Diversity of excitatory release sites
Karlocai, R. R.; Heredi, J.; Benedek, T.; Holderith, N.; Lorincz, A.; Nusser, Z.
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The molecular mechanisms underlying the diversity of cortical glutamatergic synapses is still only partially understood. Here, we tested the hypothesis that presynaptic active zones (AZs) are constructed from molecularly uniform, independent release sites (RSs), the number of which scales linearly with the AZ size. Paired recordings between hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells and fast-spiking interneurons followed by quantal analysis demonstrate large variability in the number of RSs (N) at these connections. High resolution molecular analysis of functionally characterized synapses reveals highly variable Munc13-1 content of AZs that possess the same N. Replica immunolabeling also shows a 3-fold variability in the Munc13-1 content of AZs of identical size. Munc13-1 is clustered within the AZs; cluster size and density are also variable. Our results provide evidence for quantitative molecular heterogeneity of RSs and support a model in which the AZ is built up from variable numbers of molecularly heterogeneous, but independent RSs.
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