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dc.contributor.authorRegus-Leidig, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorFuchs, Michaela
dc.contributor.authorLöhner, Martina
dc.contributor.authorLeist, Sarah R
dc.contributor.authorLeal-Ortiz, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorChiodo, Vince A
dc.contributor.authorHauswirth, William W
dc.contributor.authorGarner, Craig C
dc.contributor.authorBrandstätter, Johann H
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-10T09:40:19Z
dc.date.available2014-10-10T09:40:19Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationIn vivo knockdown of Piccolino disrupts presynaptic ribbon morphology in mouse photoreceptor synapses. 2014, 8:259 Front Cell Neuroscien
dc.identifier.issn1662-5102
dc.identifier.pmid25232303
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fncel.2014.00259
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10033/332645
dc.description.abstractPiccolo is the largest known cytomatrix protein at active zones of chemical synapses. A growing number of studies on conventional chemical synapses assign Piccolo a role in the recruitment and integration of molecules relevant for both endo- and exocytosis of synaptic vesicles, the dynamic assembly of presynaptic F-actin, as well as the proteostasis of presynaptic proteins, yet a direct function in the structural organization of the active zone has not been uncovered in part due to the expression of multiple alternatively spliced isoforms. We recently identified Piccolino, a Piccolo splice variant specifically expressed in sensory ribbon synapses of the eye and ear. Here we down regulated Piccolino in vivo via an adeno-associated virus-based RNA interference approach and explored the impact on the presynaptic structure of mouse photoreceptor ribbon synapses. Detailed immunocytochemical light and electron microscopical analysis of Piccolino knockdown in photoreceptors revealed a hitherto undescribed photoreceptor ribbon synaptic phenotype with striking morphological changes of synaptic ribbon ultrastructure.
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dc.titleIn vivo knockdown of Piccolino disrupts presynaptic ribbon morphology in mouse photoreceptor synapses.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalFrontiers in cellular neuroscienceen
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-13T15:14:15Z
html.description.abstractPiccolo is the largest known cytomatrix protein at active zones of chemical synapses. A growing number of studies on conventional chemical synapses assign Piccolo a role in the recruitment and integration of molecules relevant for both endo- and exocytosis of synaptic vesicles, the dynamic assembly of presynaptic F-actin, as well as the proteostasis of presynaptic proteins, yet a direct function in the structural organization of the active zone has not been uncovered in part due to the expression of multiple alternatively spliced isoforms. We recently identified Piccolino, a Piccolo splice variant specifically expressed in sensory ribbon synapses of the eye and ear. Here we down regulated Piccolino in vivo via an adeno-associated virus-based RNA interference approach and explored the impact on the presynaptic structure of mouse photoreceptor ribbon synapses. Detailed immunocytochemical light and electron microscopical analysis of Piccolino knockdown in photoreceptors revealed a hitherto undescribed photoreceptor ribbon synaptic phenotype with striking morphological changes of synaptic ribbon ultrastructure.


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