Neuregulin effect on quantal content dissociated from effect on miniature endplate potential amplitude
| Autor: | Saumya Das, Jinghua Zhang, Meredith Wagner, Gerald D. Fischbach, Mary Anne Mann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Physiology
Protein subunit Muscle Fibers Skeletal Motor Endplate Synaptic Transmission Mice Transcription (biology) Pregnancy Signaling proteins Animals RNA Messenger Muscle membrane Gene Acetylcholine receptor Neuregulins Mice Knockout Neurotransmitter Agents Chemistry General Neuroscience Bungarotoxins Embryo Mammalian Evoked Potentials Motor Electric Stimulation Cell biology Mice Inbred C57BL Neuregulin Female Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurophysiology. 96(2) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3077 |
| Popis: | Members of the neuregulin family of signaling proteins increase transcription of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) subunit genes in muscle fibers and the number of AChRs in the muscle membrane. In adult mice heterozygous for targeted deletion of type I neuregulins (Ig-NRG+/−), postsynaptic AChR density was decreased and transmitter release was increased. We examined the relationship between functional AChR density and ACh release in postnatal day 7 (P7), P14, and adult NRG-deficient mice. Here we report that changes in postsynaptic sensitivity and transmitter release are not temporally coupled during postnatal development in Ig-NRG–deficient mice. Although miniature endplate potential (MEPP) amplitude was decreased compared with control in P7 Ig-NRG+/−mice, quantum content was not increased. Quantum content was increased in adult heterozygotes despite normal MEPP amplitudes. Thus, during postnatal maturation, both quantal size and quantum content were influenced by decreased Ig-NRG expression, although the effects were dissociated in time. |
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