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_id: '706'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: A hippocampal mossy fiber synapse has a complex structure and is implicated
in learning and memory. In this synapse, the mossy fiber boutons attach to the
dendritic shaft by puncta adherentia junctions and wrap around a multiply-branched
spine, forming synaptic junctions. We have recently shown using transmission electron
microscopy, immunoelectron microscopy and serial block face-scanning electron
microscopy that atypical puncta adherentia junctions are formed in the afadin-deficient
mossy fiber synapse and that the complexity of postsynaptic spines and mossy fiber
boutons, the number of spine heads, the area of postsynaptic densities and the
density of synaptic vesicles docked to active zones are decreased in the afadin-deficient
synapse. We investigated here the roles of afadin in the functional differentiations
of the mossy fiber synapse using the afadin-deficient mice. The electrophysiological
studies showed that both the release probability of glutamate and the postsynaptic
responsiveness to glutamate were markedly reduced, but not completely lost, in
the afadin-deficient mossy fiber synapse, whereas neither long-term potentiation
nor long-term depression was affected. These results indicate that afadin plays
roles in the functional differentiations of the presynapse and the postsynapse
of the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse.
author:
- first_name: Xiaoqi
full_name: Geng, Xiaoqi
id: 3395256A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Geng
- first_name: Tomohiko
full_name: Maruo, Tomohiko
last_name: Maruo
- first_name: Kenji
full_name: Mandai, Kenji
last_name: Mandai
- first_name: Irwan
full_name: Supriyanto, Irwan
last_name: Supriyanto
- first_name: Muneaki
full_name: Miyata, Muneaki
last_name: Miyata
- first_name: Shotaro
full_name: Sakakibara, Shotaro
last_name: Sakakibara
- first_name: Akira
full_name: Mizoguchi, Akira
last_name: Mizoguchi
- first_name: Yoshimi
full_name: Takai, Yoshimi
last_name: Takai
- first_name: Masahiro
full_name: Mori, Masahiro
last_name: Mori
citation:
ama: Geng X, Maruo T, Mandai K, et al. Roles of afadin in functional differentiations
of hippocampal mossy fiber synapse. Genes to Cells. 2017;22(8):715-722.
doi:10.1111/gtc.12508
apa: Geng, X., Maruo, T., Mandai, K., Supriyanto, I., Miyata, M., Sakakibara, S.,
… Mori, M. (2017). Roles of afadin in functional differentiations of hippocampal
mossy fiber synapse. Genes to Cells. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/gtc.12508
chicago: Geng, Xiaoqi, Tomohiko Maruo, Kenji Mandai, Irwan Supriyanto, Muneaki Miyata,
Shotaro Sakakibara, Akira Mizoguchi, Yoshimi Takai, and Masahiro Mori. “Roles
of Afadin in Functional Differentiations of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapse.”
Genes to Cells. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1111/gtc.12508.
ieee: X. Geng et al., “Roles of afadin in functional differentiations of
hippocampal mossy fiber synapse,” Genes to Cells, vol. 22, no. 8. Wiley-Blackwell,
pp. 715–722, 2017.
ista: Geng X, Maruo T, Mandai K, Supriyanto I, Miyata M, Sakakibara S, Mizoguchi
A, Takai Y, Mori M. 2017. Roles of afadin in functional differentiations of hippocampal
mossy fiber synapse. Genes to Cells. 22(8), 715–722.
mla: Geng, Xiaoqi, et al. “Roles of Afadin in Functional Differentiations of Hippocampal
Mossy Fiber Synapse.” Genes to Cells, vol. 22, no. 8, Wiley-Blackwell,
2017, pp. 715–22, doi:10.1111/gtc.12508.
short: X. Geng, T. Maruo, K. Mandai, I. Supriyanto, M. Miyata, S. Sakakibara, A.
Mizoguchi, Y. Takai, M. Mori, Genes to Cells 22 (2017) 715–722.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:02Z
date_published: 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:11:37Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: PeJo
doi: 10.1111/gtc.12508
intvolume: ' 22'
issue: '8'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '08'
oa_version: None
page: 715 - 722
publication: Genes to Cells
publication_identifier:
issn:
- '13569597'
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
publist_id: '6987'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Roles of afadin in functional differentiations of hippocampal mossy fiber synapse
type: journal_article
user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 22
year: '2017'
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