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Constitutive sharing of recycling synaptic vesicles between presynaptic boutons
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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:19 authored by Kevin J Darcy, Kevin StarasKevin Staras, Lucy M Collinson, Yukiko GodaThe synaptic vesicle cycle is vital for sustained neurotransmitter release. It has been assumed that functional synaptic vesicles are replenished autonomously at individual presynaptic terminals. Here we tested this assumption by using FM dyes in combination with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and correlative light and electron microscopy in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. After photobleaching, synapses acquired recently recycled FM dye¿labeled vesicles originating from nonphotobleached synapses by a process requiring dynamic actin turnover. The imported vesicles entered the functional pool at their host synapses, as revealed by the exocytic release of the dye upon stimulation. FM1-43 photoconversion and ultrastructural analysis confirmed the incorporation of imported vesicles into the presynaptic terminal, where they mixed with the native vesicle pools. Our results demonstrate that synaptic vesicle recycling is not confined to individual presynaptic terminals as is widely believed; rather, a substantial proportion of recycling vesicles are shared constitutively between boutons.
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Nature NeuroscienceISSN
1097-6256External DOI
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9Page range
315-321Pages
7.0Department affiliated with
- Neuroscience Publications
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Joint first-author. Conceived, directed and participated in all experiments and wrote paper.Full text available
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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