Vesamicol blocks the recovery, by recycling cholinergic electromotor synaptic vesicles, of the biophysical characteristics of the reserve population.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 1148(2): 234-8, 1993 Jun 05.
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| ID: mdl-8504117
The effect of vesamicol on the ability of recycling cholinergic synaptic vesicles to recover, during a period of post-stimulation rest, the biophysical properties of the reserve pool was studied in prestimulated perfused blocks of the electric organ of the electric ray, Torpedo marmorata, a tissue rich in cholinergic synapses. The effect of the drug was analysed by high-resolution centrifugal density-gradient fractionation in a zonal rotor of the extracted vesicles. The two vesicle fractions were identified by their ATP and acetylcholine content and the recycled vesicles by their acquisition of [3H]acetylcholine derived from [3H]acetate in the perfusate. Vesamicol (10 microM) blocked the uptake of tritiated acetylcholine by recycled vesicles and also prevented them from rejoining the reserve pool. This is consistent with a previously formulated model of the recovery process, whereby the increase in the acetylcholine and ATP content of the recycled vesicles which takes place during a post-stimulus period of rest increases their osmotic load and thus their content of free water. Vesamicol, by blocking acetylcholine uptake, also blocks rehydration of the recycled vesicles and thus the accompanying decrease in their density to the value characteristic of fully charged vesicles.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Piperidinas
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Vesículas Sinápticas
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Fibras Colinérgicas
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Fármacos Neuromusculares Despolarizantes
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biochim Biophys Acta
Año:
1993
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos