LOCALIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL CALCIUM CHANNELS AT THE RELEASE FACE OF A PRESYNAPTIC NERVE-TERMINAL

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HAYDON, PG [1 ]
HENDERSON, E [1 ]
STANLEY, EF [1 ]
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[1] NINCDS,DIV INTRAMURAL RES,SYNAPT MECHANISMS SECT,BETHESDA,MD 20892
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10.1016/0896-6273(94)90414-6
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Studies using biophysical techniques suggest a highly structured organization of calcium channels at the presynaptic transmitter release face (Llinas et al., 1981; Stanley, 1993), but it has not as yet proved possible to localize identified channels at tho required nanometer level of resolution. We have used atomic force microscopy on the calyx-type nerve terminal of the chick ciliary ganglion to localize single calcium channels tagged via biotinylated omega-conotoxin GVIA to avidin-coated 30 nm gold particles. Calcium channels were in low (modal value approximately less than or equal to 1 per mu(2)) and high (modal value approximate to 55 per mu m(2)) density areas and exhibited a prominent interchannel spacing of 40 nm, indicating an intermolecular linkage. Particles were observed in clusters and short linear or parallel linear arrays, groupings that may reflect calcium channel organization at the transmitter release site.
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