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A mathematical model of synaptotagmin 7 revealing functional importance of short-term synaptic plasticity.


ABSTRACT: Synaptotagmin 7 (Syt7), a presynaptic calcium sensor, has a significant role in the facilitation in short-term synaptic plasticity: Syt7 knock out mice show a significant reduction in the facilitation. The functional importance of short-term synaptic plasticity such as facilitation is not well understood. In this study, we attempt to investigate the potential functional relationship between the short-term synaptic plasticity and postsynaptic response by developing a mathematical model that captures the responses of both wild-type and Syt7 knock-out mice. We then studied the model behaviours of wild-type and Syt7 knock-out mice in response to multiple input action potentials. These behaviors could establish functional importance of short-term plasticity in regulating the postsynaptic response and related synaptic properties. In agreement with previous modeling studies, we show that release sites are governed by non-uniform release probabilities of neurotransmitters. The structure of non-uniform release of neurotransmitters makes short-term synaptic plasticity to act as a high-pass filter. We also propose that Syt7 may be a modulator for the long-term changes of postsynaptic response that helps to train the target frequency of the filter. We have developed a mathematical model of short-term plasticity which explains the experimental data.

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352580 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A mathematical model of synaptotagmin 7 revealing functional importance of short-term synaptic plasticity.

He Yao Y   Kulasiri Don D   Liang Jingyi J  

Neural regeneration research 20190401 4


Synaptotagmin 7 (Syt7), a presynaptic calcium sensor, has a significant role in the facilitation in short-term synaptic plasticity: Syt7 knock out mice show a significant reduction in the facilitation. The functional importance of short-term synaptic plasticity such as facilitation is not well understood. In this study, we attempt to investigate the potential functional relationship between the short-term synaptic plasticity and postsynaptic response by developing a mathematical model that captu  ...[more]

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