Endophilin-A coordinates priming and fusion of neurosecretory vesicles via intersectin

Sindhuja Gowrisankaran, Sébastien Houy, Johanna G.Peña del Castillo, Vicky Steubler, Monika Gelker, Jana Kroll, Paulo S. Pinheiro, Dirk Schwitters, Nils Halbsgut, Arndt Pechstein, Jan R.T. van Weering, Tanja Maritzen, Volker Haucke, Nuno Raimundo, Jakob B. Sørensen, Ira Milosevic*

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Abstract

Endophilins-A are conserved endocytic adaptors with membrane curvature-sensing and -inducing properties. We show here that, independently of their role in endocytosis, endophilin-A1 and endophilin-A2 regulate exocytosis of neurosecretory vesicles. The number and distribution of neurosecretory vesicles were not changed in chromaffin cells lacking endophilin-A, yet fast capacitance and amperometry measurements revealed reduced exocytosis, smaller vesicle pools and altered fusion kinetics. The levels and distributions of the main exocytic and endocytic factors were unchanged, and slow compensatory endocytosis was not robustly affected. Endophilin-A’s role in exocytosis is mediated through its SH3-domain, specifically via a direct interaction with intersectin-1, a coordinator of exocytic and endocytic traffic. Endophilin-A not able to bind intersectin-1, and intersectin-1 not able to bind endophilin-A, resulted in similar exocytic defects in chromaffin cells. Altogether, we report that two endocytic proteins, endophilin-A and intersectin-1, are enriched on neurosecretory vesicles and regulate exocytosis by coordinating neurosecretory vesicle priming and fusion.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1266
Pages (from-to)1-18
Number of pages18
JournalNature Communications
Volume11
Issue number1
Early online date9 Mar 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2020

Funding

We thank the UMG animal facility, M. König and M. Costa for the excellent assistance and for help with genotyping, A. Witkowska for purified LDCVs, B. Tawfik for Syt1-pHluorin and Syt7-pHluorin constructs, and P. De Camilli (Yale University) for endo-philin KO mice and reagents. This work was supported by Schram-Stiftung T287/25457 and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Emmy Noether Young Investigator Award MI-1702/1) to I.M., SySy fellowship to S.G., the Lundbeck foundation (P.S.P., S.H., J.B.S.), ERC Starting Grant 337327 (N.R.), ZonMW 91111009 (J.R.T.v.W.), Alzheimer’s Asso-ciaton AARG-17498856 (J.R.T.v.W.), the Novo Nordisk Foundation (J.B.S.) and the Independent Research Fund Denmark (S.H., J.B.S.).

FundersFunder number
Schram-Stiftung T287/25457 and Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftMI-1702/1
Alzheimer's AssociationAARG-17498856
Seventh Framework Programme952422, 337327
European Research Council
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ZonMw91111009
Lundbeckfonden
Novo Nordisk Fonden
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond

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