Intracellular dynamics of calcyon, a neuron-specific vesicular protein

Neuroreport. 2007 Oct 8;18(15):1547-51. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f03f51.

Abstract

Calcyon is a brain-specific protein, implicated in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In this descriptive study we show that calcyon is exclusively expressed in neurons, and localized in moving vesicles. The movement of calcyon-containing vesicles was dependent on temperature and on intact microtubules, in addition these vesicles were colocalized with a marker for endocytosed plasma membrane proteins, suggesting that calcyon vesicles follow the endocytic recycling pathway. We also show using evanescent wave microscopy that there is a pool of ready releasable calcyon vesiclesaccumulated beneath the plasma membrane. We conclude that the mobility and storage properties of calcyon-containing vesicles imply that they play a role in brain plasticity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomarkers
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Cell Membrane / ultrastructure
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Clathrin / metabolism
  • Clathrin-Coated Vesicles / metabolism
  • Clathrin-Coated Vesicles / ultrastructure
  • Cytosol / metabolism
  • Cytosol / ultrastructure
  • DNA / biosynthesis
  • DNA / genetics
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Hippocampus / cytology
  • Hippocampus / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Neostriatum / cytology
  • Neostriatum / metabolism
  • Neurons / metabolism*
  • Protein Transport / physiology*
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Clathrin
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Membrane Proteins
  • calcyon
  • DNA