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Vav independently regulates synaptic growth and plasticity through distinct actin-based processes
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- Issue Date
- 2022-08
- Publisher
- Rockefeller University Press
- Citation
- Journal of Cell Biology, Vol.221 No.10, p. e202203048.
- Abstract
- © 2022 Park et al.Modulation of presynaptic actin dynamics is fundamental to synaptic growth and functional plasticity; yet the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms remain largely unknown. At Drosophila NMJs, the presynaptic Rac1-SCAR pathway mediates BMP-induced receptor macropinocytosis to inhibit BMP growth signaling. Here, we show that the Rho-type GEF Vav acts upstream of Rac1 to inhibit synaptic growth through macropinocytosis. We also present evidence that Vav-Rac1-SCAR signaling has additional roles in tetanus-induced synaptic plasticity. Presynaptic inactivation of Vav signaling pathway components, but not regulators of macropinocytosis, impairs post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) and enhances synaptic depression depending on external Ca2+ concentration. Interfering with the Vav-Rac1-SCAR pathway also impairs mobilization of reserve pool (RP) vesicles required for tetanus-induced synaptic plasticity. Finally, treatment with an F-actin-stabilizing drug completely restores RP mobilization and plasticity defects in Vav mutants. We propose that actin-regulatory Vav-Rac1-SCAR signaling independently regulates structural and functional presynaptic plasticity by driving macropinocytosis and RP mobilization, respectively.
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- 0021-9525
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