Strain Differences in Presynaptic Function: Proteomics, Ultrastructure, and Physiology of Hippocampal Synapses in DBA/2J AND C57Bl/6J mice

Autor: Lenselink, A.M., Rotaru-Marcu, D.C., Li, K.W., van Nierop, P., Rao-Ruiz, P., Loos, M., van der Schors, R.C., Gouwenberg, Y., Wortel, J., Mansvelder, H.D., Smit, A.B., Spijker, S.
Přispěvatelé: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Functional Genomics, Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, AIMMS, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Brain Mechanisms in Health & Disease
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
Zdroj: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290(25), 15635-15645. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc.
Lenselink, A M, Rotaru-Marcu, D C, Li, K W, van Nierop, P, Rao-Ruiz, P, Loos, M, van der Schors, R C, Gouwenberg, Y, Wortel, J, Mansvelder, H D, Smit, A B & Spijker, S 2015, ' Strain Differences in Presynaptic Function: Proteomics, Ultrastructure, and Physiology of Hippocampal Synapses in DBA/2J AND C57Bl/6J mice.. ', Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 290, no. 25, pp. 15635-15645 . https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.628776
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.628776
Popis: The inbred strains C57BL/6J and DBA/2J (DBA) display striking differences in a number of behavioral tasks depending on hippocampal function, such as contextual memory. Historically, this has been explained through differences in postsynaptic protein expression underlying synaptic transmission and plasticity. We measured the synaptic hippocampal protein content (iTRAQ (Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation) and mass spectrometry), CA1 synapse ultrastructural morphology, and synaptic functioning in adult C57BL/6J and DBA mice. DBA mice showed a prominent decrease in the Ras-GAP calcium-sensing protein RASAL1. Furthermore, expression of several presynaptic markers involved in exocytosis, such as syntaxin (Stx1b), Ras-related proteins (Rab3a/c), and rabphilin (Rph3a), was reduced. Ultrastructural analysis of CA1 hippocampal synapses showed a significantly lower number of synaptic vesicles and presynaptic cluster size in DBA mice, without changes in postsynaptic density or active zone. In line with this compromised presynaptic morphological and molecular phenotype in DBA mice, we found significantly lower paired-pulse facilitation and enhanced short term depression of glutamatergic synapses, indicating a difference in transmitter release and/or refilling mechanisms. Taken together, our data suggest that in addition to strain-specific postsynaptic differences, the change in dynamic properties of presynaptic transmitter release may underlie compromised synaptic processing related to cognitive functioning in DBA mice.
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