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J Neurophysiol 80: 3233-3246, 1998;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 80 No. 6 December 1998, pp. 3233-3246
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society

Different VAMP/Synaptobrevin Complexes for Spontaneous and Evoked Transmitter Release at the Crayfish Neuromuscular Junction

Shao-Ying Hua1, Dorota A. Raciborska1, William S. Trimble2, and Milton P. Charlton1

1 Physiology Department and 2 Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 Canada

Hua, Shao-Ying, Dorota A. Raciborska, William S. Trimble, and Milton P. Charlton. Different VAMP/synaptobrevin complexes for spontaneous and evoked transmitter release at the crayfish neuromuscular junction. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 3233-3246, 1998. Although vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP/synaptobrevin) is essential for evoked neurotransmitter release, its role in spontaneous transmitter release remains uncertain. For instance, many studies show that tetanus toxin (TeNT), which cleaves VAMP, blocks evoked transmitter release but leaves some spontaneous transmitter release. We used recombinant tetanus and botulinum neurotoxin catalytic light chains (TeNT-LC, BoNT/B-LC, and BoNT/D-LC) to examine the role of VAMP in spontaneous transmitter release at neuromuscular junctions (nmj) of crayfish. Injection of TeNT-LC into presynaptic axons removed most of the VAMP immunoreactivity and blocked evoked transmitter release without affecting nerve action potentials or Ca2+ influx. The frequency of spontaneous transmitter release was little affected by the TeNT-LC when the evoked transmitter release had been blocked by >95%. The spontaneous transmitter release left after TeNT-LC treatment was insensitive to increases in intracellular Ca2+. BoNT/B-LC, which cleaves VAMP at the same site as TeNT-LC but uses a different binding site, also blocked evoked release but had minimal effect on spontaneous release. However, BoNT/D-LC, which cleaves VAMP at a different site from the other two toxins but binds to the same position on VAMP as TeNT, blocked both evoked and spontaneous transmitter release at similar rates. The data indicate that different VAMP complexes are employed for evoked and spontaneous transmitter release; the VAMP used in spontaneous release is not readily cleaved by TeNT or BoNT/B. Because the exocytosis that occurs after the action of TeNT cannot be increased by increased intracellular Ca2+, the final steps in neurotransmitter release are Ca2+ independent.




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