Title | Neuronal activity remodels the F-actin based submembrane lattice in dendrites but not axons of hippocampal neurons. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Authors | Lavoie-Cardinal F, Bilodeau A, Lemieux M, Gardner M-A, Wiesner T, Laramée G, Gagné C, De Koninck P |
Journal | Sci Rep |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 11960 |
Date Published | 2020 Jul 20 |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Abstract | The nanoscale organization of the F-actin cytoskeleton in neurons comprises membrane-associated periodical rings, bundles, and longitudinal fibers. The F-actin rings have been observed predominantly in axons but only sporadically in dendrites, where fluorescence nanoscopy reveals various patterns of F-actin arranged in mixed patches. These complex dendritic F-actin patterns pose a challenge for investigating quantitatively their regulatory mechanisms. We developed here a weakly supervised deep learning segmentation approach of fluorescence nanoscopy images of F-actin in cultured hippocampal neurons. This approach enabled the quantitative assessment of F-actin remodeling, revealing the disappearance of the rings during neuronal activity in dendrites, but not in axons. The dendritic F-actin cytoskeleton of activated neurons remodeled into longitudinal fibers. We show that this activity-dependent remodeling involves [Formula: see text] and NMDA receptor-dependent mechanisms. This highly dynamic restructuring of dendritic F-actin based submembrane lattice into longitudinal fibers may serve to support activity-dependent membrane remodeling, protein trafficking and neuronal plasticity. |
DOI | 10.1038/s41598-020-68180-2 |
PubMed ID | 32686703 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC7371643 |