Large Structural Change in Isolated Synaptic Vesicles upon Loading with Neurotransmitter
| Autor: | Patricia Kensel-Hammes, Kristi L. Budzinski, Sandra M. Bajjalieh, Bryant S. Fujimoto, Daniel T. Chiu, David M. Belnap, Richard Allen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Biophysics
Glutamic Acid Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy Synaptic vesicle 03 medical and health sciences Glutamatergic chemistry.chemical_compound Mice 0302 clinical medicine Animals Protein Isoforms Neurotransmitter 030304 developmental biology SV2A 0303 health sciences Neurotransmitter Agents Chemistry Vesicle Protein Cryoelectron Microscopy Glutamate receptor Brain Membrane Proteins Glutamic acid Lipids Cell biology Rats Spectrometry Fluorescence Calcium Synaptic Vesicles 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Biophysical Journal. 97(9):2577-2584 |
| ISSN: | 0006-3495 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.032 |
| Popis: | The size of a synaptic vesicle (SV) is generally thought to be determined by the amount of lipid and membrane protein it contains. Once formed, it is thought to remain constant in size. Using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and cryogenic electron microscopy, we show that glutamatergic vesicles reversibly increase their size upon filling with glutamate. The increase ( approximately 25% in diameter) corresponds to an increase in surface area of approximately 50% and in volume of approximately 100%. This large size increase implies a large structural change in the SV upon loading with neurotransmitters. Vesicles lacking SV protein 2A (SV2A) did not manifest a change in size after loading with glutamate, indicating that SV2A is required for this phenomenon. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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