Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus

Bassoon is a core scaffold protein of the presynaptic active zone. In brain synapses, the C-terminus of Bassoon is oriented toward the plasma membrane and its N-terminus is oriented toward synaptic vesicles. At the Golgi-apparatus, Bassoon is thought to assemble active zone precursor structures, but...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:293f35936d2f4672a52f113d0883329e2021-11-11T10:39:04ZNanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus1662-509910.3389/fnmol.2021.744034https://doaj.org/article/293f35936d2f4672a52f113d0883329e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2021.744034/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-5099Bassoon is a core scaffold protein of the presynaptic active zone. In brain synapses, the C-terminus of Bassoon is oriented toward the plasma membrane and its N-terminus is oriented toward synaptic vesicles. At the Golgi-apparatus, Bassoon is thought to assemble active zone precursor structures, but whether it is arranged in an orderly fashion is unknown. Understanding the topology of this large scaffold protein is important for models of active zone biogenesis. Using stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy in cultured hippocampal neurons, we found that an N-terminal intramolecular tag of recombinant Bassoon, but not C-terminal tag, colocalized with markers of the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The N-terminus of Bassoon was located between 48 and 69 nm away from TGN38, while its C-terminus was located between 100 and 115 nm away from TGN38. Sequences within the first 95 amino acids of Bassoon were required for this arrangement. Our results indicate that, at the Golgi-apparatus, Bassoon is oriented with its N-terminus toward and its C-terminus away from the trans Golgi network membrane. Moreover, they suggest that Bassoon is an extended molecule at the trans Golgi network with the distance between amino acids 97 and 3,938, estimated to be between 46 and 52 nm. Our data are consistent with a model, in which the N-terminus of Bassoon binds to the membranes of the trans-Golgi network, while the C-terminus associates with active zone components, thus reflecting the topographic arrangement characteristic of synapses also at the Golgi-apparatus.Tina GhelaniCarolina Montenegro-VenegasCarolina Montenegro-VenegasCarolina Montenegro-VenegasAnna FejtovaAnna FejtovaAnna FejtovaThomas DresbachFrontiers Media S.A.articleGolgiSTEDBassoonsynapse assemblysynaptogenesisNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Vol 14 (2021)
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topic Golgi
STED
Bassoon
synapse assembly
synaptogenesis
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle Golgi
STED
Bassoon
synapse assembly
synaptogenesis
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Tina Ghelani
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Anna Fejtova
Anna Fejtova
Anna Fejtova
Thomas Dresbach
Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus
description Bassoon is a core scaffold protein of the presynaptic active zone. In brain synapses, the C-terminus of Bassoon is oriented toward the plasma membrane and its N-terminus is oriented toward synaptic vesicles. At the Golgi-apparatus, Bassoon is thought to assemble active zone precursor structures, but whether it is arranged in an orderly fashion is unknown. Understanding the topology of this large scaffold protein is important for models of active zone biogenesis. Using stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy in cultured hippocampal neurons, we found that an N-terminal intramolecular tag of recombinant Bassoon, but not C-terminal tag, colocalized with markers of the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The N-terminus of Bassoon was located between 48 and 69 nm away from TGN38, while its C-terminus was located between 100 and 115 nm away from TGN38. Sequences within the first 95 amino acids of Bassoon were required for this arrangement. Our results indicate that, at the Golgi-apparatus, Bassoon is oriented with its N-terminus toward and its C-terminus away from the trans Golgi network membrane. Moreover, they suggest that Bassoon is an extended molecule at the trans Golgi network with the distance between amino acids 97 and 3,938, estimated to be between 46 and 52 nm. Our data are consistent with a model, in which the N-terminus of Bassoon binds to the membranes of the trans-Golgi network, while the C-terminus associates with active zone components, thus reflecting the topographic arrangement characteristic of synapses also at the Golgi-apparatus.
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author Tina Ghelani
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Anna Fejtova
Anna Fejtova
Anna Fejtova
Thomas Dresbach
author_facet Tina Ghelani
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Anna Fejtova
Anna Fejtova
Anna Fejtova
Thomas Dresbach
author_sort Tina Ghelani
title Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus
title_short Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus
title_full Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus
title_fullStr Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus
title_full_unstemmed Nanoscopical Analysis Reveals an Orderly Arrangement of the Presynaptic Scaffold Protein Bassoon at the Golgi-Apparatus
title_sort nanoscopical analysis reveals an orderly arrangement of the presynaptic scaffold protein bassoon at the golgi-apparatus
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/293f35936d2f4672a52f113d0883329e
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