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Title: | Zinc Transporter-1 Concentrates at the Postsynaptic Density of Hippocampal Synapses |
Author: | Sindreu Balet, Carlos Bayés, Àlex Altafaj, Xavier Pérez Clausell, Jeús |
Keywords: | Zinc Sinapsi Neurotransmissors Rates (Animals de laboratori) Zinc Synapses Neurotransmitters Rats as laboratory animals |
Issue Date: | 7-Mar-2014 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Zinc concentrates at excitatory synapses, both at the postsynaptic density and in a subset of glutamatergic boutons. Zinc can modulate synaptic plasticity, memory formation and nociception by regulating transmitter receptors and signal transduction pathways. Also, intracellular zinc accumulation is a hallmark of degenerating neurons in several neurological disorders. To date, no single zinc extrusion mechanism has been directly localized to synapses. Based on the presence of a canonical PDZ I motif in the Zinc Transporter-1 protein (ZnT1), we hypothesized that ZnT1 may be targeted to synaptic compartments for local control of cytosolic zinc. Using our previously developed protocol for the co-localization of reactive zinc and synaptic proteins, we further asked if ZnT1 expression correlates with presynaptic zinc content in individual synapses. FINDINGS: Here we demonstrate that ZnT1 is a plasma membrane protein that is enriched in dendritic spines and in biochemically isolated synaptic membranes. Hippocampal CA1 synapses labelled by postembedding immunogold showed over a 5-fold increase in ZnT1 concentration at synaptic junctions compared with extrasynaptic membranes. Subsynaptic analysis revealed a peak ZnT1 density on the postsynaptic side of the synapse, < 10 nm away from the postsynaptic membrane. ZnT1 was found in the vast majority of excitatory synapses regardless of the presence of vesicular zinc in presynaptic boutons. CONCLUSIONS: Our study has identified ZnT1 as a novel postsynaptic density protein, and it may help elucidate the role of zinc homeostasis in synaptic function and disease. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-7-16 |
It is part of: | Molecular Brain, 2014, vol. 7, num. 1, p. 16-22 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/108942 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-7-16 |
ISSN: | 1756-6606 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) Articles publicats en revistes (Fonaments Clínics) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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