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Assembly of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) syntaxin 1, SNAP-25, and synaptobrevin 2 is thought to be the driving force for the exocytosis of synaptic vesicles. However, whereas exocytosis is triggered at a millisecond time scale, the SNARE-mediated fusion of liposomes requires hours for completion, which challenges the idea of a key role for SNAREs in the final steps of exocytosis. We found that liposome fusion was dramatically accelerated when a stabilized syntaxin/SNAP-25 acceptor complex was used. Thus, SNAREs do have the capacity to execute fusion at a speed required for neuronal secretion, demonstrating that the maintenance of acceptor complexes is a critical step in biological fusion reactions. 相似文献
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Schoch S Deák F Königstorfer A Mozhayeva M Sara Y Südhof TC Kavalali ET 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2001,294(5544):1117-1122
SNAREs (soluble NSF-attachment protein receptors) are generally acknowledged as central components of membrane fusion reactions, but their precise function has remained enigmatic. Competing hypotheses suggest roles for SNAREs in mediating the specificity of fusion, catalyzing fusion, or actually executing fusion. We generated knockout mice lacking synaptobrevin/VAMP 2, the vesicular SNARE protein responsible for synaptic vesicle fusion in forebrain synapses, to make use of the exquisite temporal resolution of electrophysiology in measuring fusion. In the absence of synaptobrevin 2, spontaneous synaptic vesicle fusion and fusion induced by hypertonic sucrose were decreased approximately 10-fold, but fast Ca2+-triggered fusion was decreased more than 100-fold. Thus, synaptobrevin 2 may function in catalyzing fusion reactions and stabilizing fusion intermediates but is not absolutely required for synaptic fusion. 相似文献
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Roy D Liston DR Idone VJ Di A Nelson DJ Pujol C Bliska JB Chakrabarti S Andrews NW 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2004,304(5676):1515-1518
Strategies for inhibiting phagolysosome fusion are essential for the intracellular survival and replication of many pathogens. We found that the lysosomal synaptotagmin Syt VII is required for a mechanism that promotes phagolysosomal fusion and limits the intracellular growth of pathogenic bacteria. Syt VII was required for a form of Ca2+-dependent phagolysosome fusion that is analogous to Ca2+-regulated exocytosis of lysosomes, which can be triggered by membrane injury. Bacterial type III secretion systems, which permeabilize membranes and cause Ca2+ influx in mammalian cells, promote lysosomal exocytosis and inhibit intracellular survival in Syt VII +/+ but not -/- cells. Thus, the lysosomal repair response can also protect cells against pathogens that trigger membrane permeabilization. 相似文献
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Synaptic vesicles loaded with neurotransmitters are exocytosed in a soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE)-dependent manner after presynaptic depolarization induces calcium ion (Ca2+) influx. The Ca2+ sensor required for fast fusion is synaptotagmin-1. The activation energy of bilayer-bilayer fusion is very high (approximately 40 k(B)T). We found that, in response to Ca2+ binding, synaptotagmin-1 could promote SNARE-mediated fusion by lowering this activation barrier by inducing high positive curvature in target membranes on C2-domain membrane insertion. Thus, synaptotagmin-1 triggers the fusion of docked vesicles by local Ca2+-dependent buckling of the plasma membrane together with the zippering of SNAREs. This mechanism may be widely used in membrane fusion. 相似文献
