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The neuronal soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex is essential for synaptic vesicle exocytosis, but its study has been limited by the neonatal lethality of murine SNARE knockouts. Here, we describe a viable mouse line carrying a mutation in the b-isoform of neuronal SNARE synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25). The causative I67T missense mutation results in increased binding affinities within the SNARE complex, impaired exocytotic vesicle recycling and granule exocytosis in pancreatic beta-cells, and a reduction in the amplitude of evoked cortical excitatory postsynaptic potentials. The mice also display ataxia and impaired sensorimotor gating, a phenotype which has been associated with psychiatric disorders in humans. These studies therefore provide insights into the role of the SNARE complex in both diabetes and psychiatric disease.

Original publication

DOI

10.1073/pnas.0610222104

Type

Journal article

Journal

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Publication Date

13/02/2007

Volume

104

Pages

2431 - 2436

Keywords

Alcoholic Intoxication, Animals, Ataxia, Diabetes Mellitus, Exocytosis, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Genes, Dominant, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Mental Disorders, Mice, Mice, Mutant Strains, Models, Animal, Mutation, Missense, SNARE Proteins, Synaptic Vesicles, Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25