Differential turnover of syntaxin and SNAP-25 during synaptogenesis in cultured cerebellar granule neurons
✍ Scribed by Jeff D. Sanders; Yuanzheng Yang; Yuechueng Liu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 417 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
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✦ Synopsis
In order to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying synaptogenesis, we examined the dynamics and stability of syntaxin 1A and SNAP-25 in cultured cerebellar granule cells. In neurons cultured for less than 5 days in vitro (DIV), syntaxin was highly expressed with a half-life of Ͼ48 hours. SNAP-25 was also expressed at 5 DIV, but at a lower level and with a much shorter half-life of 16 hours. As the neurons matured and established synpatic connections, the expression of both proteins increased steadily, with the more rapid increase between 5 DIV and 8 DIV associated with SNAP-25. The half-life of syntaxin was slightly increased in the mature neurons. SNAP-25, however, showed an increased half-life of about 35 hours. These results suggested that the dynamics and stability of the t-SNAREs are differentially modulated during synaptogenesis, which may be important in establishing and maintaining synaptic connections. J.