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Neurotransmitter release is triggered by calcium ions and depends critically on the correct function of three types of SNARE [soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptor] proteins. With use of the large calyx of Held presynaptic terminal from rats, we found that cleavage of different SNARE proteins by clostridial neurotoxins caused distinct kinetic changes in neurotransmitter release. When elevating calcium ion concentration directly at the presynaptic terminal with the use of caged calcium, cleavage of SNAP-25 by botulinum toxin A (BoNT/A) produced a strong reduction in the calcium sensitivity for release, whereas cleavage of syntaxin using BoNT/C1 and synaptobrevin using tetanus toxin (TeNT) produced an all-or-nothing block without changing the kinetics of remaining vesicles. When stimulating release by calcium influx through channels, a difference between BoNT/C1 and TeNT emerged, which suggests that cleavage of synaptobrevin modifies the coupling between channels and release-competent vesicles. 相似文献
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The molecular pathways involved in retrograde signal transduction at synapses and the function of retrograde communication are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that postsynaptic calcium 2+ ion (Ca2+) influx through glutamate receptors and subsequent postsynaptic vesicle fusion trigger a robust induction of presynaptic miniature release after high-frequency stimulation at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions. An isoform of the synaptotagmin family, synaptotagmin 4 (Syt 4), serves as a postsynaptic Ca2+ sensor to release retrograde signals that stimulate enhanced presynaptic function through activation of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-cAMP-dependent protein kinase pathway. Postsynaptic Ca2+ influx also stimulates local synaptic differentiation and growth through Syt 4-mediated retrograde signals in a synapse-specific manner. 相似文献
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Syntaxin, synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kD (SNAP25), and vesicle-associated membrane protein/synaptobrevin are collectively called SNAP receptor (SNARE) proteins, and they catalyze neuronal exocytosis by forming a "core complex." The steps in core complex formation are unknown. Here, we monitored SNARE complex formation in vivo with the use of a fluorescent version of SNAP25. In PC12 cells, we found evidence for a syntaxin-SNAP25 complex that formed with high affinity, required only the amino-terminal SNARE motif of SNAP25, tolerated a mutation that blocks formation of other syntaxin-SNAP25 complexes, and assembled reversibly when Ca2+ entered cells during depolarization. The complex may represent a precursor to the core complex formed during a Ca2+-dependent priming step of exocytosis. 相似文献
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刺槐花粉萌发和花粉管伸长生长过程中柱头与花柱内钙离子的分布特征 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
以去雄后人工授粉的刺槐花为试验材料,并以去雄后不授粉的花为对照,利用焦锑酸钙沉淀法分析刺槐柱头和花柱内钙离子分布对花粉萌发和花粉管生长的影响。结果发现:花粉在萌发前,其萌发孔聚集了大量的钙沉淀。授粉作用会很快促使柱头表面泡状分泌物和胞外基质钙含量增加。随着大量花粉萌发完成,柱头泡状分泌物内的钙含量开始下降,但是柱头胞外基质的钙含量下降不明显,这表明柱头泡状分泌物的钙离子对花粉萌发可能有促进作用。刺槐的花柱含有一个中空花柱道,中空花柱道周围有一层通道细胞,不论授粉与否,通道细胞液泡和细胞壁上都有大量钙离子,这些钙离子对花粉管的生长可能有诱导作用。刺槐花柱内的钙离子梯度现象不明显。本研究结果有利于揭示刺槐乃至其他豆科植物柱头和花柱内钙离子分布对花粉萌发和花粉管生长的影响。 相似文献
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Peach fruit easily soften and have a short storage time at normal temperature. In this study, peach fruit (Prunus persica sieb et Zucc cv. Yingqing) were picked and stored at 25 and 4℃ to investigate the senescence in correlation with Ca2+- ATPase activity of microsomal membrane and lipid peroxidation during ripening and senescence. In comparison with that stored at 25℃, the fruit stored at 4℃ exhibited a higher flesh firmness, lower respiration rate, and generated the late bigger peak value of Ca2+-ATPase activity as well as maintained the higher activity of the enzyme. Meanwhile, the lower levels of super oxygen radical (O2-) production and content of malondialdehyde (MDA), a product of membrane lipid peroxidation were observed. Sodium orthovanadate (SO) and erythrosin B (EB), as Ca2+-ATPase inhibitors, could stimulate the respiration rate. The results suggested that the slower senescence rate of peach fruit was closely related to the higher peak value and longer duration of Ca2+-ATPase activity in microsomal membrane, with the slighter membrane lipid peroxidation and lower O2(-) production rate. 相似文献
