(A) Averaged normalized Synaptophysin-pHluorin (Syph-pH) fluorescence traces from transfected hippocampal neurons stimulated with 200 action potentials (APs) (40 Hz, 5 s) at physiological …
Numerical source data for Figure 1A–L.
(A) Maxima of background-corrected Synaptophysin-pHluorin (Syph-pHluorin) fluorescence traces (surface normalized) for neurons treated with 0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) (1.7 ± 0.1) or JLY cocktail …
Numerical source data of Figure 1—figure supplement 1A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K, L, M, O.
Original scan for the anti-mDia1 immunoblot from Figure 1—figure supplement 1H.
Original scan for the anti-mDia3 immunoblot from Figure 1—figure supplement 1H.
Original scan for the anti-tubulin immunoblot from Figure 1—figure supplement 1H.
Original scans for immunoblots from Figure 1—figure supplement 1H with highlighted bands and sample labels.
(A) Representative synaptic electron micrographs from hippocampal neurons transduced with lentiviruses encoding shCTR or shmDia1 +3, targeting Diaph1/2 genes. Postsynapse and postsynaptic cleft are …
Numerical source data for Figure 2C, D and G.
(A) Representative synaptic electron micrographs from neurons transduced with shCTR or shmDia1 +3 and treated with 0.1% Vehicle or 1 µM TTX for 36 hr before fixation. Postsynapse and postsynaptic …
Numerical source data of Figure 2—figure supplement 1B.
(A) Schematic representation of functional domains of mDia1. Rho-binding domain (RBD), Diaphanous inhibitory domain (DID), Dimerization domain (DD), Coiled coil domain (CC), Formin homology domain 1 …
Numerical source data for Figure 3B, D, E, H and K.
Original scan for the anti-mDia1 and anti-Dynamin1 immunoblots from Figure 3F.
Original scan for the anti-Actin immunoblot from Figure 3F.
Original scans for immunoblots from Figure 3F with highlighted bands and sample labels.
(A) Membrane levels of mDia1-WT-mCherry versus mDia1-ΔN-mCherry proteins overexpressed in HEK293T cells. Membrane and cytosolic cellular fractions were isolated by ultracentrifugation and analyzed …
Original scan for in-gel mCherry fluorescence from Figure 3—figure supplement 1A.
Original scan for the anti-LAMP1 immunoblot from Figure 3—figure supplement 1A.
Original scans from Figure 3—figure supplement 1A with highlighted bands and sample labels.
Numerical source data of Figure 3—figure supplement 1B, C, D, G, I, J.
Original scans for mCherry fluorescence in gels used for analysis are shown in Figure 3—figure supplement 1B.
Original scans for mCherry fluorescence in gels used for analysis are shown in Figure 3—figure supplement 1B with highlighted bands and sample labels.
Original scan for the anti-mDia1 immunoblot from Figure 3—figure supplement 1E.
Original scan for the anti-Myosin IIB immunoblot from Figure 3—figure supplement 1E.
Original scan for the anti-Actin immunoblot from Figure 3—figure supplement 1E.
Original scans for immunoblots in Figure 3—figure supplement 1E with highlighted bands and sample labels.
(A) Representative three-channel time-gated stimulated emission depletion (STED) images of synapses from hippocampal cultures transduced with shCTR or shmDia1 +3, targeting Diaph1/2 genes, fixed and …
Numerical source data for Figure 4B, C, D, E, G and H.
(A) Representative three-channel time-gated stimulated emission depletion (STED) images of synapses from hippocampal cultures treated with 0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or 80 µM Dynasore for 10 …
Numerical source data of Figure 4—figure supplement 1C, D, E, F, H.
(A) Schematic representation of activation of mDia1 by RhoA-GTP and positive feedback loop of mDia1 on RhoA-GTP levels through GEF stimulation. (B) Representative three-channel time-gated STED image …
Numerical source data for Figure 5C, D and F.
