NEUROMUSCULAR-JUNCTIONS AND ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN-BINDING SITES IN DENERVATED AND CONTRALATERAL CAT SKELETAL-MUSCLES
NEUROMUSCULAR-JUNCTIONS AND ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN-BINDING SITES IN DENERVATED AND CONTRALATERAL CAT SKELETAL-MUSCLES
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1981.sp013679
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
STEINBACH, JH
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作者:
STEINBACH, JH
The distributions of cholinesterase (ChE) activity and acetylcholine (ACh) receptors were studied in normal and denervated cat hind-limb fast-twitch skeletal muscles and in muscles contralateral to denervated muscles. On normal muscle fibers almost all receptors were confined to the immediately post-junctional membrane, although a perijunctional gradient of increased ACh receptor density was found on both fast- and slow-twitch fibers. After denervation, the extrajunctional ACh receptor density increased greatly and remained high for at least 10 mo. Ectopic regions staining for ChE activity and having a high density of ACh receptors appeared in denervated muscle. The number of junctional ACh receptors decreased slowly after denervation, with a half-time of about 140 days. Fast-twitch muscles contralateral to denervated muscles also showed changes, including an increase in junctional size and a small but significant increase in extrajunctional ACh receptor density.