PMID:12271488

Citation	Singec, I, Knoth, R, Ditter, M, Hagemeyer, CE, Rosenbrock, H, Frotscher, M and Volk, B (2002) Synaptic vesicle protein synaptoporin is differently expressed by subpopulations of mouse hippocampal neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 452:139-53
Abstract	In the hippocampus, the synaptic vesicle protein synaptoporin (SPO) has been reported to be exclusively enriched in the granule cell axons, the mossy fibers. In this study, we show that in adult rats and mice SPO immunoreactivity (IR) is also detectable in strata oriens, radiatum, and lacunosum-moleculare of CA1-CA3, as well as perisomatically in the hippocampus proper and fascia dentata. In situ hybridization confirmed that SPO mRNA was present in granule cells and CA3 pyramidal cells but not in CA1 pyramidal cells. Importantly, cells scattered throughout the hippocampal layers resembling the distribution of interneurons were found to synthesize high amounts of SPO mRNA, too. Thus, these findings indicate that SPO expression in the hippocampus was underestimated until now. Moreover, double-labeling immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy revealed selective colocalization of SPO and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD 65), a marker for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic terminals. To identify SPO expressing interneurons, in situ hybridization was combined with immunocytochemistry against parvalbumin (PV), calbindin (CB), calretinin (CR), cholecystokinin (CCK), and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). We found that SPO transcripts were differentially expressed by various interneuron subpopulations in the hippocampus of C57Bl/6 mice (PV 44.2%, CB 46.3%, CR 19.3%, CCK 38.6%, VIP 59.9%). Immunoelectron microscopy for SPO labeled synaptic vesicle profiles in distinct symmetric and asymmetric synapses. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that hippocampal principal cells and interneurons display a variety of synaptic vesicles that are likely to contribute to the functional characteristics of their output synapses.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1002/cne.10371
Keywords	Animals; Glutamate Decarboxylase/biosynthesis; Glutamate Decarboxylase/ultrastructure; Hippocampus/growth & development; Hippocampus/metabolism; Hippocampus/ultrastructure; Interneurons/cytology; Interneurons/metabolism; Interneurons/ultrastructure; Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis; Membrane Proteins/ultrastructure; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Microscopy, Immunoelectron; Neuropeptides/metabolism; Peptide Fragments/biosynthesis; Peptide Fragments/ultrastructure; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Synaptic Vesicles/metabolism; Synaptophysin/biosynthesis; Synaptophysin/ultrastructure
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