Original scans for the anti-mDia1, anti-Tubulin, anti-RhoA, and anti-mDia3 immunoblots from Figure 5E.
Original scans for immunoblots from Figure 5E with highlighted bands and sample labels.
Original scans for the anti-RhoA immunoblots used for analysis are shown in Figure 5F.
Original scans for immunoblots used for analysis are shown in Figure 5F with highlighted bands and sample labels.
(A) Averaged normalized Synaptophysin-pHluorin fluorescence traces from stimulated (200 APs; 40 Hz, 5 s) hippocampal neurons transfected with plasmids encoding the indicated combinations of …
Numerical source data of Figure 5—figure supplement 1A–D.
(A) Schematic of the interplay between RhoA and Rac1 signaling via GTPase regulatory proteins (e.g. GTPase activating proteins (GAPs) among others) common for RhoA and Rac1. (B) Analysis of Rac1 …
Original scans for the anti-mDia3, anti-Tubulin, and anti-Rac1 immunoblots from Figure 6B.
Original scan for the anti-mDia1 immunoblot from Figure 6B.
Original scans for immunoblots from Figure 6B with highlighted bands and sample labels.
Numerical source data for Figure 6C, E, F, G and H.
Original scans for the anti-Rac1 immunoblots used for analysis are shown in Figure 6C.
Original scans for immunoblots used for analysis are shown in Figure 6C with highlighted bands and sample labels.
(A) Analysis of Rac1 activity by Rac1-GTP pulldown (PD) from whole-cell lysates (input) of mouse hippocampal cultures upon inhibition of Rho activity utilizing immobilized PAK as bait. Cells were …
Original scan for the anti-Rac1 immunoblots from Figure 6—figure supplement 1A.
Original scan for the anti-Tubulin immunoblot from Figure 6—figure supplement 1A.
Original scans for immunoblots in Figure 6—figure supplement 1A with highlighted bands and sample labels.
Numerical source data of Figure 6—figure supplement 1C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K.
Original scans for anti-Cdc42 immunoblots used for analysis are shown in Figure 6—figure supplement 1G.
Original scans for anti-Cdc42 immunoblots used for analysis are shown in Figure 6—figure supplement 1G with highlighted bands and sample labels.
(A) Representative synaptic electron micrographs from hippocampal neurons transduced with lentiviruses encoding shCTR or shmDia1 +3, targeting Diaph1/2 genes, and treated with 0.1% dimethyl …
Numerical source data from Figure 7B–E.
(A) Average number of invaginations per μm2 in WT (0.1±0.1) and Diaph1 KO (mDia1KO; 0.4±0.1; p<0.01, Mann-Whitney test) boutons. Data shown represent the mean ± SEM from nWT = 103 synapses, nmDia1KO …
Numerical source data of Figure 7—figure supplement 1A–D.
