitability Disorders Helmholtz Group, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany [2] TU Braunschweig, Zoological Institute, Division of Cell Biology and Cell Physiology, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute and University, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10124, Italy
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- Sagol Department of Neurobiology, Center for Gene Manipulation in the Adult Brain (CGMB), Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
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- Neuroproteomics, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin 13125, Germany
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- Network Biology Labs and Faculty of Medicine, Technion, 33000 Haifa, Israel
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- 1] Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain Pathology, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milano, Italy [2] Istituto di Neuroscienze del CNR, Milano 20129, Italy
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- 1] Department of Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milano 20129, Italy [2] Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Brain Pathology, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milano, Italy
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Németh N, Kerékgyártó M, Sasvári-Székely M, Rónai Z, Guttman A. Rapid identification of human SNAP-25 transcript variants by a miniaturized capillary electrophoresis system. Electrophoresis 2013; 35:379-84. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Nóra Németh
- Department of Medical Chemistry; Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University; Budapest Hungary
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- Horváth Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry; Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University; Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry; Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University; Budapest Hungary
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- Horváth Laboratory of Bioseparation Sciences; University of Debrecen; Debrecen Hungary
- MTA-PE Translational Glycomics Group; University of Pannonia; Veszprém Hungary
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Blakey D, Wilson MC, Molnár Z. Termination and initial branch formation of SNAP-25-deficient thalamocortical fibres in heterochronic organotypic co-cultures. Eur J Neurosci 2012; 35:1586-94. [PMID: 22607004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08120.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We are interested in the role of neural activity mediated through regulated vesicular release in the stopping and early branching of the thalamic projections in the cortex. Axon outgrowth, arrival at the cortical subplate, side-branch formation during the waiting period and cortical plate innervation of embryonic thalamocortical projections occurs without major abnormalities in the absence of regulated release in Snap25 (-/-) null mutant mice [Washbourne et al. (2002) Nat. Neurosci. 5:19-26; Molnár et al. (2002) J. Neurosci. 22:10313-10323]. The fact that Snap25 (-/-) null mutant mice die at birth limited our previous experiments to the prenatal period. We therefore investigated the behaviour of thalamic projections in co-culture paradigms by using heterochronic thalamic [embryonic day (E)16-E18] and cortical [postnatal day (P)0-P3] explants, in which the stopping and branching behaviour has been previously documented. Our current co-culture experiments established that thalamic projections from E16-E18 Snap25(+/+) or Snap25 (-/-) explants behaved in an identical fashion in P0-P3 Snap25 (+/+) cortical explants after 7 days in vitro. Thalamic projections from Snap25 (-/-) explants developed similar patterns of fibre ingrowth to the cortex, and stopped and formed branches at a similar depth in the Snap25(+/+) cortical slice as in control cultures. These results imply that thalamic projections can reach their ultimate target cells in layer 4, stop, and start to develop branches in the absence of regulated vesicular transmitter release from their own terminals.
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- Daniel Blakey
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Le Gros Clark Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK
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SNAP-25 contains non-acylated thiol pairs that can form intrachain disulfide bonds: possible sites for redox modulation of neurotransmission. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2011; 32:201-8. [PMID: 21850520 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9748-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Intrachain disulfide bond formation among the cysteine thiols of SNAP-25, a component of the SNARE protein complex required for neurotransmitter release, has been hypothesized to link oxidative stress and inhibition of synaptic transmission. However, neither the availability in vivo of SNAP-25 thiols, which are known targets of S-palmitoylation, nor the tendency of these thiols to form intrachain disulfide bonds is known. We have examined, in rat brain extracts, both the availability of closely spaced, or vicinal, thiol pairs in SNAP-25 and the propensity of these dithiols toward disulfide bond formation using a method improved by us recently that exploits the high chemoselectivity of phenylarsine oxide (PAO) for vicinal thiols. The results show for the first time that a substantial fraction of soluble and, to a lesser extent, particulate SNAP-25 contain non-acylated PAO-binding thiol pairs and that these thiols in soluble SNAP-25 in particular have a high propensity toward disulfide bond formation. Indeed, disulfide bonds were detected in a small fraction of soluble SNAP-25 even under conditions designed to prevent or greatly limit protein thiol oxidation during experimental procedures. These results provide direct experimental support for the availability, in a subpopulation of SNAP-25, of vicinal thiols that may confer on one or more isoforms of this family of proteins a sensitivity to oxidative stress.
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Chen S, Barbieri JT. Association of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A light chain with plasma membrane-bound SNAP-25. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:15067-72. [PMID: 21378164 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.224493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) cleave SNARE proteins, which inhibit binding and thus fusion of neurotransmitter vesicles to the plasma membrane of peripheral neurons. BoNTs comprise an N-terminal light chain (LC) and C-terminal heavy chain, which are linked by a disulfide bond. There are seven serotypes (A-G) of BoNTs based upon immunological neutralization. Although the binding and entry of BoNT/A into neurons has been subjected to considerable investigation, the intracellular events that allow BoNT/A to efficiently cleave SNAP-25 within neurons is less well understood. Earlier studies showed that intracellular LC/A bound to the plasma membrane of neurons. In this study, intracellular LC/A is shown to directly bind SNAP-25 on the plasma membrane. Solid phase binding showed that the N-terminal residues of LC/A bound residues 80-110 of SNAP-25, which was also observed in cultured neurons. Association of the N-terminal 8 amino acids of LC/A and residues 80-110 of SNAP-25 also enhanced substrate cleavage. These findings explain how LC/A associates with SNAP-25 on the plasma membrane and provide a basis for LC/A cleavage of SNAP-25 within the SNARE complex.
