Active Zone Scaffold Protein Ratios Tune Functional Diversity across Brain 
Synapses

Fulterer, Andreas; Andlauer, Till F. M.; Ender, Anatoli; Maglione, Marta; Eyring, Katherine; Woitkuhn, Jennifer; Lehmann, Martin; Matkovic-Rachid, Tanja; Geiger, Joerg R. P.; Walter, Alexander M.; Nagel, Katherine I.; Sigrist, Stephan J.

doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.126

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Active Zone Scaffold Protein Ratios Tune Functional Diversity across Brain Synapses

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Andlauer, Till F. M.
Dept. Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Max Planck Society;
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Fulterer, A., Andlauer, T. F. M., Ender, A., Maglione, M., Eyring, K., Woitkuhn, J., et al. (2018). Active Zone Scaffold Protein Ratios Tune Functional Diversity across Brain Synapses. CELL REPORTS, 23(5), 1259-1274. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.126.

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Abstract

High-throughput electron microscopy has started to reveal synaptic connectivity maps of single circuits and whole brain regions, for example, in the Drosophila olfactory system. However, efficacy, timing, and frequency tuning of synaptic vesicle release are also highly diversified across brain synapses. These features critically depend on the nanometer-scale coupling distance between voltagegated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) and the synaptic vesicle release machinery. Combining light super resolution microscopy with in vivo electrophysiology, we show here that two orthogonal scaffold proteins (ELKS family Bruchpilot, BRP, and Syd-1) cluster-specific (M) Unc13 release factor isoforms either close (BRP/Unc13A) or further away (Syd-1/Unc13B) from VGCCs across synapses of the Drosophila olfactory system, resulting in different synapse-characteristic forms of short-term plasticity. Moreover, BRP/Unc13A versus Syd-1/Unc13B ratios were different between synapse types. Thus, variation in tightly versus loosely coupled scaffold protein/(M) Unc13 modules can tune synapse-type-specific release features, and ''nanoscopic molecular fingerprints'' might identify synapses with specific temporal features.