FIGURE 3:
PI4KIIα content in synaptosomes of AP-3–deficient mocha mice is reduced. (A) Synaptosome fractions from control brains (lanes 1–8) and AP-3–deficient mocha (Ap3d1mh/mh) brains (lanes 1′–8′) were resolved on SDS–PAGE, and the contents were analyzed by immunoblot with antibodies against synaptic vesicle markers (SV2, synaptophysin), AP-3–dependent synaptic vesicle cargoes (PI4KIIα, VAMP7, ZnT3), and AP-3 σ3 subunit. (B) Quantification of antigen content expressed as a ratio of the heavy synaptosome fraction from control and AP-3–deficient mocha (Ap3d1mh/mh) brains. Numbers in parentheses represent the number of independent immunoblots performed from three independent fractionations. *p < 0.0001; **p = 0.0157. HS, heavy synaptosomes; LS, light synaptosomes; Mit, mitochondrial-enriched fractions obtained from Percoll gradients; P1 and P2, low- and high-speed pellets, respectively. Fractions were generated as per Nagy and Delgado-Escueta (1984).