Distribution and density of alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites on innervated and noninnervated Xenopus muscle cells in culture.
Distribution and density of alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites on innervated and noninnervated Xenopus muscle cells in culture.
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培养物中神经支配和非神经支配的非洲爪蟾肌肉细胞上α-银环蛇毒素结合位点的分布和密度。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(82)90010-0
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Gruener,R
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作者:
Kidokoro,Y;Gruener,R
The distribution and density of α-bungarotoxin (α-BT) binding sites onXenopusmuscle cells in culture by autoradiography using125I-α-BT were examined. In muscle cells grown alone α-BT binding sites were fairly uniformly distributed over the entire surface with a mean density of 104/μm2(background density). Occasionally, spots of higher density were observed (“hot spots”) where the mean density was 890/μm2. The addition of neural tube cells did not change the background density. Similarly in the majority of cases medium contained with neural tube cells did not affect the density of α-BT binding sites. Previous findings that the background acetylcholine sensitivity of muscle cells increased in the presence of neural tube cells (by approximately 50%) or in conditioned medium (by approximately 70%), therefore, are not likely due primarily to an increase in the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) density. In cocultures of nerve and muscle cells regions of high α-BT binding sites were occasionally associated with the path of neurites. In such regions the density of α-BT binding sites was estimated to be approximately 1000/μm2. However, even in these cells the density at non-nerve contacted regions was not different from that in muscle cells cultured alone. Whether the increase in AChR density at the junctional area is sufficient to explain a previous observation of a fivefold increase in the amplitude of spontaneous synaptic potentials during the process of AChR accumulation is discussed.