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- Sheng Chen
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Bock LV, Hutchings B, Grubmüller H, Woodbury DJ. Chemomechanical regulation of SNARE proteins studied with molecular dynamics simulations. Biophys J 2010; 99:1221-30. [PMID: 20713006 PMCID: PMC2920728 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Revised: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 06/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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SNAP-25B is a neuronal protein required for neurotransmitter (NT) release and is the target of Botulinum Toxins A and E. It has two SNARE domains that form a four-helix bundle when combined with syntaxin 1A and synaptobrevin. Formation of the three-protein complex requires both SNARE domains of SNAP-25B to align parallel, stretching out a central linker. The N-terminal of the linker has four cysteines within eight amino acids. Palmitoylation of these cysteines helps target SNAP-25B to the membrane; however, these cysteines are also an obvious target for oxidation, which has been shown to decrease SNARE complex formation and NT secretion. Because the linker is only slightly longer than the SNARE complex, formation of a disulfide bond between two cysteines might shorten it sufficiently to reduce secretion by limiting complex formation. To test this idea, we have carried out molecular dynamics simulations of the SNARE complex in the oxidized and reduced states. Indeed, marked conformational differences and a reduction of helical content in SNAP-25B upon oxidation are seen. Further differences are found for hydrophobic interactions at three locations, crucial for the helix-helix association. Removal of the linker induced different conformational changes than oxidation. The simulations suggest that oxidation of the cysteines leads to a dysfunctional SNARE complex, thus downregulating NT release during oxidative stress.
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- Lars V. Bock
- Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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Etain B, Dumaine A, Mathieu F, Chevalier F, Henry C, Kahn JP, Deshommes J, Bellivier F, Leboyer M, Jamain S. A SNAP25 promoter variant is associated with early-onset bipolar disorder and a high expression level in brain. Mol Psychiatry 2010; 15:748-55. [PMID: 19125158 PMCID: PMC2937032 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most common and persistent psychiatric disorders. Early-onset BD has been shown to be the most severe and familial form. We recently carried out a whole-genome linkage analysis on sibpairs affected by early-onset BD and showed that the 20p12 region was more frequently shared in our families than expected by chance. The synaptosomal-associated protein SNAP25 is a presynaptic plasma membrane protein essential for the triggering of vesicular fusion and neurotransmitter release, and for which abnormal protein levels have been reported in postmortem studies of bipolar patients. We hypothesised that variations in the gene encoding SNAP25, located on chromosome 20p12, might influence the susceptibility to early-onset BD. We screened SNAP25 for mutations and performed a case-control association study in 197 patients with early-onset BD, 202 patients with late-onset BD and 136 unaffected subjects. In addition, we analysed the expression level of the two SNAP25 isoforms in 60 brains. We showed that one variant, located in the promoter region, was associated with early-onset BD but not with the late-onset subgroup. In addition, individuals homozygous for this variant showed a significant higher SNAP25b expression level in prefrontal cortex. These results show that variations in SNAP25, associated with an increased gene expression level in prefrontal cortex, might predispose to early-onset BD. Further analyses of this gene, as well as analysis of genes encoding for the SNAP25 protein partners, are required to understand the impact of such molecular mechanisms in BD.
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- Bruno Etain
- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR,Pôle de psychiatrie
AP-HPGroupe Henri Mondor-Albert ChenevierCréteil,FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR,Pôle de psychiatrie
AP-HPGroupe Henri Mondor-Albert ChenevierCréteil,FR
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- Service de psychiatrie et psychologie clinique
CHU NancyHôpital Jeanne-d'ArcNancy,FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR,Pôle de psychiatrie
AP-HPGroupe Henri Mondor-Albert ChenevierCréteil,FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR,Pôle de psychiatrie
AP-HPGroupe Henri Mondor-Albert ChenevierCréteil,FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR,Pôle de psychiatrie
AP-HPGroupe Henri Mondor-Albert ChenevierCréteil,FR
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- Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
INSERM : U955Université Paris XII Val de MarneIFR10FR,* Correspondence should be adressed to: Stéphane Jamain
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Prescott GR, Gorleku OA, Greaves J, Chamberlain LH. Palmitoylation of the synaptic vesicle fusion machinery. J Neurochem 2009; 110:1135-49. [PMID: 19508429 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The fusion of synaptic vesicles with the pre-synaptic plasma membrane mediates the secretion of neurotransmitters at nerve terminals. This pathway is regulated by an array of protein-protein interactions. Of central importance are the soluble NSF (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor) attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins syntaxin 1 and SNAP25, which are associated with the pre-synaptic plasma membrane and vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP2), a synaptic vesicle SNARE. Syntaxin 1, SNAP25 and VAMP2 interact to form a tight complex bridging the vesicle and plasma membranes, which has been suggested to represent the minimal membrane fusion machinery. Synaptic vesicle fusion is stimulated by a rise in intraterminal Ca2+ levels, and a major Ca2+ sensor for vesicle fusion is synaptotagmin I. Synaptotagmin is likely to couple Ca2+ entry to vesicle fusion via Ca2+-dependent and independent interactions with membrane phospholipids and the SNARE proteins. Intriguingly, syntaxin 1, SNAP25, VAMP2 and synaptotagmin I have all been reported to be modified by palmitoylation in neurons. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms and dynamics of palmitoylation of these proteins and speculate on how palmitoylation might contribute to the regulation of synaptic vesicle fusion.
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- Gerald R Prescott
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Engineering botulinum neurotoxin to extend therapeutic intervention. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:9180-4. [PMID: 19487672 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903111106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are effective therapeutics for a variety of neurological disorders, such as strabismus, blepharospam, hemificial spasm, and cervical dystonia, because of the toxin's tropism for neurons and specific cleavage of neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein-attachment protein receptors (SNARE) proteins. Modifying BoNT to bind nonneuronal cells has been attempted to extend therapeutic applications. However, prerequisite to develop nonneuronal therapies requires the retargeting the catalytic activity of BoNTs to nonneuronal SNARE isoforms. Here, we reported the engineering of a BoNT derivative that cleaves SNAP23, a nonneuronal SNARE protein. SNAP23 mediates vesicle-plasma membrane fusion processes, including secretion of airway mucus, antibody, insulin, gastric acids, and ions. This mutated BoNT/E light chain LC/E(K(224)D) showed extended substrate specificity to cleave SNAP23, and the natural substrate, SNAP25, but not SNAP29 or SNAP47. Upon direct protein delivery into cultured human epithelial cells, LC/E(K(224)D) cleaved endogenous SNAP23, which inhibited secretion of mucin and IL-8. These studies show the feasibility of genetically modifying LCs to target a nonneuronal SNARE protein that extends therapeutic potential for treatment of human hypersecretion diseases.
