Astrocyte VAMP3 vesicles undergo Ca2+‐independent cycling and modulate glutamate transporter trafficking
- 18 May 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 593 (13), 2807-2832
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jp270362
Abstract
Previous studies suggest that small synaptic-like vesicles in astrocytes carry vesicle-associated vSNARE proteins, VAMP3 (cellubrevin) and VAMP2 (synaptobrevin 2), both contributing to the Ca2+-regulated exocytosis of gliotransmitters, thereby modulating brain information processing. Here, using cortical astrocytes taken from VAMP2 and VAMP3 knock-out mice, we find that astrocytes express only VAMP3. The morphology and function of VAMP3 vesicles were studied in cultured astrocytes at single vesicle level with stimulated emission depletion (STED) and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopies. We show that VAMP3 antibodies label small diameter (approximate to 80nm) vesicles and that VAMP3 vesicles undergo Ca2+-independent exo-endocytosis. We also show that this pathway modulates the surface expression of plasma membrane glutamate transporters and the glutamate uptake by astrocytes. Finally, using pharmacological and optogenetic tools, we provide evidence suggesting that the cytosolic cAMP level influences astrocytic VAMP3 vesicle trafficking and glutamate transport. Our results suggest a new role for VAMP3 vesicles in astrocytes.Funding Information
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (BSV4 004 01)
- France-Berkeley (RRZR03LU)
- Université Paris Descartes (1199PJ05)
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