title: Optogenetic inhibition of synaptic release with chromophore-assisted light inactivation (CALI).
abstract: Optogenetic techniques provide effective ways of manipulating the functions of selected neurons with light. In the current study, we engineered an optogenetic technique that directly inhibits neurotransmitter release. We used a genetically encoded singlet oxygen generator, miniSOG, to conduct chromophore assisted light inactivation (CALI) of synaptic proteins. Fusions of miniSOG to VAMP2 and synaptophysin enabled disruption of presynaptic vesicular release upon illumination with blue light. In cultured neurons and hippocampal organotypic slices, synaptic release was reduced up to 100%. Such inhibition lasted >1 hr and had minimal effects on membrane electrical properties. When miniSOG-VAMP2 was expressed panneuronally in Caenorhabditis elegans, movement of the worms was reduced after illumination, and paralysis was often observed. The movement of the worms recovered overnight. We name this technique Inhibition of Synapses with CALI (InSynC). InSynC is a powerful way to silence genetically specified synapses with light in a spatially and temporally precise manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0647, USA. j8lin@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: John Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Sharon B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sann
authors.forename: Keming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Sadegh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nabavi
authors.forename: Christophe D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Proulx
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malinow
authors.forename: Yishi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Roger Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Tsien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D061885:Chromophore-Assisted Light Inactivation / Q000379:methods*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D062308:Optogenetics / Q000379:methods*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*
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