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Journal Articles Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Year : 2011

Release of exosomes from differentiated neurons and its regulation by synaptic glutamatergic activity.

Abstract

Exosomes are microvesicles released into the extracellular medium upon fusion to the plasma membrane of endosomal intermediates called multivesicular bodies. They represent ways for discarding proteins and metabolites and also for intercellular transfer of proteins and RNAs. In the nervous system, it has been hypothesized that exosomes might be involved in the normal physiology of the synapse and possibly allow the trans-synaptic propagation of pathogenic proteins throughout the tissue. As a first step to validate this concept, we used biochemical and morphological approaches to demonstrate that mature cortical neurons in culture do indeed secrete exosomes. Using electron microscopy, we observed exosomes being released from somato-dendritic compartments. The endosomal origin of exosomes was demonstrated by showing that the C-terminal domain of tetanus toxin specifically endocytosed by neurons and accumulating inside multivesicular bodies, is released in the extracellular medium in association with exosomes. Finally, we found that exosomal release is modulated by glutamatergic synaptic activity, suggesting that this process might be part of normal synaptic physiology. Thus, our study paves the way towards the demonstration that exosomes take part in the physiology of the normal and pathological nervous system.
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inserm-00587340 , version 1 (20-04-2011)

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Gaelle Lachenal, Karin Pernet-Gallay, Mathilde Chivet, Fiona J. Hemming, Agnès Belly, et al.. Release of exosomes from differentiated neurons and its regulation by synaptic glutamatergic activity.. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 2011, 46 (2), pp.409-18. ⟨10.1016/j.mcn.2010.11.004⟩. ⟨inserm-00587340⟩
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