How myasthenia gravis alters the safety factor for neuromuscular transmission.
How myasthenia gravis alters the safety factor for neuromuscular transmission.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.04.038
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发表时间:
2008-09-15
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Lennon VA
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文献类型:
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作者:
Ruff RL;Lennon VA
Myasthenia gravis (MG), the most common of autoimmune myasthenic syndromes, is characterized by antibodies directed against the skeletal muscle acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). Endplate Na+ channels ensure the efficiency of neuromuscular transmission by reducing the threshold depolarization needed to trigger an action potential. Postsynaptic AChRs and voltage-gated Na+ channels are both lost from the neuromuscular junction in MG. This study examined the impact of postsynaptic voltage-gated Na+ channel loss on the safety factor for neuromuscular transmission. In intercostal nerve-muscle preparations from MG patients, we found that endplate AChR loss decreases the size of the endplate potential, and endplate Na+ channel loss increases the threshold depolarization needed to produce a muscle action potential. To evaluate whether AChR-specific antibody impairs the function of Na+ channels, we tested omohyoid nerve-muscle preparations from rats injected with monoclonal myasthenogenic IgG (passive transfer model of MG [PTMG]). The AChR antibody that produces PTMG did not alter the function of Na+ channels. We conclude that loss of endplate Na+ channels in MG is due to complement-mediated loss of endplate membrane rather than a direct effect of myasthenogenic antibodies on endplate Na+ channels.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.81.19.6227
发表时间:
1984-01-01
期刊:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
影响因子:
--
作者:
CASADEI, JM;GORDON, RD;BARCHI, RL
通讯作者:
BARCHI, RL
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
KAO, I;DRACHMAN, DB
通讯作者:
DRACHMAN, DB
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
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通讯作者:
ANGELIDES, KJ
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1971.tb30741.x
发表时间:
1971-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
ENGEL, AG;SANTA, T
通讯作者:
SANTA, T
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Ermilov, Leonid G.;Mantilla, Carlos B.;Sieck, Gary C.
通讯作者:
Sieck, Gary C.