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Ultrastructural and functional fate of recycled vesicles in hippocampal synapses

Rey, SA; Smith, CA; Fowler, MW; Crawford, F; Burden, JJ; Staras, K; (2015) Ultrastructural and functional fate of recycled vesicles in hippocampal synapses. Nature Communications , 6 , Article 8043. 10.1038/ncomms9043. Green open access

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Abstract

Efficient recycling of synaptic vesicles is thought to be critical for sustained information transfer at central terminals. However, the specific contribution that retrieved vesicles make to future transmission events remains unclear. Here we exploit fluorescence and time-stamped electron microscopy to track the functional and positional fate of vesicles endocytosed after readily releasable pool (RRP) stimulation in rat hippocampal synapses. We show that most vesicles are recovered near the active zone but subsequently take up random positions in the cluster, without preferential bias for future use. These vesicles non-selectively queue, advancing towards the release site with further stimulation in an actin-dependent manner. Nonetheless, the small subset of vesicles retrieved recently in the stimulus train persist nearer the active zone and exhibit more privileged use in the next RRP. Our findings reveal heterogeneity in vesicle fate based on nanoscale position and timing rules, providing new insights into the origins of future pool constitution.

Type: Article
Title: Ultrastructural and functional fate of recycled vesicles in hippocampal synapses
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9043
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9043
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Lab for Molecular Cell Bio MRC-UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476507
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