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Greaves J, Prescott GR, Fukata Y, Fukata M, Salaun C, Chamberlain LH. The hydrophobic cysteine-rich domain of SNAP25 couples with downstream residues to mediate membrane interactions and recognition by DHHC palmitoyl transferases. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:1845-54. [PMID: 19158383 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-09-0944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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SNAP25 is synthesized as a soluble protein but must associate with the plasma membrane to function in exocytosis; however, this membrane-targeting pathway is poorly defined. SNAP25 contains a palmitoylated cysteine-rich domain with four cysteines, and we show that coexpression of specific DHHC palmitoyl transferases is sufficient to promote SNAP25 membrane association in HEK293 cells. siRNA-mediated knockdown of its SNARE partner, syntaxin 1A, does not affect membrane interaction of SNAP25 in PC12 cells, whereas specific cysteine-to-alanine mutations perturb membrane binding, which is restored by leucine substitutions. These results suggest a role for cysteine hydrophobicity in initial membrane interactions of SNAP25, and indeed other hydrophobic residues in the cysteine-rich domain are also important for membrane binding. In addition to the cysteine-rich domain, proline-117 is also essential for SNAP25 membrane binding, and experiments in HEK293 cells revealed that mutation of this residue inhibits membrane binding induced by coexpression with DHHC17, but not DHHC3 or DHHC7. These results suggest a model whereby SNAP25 interacts autonomously with membranes via its hydrophobic cysteine-rich domain, requiring only sufficient expression of partner DHHC proteins for stable membrane binding. The role of proline-117 in SNAP25 palmitoylation is one of the first descriptions of elements within substrate proteins that modulate DHHC specificity.
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- Jennifer Greaves
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
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Palmitoylation-dependent neurodevelopmental deficits in a mouse model of 22q11 microdeletion. Nat Neurosci 2008; 11:1302-10. [PMID: 18836441 PMCID: PMC2756760 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Individuals with 22q11.2 microdeletions have cognitive deficits and a high risk of developing schizophrenia. Here, we provide evidence that primary hippocampal neurons from a 22q11.2 deletion mouse model [Df(16)A+/−] have decreased density of dendritic spines and glutamatergic synapses, as well as impaired dendritic growth. These deficits can be prevented by introduction of enzymatically active ZDHHC8 palmitoyltransferase encoded by a gene located in the 22q11.2 locus and they are also observed in primary cultures from Zdhhc8-deficient mice. We show that many of these deficits are also present in the hippocampus of adult Df(16)A+/− and Zdhhc8-deficient mice. Finally, we provide evidence that PSD95 is one of the substrates of ZDHHC8. Our analysis reveals that 22q11.2 microdeletion results in deficits in neuronal development and suggests that impaired neuronal protein palmitoylation contributes to many of these deficits.
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Pooley RD, Moynihan KL, Soukoulis V, Reddy S, Francis R, Lo C, Ma LJ, Bader DM. Murine CENPF interacts with syntaxin 4 in the regulation of vesicular transport. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3413-21. [PMID: 18827011 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.032847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Syntaxin 4 is a component of the SNARE complex that regulates membrane docking and fusion. Using a yeast two-hybrid screen, we identify a novel interaction between syntaxin 4 and cytoplasmic murine CENPF, a protein previously demonstrated to associate with the microtubule network and SNAP-25. The binding domain for syntaxin 4 in CENPF was defined by yeast two-hybrid assay and co-immunoprecipitation. Confocal analyses in cell culture reveal a high degree of colocalization between endogenously expressed proteins in interphase cells. Additionally, the endogenous SNARE proteins can be isolated as a complex with CENPF in immunoprecipitation experiments. Further analyses demonstrate that murine CENPF and syntaxin 4 colocalize with components of plasma membrane recycling: SNAP-25 and VAMP2. Depletion of endogenous CENPF disrupts GLUT4 trafficking whereas expression of a dominant-negative form of CENPF inhibits cell coupling. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that CENPF provides a direct link between proteins of the SNARE system and the microtubule network and indicate a diverse role for murine CENPF in vesicular transport.
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- Ryan D Pooley
- Stahlman Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Program for Developmental Biology, and Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6300, USA
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Nagy G, Milosevic I, Mohrmann R, Wiederhold K, Walter AM, Sørensen JB. The SNAP-25 linker as an adaptation toward fast exocytosis. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:3769-81. [PMID: 18579690 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-12-1218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The assembly of four soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor domains into a complex is essential for membrane fusion. In most cases, the four SNARE-domains are encoded by separate membrane-targeted proteins. However, in the exocytotic pathway, two SNARE-domains are present in one protein, connected by a flexible linker. The significance of this arrangement is unknown. We characterized the role of the linker in SNAP-25, a neuronal SNARE, by using overexpression techniques in synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) null mouse chromaffin cells and fast electrophysiological techniques. We confirm that the palmitoylated linker-cysteines are important for membrane association. A SNAP-25 mutant without cysteines supported exocytosis, but the fusion rate was slowed down and the fusion pore duration prolonged. Using chimeric proteins between SNAP-25 and its ubiquitous homologue SNAP-23, we show that the cysteine-containing part of the linkers is interchangeable. However, a stretch of 10 hydrophobic and charged amino acids in the C-terminal half of the SNAP-25 linker is required for fast exocytosis and in its absence the calcium dependence of exocytosis is shifted toward higher concentrations. The SNAP-25 linker therefore might have evolved as an adaptation toward calcium triggering and a high rate of execution of the fusion process, those features that distinguish exocytosis from other membrane fusion pathways.
