Karpova, A. Y., Tervo, D. G., Gray, N. W., Svoboda, K. (December 2005) Rapid and reversible chemical inactivation of synaptic transmission in genetically targeted neurons. Neuron, 48 (5). pp. 727-35. ISSN 0896-6273 (Print)
Abstract
Inducible and reversible silencing of selected neurons in vivo is critical to understanding the structure and dynamics of brain circuits. We have developed Molecules for Inactivation of Synaptic Transmission (MISTs) that can be genetically targeted to allow the reversible inactivation of neurotransmitter release. MISTs consist of modified presynaptic proteins that interfere with the synaptic vesicle cycle when crosslinked by small molecule "dimerizers." MISTs based on the vesicle proteins VAMP2/Synaptobrevin and Synaptophysin induced rapid ( approximately 10 min) and reversible block of synaptic transmission in cultured neurons and brain slices. In transgenic mice expressing MISTs selectively in Purkinje neurons, administration of dimerizer reduced learning and performance of the rotarod behavior. MISTs allow for specific, inducible, and reversible lesions in neuronal circuits and may provide treatment of disorders associated with neuronal hyperactivity.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Molecules for Inactivation of Synaptic Transmission MISTs modified presynaptic proteins inteference |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene silencing organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > synaptic transmission |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Svoboda lab School of Biological Sciences > Publications |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Librarian |
| Date: | 8 December 2005 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2012 19:23 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2014 15:45 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/22616 |
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