Calcium-induced exocytosis from actomyosin-driven, motile varicosities formed by dynamic clusters of organelles.

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Calcium-induced exocytosis from actomyosin-driven, motile varicosities formed by dynamic clusters of organelles. Abstract Text:

Guy Malkinson,Zohar M Fridman,Dotan Kamber,Ada Dormann,Eli Shapira,Micha E Spira,

Varicosities are ubiquitous neuronal structures that appear as local swellings along neurites of invertebrate and vertebrate neurons. Surprisingly little is known about their cell biology. We use here cultured Aplysia neurons and demonstrate that varicosities are motile compartments that contain large clusters of organelles. The content of varicosities propagate along neurites within the plasma membrane "sleeve", split and merge, or wobble in place. Confocal imaging, retrospective immunolabeling, electron microscopy and pharmacological perturbations reveal that the motility of the varicosities' organelle content occurs in concert with an actin scaffold and is generated by actomyosin motors. Despite the motility of these organelle clusters within the cytoplasm along the neurites, elevation of the free intracellular calcium concentration within varicosities by trains of action potentials induces exocytosis followed by membrane retrieval. Our observations demonstrate that varicosities formed in the absence of postsynaptic cells behave as "ready to go" prefabricated presynaptic terminals. We suggest that the varicosities' motility serves to increase the probability of encountering a postsynaptic cell and to rapidly form a functional synapse.

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G Malkinson,ZM Fridman,D Kamber,A Dormann,E Shapira,ME Spira,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Brain cell biology

VOLUME: 35

Page Numbers: 57-73

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ISSN: 1559-7105

DAY: 10

MONTH: 03

YEAR: 2007

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