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Acta Physiologica 2006; Volume 186, Supplement 650
Joint Meeting of The German Society of Physiology and The Federation of European Physiological Societies 2006
3/26/2006-3/29/2006
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
THE CA2+ ENTRY IS NECESSARY FOR RETRIEVAL OF SYNAPTIC VESICLES IN NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION OF THE FROG.
Abstract number: PM05A-1
Pavel1 G, Marat1 A
1Kazan State Medical University, Department of normal physiology
In experiments on frog cutaneous pectoris muscle we have been studied a role of calcium entry on processes of exo-endocytosis of synaptic vesicles with using fluorescent styryl dye FM 143 and extracellular recording of miniature end-plate currents (MEPCs). Electrophysiologically we revealed that application of high [K+] (40mM) solution lead to different levels of increase of MEPCs frequency in cases of a) presence of Ca2+ ions (1.8 mM); b) presence of Cd2+ (1 mM) and Ca2+ (1.8 mM) ions c) after preliminary incubation at the BAPTA-AM (50 mkM); d) usage of Ca2+-free EGTA (5 mM) -contained solution. During 5-min exposure of solution "a" vesicle retrieval monitored by FM 143 based retrieval assay was stimulated. The exposure of preparation in "b, c, d" solutions during 515 min caused the failure of FM 143 loading in nerve terminals. Enhancement of exocytosis at the preliminary stained terminals lead to decrease of fluorescence intensity in all cases (a - d). Thus, in presence of extacellular (EGTA), intracellular (BAPTA-AM) chelators or blocker of Ca-channel (Cd ions) the blockade of endocytosis was observed. We proposed that Ca2+ entry is necessary for retrieval of synaptic vesicles.
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