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Synaptic vesicle dynamics in rat fast and slow motor nerve terminals.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10087065     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We have investigated whether rat motor nerve terminals with different in vivo activity patterns also have different vesicle trafficking characteristics. To do this, we monitored, using combined optical and electrical techniques, the rate of exocytosis (during different frequencies and patterns of activity), the releasable pool size, and the recycle time of synaptic vesicles in terminals on soleus (slow-twitch) and extensor digitorum longus [(EDL); fast-twitch] muscle fibers. EDL terminals had a higher initial quantal content (QC) than soleus, but during tonic or phasic stimulation at 20-80 Hz, EDL QC ran down to a greater extent than soleus QC. By recording loss of fluorescence from exocytosing vesicles labeled with the dye FM1-43, EDL terminals were found to destain faster than those in soleus. Simultaneous intracellular recording of end plate potentials, to count the number of vesicles released, permitted estimation of the total vesicle pool (VP) size and the recycle time by combining the optical and electrophysiological data. Soleus vesicle pool was larger than EDL, but recycle time was not significantly different. These terminals, therefore, are adapted to their in vivo activity patterns by alterations in QC and VP size but not recycle time.
Authors:
B Reid; C R Slater; G S Bewick
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0270-6474     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  1999 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-04-13     Completed Date:  1999-04-13     Revised Date:  2009-09-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8102140     Medline TA:  J Neurosci     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2511-21     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological*
Animals
Kinetics
Male
Motor Neurons / physiology*
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / physiology
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
Nerve Endings / physiology*
Quantum Theory
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Synaptic Vesicles / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Wellcome Trust

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