Synaptic PI(3,4,5)P3 is required for Syntaxin1A clustering and neurotransmitter release.

Thang Manh Khuong, Ron L P Habets, Sabine Kuenen, Agata Witkowska, Jaroslaw Kasprowicz, Jef Swerts, Reinhard Jahn, Geert van den Bogaart, Patrik Verstreken

VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Neuron 2013 Mar 20

filter terms:

PI(3,4,5)P3 is a low-abundance lipid thought to play a role in the regulation of synaptic activity; however, the mechanism remains obscure. We have constructed novel split Venus-based probes and used superresolution imaging to localize PI(3,4,5)P3 at Drosophila larval neuromuscular synapses. We find the lipid in membrane domains at neurotransmitter release sites, where it concentrates with Syntaxin1A, a protein essential for vesicle fusion. Reducing PI(3,4,5)P3 availability disperses Syntaxin1A clusters and increasing PI(3,4,5)P3 levels rescues this defect. In artificial giant unilamellar vesicles, PI(3,4,5)P3 also induces Syntaxin1A domain formation and this clustering, in vitro and in vivo, is dependent on positively charged residues in the Syntaxin1A-juxtamembrane domain. Functionally, reduced PI(3,4,5)P3 causes temperature-sensitive paralysis and reduced neurotransmitter release, a phenotype also seen in animals expressing a Syntaxin1A with a mutated juxtamembrane domain. Thus, our data indicate that PI(3,4,5)P3, based on electrostatic interactions, clusters Syntaxin1A at release sites to regulate neurotransmitter release. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Citation

Thang Manh Khuong, Ron L P Habets, Sabine Kuenen, Agata Witkowska, Jaroslaw Kasprowicz, Jef Swerts, Reinhard Jahn, Geert van den Bogaart, Patrik Verstreken. Synaptic PI(3,4,5)P3 is required for Syntaxin1A clustering and neurotransmitter release. Neuron. 2013 Mar 20;77(6):1097-108