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Calcium-dependent synaptic vesicle trafficking underlies indefatigable release at the hair cell afferent fiber synapse.


ABSTRACT: Sensory hair cell ribbon synapses respond to graded stimulation in a linear, indefatigable manner, requiring that vesicle trafficking to synapses be rapid and nonrate-limiting. Real-time monitoring of vesicle fusion identified two release components. The first was saturable with both release rate and magnitude varying linearly with Ca(2+), however the magnitude was too small to account for sustained afferent firing rates. A second superlinear release component required recruitment, in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, of vesicles not in the immediate vicinity of the synapse. The superlinear component had a constant rate with its onset varying with Ca(2+) load. High-speed Ca(2+) imaging revealed a nonlinear increase in internal Ca(2+) correlating with the superlinear capacitance change, implicating release of stored Ca(2+) in driving vesicle recruitment. These data, supported by a mass action model, suggest sustained release at hair cell afferent fiber synapse is dictated by Ca(2+)-dependent vesicle recruitment from a reserve pool.

SUBMITTER: Schnee ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3254016 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Calcium-dependent synaptic vesicle trafficking underlies indefatigable release at the hair cell afferent fiber synapse.

Schnee Michael E ME   Santos-Sacchi Joseph J   Castellano-Muñoz Manuel M   Kong Jee-Hyun JH   Ricci Anthony J AJ  

Neuron 20110401 2


Sensory hair cell ribbon synapses respond to graded stimulation in a linear, indefatigable manner, requiring that vesicle trafficking to synapses be rapid and nonrate-limiting. Real-time monitoring of vesicle fusion identified two release components. The first was saturable with both release rate and magnitude varying linearly with Ca(2+), however the magnitude was too small to account for sustained afferent firing rates. A second superlinear release component required recruitment, in a Ca(2+)-d  ...[more]

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