Na+/H+ exchange via the Drosophila vesicular glutamate transporter mediates activity‐induced acid efflux from presynaptic terminals
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- 作者：Adam J. Rossano ; Akira Kato ; Karyl I. Minard ; Michael F. Romero ; Gregory T. Macleod
- 刊名：The Journal of Physiology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：595
- 期：3
- 页码：805-824
- 全文大小：1.1MB
- ISSN：1469-7793
文摘
Neuronal activity can result in transient acidification of presynaptic terminals, and such shifts in cytosolic pH (pHcyto) probably influence mechanisms underlying forms of synaptic plasticity with a presynaptic locus. As neuronal activity drives acid loading in presynaptic terminals, we hypothesized that the same activity might drive acid efflux mechanisms to maintain pHcyto homeostasis. To better understand the integration of neuronal activity and pHcyto regulation we investigated the acid extrusion mechanisms at Drosophila glutamatergic motorneuron terminals. Expression of a fluorescent genetically encoded pH indicator, named ‘pHerry’, in the presynaptic cytosol revealed acid efflux following nerve activity to be greater than that predicted from measurements of the intrinsic rate of acid efflux. Analysis of activity-induced acid transients in terminals deficient in either endocytosis or exocytosis revealed an acid efflux mechanism reliant upon synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Pharmacological and genetic dissection in situ and in a heterologous expression system indicate that this acid efflux is mediated by conventional plasmamembrane acid transporters, and also by previously unrecognized intrinsic H+/Na+ exchange via the Drosophila vesicular glutamate transporter (DVGLUT). DVGLUT functions not only as a vesicular glutamate transporter but also serves as an acid-extruding protein when deposited on the plasmamembrane.