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The mammalian rod synaptic ribbon is essential for Ca.sub.v channel facilitation and ultrafast synaptic vesicle fusion
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Journal Article
The mammalian rod synaptic ribbon is essential for Ca.sub.v channel facilitation and ultrafast synaptic vesicle fusion
2021
Overview
Rod photoreceptors (PRs) use ribbon synapses to transmit visual information. To signal 'no light detected' they release glutamate continually to activate post-synaptic receptors. When light is detected glutamate release pauses. How a rod's individual ribbon enables this process was studied here by recording evoked changes in whole-cell membrane capacitance from wild-type and ribbonless (Ribeye-ko) mice. Wild-type rods filled with high (10 mM) or low (0.5 mM) concentrations of the Ca.sup.2+-buffer EGTA created a readily releasable pool (RRP) of 87 synaptic vesicles (SVs) that emptied as a single kinetic phase with a [tau]<0.4 ms. The lower concentration of EGTA accelerated Ca.sub.v channel opening and facilitated release kinetics. In contrast, ribbonless rods created a much smaller RRP of 22 SVs, and they lacked Ca.sub.v channel facilitation; however, Ca.sup.2+ channel-release coupling remained tight. These release deficits caused a sharp attenuation of rod-driven scotopic light responses. We conclude that the synaptic ribbon facilitates Ca.sup.2+-influx and establishes a large RRP of SVs.
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eLife Science Publications, Ltd
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