Vasudevan Amruta, Koushika Sandhya P
Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
MicroPubl Biol. 2024 Jun 25;2024. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001204. eCollection 2024.
Neurons exhibit complex branched axonal morphologies in both vertebrate and invertebrate systems, and show heterogeneity in the distribution of synaptic cargo across multiple synapses. It is possible that differences in transport across multiple branches contribute to the heterogeneity in cargo distribution across multiple synapses. However, the regulation of transport at axonal branch points is not well understood. We demonstrate that branch-specific transport of synaptic vesicles is dependent on the existence of a connection between the branch and synapses. The loss of this connection causes an immediate decrease in branch-specific transport of synaptic vesicles in the PLM neuron of .
在脊椎动物和无脊椎动物系统中,神经元都呈现出复杂的分支轴突形态,并且在多个突触间的突触货物分布上表现出异质性。跨多个分支的运输差异可能导致多个突触间货物分布的异质性。然而,轴突分支点处运输的调控机制尚不清楚。我们证明,突触小泡的分支特异性运输依赖于分支与突触之间连接的存在。这种连接的缺失会导致秀丽隐杆线虫PLM神经元中突触小泡的分支特异性运输立即减少。