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A more recent version of this article appeared on January 1, 2005
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Submitted on October 13, 2004
Revised on November 1, 2004
Accepted on November 2, 2004
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*Mental Health Research Institute and Neuroscience Program and
Department of Internal Medicine and Transgenic Animal Model Core, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Departments of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and ||Cell Biology and the ¶Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Monitoring Editor: Sandra Schmid
Neurons express AP-3 complexes assembled with either ubiquitous (
3A) or neuronal-specific (
3B)
3 isoforms. However, it is unknown whether these complexes indeed perform distinct functions in neuronal tissue. Here, we explore this hypothesis using genetically engineered mouse models lacking either
3A- or
3B-containing AP-3 complexes. Somatic and neurological phenotypes were specifically associated with the ubiquitous and neuronal adaptor deficiencies, respectively. At the cellular level, AP-3 isoforms were localized to distinct neuronal domains.
3B-containing AP-3 complexes were preferentially targeted to neuronal processes. Consistently,
3B-deficiency compromised synaptic zinc stores assessed by Timms staining and the synaptic vesicle targeting of membrane proteins involved in zinc uptake (ZnT3 and ClC-3). Surprisingly, despite the lack of neurological symptoms,
3A deficient mouse brain possessed significantly increased synaptic zinc stores and synaptic vesicle content of ZnT3 and ClC-3. These observations indicate that the functions of
3A- and
3B-containing complexes are distinct and divergent. Our results suggest that concerted nonredundant functions of neuronal and ubiquitous AP-3 provide a mechanism to control the levels of selected membrane proteins in synaptic vesicles.
Corresponding authors.
E-mail: margit{at}umich.edu E-mail: faundez{at}cellbio.emory.edu
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