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- Gábor Nagy
- Molecular Mechanism of Exocytosis, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Adeno-associated virus transfer of a gene encoding SNAP-25 resistant to botulinum toxin A attenuates neuromuscular paralysis associated with botulism. J Neurosci 2008; 28:3683-8. [PMID: 18385326 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5690-07.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Advances in viral gene therapy have opened new possibilities for treating a range of motor neuron diseases, but these have not yet been translated into clinically applicable therapies because of difficulties in delivery to susceptible/damaged neurons, ambiguities in the identity of gene(s) implicated, and a paucity of means to quantify any physiological improvement. Most of these hurdles can be overcome by using the neuromuscular paralysis induced by botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) as a prototype disease. Furthermore, because human botulism, occasionally fatal, causes prolonged muscle disablement as a result of the intraneuronal persistence of the toxin's SNAP-25 (S25)-cleaving protease, development of a genetic approach could lead to a potential treatment for this debilitating disease. Adeno-associated viral delivery of a cleavage-resistant S25 gene (S25-R198T) to chromaffin cells in vitro yielded exocytotically active S25-R198T that diminished subsequent blockade by BoNT/A of evoked catecholamine release. Evaluation in vivo, by administering this virus into rat spinal cord before injecting BoNT/A, showed a decreased inhibition of acetylcholine release as reflected in elevated retention of neuromuscular transmission. A similar, although smaller, protection of synaptic transmission from the toxin was seen after peripherally injecting the therapeutic virus. Such therapy also curtailed nerve sprouting normally induced by BoNT/A. This first demonstration of the utility of a DNA-based therapy for botulism paves the way for further advances in its treatment and for application to genetic disorders of motor neurons.
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SNAP-25 is also an iron-sulfur protein. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:1431-6. [PMID: 18375205 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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SNAP-25 has a cysteine cluster located at its linker domain. In vivo, the cysteine residues in this cluster can be palmitoylated, and the hydrophobic palmitate molecules can target SNAP-25 to the presynaptic membrane. Here, we report that the SNAP-25a expressed in Escherichia coli is also an iron-sulfur protein binding an iron-sulfur cluster using the cysteine residues in its cysteine cluster. Therefore, SNAP-25a uses the same cysteine residues to bind two different prosthetic groups (iron-sulfur cluster and palmitate). Because the binding sites of these two prosthetic groups overlap, we suggest that these two modifications occur at different times, and probably at different places in the cell.
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Keating DJ. Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, regulation of exocytosis and their relevance to neurodegenerative diseases. J Neurochem 2007; 104:298-305. [PMID: 17961149 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A common feature in the early stages of many neurodegenerative diseases lies in mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and reduced levels of synaptic transmission. Many genes associated with neurodegenerative diseases are now known to regulate either mitochondrial function, redox state, or the exocytosis of neurotransmitters. Mitochondria are the primary source of reactive oxygen species and ATP and control apoptosis. Mitochondria are concentrated in synapses and significant alterations to synaptic mitochondrial localization, number, morphology, or function can be detrimental to synaptic transmission. Mitochondrial by-products are capable of regulating various steps of neurotransmission and mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress occur in the early stages of many neurodegenerative diseases. This mini-review will highlight the prospect that mitochondria regulates synaptic exocytosis by controlling synaptic ATP and reactive oxygen species levels and that dysfunctional exocytosis caused by mitochondrial abnormalities may be a common underlying phenomenon in the initial stages of some human neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Damien J Keating
- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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Gracheva EO, Burdina AO, Touroutine D, Berthelot-Grosjean M, Parekh H, Richmond JE. Tomosyn negatively regulates both synaptic transmitter and neuropeptide release at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction. J Physiol 2007; 585:705-9. [PMID: 17627987 PMCID: PMC2375516 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.138321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The SNARE proteins, syntaxin, SNAP-25 and synaptobrevin form a tertiary complex essential for vesicle fusion. Proteins that influence SNARE complex assembly are therefore likely to be important regulators of fusion events. In this study we have focused on tomosyn, a highly conserved, neuronally enriched, syntaxin-binding protein that has been implicated in the regulation of vesicle exocytosis. To directly test the role of tomosyn in neurosecretion we analysed loss-of-function mutants in the single Caenorhabditis elegans tomosyn gene, tom-1. These mutants exhibit enhanced synaptic transmission based on electrophysiological analysis of neuromuscular junction activity. This phenotype is the result of increased synaptic vesicle priming. In addition, we present evidence that tom-1 mutants also exhibit enhanced peptide release from dense core vesicles. These results indicate that tomosyn negatively regulates secretion for both vesicle types, possibly through a common mechanism, interfering with SNARE complex formation, thereby inhibiting vesicle fusion.
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- Elena O Gracheva
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Wang P, Chintagari NR, Gou D, Su L, Liu L. Physical and functional interactions of SNAP-23 with annexin A2. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007; 37:467-76. [PMID: 17575076 PMCID: PMC2176122 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0447oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lung surfactant is secreted through the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane of alveolar epithelial type II cells. Annexin A2, a Ca(2+)- and phospholipid-binding protein, promotes the fusion of lamellar bodies with the plasma membrane. Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) are known to have an essential role in surfactant secretion. We hypothesized that annexin A2 acts as a Ca(2+) sensor and mediates membrane fusion via its interaction with SNAREs. Both purified or endogenous annexin A2 in type II cells specifically bound with SNAP-23 in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, as determined by pull-down experiments using recombinant glutathione S-transferase-tagged SNAP-23. A deletion study identified the cysteine-rich region (CRR) of SNAP-23 as the binding site for annexin A2. Mutations of cysteine residues in the CRR dramatically decreased the binding. SNAP-23 also co-immunoprecipitated with annexin A2; however, a SNAP-23 mutant failed to co-immunoprecipitate with annexin A2. Immunofluorescence revealed a co-localization of SNAP-23 and annexin A2 in type II cells. Furthermore, anti-SNAP-23 antibody significantly inhibited annexin A2-mediated fusion between lamellar bodies and the plasma membrane. These data suggest that annexin A2 and SNAP-23 are involved in the same pathway in the regulation of lung surfactant secretion.
