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Dynamics of glycine receptor insertion in the neuronal plasma membrane

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Title:Dynamics of glycine receptor insertion in the neuronal plasma membrane
Creators Name:Rosenberg, M., Meier, J., Triller, A. and Vannier, C.
Abstract:The exocytosis site of newly synthesized glycine receptor was defined by means of a morphological assay to characterize its export from the trans-Golgi Network to the plasma membrane. This was achieved by expressing in transfected neurons an alpha1 subunit bearing an N-terminal tag selectively cleavable from outside the cell by thrombin. This was combined with a transient temperature-induced block of exocytic transport that creates a synchronized exocytic wave. Immunofluorescence microscopy analysis of the cell surface appearance of newly synthesized receptor revealed that exocytosis mainly occurred at nonsynaptic sites in the cell body and the initial portion of dendrites. At the time of cell surface insertion, the receptors existed as discrete clusters. Quantitative analysis showed that glycine receptor clusters are stable in size and subsequently appeared in more distal dendritic regions. This localization resulted from diffusion in the plasma membrane and not from exocytosis of transport vesicles directed to dendrites. Kinetic analysis established a direct substrate-product relationship between pools of somatic and dendritic receptors. This indicated that clusters represent intermediates between newly synthesized and synaptic receptors. These results support a diffusion-retention model for the formation of receptor-enriched postsynaptic domains and not that of a vectorial intracellular targeting to synapses.
Keywords:Glycine receptor, Synapse, Spinal cord neuron, Exocytosis, Diffusion/retention, Transfection, Animals, Rats
Source:Journal of Neuroscience
ISSN:0270-6474
Publisher:Society for Neuroscience
Volume:21
Number:14
Page Range:5036-5044
Date:15 July 2001
Additional Information:Copyright (c) 2001 by The Society for Neuroscience
Official Publication:http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/14/5036
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