The nanoscale mobility of calcium channels is driven by readily releasable synaptic vesicles to support precise neurotransmission in live <i>C. elegans</i>

, we report that two diffusive behaviors of N-type VGCCs at AZs are governed by primed SVs via distinct mechanisms. VGCCs diffuse slowly in multiple nanodomains (~100 nm) that spatially correlate with UNC-10/RIM, and the channels' mobility and nanodomain numbers are coupled to SNAREs assembly and SV priming levels via RAB-3/UNC-10/UNC-13L tripartite complexes. Outside nanodomains, a faster mobility of VGCCs and their AZ distribution scale with UNC-13S-mediated priming under an antagonistic regulation by UNC-10 and TOM-1/Tomosyn. These findings reveal unexpected mechanisms whereby pools of readily releasable SVs actively control the nanoscale mobility and nanodomain organization of VGCCs to support precise neurotransmission.

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bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.29.715107
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Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
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The nanoscale mobility of calcium channels is driven by readily releasable synaptic vesicles to support precise neurotransmission in live C. elegans

Fabien Pinaud, Yunke Zhao, Dai Zhai
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
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The nanoscale mobility of calcium channels is driven by readily releasable synaptic vesicles to support precise neurotransmission in live C. elegans

Fabien Pinaud, Yunke Zhao, Dai Zhai
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, we report that two diffusive behaviors of N-type VGCCs at AZs are governed by primed SVs via distinct mechanisms. VGCCs diffuse slowly in multiple nanodomains (~100 nm) that spatially correlate with UNC-10/RIM, and the channels' mobility and nanodomain numbers are coupled to SNAREs assembly and SV priming levels via RAB-3/UNC-10/UNC-13L tripartite complexes. Outside nanodomains, a faster mobility of VGCCs and their AZ distribution scale with UNC-13S-mediated priming under an antagonistic regulation by UNC-10 and TOM-1/Tomosyn. These findings reveal unexpected mechanisms whereby pools of readily releasable SVs actively control the nanoscale mobility and nanodomain organization of VGCCs to support precise neurotransmission.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
University of Southern California (US)
University of Southern California, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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