In spite of this and consistent with the fact that the majority of mDia1 is localized at the presynapse, we found that postsynaptic F-actin levels were unchanged in mDia1/3depleted neurons (p = …
Reagent type (species) or resource | Designation | Source or reference | Identifiers | Additional information |
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Genetic reagent (Mus musculus) | C57BL/6 N wild-type | Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology | RRID:IMSR_JAX:000664 | |
Genetic reagent (Mus musculus) | mDia1 KO | Bartolini Lab, Columbia University | Peng et al., 2003; https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00170–2 | Genetic knockout of Diaph1 |
Cell line (Homo sapiens) | HEK293T | American Type Culture Collection | Cat# CRL-3216; RRID:CVCL_0063 | |
Antibody | β-Actin (mouse monoclonal) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# A5441; RRID:AB_476744 | IB (1:5000) |
Antibody | Bassoon (guinea pig monoclonal) | Synaptic Systems | Cat# 141 318; RRID:AB_2927388 | IC (1:100) |
Antibody | CDC42 (rabbit polyclonal) | Abcam | Cat# ab64533; RRID:AB_1310067 | IB (1:1000); IC (1:100) |
Antibody | Dynamin1 (rabbit polyclonal) | Pietro D. Camilli | Shupliakov et al., 2002; DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5310.29 | IB (1:2000) |
Antibody | GFP (mouse monoclonal) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# A-11120; RRID:AB_221568 | IC (1:2500) |
Antibody | Homer1 (mouse monoclonal) | Synaptic Systems | Cat# 160 011; RRID:AB_2120992 | IC (1:200) |
Antibody | Homer1 (rabbit polyclonal) | Synaptic Systems | Cat# 160 003; RRID:AB_887730 | IC (1:200) |
Antibody | LAMP1 (rabbit monoclonal) | Cell Signaling Technology | Cat# 9091; RRID:AB_2687579 | IB (1:1000) |
Antibody | mDia1 (mouse monoclonal) | BD Biosciences | Cat# 610848; RRID:AB_398167 | IB (1:500); IP (2 µg) |
Antibody | mDia1 (rabbit monoclonal) | Abcam | Cat# ab129167; RRID:AB_11143749 | IC (1:100) |
Antibody | mDia3 (rabbit polyclonal) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# HPA005647; RRID:AB_1078657 | IB (1:1000) |
Antibody | Myosin IIb (mouse monoclonal) | Abcam | Cat# ab684; RRID:AB_305661 | IC (1:100) |
Antibody | Myosin IIb (rabbit polyclonal) | Cell Signaling Technology | Cat# 3404; RRID:AB_126421 | IB (1:2000) |
Antibody | Rac1 (mouse monoclonal) | BD Biosciences | Cat# 610650; RRID:AB_397977 | IB (1:1000); IC (1:50) |
Antibody | RFP (rabbit polyclonal) | Takara Bio | Cat# 632496; RRID:AB_10013483 | IC (1:500) |
Antibody | RhoA (rabbit monoclonal) | Cell Signaling Technology | Cat# 2117; RRID:AB_10693922 | IB (1:1000); IC (1:100) |
Antibody | α-Tubulin (mouse monoclonal) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# T9026; RRID:AB_47759 | IB (1:5000) |
Antibody | IgG control (mouse monoclonal) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# 31903; RRID:AB_10959891 | IP (2 μg) |
Antibody | vGAT-CypHer5E (rabbit polyclonal) | Synaptic Systems | Cat# 131 103CpH; RRID:AB_2189809 | Live-imaging (1:500) |
Antibody | Anti-mouse IgG Atto542 (donkey polyclonal) | Martin Lehmann | Gonschior et al., 2022; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32533-4 | IC (1:400) |
Antibody | Anti-rabbit IgG Atto542 (donkey polyclonal) | Martin Lehmann | Gonschior et al., 2022; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32533-4 | IC (1:400) |
Antibody | Anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 594 (goat polyclonal) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# A-11032; RRID:AB_2534091 | IC (1:200) |
Antibody | Anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 594 (goat polyclonal) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# A-11037; RRID:AB_2534095 | IC (1:200) |
Antibody | Anti-guinea pig Atto647N (camelid monoclonal) | Synaptic Systems | Cat# N0602-At647N-S; RRID:AB_2744576 | IC (1:200) |
Antibody | Anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 647 (goat polyclonal) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# A-21235; RRID:AB_2535804 | IC (1:200) |