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- Pengcheng Wang
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 264 McElroy Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Flaumenhaft R, Rozenvayn N, Feng D, Dvorak AM. SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 localize to the extracellular surface of the platelet plasma membrane. Blood 2007; 110:1492-501. [PMID: 17485553 PMCID: PMC1975852 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-11-055772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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SNARE proteins direct membrane fusion events required for platelet granule secretion. These proteins are oriented in cell membranes such that most of the protein resides in a cytosolic compartment. Evaluation of SNARE protein localization in activated platelets using immunonanogold staining and electron microscopy, however, demonstrated expression of SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 on the extracellular surface of the platelet plasma membrane. Flow cytometry of intact platelets confirmed trypsin-sensitive SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 localization to the extracellular surface of the plasma membrane. Acyl-protein thioesterase 1 and botulinum toxin C light chain released SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2, respectively, from the surface of intact platelets. When resting platelets were incubated with both acyl-protein thioesterase 1 and botulinum toxin C light chain, a complex that included both SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 was detected in supernatants, indicating that extracellular SNARE proteins retain their ability to bind one another. These observations represent the first description of SNARE proteins on the extracellular surface of a cell.
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- Robert Flaumenhaft
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Greaves J, Chamberlain LH. Dual role of the cysteine-string domain in membrane binding and palmitoylation-dependent sorting of the molecular chaperone cysteine-string protein. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:4748-59. [PMID: 16943324 PMCID: PMC1635403 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-03-0183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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S-palmitoylation occurs on intracellular membranes and, therefore, membrane anchoring of proteins must precede palmitate transfer. However, a number of palmitoylated proteins lack any obvious membrane targeting motifs and it is unclear how this class of proteins become membrane associated before palmitoylation. Cysteine-string protein (CSP), which is extensively palmitoylated on a "string" of 14 cysteine residues, is an example of such a protein. In this study, we have investigated the mechanisms that govern initial membrane targeting, palmitoylation, and membrane trafficking of CSP. We identified a hydrophobic 31 amino acid domain, which includes the cysteine-string, as a membrane-targeting motif that associates predominantly with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes. Cysteine residues in this domain are not merely sites for the addition of palmitate groups, but play an essential role in membrane recognition before palmitoylation. Membrane association of the cysteine-string domain is not sufficient to trigger palmitoylation, which requires additional downstream residues that may regulate the membrane orientation of the cysteine-string domain. CSP palmitoylation-deficient mutants remain "trapped" in the ER, suggesting that palmitoylation may regulate ER exit and correct intracellular sorting of CSP. These results reveal a dual function of the cysteine-string domain: initial membrane binding and palmitoylation-dependent sorting.
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- Jennifer Greaves
- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Aikawa Y, Xia X, Martin TFJ. SNAP25, but not syntaxin 1A, recycles via an ARF6-regulated pathway in neuroendocrine cells. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 17:711-22. [PMID: 16314394 PMCID: PMC1356582 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-05-0382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins mediate cellular membrane fusion events and provide a level of specificity to donor-acceptor membrane interactions. However, the trafficking pathways by which individual SNARE proteins are targeted to specific membrane compartments are not well understood. In neuroendocrine cells, synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP25) is localized to the plasma membrane where it functions in regulated secretory vesicle exocytosis, but it is also found on intracellular membranes. We identified a dynamic recycling pathway for SNAP25 in PC12 cells through which plasma membrane SNAP25 recycles in approximately 3 h. Approximately 20% of the SNAP25 resides in a perinuclear recycling endosome-trans-Golgi network (TGN) compartment from which it recycles back to the plasma membrane. SNAP25 internalization occurs by constitutive, dynamin-independent endocytosis that is distinct from the dynamin-dependent endocytosis that retrieves secretory vesicle constituents after exocytosis. Endocytosis of SNAP25 is regulated by ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF)6 (through phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate synthesis) and is dependent upon F-actin. SNAP25 endosomes, which exclude the plasma membrane SNARE syntaxin 1A, merge with those derived from clathrin-dependent endocytosis containing endosomal syntaxin 13. Our results characterize a robust ARF6-dependent internalization mechanism that maintains an intracellular pool of SNAP25, which is compatible with possible intracellular roles for SNAP25 in neuroendocrine cells.
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- Yoshikatsu Aikawa
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Huang K, El-Husseini A. Modulation of neuronal protein trafficking and function by palmitoylation. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2005; 15:527-35. [PMID: 16125924 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Accepted: 08/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Modification of proteins with the lipid palmitate regulates targeting to specific vesicular compartments and synaptic membranes. Mounting evidence indicates that this lipid modification modulates diverse aspects of neuronal development and synaptic transmission. In particular, palmitoylation regulates the function of proteins that control neuronal differentiation, axonal pathfinding and filopodia formation. In addition, trafficking of numerous proteins associated with synaptic vesicle release machinery requires protein palmitoylation. Remarkably, reversible palmitoylation of specific scaffolding proteins and signaling molecules dynamically regulates ion channel clustering and synaptic strength. The recent discovery of enzymes that palmitoylate specific subsets of synaptic proteins suggests that this process is tightly controlled in neurons.
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- Kun Huang
- Department of Psychiatry and the Brain Research Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Nagy G, Milosevic I, Fasshauer D, Müller EM, de Groot BL, Lang T, Wilson MC, Sørensen JB. Alternative splicing of SNAP-25 regulates secretion through nonconservative substitutions in the SNARE domain. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:5675-85. [PMID: 16195346 PMCID: PMC1289412 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-07-0595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The essential membrane fusion apparatus in mammalian cells, the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex, consists of four alpha-helices formed by three proteins: SNAP-25, syntaxin 1, and synaptobrevin 2. SNAP-25 contributes two helices to the complex and is targeted to the plasma membrane by palmitoylation of four cysteines in the linker region. It is alternatively spliced into two forms, SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b, differing by nine amino acids substitutions. When expressed in chromaffin cells from SNAP-25 null mice, the isoforms support different levels of secretion. Here, we investigated the basis of that different secretory phenotype. We found that two nonconservative substitutions in the N-terminal SNARE domain and not the different localization of one palmitoylated cysteine cause the functional difference between the isoforms. Biochemical and molecular dynamic simulation experiments revealed that the two substitutions do not regulate secretion by affecting the property of SNARE complex itself, but rather make the SNAP-25b-containing SNARE complex more available for the interaction with accessory factor(s).
