A dynamin 1-, dynamin 3- and clathrin-independent pathway of synaptic vesicle recycling mediated by bulk endocytosis

  1. Yumei Wu
  2. Eileen T O'Toole
  3. Martine Girard
  4. Brigitte Ritter
  5. Mirko Messa
  6. Xinran Liu
  7. Peter S McPherson
  8. Shawn M Ferguson
  9. Pietro De Camilli  Is a corresponding author
  1. Yale University School of Medicine, United States
  2. University of Colorado, United States
  3. Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada
  4. Boston University School of Medicine, Canada

Abstract

The exocytosis of synaptic vesicles (SVs) elicited by potent stimulation is rapidly compensated by bulk endocytosis of SV membranes leading to large endocytic vacuoles ('bulk' endosomes). Subsequently, these vacuoles disappear in parallel with the reappearance of new SVs. We have used synapses of dynamin 1 and 3 double knock-out neurons, where clathrin-mediated endocytosis is dramatically impaired, to gain insight into the poorly understood mechanisms underlying this process. Massive formation of bulk endosomes was not defective, but rather enhanced, in the absence of dynamin 1 and 3. The subsequent conversion of bulk endosomes into SVs was not accompanied by the accumulation of clathrin coated buds on their surface and this process proceeded even after further clathrin knock-down, suggesting its independence of clathrin. These findings support the existence of a pathway for SV reformation that bypasses the requirement for clathrin and dynamin 1/3 and demonstrates the plasticity of the SV recycling process.

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  1. Yumei Wu

    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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  2. Eileen T O'Toole

    University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
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  3. Martine Girard

    Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  4. Brigitte Ritter

    Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Canada
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  5. Mirko Messa

    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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  6. Xinran Liu

    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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  7. Peter S McPherson

    Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  8. Shawn M Ferguson

    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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  9. Pietro De Camilli

    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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    pietro.decamilli@yale.edu
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Animal experimentation: the present study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols (#07422-2012) of Yale university. All animals were euthanized with CO2 and embryos were used for primary neuron culture.

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© 2014, Wu et al.

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  1. Yumei Wu
  2. Eileen T O'Toole
  3. Martine Girard
  4. Brigitte Ritter
  5. Mirko Messa
  6. Xinran Liu
  7. Peter S McPherson
  8. Shawn M Ferguson
  9. Pietro De Camilli
(2014)
A dynamin 1-, dynamin 3- and clathrin-independent pathway of synaptic vesicle recycling mediated by bulk endocytosis
eLife 3:e01621.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01621

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