TY - JOUR
T1 - SNARE Proteins Synaptobrevin, SNAP-25, and Syntaxin Are Involved in Rapid and Slow Endocytosis at Synapses
AU - Xu, Jianhua
AU - Luo, Fujun
AU - Zhang, Zhen
AU - Xue, Lei
AU - Wu, Xin Sheng
AU - Chiang, Hsueh Cheng
AU - Shin, Wonchul
AU - Wu, Ling Gang
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Peter Wen for reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Intramural Research Program.
PY - 2013/5/30
Y1 - 2013/5/30
N2 - Rapid endocytosis, which takes only a few seconds, is widely observed in secretory cells. Although it is more efficient in recycling vesicles than in slow clathrin-mediated endocytosis, its underlying mechanism, thought to be clathrin independent, is largely unclear. Here, we report that cleavage of three SNARE proteins essential for exocytosis, including synaptobrevin, SNAP-25, and syntaxin, inhibited rapid endocytosis at the calyx of Held nerve terminal, suggesting the involvement of the three SNARE proteins in rapid endocytosis. These SNARE proteins were also involved in slow endocytosis. In addition, SNAP-25 and syntaxin facilitated vesicle mobilization to the readily releasable pool, most likely via theirroles in endocytosis and/or exocytosis. We conclude that both rapid and slow endocytosis share the involvement of SNARE proteins. The dual role ofthree SNARE proteins in exo- and endocytosis suggests that SNARE proteins may be molecular substrates contributing to the exocytosis-endocytosis coupling, which maintains exocytosis in secretory cells.
AB - Rapid endocytosis, which takes only a few seconds, is widely observed in secretory cells. Although it is more efficient in recycling vesicles than in slow clathrin-mediated endocytosis, its underlying mechanism, thought to be clathrin independent, is largely unclear. Here, we report that cleavage of three SNARE proteins essential for exocytosis, including synaptobrevin, SNAP-25, and syntaxin, inhibited rapid endocytosis at the calyx of Held nerve terminal, suggesting the involvement of the three SNARE proteins in rapid endocytosis. These SNARE proteins were also involved in slow endocytosis. In addition, SNAP-25 and syntaxin facilitated vesicle mobilization to the readily releasable pool, most likely via theirroles in endocytosis and/or exocytosis. We conclude that both rapid and slow endocytosis share the involvement of SNARE proteins. The dual role ofthree SNARE proteins in exo- and endocytosis suggests that SNARE proteins may be molecular substrates contributing to the exocytosis-endocytosis coupling, which maintains exocytosis in secretory cells.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.03.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 23643538
AN - SCOPUS:84878538805
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 3
SP - 1414
EP - 1421
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
IS - 5
ER -