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During neurotransmitter release at the synapse, influx of calcium ions stimulates the release of neurotransmitter. However, the mechanism by which synaptic vesicle fusion is coupled to calcium has been unclear, despite the identification of both the core fusion machinery [soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE)] and the principal calcium sensor (synaptotagmin). Here, we describe what may represent a basic principle of the coupling mechanism: a reversible clamping protein (complexin) that can freeze the SNAREpin, an assembled fusion-competent intermediate en route to fusion. When calcium binds to the calcium sensor synaptotagmin, the clamp would then be released. SNARE proteins, and key regulators like synaptotagmin and complexin, can be ectopically expressed on the cell surface. Cells expressing such "flipped" synaptic SNAREs fuse constitutively, but when we coexpressed complexin, fusion was blocked. Adding back calcium triggered fusion from this intermediate in the presence of synaptotagmin. 相似文献
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [I(1,4,5)P3] is a second messenger generated along with diacylglycerol upon the binding of various physiological agents with their cell surface receptors. I(1,4,5)P3 mobilizes Ca2+ from intracellular storage sites through a receptor-coupled mechanism, and the subsequent increased intracellular free calcium ion concentration [( Ca2+]i) activates a multitude of cellular responses. Electropermeabilized neoplastic rat liver epithelial (261B) cells were used to study Ca2+ sequestration, a process that reverses the elevated [Ca2+]i to resting levels and replenishes intracellular Ca2+ pools. Although I (1,4,5)P3-mobilized Ca2+ is readily sequestered into storage pools by the action of Ca2+-adenosine triphosphatases, Ca2+ mobilized by addition of the nonmetabolized inositol trisphosphate isomer I(2,4,5)P3 is not sequestered, suggesting that metabolism is necessary to eliminate the stimulus for Ca2+ release. Several inositol phosphate compounds were examined for their ability to lower the buffer [Ca2+] to determine if a specific I(1,4,5)P3 metabolite might be involved in stimulating Ca2+ sequestration; of these, I(1,3,4,5)P4 alone was found to induce Ca2+ sequestration, demonstrating a physiological role for this inositol trisphosphate metabolite. 相似文献
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为探讨姬松茸多糖诱导HepG2细胞凋亡过程中线粒体膜电位和细胞内Ca2+浓度([Ca2+]i)的变化.以人肝癌细胞系HepG2细胞为对象,使用流式细胞仪检测姬松茸多糖对HepG2细胞凋亡及线粒体膜电位的影响,激光共聚焦显微镜检测HepG2细胞[Ca2+]i的变化.结果表明姬松茸多糖能显著诱导HePG2细胞凋亡,并不同程度降低HepG2细胞线粒体跨膜电位,升高细胞[Ca2+]i,造成钙稳态失衡.姬松茸多糖诱导HepG2细胞凋亡的机制与降低线粒体膜电位,造成细胞内Ca2+超载有关. 相似文献
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阐明甲状腺素联合多奈哌齐对成年期甲状腺功能减退症(简称甲减)大鼠海马突触小体相关蛋白25(SNAP-25)表达的影响,探讨成年甲减脑功能损伤及恢复机制。结果显示甲减大鼠血清T3、T4及海马CA1、CA3区和齿状回(DG)SNAP-25蛋白水平显著升高。单独甲状腺素或联合治疗后血清T3、T4水平恢复正常,但单独甲状腺素治疗后,海马SNAP-25水平仍显著高于对照组大鼠,联合治疗后海马各层SNAP-25蛋白水平与对照组无显著差异。这些结果提示,成年期甲减可致海马内SNAP-25蛋白表达增加,单独甲状腺素治疗后SNAP-25蛋白表达恢复不理想,与多奈哌齐联合治疗使甲减大鼠海马内SNAP-25蛋白恢复到正常水平。 相似文献
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DONG Shi-shan WANG Ying-chun MALi-qin LI Kai ZHANG Jian-jun OU De-yuan ZHAO Li-hong LIU Ju-xiang QIAO Jian 《中国农业科学(英文版)》2007,6(9):1133-1137
The purpose of this research was to study the effect of hypoxia on the Ca^2＋ concentration in broiler＇s cardiac muscle cells （CMCs）. The concentration of Ca^2＋ in the CMC was observed using a laser scanning confocal microscope （LSCM）. The results showed that hypoxia could significantly increase intracellular Ca^2＋（normal oxygen, 99.3 ＋_ 13.1; hypoxia, 129.4 ＋_ 24.3, P 〈 0.01） in CMCs. The Ca^2＋ antagonist （nifedipine, verapamil） could significantly restrain the Ca^2＋ influx across the cell membrane of CMC treated by hypoxia （CMC： hypoxia ＋ verapamil, 100.9± 28.2; hypoxia ＋ nifedipine, 107.6± 27.7; P 〈 0.01）. The results showed hypoxia could increase intracellular Ca^2＋ concentration of CMC, and the Ca^2＋ antagonist could restrain the Ca^2＋ influx across the cell membrane of CMC treated by hypoxia. 相似文献
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Liu KS Siebert M Mertel S Knoche E Wegener S Wichmann C Matkovic T Muhammad K Depner H Mettke C Bückers J Hell SW Müller M Davis GW Schmitz D Sigrist SJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2011,334(6062):1565-1569
