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spelling paper:paper_00278424_v100_n6_p3491_Urbano2023-06-08T14:54:19Z Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels Uchitel, Osvaldo Daniel α1A knockout Ca2+-activated potassium channel Neuromuscular junction Paired-pulse facilitation SNX-482 calcium channel calcium ion cholinergic receptor magnesium ion action potential animal cell article channel gating exocytosis mouse nerve ending neuromuscular synapse neurotransmission neurotransmitter release nonhuman priority journal 4-Aminopyridine Animals Calcium Channels, N-Type Calcium Channels, P-Type Calcium Channels, Q-Type Calcium Channels, R-Type Mice Mice, Knockout Models, Neurological Motor Endplate Neuronal Plasticity Neurotransmitter Agents Synaptic Transmission Animalia Transmission at the mouse neuromuscular junction normally relies on P/Q-type channels, but became jointly dependent on both N-and R-type Ca2+ channels when the P/Q-type channel α1A subunit was deleted. R-type channels lay close to Ca2+ sensors for exocytosis and IK(Ca) channel activation, like the P/Q-type channels they replaced. In contrast, N-type channels were less well localized, but abundant enough to influence secretion strongly, particularly when action potentials were prolonged. Our data suggested that active zone structures may select among multiple Ca2+ channels in the hierarchy P/Q>R>N. The α1A-/- neuromuscular junction displayed several other differences from wild-type: lowered quantal content but greater ability to withstand reductions in the Ca2+/Mg2+ ratio, and little or no paired-pulse facilitation, the latter findings possibly reflecting compensatory mechanisms at individual release sites. Changes in presynaptic function were also associated with a significant reduction in the size of postsynaptic acetylcholine receptor clusters. Fil:Uchitel, O.D. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2003 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00278424_v100_n6_p3491_Urbano http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00278424_v100_n6_p3491_Urbano
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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topic α1A knockout
Ca2+-activated potassium channel
Neuromuscular junction
Paired-pulse facilitation
SNX-482
calcium channel
calcium ion
cholinergic receptor
magnesium ion
action potential
animal cell
article
channel gating
exocytosis
mouse
nerve ending
neuromuscular synapse
neurotransmission
neurotransmitter release
nonhuman
priority journal
4-Aminopyridine
Animals
Calcium Channels, N-Type
Calcium Channels, P-Type
Calcium Channels, Q-Type
Calcium Channels, R-Type
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Models, Neurological
Motor Endplate
Neuronal Plasticity
Neurotransmitter Agents
Synaptic Transmission
Animalia
spellingShingle α1A knockout
Ca2+-activated potassium channel
Neuromuscular junction
Paired-pulse facilitation
SNX-482
calcium channel
calcium ion
cholinergic receptor
magnesium ion
action potential
animal cell
article
channel gating
exocytosis
mouse
nerve ending
neuromuscular synapse
neurotransmission
neurotransmitter release
nonhuman
priority journal
4-Aminopyridine
Animals
Calcium Channels, N-Type
Calcium Channels, P-Type
Calcium Channels, Q-Type
Calcium Channels, R-Type
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Models, Neurological
Motor Endplate
Neuronal Plasticity
Neurotransmitter Agents
Synaptic Transmission
Animalia
Uchitel, Osvaldo Daniel
Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels
topic_facet α1A knockout
Ca2+-activated potassium channel
Neuromuscular junction
Paired-pulse facilitation
SNX-482
calcium channel
calcium ion
cholinergic receptor
magnesium ion
action potential
animal cell
article
channel gating
exocytosis
mouse
nerve ending
neuromuscular synapse
neurotransmission
neurotransmitter release
nonhuman
priority journal
4-Aminopyridine
Animals
Calcium Channels, N-Type
Calcium Channels, P-Type
Calcium Channels, Q-Type
Calcium Channels, R-Type
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Models, Neurological
Motor Endplate
Neuronal Plasticity
Neurotransmitter Agents
Synaptic Transmission
Animalia
description Transmission at the mouse neuromuscular junction normally relies on P/Q-type channels, but became jointly dependent on both N-and R-type Ca2+ channels when the P/Q-type channel α1A subunit was deleted. R-type channels lay close to Ca2+ sensors for exocytosis and IK(Ca) channel activation, like the P/Q-type channels they replaced. In contrast, N-type channels were less well localized, but abundant enough to influence secretion strongly, particularly when action potentials were prolonged. Our data suggested that active zone structures may select among multiple Ca2+ channels in the hierarchy P/Q>R>N. The α1A-/- neuromuscular junction displayed several other differences from wild-type: lowered quantal content but greater ability to withstand reductions in the Ca2+/Mg2+ ratio, and little or no paired-pulse facilitation, the latter findings possibly reflecting compensatory mechanisms at individual release sites. Changes in presynaptic function were also associated with a significant reduction in the size of postsynaptic acetylcholine receptor clusters.
author Uchitel, Osvaldo Daniel
author_facet Uchitel, Osvaldo Daniel
author_sort Uchitel, Osvaldo Daniel
title Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels
title_short Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels
title_full Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels
title_fullStr Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels
title_full_unstemmed Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels
title_sort altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking p/q-type ca2+ channels
publishDate 2003
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00278424_v100_n6_p3491_Urbano
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00278424_v100_n6_p3491_Urbano
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