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- Gábor Nagy
- Department of Membrane Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Bark C, Bellinger FP, Kaushal A, Mathews JR, Partridge LD, Wilson MC. Developmentally regulated switch in alternatively spliced SNAP-25 isoforms alters facilitation of synaptic transmission. J Neurosci 2005; 24:8796-805. [PMID: 15470145 PMCID: PMC6729955 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1940-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although the basic molecular components that promote regulated neurotransmitter release are well established, the contribution of these proteins as regulators of the plasticity of neurotransmission and refinement of synaptic connectivity during development is elaborated less fully. For example, during the period of synaptic growth and maturation in brain, the expression of synaptosomal protein 25 kDa (SNAP-25), a neuronal t-SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) essential for action potential-dependent neuroexocytosis, is altered through alternative splicing of pre-mRNA transcripts. We addressed the role of the two splice-variant isoforms of SNAP-25 with a targeted mouse mutation that impairs the shift from SNAP-25a to SNAP-25b. Most of these mutant mice die between 3 and 5 weeks of age, which coincides with the time when SNAP-25b expression normally reaches mature levels in brain and synapse formation is essentially completed. The altered expression of these SNAP-25 isoforms influences short-term synaptic function by affecting facilitation but not the initial probability of release. This suggests that mechanisms controlling alternative splicing between SNAP-25 isoforms contribute to a molecular switch important for survival that helps to guide the transition from immature to mature synaptic connections, as well as synapse regrowth and remodeling after neural injury.
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- Christina Bark
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Bajohrs M, Rickman C, Binz T, Davletov B. A molecular basis underlying differences in the toxicity of botulinum serotypes A and E. EMBO Rep 2005; 5:1090-5. [PMID: 15486565 PMCID: PMC1299173 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2004] [Revised: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 09/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) block neurotransmitter release through their specific proteolysis of the proteins responsible for vesicle exocytosis. Paradoxically, two serotypes of BoNTs, A and E, cleave the same molecule, synaptosome-associated protein with relative molecular mass 25K (SNAP-25), and yet they cause synaptic blockade with very different properties. Here we compared the action of BoNTs A and E on the plasma membrane fusion machinery composed of syntaxin and SNAP-25. We now show that the BoNT/A-cleaved SNAP-25 maintains its association with two syntaxin isoforms in vitro, which is mirrored by retention of SNAP-25 on the plasma membrane in vivo. In contrast, BoNT/E severely compromises the ability of SNAP-25 to bind the plasma membrane syntaxin isoforms, leading to dissociation of SNAP-25. The distinct properties of botulinum intoxication, therefore, can result from the ability of shortened SNAP-25 to maintain its association with syntaxins-in the case of BoNT/A poisoning resulting in unproductive syntaxin/SNAP-25 complexes that impede vesicle exocytosis.
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- Mark Bajohrs
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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Posttranslational modifications such as palmitoylation have the ability to modulate protein localization and function. The reversible addition of the fatty acid palmitate to proteins has been known to occur in neurons for a considerable amount of time and has been noticed to be of particular importance at synapses. In this issue of Neuron, Huang et al. and Fukata et al. describe their studies of palmitoyl transferases and how these enzymes specifically catalyze the modification of a number of synaptic proteins, including the postsynaptic scaffolding protein PSD-95.
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- Philip Washbourne
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Mosevitsky MI. Nerve Ending “Signal” Proteins GAP‐43, MARCKS, and BASP1. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2005; 245:245-325. [PMID: 16125549 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(05)45007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Mechanisms of growth cone pathfinding in the course of neuronal net formation as well as mechanisms of learning and memory have been under intense investigation for the past 20 years, but many aspects of these phenomena remain unresolved and even mysterious. "Signal" proteins accumulated mainly in the axon endings (growth cones and the presynaptic area of synapses) participate in the main brain processes. These proteins are similar in several essential structural and functional properties. The most prominent similarities are N-terminal fatty acylation and the presence of an "effector domain" (ED) that dynamically binds to the plasma membrane, to calmodulin, and to actin fibrils. Reversible phosphorylation of ED by protein kinase C modulates these interactions. However, together with similarities, there are significant differences among the proteins, such as different conditions (Ca2+ contents) for calmodulin binding and different modes of interaction with the actin cytoskeleton. In light of these facts, we consider GAP-43, MARCKS, and BASP1 both separately and in conjunction. Special attention is devoted to a discussion of apparent inconsistencies in results and opinions of different authors concerning specific questions about the structure of proteins and their interactions.
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- Mark I Mosevitsky
- Division of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 188300 Gatchina Leningrad District, Russian Federation
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Huang K, Yanai A, Kang R, Arstikaitis P, Singaraja RR, Metzler M, Mullard A, Haigh B, Gauthier-Campbell C, Gutekunst CA, Hayden MR, El-Husseini A. Huntingtin-Interacting Protein HIP14 Is a Palmitoyl Transferase Involved in Palmitoylation and Trafficking of Multiple Neuronal Proteins. Neuron 2004; 44:977-86. [PMID: 15603740 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2004] [Revised: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In neurons, posttranslational modification by palmitate regulates the trafficking and function of signaling molecules, neurotransmitter receptors, and associated synaptic scaffolding proteins. However, the enzymatic machinery involved in protein palmitoylation has remained elusive. Here, using biochemical assays, we show that huntingtin (htt) interacting protein, HIP14, is a neuronal palmitoyl transferase (PAT). HIP14 shows remarkable substrate specificity for neuronal proteins, including SNAP-25, PSD-95, GAD65, synaptotagmin I, and htt. Conversely, HIP14 is catalytically invariant toward paralemmin and synaptotagmin VII. Exogenous HIP14 enhances palmitoylation-dependent vesicular trafficking of several acylated proteins in both heterologous cells and neurons. Moreover, interference with endogenous expression of HIP14 reduces clustering of PSD-95 and GAD65 in neurons. These findings define HIP14 as a mammalian palmitoyl transferase involved in the palmitoylation and trafficking of multiple neuronal proteins.
