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Clathrin regenerates synaptic vesicles from endosomes

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Watanabe, Shigeki, Trimbuch, Thorsten, Camacho-Pérez, Marcial, Rost, Benjamin R., Brokowski, Bettina, Söhl-Kielczynski, Berit, Felies, Annegret, Davis, M. Wayne +2 more·2014·Nature

Abstract

Ultrafast endocytosis can retrieve a single, large endocytic vesicle as fast as 50-100 ms after synaptic vesicle fusion. However, the fate of the large endocytic vesicles is not known. Here we demonstrate that these vesicles transition to a synaptic endosome about one second after stimulation. The endosome is resolved into coated vesicles after 3 s, which in turn become small-diameter synaptic vesicles 5-6 s after stimulation. We disrupted clathrin function using RNA interference (RNAi) and found that clathrin is not required for ultrafast endocytosis but is required to generate synaptic vesicles from the endosome. Ultrafast endocytosis fails when actin polymerization is disrupted, or when neurons are stimulated at room temperature instead of physiological temperature. In the absence of ultrafast endocytosis, synaptic vesicles are retrieved directly from the plasma membrane by clathrin-mediated endocytosis. These results may explain discrepancies among published experiments concerning the role of clathrin in synaptic vesicle endocytosis.

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  • Ultrafast endocytosis initiates as fast as 20-50 ms after exocytosis and completes within 100 ms.

    “Indeed, ultrafast endocytosis initiates as fast as 20–50 ms after exocytosis and completes within 100 ms5–7.”

    From Membrane compression by synaptic vesicle exocytosis triggers ultrafast endocytosis (2023) · cites this paper as [7]

    The Introduction reports endocytic pits appearing about 50 ms after stimulation, and the Discussion says ultrafast endocytosis removes excess membrane 30–100 ms after stimulation. These passages support the rapid onset and completion by about 100 ms, but not initiation as early as 20 ms. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • In ultrafast endocytosis, endocytic invaginations always form at the edge of the active zone.

    “In this pathway, endocytic invaginations always form at the edge of the active zone5–7.”

    From Membrane compression by synaptic vesicle exocytosis triggers ultrafast endocytosis (2023) · cites this paper as [7]

    The Results section (‘Ultrafast endocytosis is intact after clathrin knock-down’; page unavailable) reports endocytic pits at the edges of the active zone in both control and clathrin-knock-down cells. Extended Data Fig. 1 also describes membrane retrieval at the lateral edge. Neither passage establishes the claim’s absolute ‘always’ across conditions. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The failure of ultrafast endocytosis at room temperature is attributable to slowed actin turnover at room temperature.

    “Based on the reliance of ultrafast endocytosis on F-actin7 and the high sensitivity of actin polymerization to temperature change74–76, we attribute this result to a slowed actin turnover at the room temperature7.”

    From Membrane compression by synaptic vesicle exocytosis triggers ultrafast endocytosis (2023) · cites this paper as [7]

    The Results section reports that ultrafast endocytosis fails at 22°C and that blocking actin polymerization also prevents it. The Discussion’s “Temperature” section proposes reduced actin polymerization as a likely explanation, but does not establish slowed actin turnover as the cause. Page numbers were not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Ultrafast endocytosis is tightly coupled to exocytosis in time and space.

    “Several recent studies suggest that synaptic vesicle endocytosis is mediated by clathrin-independent ultrafast endocytosis at mammalian central synapses and is tightly coupled to exocytosis in time and space5–9.”
  • Synaptic vesicle endocytosis at mammalian central synapses is mediated by clathrin-independent ultrafast endocytosis.

    “Several recent studies suggest that synaptic vesicle endocytosis is mediated by clathrin-independent ultrafast endocytosis at mammalian central synapses and is tightly coupled to exocytosis in time and space5–9.”

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Watanabe, S., Trimbuch, T., Camacho-Pérez, M., Rost, B. R., Brokowski, B., Söhl-Kielczynski, B., Felies, A., Davis, M. W., Rosenmund, C., & Jorgensen, E. M.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
Corresponding author
Rosenmund, Christian
Venue
Nature
Published
2014-10-08
Volume
515
Issue
7526
Pages
228-233
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2029980283
Cited by
333
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 7
FWCI
15.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R37NS034307, NS034307, R01NS034307)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
Keywords
clathrin, synaptic vesicle recycling, coated vesicles, clathrin-mediated endocytosis, actin polymerization, temperature dependence, optogenetic stimulation, high-pressure freezing, axon terminals, synaptic vesicle fusion
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Membrane, Clathrin, Endocytosis, Humans, Endosomes, Synaptic Vesicles, Temperature, Mice

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