Abstract：
:Neuronal factors co-released with neurotransmitters may play an important role in synapse development and function. Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), two principal neuromodulators present in the motor nerve terminals, were studied for their roles and mechanisms during early development of neuromuscular synapses in Xenopus nerve--muscle co-cultures. CGRP treatment increased the decay time and amplitude of spontaneous synaptic currents (SSCs) recorded from innervated myocytes, without affecting SSC frequency, suggesting a postsynaptic mechanism. ATP also increased the SSC amplitude and decay time. In addition, ATP was shown to potentiate the responses of isolated myocytes to iontophoretically applied acetylcholine (ACh). Single-channel recording from isolate myocytes showed that both CGRP and ATP specifically increased the open time of embryonic-type, low-conductance ACh channels. Pharmacological experiments suggest that the CGRP actions were mediated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), while ATP exerted its effects by binding to P2 purinoceptors and thereby activating protein kinase C (PKC). Moreover, the effects of CGRP and ATP on ACh channel activity were restricted to immature myocytes. Taken together, these results suggest that endogenous CGRP and ATP co-released with ACh from the nerve terminal may promote synaptic development by potentiating postsynaptic ACh channel activity during the early phase of synaptogenesis.
journal_name
Can J Physiol Pharmacoljournal_title
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacologyauthors
Lu B,Fu WMdoi
10.1139/y95-149subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-07-01 00:00:00pages
1050-6issue
7eissn
0008-4212issn
1205-7541journal_volume
73pub_type
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