Ultrafast endocytosis generates vesicles from the plasma membrane as quickly as 50 ms in hippocampal neurons following synaptic vesicle fusion. The molecular mechanism underlying the rapid maturation of these endocytic pits is not known. Here we demonstrate that synaptojanin-1, and its partner endophilin-A, function in ultrafast endocytosis. In the absence of synaptojanin or endophilin, the membrane is rapidly invaginated, but pits do not become constricted at the base. The 5-phosphatase activity of synaptojanin is involved in formation of the neck, but 4-phosphatase is not required. Nevertheless, these pits are eventually cleaved into vesicles; within a 30-s interval, synaptic endosomes form and are resolved by clathrin-mediated budding. Then synaptojanin and endophilin function at a second step to aid with the removal of clathrin coats from the regenerated vesicles. These data together suggest that synaptojanin and endophilin can mediate membrane remodeling on a millisecond timescale during ultrafast endocytosis.
The energy required to fuse synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane
(‘activation energy’) is considered a major determinant in synaptic
efficacy. From reaction rate theory, we predict that a class of modulations exists,
which utilize linear modulation of the energy barrier for fusion to achieve
supralinear effects on the fusion rate. To test this prediction experimentally, we
developed a method to assess the number of releasable vesicles, rate constants for
vesicle priming, unpriming, and fusion, and the activation energy for fusion by
fitting a vesicle state model to synaptic responses induced by hypertonic solutions.
We show that complexinI/II deficiency or phorbol ester stimulation indeed affects
responses to hypertonic solution in a supralinear manner. An additive vs
multiplicative relationship between activation energy and fusion rate provides a
novel explanation for previously observed non-linear effects of
genetic/pharmacological perturbations on synaptic transmission and a novel
interpretation of the cooperative nature of Ca2+-dependent
release.DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05531.001
Dynamin mediates fission of vesicles from the plasma membrane during endocytosis. Typically, dynamin is recruited from the cytosol to endocytic sites, requiring seconds to tens of seconds. However, ultrafast endocytosis in neurons internalizes vesicles as quickly as 50 ms during synaptic vesicle recycling. Here we demonstrate that Dynamin 1 is pre-recruited to endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis. Specifically, Dynamin 1xA, a splice variant of Dynamin 1, interacts with Syndapin 1 to form molecular condensates on the plasma membrane when the proline-rich domain of this variant is dephosphorylated. When this domain is mutated to include phosphomimetic residues or Syndapin 1s dynamin-interacting domain is mutated, Dynamin 1xA becomes diffuse, and consequently, ultrafast endocytosis slows down by ~100-fold. Mechanistically, Syndapin 1 acts as an adaptor by binding the plasma membrane and stores Dynamin 1xA at endocytic sites. This cache bypasses the recruitment step and accelerates endocytosis at synapses.
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