Reexamination of N-terminal domains of Syntaxin-1 in vesicle fusion from central murine synapses

Abstract

Syntaxin-1 (STX1) and Munc18-1 are two requisite components of synaptic vesicular release machinery, so much so synaptic transmission cannot proceed in their absence. They form a tight complex through two major binding modes: through STX1's N-peptide and through STX's closed conformation driven by its Habc- domain. However, physiological roles of these two reportedly different binding modes in synapses are still controversial. Here we characterized the roles of STX1's N-peptide, Habc-domain, and open conformation with and without N-peptide deletion using our STX1-null mouse model system and exogenous reintroduction of STX1A mutants. We show, on the contrary to the general view, that the Habc-domain is absolutely required and N-peptide is dispensable for synaptic transmission. However, STX1A's N-peptide plays a regulatory role, particularly in the Ca2+-sensitivity and the short-term plasticity of vesicular release, whereas STX1's open-conformation governs the vesicle fusogenicity. Strikingly, we also show neurotransmitter release still proceeds when the two interaction modes between STX1A and Munc18-1 are presumably intervened, necessitating a refinement of the conceptualization of STX1A-Munc18-1 interaction.

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  1. Gülçin Vardar

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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  2. Andrea Salazar-Lázaro

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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  3. Marisa M Brockmann

    Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  4. Marion Weber-Boyvat

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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  5. Sina Zobel

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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  6. Victor Wumbor-Apin Kumbol

    Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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  7. Thorsten Trimbuch

    Department of Neurophysiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  8. Christian Rosenmund

    Institut für Neurophysiologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB958,TRR186)

  • Christian Rosenmund

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Reinhart Koselleck Projects)

  • Christian Rosenmund

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All procedures for animal maintenance and experiments were in accordance with the regulations of and approved by the animal welfare committee of Charité-Universitätsmedizin and the Berlin state government Agency for Health and Social Services under license number T0220/09. The generation of STX1-null mouse line was described previously (Arancillo et al. 2013, Vardar et al. 2016).

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© 2021, Vardar et al.

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  1. Gülçin Vardar
  2. Andrea Salazar-Lázaro
  3. Marisa M Brockmann
  4. Marion Weber-Boyvat
  5. Sina Zobel
  6. Victor Wumbor-Apin Kumbol
  7. Thorsten Trimbuch
  8. Christian Rosenmund
(2021)
Reexamination of N-terminal domains of Syntaxin-1 in vesicle fusion from central murine synapses
eLife 10:e69498.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69498

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