The molecular machinery mediating the fusion of synaptic vesicles (SVs) at presynaptic active zone (AZ) membranes has been studied in detail, and several essential components have been identified. AZ-associated protein scaffolds are viewed as only modulatory for transmission. We discovered that Drosophila Rab3-interacting molecule (RIM)-binding protein (DRBP) is essential not only for the integrity of the AZ scaffold but also for exocytotic neurotransmitter release. Two-color stimulated emission depletion microscopy showed that DRBP surrounds the central Ca(2+) channel field. In drbp mutants, Ca(2+) channel clustering and Ca(2+) influx were impaired, and synaptic release probability was drastically reduced. Our data identify RBP family proteins as prime effectors of the AZ scaffold that are essential for the coupling of SVs, Ca(2+) channels, and the SV fusion machinery. 相似文献
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Recordings have been made of changes in intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i) that can be attributed to the operation of an electrogenic, voltage-dependent sodium-calcium (Na-Ca) exchanger in mammalian heart cells. Guinea pig ventricular myocytes under voltage clamp were perfused internally with fura-2, a fluorescent Ca2+-indicator, and changes in [Ca2+]i and membrane current that resulted from Na-Ca exchange were identified through the use of various organic channel blockers and impermeant ions. Depolarization of cells elicited slow increases in [Ca2+]i, with the maximum increase depending on internal [Na+], external [Ca2+], and membrane voltage. Repolarization was associated with net Ca2+ efflux and a decline in the inward current that developed instantaneously upon repolarization. The relation between [Ca2+]i and current was linear, and the slope was made steeper by hyperpolarization. 相似文献
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Equivalent effects of snake PLA2 neurotoxins and lysophospholipid-fatty acid mixtures 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Rigoni M Caccin P Gschmeissner S Koster G Postle AD Rossetto O Schiavo G Montecucco C 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,310(5754):1678-1680
Snake presynaptic phospholipase A2 neurotoxins (SPANs) paralyze the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Upon intoxication, the NMJ enlarges and has a reduced content of synaptic vesicles, and primary neuronal cultures show synaptic swelling with surface exposure of the lumenal domain of the synaptic vesicle protein synaptotagmin I. Concomitantly, these neurotoxins induce exocytosis of neurotransmitters. We found that an equimolar mixture of lysophospholipids and fatty acids closely mimics all of the biological effects of SPANs. These results draw attention to the possible role of local lipid changes in synaptic vesicle release and provide new tools for the study of exocytosis. 相似文献
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Bruchpilot promotes active zone assembly, Ca2+ channel clustering, and vesicle release 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Kittel RJ Wichmann C Rasse TM Fouquet W Schmidt M Schmid A Wagh DA Pawlu C Kellner RR Willig KI Hell SW Buchner E Heckmann M Sigrist SJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2006,312(5776):1051-1054
The molecular organization of presynaptic active zones during calcium influx-triggered neurotransmitter release is the focus of intense investigation. The Drosophila coiled-coil domain protein Bruchpilot (BRP) was observed in donut-shaped structures centered at active zones of neuromuscular synapses by using subdiffraction resolution STED (stimulated emission depletion) fluorescence microscopy. At brp mutant active zones, electron-dense projections (T-bars) were entirely lost, Ca2+ channels were reduced in density, evoked vesicle release was depressed, and short-term plasticity was altered. BRP-like proteins seem to establish proximity between Ca2+ channels and vesicles to allow efficient transmitter release and patterned synaptic plasticity. 相似文献