title: SNAP-25 is present on the Golgi apparatus of retinal neurons.
abstract: SNAP-25 is a neuronal SNARE protein required for synaptic vesicle exocytosis and neurite outgrowth. Here we show that in addition to synaptic staining, SNAP-25 immunoreactivity is also localized to an intracellular, perinuclear compartment of retinal neurons. Double-labeling with an antibody against the 58 kD resident protein of the trans-golgi network indicates that the intracellular SNAP-25 is localized to the Golgi complex. Immuno-electron microscopic localization of SNAP-25 confirmed its presence on the Golgi apparatus of photoreceptors, bipolar cells, amacrine cells and ganglion cells in the retina. These data implicate SNAP-25 in the trafficking of Golgi-derived vesicles in neurons in addition to the synaptic vesicle cycle.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neuroanatomie, Max-Planck Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morgans
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Brandstätter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012165:Retinal Ganglion Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C494210:Snap25 protein, rat; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25