The Active-zone Protein Munc13 Controls the Use-dependence of Presynaptic Voltage-gated Calcium Channels

Overview

Journal Elife

Specialty Biology

Date 2015 Jul 22

PMID 26196145

Citations 31

Authors

Nathaniel Calloway

Geraldine Gouzer

Mingyu Xue

Timothy A Ryan

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Abstract

Presynaptic calcium channel function is critical for converting electrical information into chemical communication but the molecules in the active zone that sculpt this function are poorly understood. We show that Munc13, an active-zone protein essential for exocytosis, also controls presynaptic voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) function dictating their behavior during various forms of activity. We demonstrate that in vitro Munc13 interacts with voltage-VGCCs via a pair of basic residues in Munc13's C2B domain. We show that elimination of this interaction by either removal of Munc13 or replacement of Munc13 with a Munc13 C2B mutant alters synaptic VGCC's response to and recovery from high-frequency action potential bursts and alters calcium influx from single action potential stimuli. These studies illustrate a novel form of synaptic modulation and show that Munc13 is poised to profoundly impact information transfer at nerve terminals by controlling both vesicle priming and the trigger for exocytosis.

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