TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lichter, Katharina
A1  - Paul, Mila Marie
A1  - Pauli, Martin
A1  - Schoch, Susanne
A1  - Kollmannsberger, Philip
A1  - Stigloher, Christian
A1  - Heckmann, Manfred
A1  - Sirén, Anna-Leena
T1  - Ultrastructural analysis of wild-type and RIM1α knockout active zones in a large cortical synapse
JF  - Cell Reports
N2  - Rab3A-interacting molecule (RIM) is crucial for fast Ca\(^{2+}\)-triggered synaptic vesicle (SV) release in presynaptic active zones (AZs). We investigated hippocampal giant mossy fiber bouton (MFB) AZ architecture in 3D using electron tomography of rapid cryo-immobilized acute brain slices in RIM1α\(^{−/−}\) and wild-type mice. In RIM1α\(^{−/−}\), AZs are larger with increased synaptic cleft widths and a 3-fold reduced number of tightly docked SVs (0–2 nm). The distance of tightly docked SVs to the AZ center is increased from 110 to 195 nm, and the width of their electron-dense material between outer SV membrane and AZ membrane is reduced. Furthermore, the SV pool in RIM1α\(^{−/−}\) is more heterogeneous. Thus, RIM1α, besides its role in tight SV docking, is crucial for synaptic architecture and vesicle pool organization in MFBs.
KW  - active zone
KW  - acute brain slices
KW  - CA3
KW  - electron tomography
KW  - high-pressure freezing
KW  - hippocampal mossy fiber bouton
KW  - RIM1α
KW  - SV pool
KW  - synaptic ultrastructure
KW  - presynaptic
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-300913
VL  - 40
IS  - 12
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schulz, Herbert
A1  - Ruppert, Ann-Kathrin
A1  - Herms, Stefan
A1  - Wolf, Christiane
A1  - Mirza-Schreiber, Nazanin
A1  - Stegle, Oliver
A1  - Czamara, Darina
A1  - Forstner, Andreas J.
A1  - Sivalingam, Sugirthan
A1  - Schoch, Susanne
A1  - Moebus, Susanne
A1  - Pütz, Benno
A1  - Hillmer, Axel
A1  - Fricker, Nadine
A1  - Vatter, Hartmut
A1  - Müller-Myhsok, Bertram
A1  - Nöthen, Markus M.
A1  - Becker, Albert J.
A1  - Hoffmann, Per
A1  - Sander, Thomas
A1  - Cichon, Sven
T1  - Genome-wide mapping of genetic determinants influencing DNA methylation and gene expression in human hippocampus
JF  - Nature Communications
N2  - Emerging evidence emphasizes the strong impact of regulatory genomic elements in neurodevelopmental processes and the complex pathways of brain disorders. The present genome-wide quantitative trait loci analyses explore the \(cis\)-regulatory effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on DNA methylation (meQTL) and gene expression (eQTL) in 110 human hippocampal biopsies. We identify \(cis\)-meQTLs at 14,118 CpG methylation sites and \(cis\)-eQTLs for 302 3′-mRNA transcripts of 288 genes. Hippocampal \(cis\)-meQTL-CpGs are enriched in flanking regions of active promoters, CpG island shores, binding sites of the transcription factor CTCF and brain eQTLs. \(Cis\)-acting SNPs of hippocampal meQTLs and eQTLs significantly overlap schizophrenia-associated SNPs. Correlations of CpG methylation and RNA expression are found for 34 genes. Our comprehensive maps of \(cis\)-acting hippocampal meQTLs and eQTLs provide a link between disease-associated SNPs and the regulatory genome that will improve the functional interpretation of non-coding genetic variants in the molecular genetic dissection of brain disorders.
KW  - psychiatry
KW  - epigenetics in the nervous system
KW  - epigenomics
KW  - gene expression
KW  - neurological disorders
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173168
VL  - 8
ER  -