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Frequency-Dependent Kinetics and Prevalence of Kiss-and-Run and Reuse at Hippocampal Synapses Studied with Novel Quenching Methods
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Frequency-Dependent Kinetics and Prevalence of Kiss-and-Run and Reuse at Hippocampal Synapses Studied with Novel Quenching Methods

Nobutoshi C Harata, Sukwoo Choi, Jason L Pyle, Alexander M Aravanis and Richard W Tsien
Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.), Vol.49(2), pp.243-256
2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.018
PMID: 16423698
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.018View
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Abstract

The kinetics of exo-endocytotic recycling could restrict information transfer at central synapses if neurotransmission were entirely reliant on classical full-collapse fusion. Nonclassical fusion retrieval by kiss-and-run would be kinetically advantageous but remains controversial. We used a hydrophilic quencher, bromophenol blue (BPB), to help detect nonclassical events. Upon stimulation, extracellular BPB entered synaptic vesicles and quenched FM1-43 fluorescence, indicating retention of FM dye beyond first fusion. BPB also quenched fluorescence of VAMP (synaptobrevin-2)-EGFP, thus indicating the timing of first fusion of vesicles in the total recycling pool. Comparison with FM dye destaining revealed that kiss-and-run strongly prevailed over full-collapse fusion at low frequency, giving way to a near-even balance at high frequency. Quickening of kiss-and-run vesicle reuse was also observed at higher frequency in the average single vesicle fluorescence response. Kiss-and-run and reuse could enable hippocampal nerve terminals to conserve scarce vesicular resources when responding to widely varying input patterns.
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