
We show that a cage-shaped F-actin network is essential for maintaining a tight spatial organization of Cav1.3 Ca2+ channels at the synaptic ribbons of auditory inner hair cells. This F-actin network is also found to provide mechanosensitivity to the Cav1.3 channels when varying intracellular hydrostatic pressure. Furthermore, this F-actin mesh network attached to the synaptic ribbons directly influences the efficiency of otoferlin-dependent exocytosis and its sensitivity to intracellular hydrostatic pressure, independently of its action on the Cav1.3 channels. We propose a new mechanistic model for vesicle exocytosis in auditory hair cells where the rate of vesicle recruitment to the ribbons is directly controlled by a synaptic F-actin network and changes in intracellular hydrostatic pressure.
Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner, QH301-705.5, Science, Q, R, Membrane Proteins, Cell Biology, hair cell, Actins, Exocytosis, Mice, Inbred C57BL, osmotic pressure, Synapses, Hydrostatic Pressure, Medicine, Animals, actin network, Biology (General), exocytosis, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology
Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner, QH301-705.5, Science, Q, R, Membrane Proteins, Cell Biology, hair cell, Actins, Exocytosis, Mice, Inbred C57BL, osmotic pressure, Synapses, Hydrostatic Pressure, Medicine, Animals, actin network, Biology (General), exocytosis, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology
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