Antibody | Anti-mouse IRDye 680RD (goat polyclonal) | LI-COR Biosciences | Cat# 925–68070; RRID:AB_2651128 | IB (1:10000) |
Antibody | Anti-rabbit IRDye 680RD (goat polyclonal) | LI-COR Biosciences | Cat# 926–68071; RRID:AB_10956166 | IB (1:10000) |
Antibody | Anti-mouse IgG, IRDye 800CW (goat polyclonal) | LI-COR Biosciences | Cat# 926–32210; RRID:AB_621842 | IB (1:10000) |
Antibody | Anti-rabbit IgG, IRDye 800CW (goat polyclonal) | LI-COR Biosciences | Cat# 926–32211; RRID:AB_621843 | IB (1:10000) |
Chemical compound, drug | Phalloidin-Alexa Fluor 594 | AAT Bioquest | Cat# ABD-23158 | IC (1:1000) |
Recombinant DNA reagent | Synaptophysin-pHluorin | Leon Lagnado | Gonschior et al., 2022; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32533-4 | Expresses rat Synaptophysin-2xpHluorin (inserted between Asn183 – Thr184) under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | vGlut1-pHluorin | Volker Haucke | Bolz et al., 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.08.016 | Expresses rat vGlut1-pHluorin (inserted between Gly99 – Gly100) under a hSyn1 promotor; lentiviral plasmid |
Recombinant DNA reagent | mCherry | Clontech | Cat# 632523 | Expresses mCherry under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | mDia1-WT-mCherry | This study | - | Expresses mouse mDia1-WT-mCherry under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | mDia1-ΔN -mCherry | This study | - | Expresses truncation (first 60 AA) variant of mouse mDia1-mCherry under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | mDia1-WT-SNAP | This study | - | Expresses mouse mDia1-WT-SNAP under a hSyn1 promotor; lentiviral plasmid |
Recombinant DNA reagent | mDia1-K994A-SNAP | This study | - | Expresses K994A variant of mDia1-SNAP under a hSyn1 promotor; lentiviral plasmid |
Recombinant DNA reagent | Dynamin1-WT-SNAP | This study | - | Expresses mouse Dynamin1-WT-SNAP under a hSyn1 promotor; lentiviral plasmid |
Recombinant DNA reagent | Dynamin1-K44A-SNAP | This study | - | Expresses K44A variant of mouse Dynamin1-SNAP under a hSyn1 promotor; lentiviral plasmid |
Recombinant DNA reagent | vGlut1-mCherry | Franck Polleux | Kwon et al., 2016; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002516 | Expresses rat vGlut1-mCherry under a CAG promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | Rac1-CA | Addgene | Cat# 12983; RRID:Addgene_12983 | Expresses Q61L variant of human myc-Rac1 under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | Rac1-DN | Addgene | Cat# 12984; RRID:Addgene_12984 | Expresses T17N variant of human myc-Rac1 under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | RhoA-WT | Theofilos Papadopoulos | Reddy-Alla et al., 2010; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07149.x | Expresses human 3xHA-RhoA-WT under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | RhoA-DN | Theofilos Papadopoulos | Reddy-Alla et al., 2010; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07149.x | Expresses T19N variant of human 3xHA-RhoA under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | RhoB-WT | Harry Mellor | Mellor, 1998; https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.9.4811 | Expresses human myc-RhoB-WT under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | RhoB-DN | Harry Mellor | Mellor, 1998; https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.9.4811 | Expresses T19N variant of human myc-RhoB under a CMV promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shCTR (transfected) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# SHC016 | No murine targets |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shmDia1 (transfected) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# TRCN0000108685 | Targets 3'UTR of NM_007858 |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shRhoA (transfected) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# TRCN0000302388 | Targets CDS of NM_016802 |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shRhoB (transfected) | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# TRCN0000294874 | Targets CDS of NM_007483 |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shCTRmiR | This study | - | Expresses rat Synaptophysin-2xpHluorin under a CMV promotor and shRNA embedded into a microRNA (shRNAmiR) with no murine targets |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shmDia1miR | This study | - | Expresses rat Synaptophysin-2xpHluorin under a CMV promotor and shRNAmiR against the CDS of mouse Diaph1 (mDia1) |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shCTR (transduced) | Christian Rosenmund | Watanabe et al., 2014; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13846 | Expresses NLS-RFP or BFP under a hSyn1 promotor and shRNA against no murine target (msClathrin scrambled) under a U6 promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shmDia1 (transduced) | This study | - | Expresses NLS-RFP or BFP under a hSyn1 promotor and shRNA against the 3'UTR of mouse Diaph1 (mDia1) under a U6 promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | shmDia3 (transduced) | This study | - | Expresses NLS-RFP or BFP under a hSyn1 promotor and shRNA against the CDS of mouse Diaph2 (mDia3) under a U6 promotor |
Recombinant DNA reagent | MD2.G | Addgene | Cat# 12259; RRID:Addgene_12259 | Expresses lentiviral VSV-G envelope protein |
Recombinant DNA reagent | psPAX2 | Addgene | Cat# 12260; RRID:Addgene_12260 | Expresses lentiviral packaging protein |
Recombinant DNA reagent | pOrange GFP-β-Actin KI | Addgene | Cat#131479; RRID:Addgene_131479 | gRNA and GFP donor for endogenous N-terminal tagging of β-Actin (amino acid position: D2) by targeting Actb |
Chemical compound, drug | Dynasore | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# D7693 | 80 μM 10 min |
Chemical compound, drug | EHT 1864 | MedChemExpress | Cat# HY-16659 | 10 μM acute (CypHer); 2 h (IC/EM) |
Chemical compound, drug | IMM-01 | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# SML1064 | 10 μM acute |
Chemical compound, drug | Jasplakinolide | Sigma-Aldrich | Cat# J4580 | 8 μM acute (JLY); 1 μM 30 min |
Chemical compound, drug | Latrunculin A | Cayman Chemical | Cat# CAY10684 | 5 µM acute (JLY) |
Chemical compound, drug | ML141 | MedChemExpress | Cat# HY-12755 | 10 µM acute |
Chemical compound, drug | Rhosin | MedChemExpress | Cat# HY-12646 | 10 µM 2 h |
Chemical compound, drug | Tetrodotoxin | Carl Roth | Cat# 6973.1 | 1 µM 36 h |
Chemical compound, drug | Y-27632 | Tocris | Cat# 1254 | 1 µM acute (JLY) |
Commercial assay or kit | Rhotekin-Rho binding domain (RBD) beads | Cytoskeleton Inc | Cat# RT02 | 60 μg |
Commercial assay or kit | PAK-p21 binding domain (PBD) beads | Cytoskeleton Inc | Cat# PAK02 | 20 μg |
Commercial assay or kit | ProFection Mammalian Transfection System – Calcium Phosphate | Promega | Cat# E1200 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Gibson Master Mix | New England Biolabs Inc | Cat# E2611L | |
Commercial assay or kit | Q5 site-directed mutagenesis kit | New England Biolabs Inc | Cat# E0552S | |
Software, algorithm | Fiji | NIH | RRID:SCR_002285 | |
Software, algorithm | Prism | GraphPad | RRID:SCR_002798 | Version 9.5.1. |
Software, algorithm | Image Lab Software | Bio-Rad | RRID:SCR_014210 | Version 6.0.1 |
Software, algorithm | Image Studio Lite | LI-COR Biosciences | RRID:SCR_013715 | Version 5.2.5 |
Software, algorithm | pHluorin ROI sector | Github | https://github.com/DennisVoll/pHluorin_ROI_selector/; Voll, 2020 | |
Software, algorithm | SynActJ | Martin Lehmann | Schmied et al., 2021; https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.777837 | |
Software, algorithm | Macro_plot_lineprofile_multicolor | Kees Straatman | Gerth et al., 2017; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2019.03.020 | |
Software, algorithm | MaxQuant | Jürgen Cox | https://www.maxquant.org/maxquant/ | Version 1.6.1.0 |
Software, algorithm | Perseus | Jürgen Cox | https://www.maxquant.org/perseus/ | Version 1.6.7.0 |
Sequence-based reagent | see Supplementary file 1 |
List of oligonucleotides used in this study.