Vesicle sub-pool organization at inner hair cell ribbon synapses
Vesicle sub-pool organization at inner hair cell ribbon synapses
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DOI:
10.15252/embr.201744937
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发表时间:
2018-11-01
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7.7
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Wichmann, Carolin
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作者:
Chakrabarti, Rituparna;Michanski, Susann;Wichmann, Carolin
The afferent inner hair cell synapse harbors the synaptic ribbon, which ensures a constant vesicle supply. Synaptic vesicles (SVs) are arranged in morphologically discernable pools, linked via filaments to the ribbon or the presynaptic membrane. We propose that filaments play a major role in SV resupply and exocytosis at the ribbon. Using advanced electron microscopy, we demonstrate that SVs are organized in sub-pools defined by the filament number per vesicle and its connections. Upon stimulation, SVs increasingly linked to other vesicles and to the ribbon, whereas single-tethered SVs dominated at the membrane. Mutant mice for the hair cell protein otoferlin (pachanga, Otof(Pga/Pga)) are profoundly deaf with reduced sustained release, serving as a model to investigate the SV replenishment at IHCs. Upon stimulation, multiple-tethered and docked vesicles (rarely observed in wild-type) accumulated at Otof(Pga/Pga) active zones due to an impairment downstream of docking. Conclusively, vesicles are organized in sub-pools at ribbon-type active zones by filaments to support vesicle supply, transport, and finally release.