Interactions of presynaptic Ca2+ channels and snare proteins in neurotransmitter release
Interactions of presynaptic Ca2+ channels and snare proteins in neurotransmitter release
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10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb11284.x
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1999-01-01
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Catterall, WA
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Catterall, WA
N- and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels are localized in high density in presynaptic nerve terminals and are crucial elements in neuronal excitation-secretion coupling. In addition to mediating Ca2+ entry to initiate transmitter release, they are thought to interact directly with proteins of the synaptic vesicle docking/fusion machinery. These Ca2+ channels can he puri tied from brain as a complex with SNARE proteins, which are involved in exocytosis, In addition, N-type and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels are colocalized with syntaxin in high-density clusters in nerve terminals, The synaptic protein interaction (synprint) sites in the? intracellular loop II-LII (LII-III) of both alpha(1B) and alpha(1A) subunits of N-type and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels bmd to syntaxin, SNAP-25, and synaptotagmin, Ca2+ has a biphasic effect on the? interactions of N-type Ca2+ channels with SNARE complexes, stimulating optimal binding in the range of 10-30 mu M, PKC or CaM KII phosphorylation of the N-type synprint peptide inhibits interactions with SNARE complexes containing syntaxin and SNAP-25. Introduction of the synprint peptides into presynaptic superior cervical ganglion neurons reversibly inhibits EPSPs from synchronous transmitter release by 42%, At physiological Ca2+ concentrations, synprint peptides significantly reduce transmitter release in injected frog neuromuscular junctions in cell culture, consistent with detachment of 70% of the docked vesicles front Ca2+ channels as analyzed by a theoretical model. Together, these studies suggest that presynaptic Ca2+ channels not only provide the Ca2+ signal required by the exocytotic mechinery, but also contain structural elements that are integral to vesicle docking priming, and fusion processes.