Maintaining synaptic transmission requires replenishment of docked synaptic vesicles within the readily releasable pool (RRP) from synaptic vesicle clusters in the synapsin-bound reserve pool. We show that synapsin forms a complex with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) in intact nerve terminals and that synapsin-associated kinase activity increases on depolarization. Disruption of either PI 3-kinase activity or its interaction with synapsin inhibited replenishment of the RRP, but did not affect exocytosis from the RRP. Thus we conclude that a synapsin-associated PI 3-kinase activity plays a role in synaptic vesicle delivery to the RRP. This also suggests that PI 3-kinase contributes to the maintenance of synaptic transmission during periods of high activity, indicating a possible role in synaptic plasticity.
Synapsin I-associated Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Mediates Synaptic Vesicle Delivery to the Readily Releasable Pool*
M. Cousin,Chandra S Malladi,Timothy C. Tan,C. R. Raymond,K. J. Smillie,P. Robinson
Published 2003 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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2003
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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2003-08-01
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Biology, Medicine
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