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ArticleNature communications2023

Neurexin-3 subsynaptic densities are spatially distinct from Neurexin-1 and essential for excitatory synapse nanoscale organization in the hippocampus.

Brian A Lloyd, Ying Han, Rebecca Roth, Bo Zhang, Jason Aoto

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Brian A LloydUniversity of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0728-8601
Ying HanSchool of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Rebecca RothUniversity of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-5715
Bo ZhangSchool of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2451-0593
Jason AotoUniversity of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. jason.aoto@cuanschutz.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0568-634X
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USPeking University · CN

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN PHARMACOLOGYT32GM007635 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI DELL'ACQUA, MARK L · 1985 to 2023
$6.1M
Functional and mechanistic interrogation of alpha neurexin extracellular domainsR01MH116901 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI AOTO, JASON · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Control of subsynaptic domain organization and nanocolumn alignment by neurexin-3R21MH129620 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI AOTO, JASON · 2022 to 2023
$408k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007635NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116901NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH129620
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins critical for synaptic transmission are non-uniformly distributed and assembled into regions of high density called subsynaptic densities (SSDs) that transsynaptically align in nanocolumns. Neurexin-1 and neurexin-3 are essential presynaptic adhesion molecules that non-redundantly control NMDAR- and AMPAR-mediated synaptic transmission, respectively, via transsynaptic interactions with distinct postsynaptic ligands. Despite their functional relevance, fundamental questions regarding the nanoscale properties of individual neurexins, their influence on the subsynaptic organization of excitatory synapses and the mechanisms controlling how individual neurexins engage in precise transsynaptic interactions are unknown. Using Double Helix 3D dSTORM and neurexin mouse models, we identify neurexin-3 as a critical presynaptic adhesion molecule that regulates excitatory synapse nano-organization in hippocampus. Furthermore, endogenous neurexin-1 and neurexin-3 form discrete and non-overlapping SSDs that are enriched opposite their postsynaptic ligands. Thus, the nanoscale organization of neurexin-1 and neurexin-3 may explain how individual neurexins signal in parallel to govern different synaptic properties.

Indexed as

Nerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsAnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalHippocampusLigandsMiceNeural Cell Adhesion MoleculesSynapsesCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalLigandsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Cell Adhesion Moleculesneurexin 3, mouseNrxn1 protein, mouse

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PMID37543682
PMCPMC10404257
OpenAlexW4385606605

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