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- Kun Huang
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Barber DS, LoPachin RM. Proteomic analysis of acrylamide-protein adduct formation in rat brain synaptosomes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004; 201:120-36. [PMID: 15541752 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Evidence suggests that the neurological defects (gait abnormalities, foot splay, and skeletal muscle weakness) associated with acrylamide (ACR) intoxication are mediated by impaired neurotransmission at central and peripheral synapses. ACR can form adducts with nucleophilic residues on proteins and thereby alter corresponding structure and function. To evaluate protein adduction in nerve terminals as a possible mechanism of action, recombinant N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor (NSF) was exposed in vitro to ACR (10 micromol) and mass spectrometry (MS) was used to identify adduct sites. MS analyses demonstrated that ACR formed adducts with sulfhydryl groups on cysteine residues (carbamoylethylcysteine, or CEC) of NSF. Ex vivo incubation of whole brain synaptosomes with ACR (0.001-1.0 M) produced concentration-dependent increases in CEC that were inversely correlated to reductions in neurotransmitter release that occurred over the same neurotoxicant concentration range. In synaptosomes isolated from rats intoxicated at a higher (50 mg/kg per day x 3, 5, 8, or 11 days) or a lower (21 mg/kg per day x 14, 21, or 28 day) ACR dose rate, CEC levels increased progressively up to a moderate level of neurotoxicity. To identify protein adducts, synaptosomal proteins labeled by ex vivo 14C-ACR exposure were separated by gel electrophoresis and probed by immunoblot analysis. Results showed that NSF and the SNARE protein, SNAP-25, were tentative ACR targets. Subsequent experiments indicated that ACR exposure increased synaptosomal levels of the 7S SNARE core complex, which is consistent with inhibition of NSF, SNAP-25 function, or both. These data suggest that adduction of cysteine residues on NSF and certain SNARE proteins might be causally involved in the nerve terminal dysfunction induced by ACR.
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- David S Barber
- Center for Human and Environmental Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Oleskevich S, Youssoufian M, Walmsley B. Presynaptic plasticity at two giant auditory synapses in normal and deaf mice. J Physiol 2004; 560:709-19. [PMID: 15331689 PMCID: PMC1665284 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.066662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Large calyceal synapses are often regarded as simple relay points, built for high-fidelity and high-frequency synaptic transmission and a minimal requirement for synaptic plasticity, but this view is oversimplified. Calyceal synapses can exhibit surprising activity-dependent developmental plasticity. Here we compare basal synaptic transmission and activity-dependent plasticity at two stereotypical calyceal synapses in the auditory pathway, the endbulb and the calyx of Held. Basal synaptic transmission was more powerful at the calyx than the endbulb synapse: the amplitude of evoked AMPA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (eEPSCs) was significantly greater at the calyx, as were the release probability, and the number of release sites. The quantal amplitude was smaller at the calyx, consistent with the smaller amplitude of spontaneous miniature EPSCs at this synapse. High-frequency trains of stimuli revealed that the calyx had a larger readily releasable pool of vesicles (RRP), less tetanic depression and less asynchronous transmitter release. Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity was assessed in congenitally deaf mutant mice (dn/dn). Previously we showed that a lack of synaptic activity in deaf mice increases synaptic strength at the endbulb of Held via presynaptic mechanisms. In contrast, we have now found that deafness does not affect synaptic transmission at the calyx synapse, as eEPSC and mEPSC amplitude, release probability, number of release sites, size of RRP, tetanic depression and asynchronous release were unchanged compared to normal mice. Synaptic transmission at the calyx synapse is more powerful and has less capacity for developmental plasticity compared to the endbulb synapse.
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- S Oleskevich
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St-Vincents Hospital, 384 Victoria Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
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Salaün C, James DJ, Greaves J, Chamberlain LH. Plasma membrane targeting of exocytic SNARE proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2004; 1693:81-9. [PMID: 15313010 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Revised: 05/26/2004] [Accepted: 05/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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SNARE proteins play a central role in the process of intracellular membrane fusion. Indeed, the interaction of SNAREs present on two opposing membranes is generally believed to provide the driving force to initiate membrane fusion. Eukaryotic cells express a large number of SNARE isoforms, and the function of individual SNAREs is required for specific intracellular fusion events. Exocytosis, the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane, employs the proteins syntaxin and SNAP-25 as plasma membrane SNAREs. As a result, exocytosis is dependent upon the targeting of these proteins to the plasma membrane; however, the mechanisms that underlie trafficking of exocytic syntaxin and SNAP-25 proteins to the cell surface are poorly understood. The intracellular trafficking itinerary of these proteins is particularly intriguing as syntaxins are tail-anchored (or Type IV) membrane proteins, whereas SNAP-25 is anchored to membranes via a central palmitoylated domain-there is no common consensus for the trafficking of such proteins within the cell. In this review, we discuss the plasma membrane targeting of these essential exocytic SNARE proteins.
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- Christine Salaün
- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Gladycheva SE, Ho CS, Lee YYF, Stuenkel EL. Regulation of syntaxin1A-munc18 complex for SNARE pairing in HEK293 cells. J Physiol 2004; 558:857-71. [PMID: 15218059 PMCID: PMC1665022 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.067249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 04/26/2004] [Accepted: 06/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The formation and dissolution of SNARE protein complexes is essential for Ca(2+)-triggered fusion of neurotransmitter-filled vesicles at the presynaptic membrane. Among the pre-synaptic SNARE proteins, the activation of the Q-SNARE syntaxin1A is a critical event for SNARE complex formation. Activation requires syntaxin1A to transit from a munc18-bound non-interacting state to one competent for SNARE binding. The molecular mechanisms that regulate this transition remain unclear. The propensity of syntaxin1A to promote voltage-dependent steady-state inactivation of N-type Ca(2+) channels and accelerate their entry into inactivation was used in a heterologous cell expression system to elucidate regulation of syntaxin1A protein-protein interactions. We report that coexpression of munc18 eliminated the promoting effect of syntaxin1A on inactivation. This effect of munc18 was completely disrupted by coexpression of munc13-1, but not munc13-2 or munc13-3. Also, since expression of munc13-1 with syntaxin1A resulted in an inactivation phenotype identical to that of munc18 with syntaxin1A, the action of munc13-1 on the munc18-syntaxin1A complex was functionally unique and did not result from competitive binding interactions. Furthermore, munc13 expressed with syntaxin1A and munc18 promoted redistribution of a cytosolic SNAP25 mutant to the membrane, a result indicative of syntaxin1A-SNAP25 SNARE pairing. These data demonstrate an important role of munc13 to control the protein-protein interactions of syntaxin1A in vivo, and support munc13 as critical to dissociating syntaxin1A-munc18 complexes and making syntaxin1A available for SNARE interactions.
