Ca2+-dependent release of Synaptotagmin-1 from the SNARE complex on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-containing membranes

  1. Rashmi Voleti
  2. Klaudia Jaczynska
  3. Josep Rizo  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

Abstract

The Ca2+ sensor synaptotagmin-1 and the SNARE complex cooperate to trigger neurotransmitter release. Structural studies elucidated three distinct synaptotagmin-1-SNARE complex binding modes involving polybasic, primary and tripartite interfaces of synaptotagmin-1. We investigated these interactions using NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. Synaptotagmin-1 binds to the SNARE complex through the polybasic and primary interfaces in solution. Ca2+-free synaptotagmin-1 binds to SNARE complexes anchored on PIP2-containing nanodiscs. R398Q/R399Q and E295A/Y338W mutations at the primary interface, which strongly impair neurotransmitter release, disrupt and enhance synaptotagmin-1-SNARE complex binding, respectively. Ca2+ induces tight binding of synaptotagmin-1 to PIP2-containing nanodiscs, disrupting synaptotagmin-1-SNARE interactions. Specific effects of mutations in the polybasic region on Ca2+-dependent synaptotagmin-1-PIP2-membrane interactions correlate with their effects on release. Our data suggest that synaptotagmin-1 binds to the SNARE complex through the primary interface and that Ca2+ releases this interaction, inducing PIP2/membrane binding and allowing cooperation between synaptotagmin-1 and the SNAREs in membrane fusion to trigger release.

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The NMR data corresponding to Figs. 1-4 and corresponding figure supplements are publicly available at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0zpc866vt. Source data are provided for all the FRET experiments shown in Figs. 5-9 and corresponding figure supplements.

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  1. Rashmi Voleti

    Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  2. Klaudia Jaczynska

    Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  3. Josep Rizo

    Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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    Jose.Rizo-Rey@UTSouthwestern.edu
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Funding

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R35 NS097333)

  • Josep Rizo

Welch Foundation (I-1304)

  • Josep Rizo

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Rashmi Voleti

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Nils Brose, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany

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  1. Received: March 23, 2020
  2. Accepted: August 12, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 18, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 17, 2020 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record updated: September 18, 2020 (version 3)

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© 2020, Voleti et al.

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  1. Rashmi Voleti
  2. Klaudia Jaczynska
  3. Josep Rizo
(2020)
Ca2+-dependent release of Synaptotagmin-1 from the SNARE complex on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-containing membranes
eLife 9:e57154.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57154

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