Submillisecond Kinetics of Glutamate Release from a Sensory Synapse
- von Gersdorff, Henrique
- Sakaba, Takeshi
- Berglund, Ken
- Tachibana, Masao
DOIAbstract
AbstractExocytosis-mediated glutamate release from ribbon-type synaptic terminals of retinal bipolar cells was studied using AMPA receptors and simultaneous membrane capacitance measurements. Release onset (delay <0.8 ms) and offset were closely tied to Ca2+ channel opening and closing. Asynchronous release was not copious and we estimate that there are ∼5 Ca2+ channels per docked synaptic vesicle. Depending on Ca2+ current amplitude, release occurred in a single fast bout or in two successive bouts with fast and slow onset kinetics. The second, slower bout may reflect a mobilization rate of reserve vesicles toward fusion sites that is accelerated by increasing Ca2+ influx. Bipolar cell synaptic ribbons thus are remarkably versatile signal ...
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