Effect of histrionicotoxin on the ionic conductance modulator of the cholinergic receptor: a quantitative analysis of the end-plate current.
Effect of histrionicotoxin on the ionic conductance modulator of the cholinergic receptor: a quantitative analysis of the end-plate current.
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曲霉毒素对胆碱能受体离子电导调节剂的影响:终板电流的定量分析。
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发表时间:
1974
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
J. Daly
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作者:
E. Albuquerque;K. Kuba;J. Daly
The effect of histrionicotoxin, the toxin isolated from the Colombian frog, Dendrobates histrionicus, was investigated on frog ( Rana pipiens ) sartorius muscles using the voltage clamp technique. After 30 minutes of exposure, histrionicotoxin (3.5 x 10 -5 M) reduced the amplitude of the end-plate current (EPC) to 26% of control, shortened the half decay time, but did not alter the equilibrium potential of the EPC. The slope of the relationship between the log 10 of the half decay time of the EPC and the membrane potential decreased 20%. The reduction of the end-plate conductance ( G EPC ) was greater as the membrane potential became more negative, leading to hysteresis in the relationship between the G EPC and the membrane potential. When tetanic stimulation (25 Hz for 1 second) was applied in the presence of histrionicotoxin, the first three EPCs were augmented (36%) and the subsequent EPCs progressively decreased to 40% of the first EPC amplitude. This rate of decrease in the EPC amplitude was greater as the membrane potential became more negative. The EPC amplitude recovered about 30 seconds after cessation of tetanus. Tetanic stimulation under control conditions resulted in an augmentation of the EPC. It is suggested that histrionicotoxin acts on the ionic conductance modulator of the cholinergic receptor in its open conformation, leading to a reduction of the G EPC . The potential-dependent nature of the suppression of G EPC is interpreted as the manifestation of differential binding affinities of the toxin with different conformational states of the receptor-ionic conductance modulator complex.