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- Svetlana E Gladycheva
- 7804 Medical Sciences II Building, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, The Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0622, USA.
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Yaney GC, Corkey BE. Fatty acid metabolism and insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells. Diabetologia 2003; 46:1297-312. [PMID: 13680127 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1207-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2003] [Revised: 07/14/2003] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Increases in glucose or fatty acids affect metabolism via changes in long-chain acyl-CoA formation and chronically elevated fatty acids increase total cellular CoA. Understanding the response of pancreatic beta cells to increased amounts of fuel and the role that altered insulin secretion plays in the development and maintenance of obesity and Type 2 diabetes is important. Data indicate that the activated form of fatty acids acts as an effector molecule in stimulus-secretion coupling. Glucose increases cytosolic long-chain acyl-CoA because it increases the "switch" compound malonyl-CoA that blocks mitochondrial beta-oxidation, thus implementing a shift from fatty acid to glucose oxidation. We present arguments in support of the following: (i) A source of fatty acid either exogenous or endogenous (derived by lipolysis of triglyceride) is necessary to support normal insulin secretion; (ii) a rapid increase of fatty acids potentiates glucose-stimulated secretion by increasing fatty acyl-CoA or complex lipid concentrations that act distally by modulating key enzymes such as protein kinase C or the exocytotic machinery; (iii) a chronic increase of fatty acids enhances basal secretion by the same mechanism, but promotes obesity and a diminished response to stimulatory glucose; (iv) agents which raise cAMP act as incretins, at least in part, by stimulating lipolysis via beta-cell hormone-sensitive lipase activation. Furthermore, increased triglyceride stores can give higher rates of lipolysis and thus influence both basal and stimulated insulin secretion. These points highlight the important roles of NEFA, LC-CoA, and their esterified derivatives in affecting insulin secretion in both normal and pathological states.
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- G C Yaney
- Boston University School of Medicine, Obesity Research Center, 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Kammer B, Schmidt MFG, Veit M. Functional characterization of palmitoylated and nonacylated SNAP-25 purified from insect cells infected with recombinant baculovirus. Mol Cell Neurosci 2003; 23:333-40. [PMID: 12837618 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-7431(03)00064-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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SNARE complex formation among syntaxin 1, VAMP 2, and SNAP-25 triggers fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic plasma membrane. After fusion the SNARE complex is disassembled by NSF and alpha-SNAP. These reactions have already been characterized with recombinant proteins lacking the authentic protein modifications. To study the role of palmitoylation of SNAP-25, we have purified 6xHis-SNAP-25, the wild-type protein, and mutants with deletions in the palmitoylation region from insect cells infected with recombinant baculovirus. Metabolic labeling with [(3)H]palmitate and Triton-X-114 phase distribution proved that SNAP-25 is palmitoylated in significant amounts. Palmitoylated and nonacylated SNAP-25 form SDS-resistant SNARE complexes which could then be disassembled by NSF and alpha-SNAP. Palmitoylated SNAP-25 attaches almost quantitatively to liposomes, whereas only small amounts of nonacylated SNAP-25 bind to these artificial membranes. Thus, palmitoylation of SNAP-25 is not required for assembly and disassembly of the SNARE complex, but for stable membrane anchoring of this intrinsically hydrophilic protein.
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- Bettina Kammer
- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Vet-Med Faculty, Free University, Berlin, Germany
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Chieregatti E, Witkin JW, Baldini G. SNAP-25 and synaptotagmin 1 function in Ca2+-dependent reversible docking of granules to the plasma membrane. Traffic 2002; 3:496-511. [PMID: 12047557 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2002.30706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In neuroendocrine cells, Ca2+ triggers fusion of granules with the plasma membrane and functions at earlier steps by increasing the size of the readily releasable pool of vesicles. The effect of Ca2+ at early steps of secretion may be due to the recruitment at the plasma membrane of granules localized in the cytoplasm. To study the mechanism of granule docking, a new in vitro assay is designed using membrane fractions from mouse pituitary AtT-20 cells. By using this assay, it is found that granule docking to the plasma membrane is controlled by Ca2+ concentrations in the micromolar range, is reversible and requires intact SNAP-25, but not VAMP-2. In the docking assay, addition of Ca2+ induces the formation of a SNAP-25-Synaptotagmin 1 complex. The cytosolic domain C2AB of Synaptotagmin 1 and anti-Synaptotagmin 1 antibodies block granule docking. These results show that Ca2+ modulates dynamic docking of granules to the plasma membrane and that this process is due to a Ca2+-dependent interaction between SNAP-25 and Synaptotagmin 1.
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- Evelina Chieregatti
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Scales SJ, Yoo BY, Scheller RH. The ionic layer is required for efficient dissociation of the SNARE complex by alpha-SNAP and NSF. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:14262-7. [PMID: 11762430 PMCID: PMC64670 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.251547598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The four-helical bundle soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex that mediates intracellular membrane fusion events contains a highly conserved ionic layer at the center of an otherwise hydrophobic core. This layer has an undetermined function; it consists of glutamine (Q) residues in syntaxin and the two synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) family helices, and an arginine (R) in vesicle-associated membrane protein (a 3Q:1R ratio). Here, we show that the ionic-layer glutamine of syntaxin is required for efficient alpha-SNAP and NSF-mediated dissociation of the complex. When this residue is mutated, the SNARE complex still binds to alpha-SNAP and NSF and is released through ATP hydrolysis by NSF, but the complex no longer dissociates into SNARE monomers. Thus, one function of the ionic layer--in particular, the glutamine of syntaxin--is to couple ATP hydrolysis by NSF to the dissociation of the fusion complex. We propose that alpha-SNAP and NSF drive conformational changes at the ionic layer through specific interactions with the syntaxin glutamine, resulting in the dissociation of the SNARE complex.
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- S J Scales
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5345, USA
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