Evidence for a voltage-dependent enhancement of neurotransmitter release mediated via the synaptic protein interaction site of N-type Ca2+ channels

AUTOR(ES)

Mochida, Sumiko

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Secretion of neurotransmitters is initiated by voltage-gated calcium influx through presynaptic, voltage-gated N-type calcium channels. These channels interact with the SNARE proteins, which are core components of the exocytosis process, via the synaptic protein interaction (synprint) site in the intracellular loop connecting domains II and III of their α1B subunit. Interruption of this interaction by competing synprint peptides inhibits fast, synchronous transmitter release. Here we identify a voltage-dependent, but calcium-independent, enhancement of transmitter release that is elicited by trains of action potentials in the presence of a hyperosmotic extracellular concentration of sucrose. This enhancement of transmitter release requires interaction of SNARE proteins with the synprint site. Our results provide evidence for a voltage-dependent signal that is transmitted by protein–protein interactions from the N-type calcium channel to the SNARE proteins and enhances neurotransmitter release by altering SNARE protein function.

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