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Cell Biology of the Neuron: <strong>Polarity</strong>, Plasticity and Regeneration, Crete 2011<br />

Diffusion/Trapping of AMPA Receptors at Neurexin-<br />

Neuroligin Adhesions through PSD-95<br />

Magali Mondin 1 , Eric Hosy 1 , Martin Heine 2 , Daniel Choquet 1 , Olivier<br />

Thoumine 1<br />

1 IINS CNRS UMR 5297<br />

2 Leibniz institute for neurobiology<br />

Neurexin/neuroligin adhesion plays a central role in synapse formation, but the<br />

mechanisms linking initial contact to the assembly of functional pre- and postsynaptic<br />

macromolecular complexes remain unclear. Here we investigated<br />

whether the recruitment of AMPA receptors at early neurexin/neuroligin contacts<br />

could occur through a diffusion/trap mechanism. We show by single nanoparticle<br />

tracking, that surface-diffusing AMPA receptors in primary hippocampal neurons<br />

stop reversibly at PSD-95 clusters triggered by neurexin/neuroligin adhesion. In<br />

addition, the accumulation of functional AMPA receptors at new<br />

neurexin/neuroligin contacts is prevented upon blocking AMPA receptor surface<br />

diffusion by antibody cross-link. Using neuroligin-1 mutants and inhibitory<br />

RNAs, we further show that the membrane mobility of AMPA receptors inversely<br />

correlates with neuroligin-1 level, and that this effect requires the interaction<br />

between neuroligin-1 and PSD-95. The triggering of new neurexin/neuroligin<br />

adhesions causes a depletion of PSD-95 from pre-existing synapses, accompanied<br />

by a drop in AMPA miniature EPSCs, suggesting a competitive mechanism.<br />

Finally, AMPA synaptic transmission is significantly reduced in CA1<br />

hippocampal cells of slices from neuroligin-1 knock-out mice at early<br />

developmental stage. Overall, we propose that a pool of membrane-diffusing<br />

PSD-95 and AMPA receptors can be rapidly trapped at newly forming<br />

neurexin/neuroligin adhesions during post-synapse formation.<br />

Presented by: Mondin, Magali<br />

Poster No 076<br />

Red Session<br />

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