Role of intracellular Ca2+ in stimulation-induced increases in transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction.
Role of intracellular Ca2+ in stimulation-induced increases in transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction.
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细胞内 Ca2 在刺激诱导的青蛙神经肌肉接头递质释放增加中的作用。
DOI:
10.1085/jgp.104.2.337
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发表时间:
1994
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Mosier,DR
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作者:
Zengel,JE;Sosa,MA;Poage,RE;Mosier,DR
Under conditions of reduced quantal content, repetitive stimulation of a presynaptic nerve can result in a progressive increase in the amount of transmitter released by that nerve in response to stimulation. At the frog neuromuscular junction, this increase in release has been attributed to four different processes: first and second components of facilitation, augmentation, and potentiation (e.g., Zengel, J. E., and K. L. Magleby. 1982. Journal of General Physiology. 80:583-611). It has been suggested that an increased entry of Ca2+ or an accumulation of intraterminal Ca2+ may be responsible for one or more of these processes. To test this hypothesis, we have examined the role of intracellular Ca2+ in mediating changes in end-plate potential (EPP) amplitude during and after repetitive stimulation at the frog neuromuscular junction. We found that increasing the extracellular Ca2+ concentration or exposing the preparation to carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, ionomycin, or cyclopiazonic acid all led to a greater increase in EPP amplitude during conditioning trains of 10-200 impulses applied at a frequency of 20 impulses/s. These experimental manipulations, all of which have been shown to increase intracellular levels of Ca2+, appeared to act by increasing primarily the augmentation component of increased release. The results of this study are consistent with previous suggestions that the different components of increased release represent different mechanisms, and that Ca2+ may be acting at more than one site in the nerve terminal.