Acetylcholinesterase mobility and stability at the neuromuscular junction of living mice.
Acetylcholinesterase mobility and stability at the neuromuscular junction of living mice.
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活体小鼠神经肌肉接头处乙酰胆碱酯酶的流动性和稳定性。
DOI:
10.1091/mbc.e07-02-0093
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Akaaboune,Mohammed
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作者:
Martinez-PenayValenzuela,Isabel;Akaaboune,Mohammed
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an enzyme that terminates acetylcholine neurotransmitter function at the synaptic cleft of cholinergic synapses. However, the mechanism by which AChE number and density are maintained at the synaptic cleft is poorly understood. In this work, we used fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, photo-unbinding, and quantitative fluorescence imaging to investigate the surface mobility and stability of AChE at the adult innervated neuromuscular junction of living mice. In wild-type synapses, we found that nonsynaptic (perisynaptic and extrasynaptic) AChEs are mobile and gradually recruited into synaptic sites and that most of the trapped AChEs come from the perijunctional pool. Selective labeling of a subset of synaptic AChEs within the synapse by using sequential unbinding and relabeling with different colors of streptavidin followed by time-lapse imaging showed that synaptic AChEs are nearly immobile. At neuromuscular junctions of mice deficient in α-dystrobrevin, a component of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex, we found that the density and distribution of synaptic AChEs are profoundly altered and that the loss rate of AChE significantly increased. These results demonstrate that nonsynaptic AChEs are mobile, whereas synaptic AChEs are more stable, and that α-dystrobrevin is important for controlling the density and stability of AChEs at neuromuscular synapses.