Article
Cooperative regulation of neurotransmitter release by Rab3a and synapsin II.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Jun 2010
Coleman William L, Bykhovskaia Maria
Abstract excerpt
To understand how the presynaptic proteins synapsin and Rab3a may interact in the regulation of the synaptic vesicle cycle and the release process, we derived a double knockout (DKO) mouse lacking both synapsin II and Rab3a. We found that Rab3a deletion rescued epileptic-like seizures typical for synapsin II gene deleted animals (Syn II(-)). Furthermore, action potential evoked release was drastically reduced in...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Calcium Signaling
- Epilepsy
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
- Long-Term Synaptic Depression
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Phenotype
- Presynaptic Terminals
- Synapsins
- Synaptic Transmission
- Synaptic Vesicles
- rab3A GTP-Binding Protein
