Exocytosis in mouse vestibular Type II hair cells shows a high-order Ca2+ dependence that is independent of synaptotagmin-4.

Physiological Reports
Paolo SpaiardiStuart L Johnson

Abstract

Mature hair cells transduce information over a wide range of stimulus intensities and frequencies for prolonged periods of time. The efficiency of such a demanding task is reflected in the characteristics of exocytosis at their specialized presynaptic ribbons. Ribbons are electron-dense structures able to tether a large number of releasable vesicles allowing them to maintain high rates of vesicle release. Calcium entry through rapidly activating, non-inactivating CaV 1.3 (L-type) Ca2+ channels in response to cell depolarization causes a local increase in Ca2+ at the ribbon synapses, which is detected by the exocytotic Ca2+ sensors. The Ca2+ dependence of vesicle exocytosis at mammalian vestibular hair cell (VHC) ribbon synapses is believed to be linear, similar to that observed in mature cochlear inner hair cells (IHCs). The linear relation has been shown to correlate with the presence of the Ca2+ sensor synaptotagmin-4 (Syt-4). Therefore, we studied the exocytotic Ca2+ dependence, and the release kinetics of different vesicle pool populations, in Type II VHCs of control and Syt-4 knockout mice using patch-clamp capacitance measurements, under physiological recording conditions. We found that exocytosis in mature control and kn...Continue Reading

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