1. Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartite PSG-Syt1-SV2 plasma membrane nanocluster for synaptic vesicle entry.
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Joensuu M, Syed P, Saber SH, Lanoue V, Wallis TP, Rae J, Blum A, Gormal RS, Small C, Sanders S, Jiang A, Mahrhold S, Krez N, Cousin MA, Cooper-White R, Cooper-White JJ, Collins BM, Parton RG, Balistreri G, Rummel A, and Meunier FA
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- Cell Membrane metabolism, Membrane Glycoproteins genetics, Membrane Glycoproteins metabolism, Nerve Tissue Proteins metabolism, Synaptic Vesicles metabolism, Animals, Rats, Botulinum Toxins, Type A metabolism
- Abstract
The unique nerve terminal targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) is due to its capacity to bind two receptors on the neuronal plasma membrane: polysialoganglioside (PSG) and synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 (SV2). Whether and how PSGs and SV2 may coordinate other proteins for BoNT/A recruitment and internalization remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the targeted endocytosis of BoNT/A into synaptic vesicles (SVs) requires a tripartite surface nanocluster. Live-cell super-resolution imaging and electron microscopy of catalytically inactivated BoNT/A wildtype and receptor-binding-deficient mutants in cultured hippocampal neurons demonstrated that BoNT/A must bind coincidentally to a PSG and SV2 to target synaptic vesicles. We reveal that BoNT/A simultaneously interacts with a preassembled PSG-synaptotagmin-1 (Syt1) complex and SV2 on the neuronal plasma membrane, facilitating Syt1-SV2 nanoclustering that controls endocytic sorting of the toxin into synaptic vesicles. Syt1 CRISPRi knockdown suppressed BoNT/A- and BoNT/E-induced neurointoxication as quantified by SNAP-25 cleavage, suggesting that this tripartite nanocluster may be a unifying entry point for selected botulinum neurotoxins that hijack this for synaptic vesicle targeting., (© 2023 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.)
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- 2023
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