2024
The Structural and Functional Integrity of Rod Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapses Depends on Redundant Actions of Dynamins 1 and 3
Hanke-Gogokhia C, Zapadka T, Finkelstein S, Klingeborn M, Maugel T, Singer J, Arshavsky V, Demb J. The Structural and Functional Integrity of Rod Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapses Depends on Redundant Actions of Dynamins 1 and 3. Journal Of Neuroscience 2024, 44: e1379232024. PMID: 38641407, PMCID: PMC11209669, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1379-23.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRod ribbon synapsesDynamin-1Photoreceptor ribbon synapsesDynamin isoformsMembrane scissionRibbon synapsesConventional synapsesReduced synaptic vesicle densitySynaptic vesicle recycling processesEndocytosis of synaptic vesiclesRibbon-type active zonesVesicle densityConditional gene knockout approachGene knockout approachSynaptic vesicle densityVesicle endocytosisVesicle cycleDisrupt endocytosisDynaminSpecialized proteinsSynapse integrityEnlarged vesiclesSynaptic vesiclesKnockout approachRod photoreceptors
2016
Complexin 3 Increases the Fidelity of Signaling in a Retinal Circuit by Regulating Exocytosis at Ribbon Synapses
Mortensen LS, Park SJ, Ke JB, Cooper BH, Zhang L, Imig C, Löwel S, Reim K, Brose N, Demb JB, Rhee JS, Singer JH. Complexin 3 Increases the Fidelity of Signaling in a Retinal Circuit by Regulating Exocytosis at Ribbon Synapses. Cell Reports 2016, 15: 2239-2250. PMID: 27239031, PMCID: PMC5134263, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRod bipolarsAsynchronous releaseAmacrine cell synapsesRetinal ganglion cellsRetinal pathwaysGanglion cellsCell synapsesRetinal circuitsRibbon synapsesMouse retinaMultivesicular releaseNeural circuitsComplexin proteinsSynapsesCircuit functionCplx3SignalingStudy linksReleaseExocytosisRB outputRetina