Regulation of AP-2-synaptotagmin interaction by inositol high polyphosphates

The inositol high-polyphosphate series (IHPS) inhibits neurotransmission through binding to the second C2 domain of synaptotagmins I and II(Syt), synaptic vesicle membrane proteins. We have revealed that several proteins, including alpha adaptins which are specific subunits of clathrin assembly protein, AP2, were eluted from mouse brain by affinity elution chromatography from the C2 domains of Syt II-immobilized Sepharose using 50 mu M of InsP(6). The interaction between Syt II and AP2 was more markedly inhibited by IHPS than by the same concentration of InsP(3). Limited digestion of mouse crude synaptosomal fractions with trypsin revealed different cleavage patterns in the presence and absence of 50 mu M InsP(6). These results suggest that IHPS-binding to the C2B domain of synaptotagmin alters the state of protein-protein interaction including the synaptotagmin-AP2 interaction, possibly resulting in the inhibition of events involved in the synaptic vesicle trafficking. (C) 1997 Academic Press.