RETROGRADE MODULATION AT DEVELOPING NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSES - INVOLVEMENT OF G PROTEIN AND ARACHIDONIC-ACID CASCADE

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HARISH, OE
POO, MM
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[1] Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University New York
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10.1016/0896-6273(92)90077-Q
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Intracellular loading of nonhydrolyzable GTP analogs into innervated muscle cells in Xenopus cultures led to a marked increase in the frequency of spontaneous synaptic currents (SSCs), while extracellular application of the drugs at the same concentration was without effect. The increase in SSC frequency appeared to be unrelated to changes in the muscle membrane sensitivity toward acetylcholine (ACh), but resulted from an elevated spontaneous ACh secretion from the presynaptic nerve terminal. Postsynaptic loading of arachidonic acid (AA) produced a similar effect as the GTP analogs, and the potentiation effect of both GTP analogs and AA was reversed by an inhibitor of AA metabolism, AA861. Further studies indicate that a lipoxygenase metabolite, 5-HPETE, appears to be a likely candidate for the retrograde factor involved in modulating ACh secretion. These results suggest that G protein activation of the AA cascade in the postsynaptic cell could produce a retrograde signal to modulate transmitter secretion from the presynaptic nerve terminal at developing synapses.
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