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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 6, 673-680, Copyright © 1986 by Society for Neuroscience

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Localization of acetylcholine receptors and cholinesterase on nerve- contacted and noncontacted muscle cells grown in the presence of agents that block action potentials

DF Davey and MW Cohen

The possible role of nerve activity in triggering changes in the localization of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) and cholinesterase (ChE) on nerve-contacted Xenopus muscle cells has been assessed. The localization of these molecules was examined on nerve-contacted and noncontacted muscle cells in cultures of spinal cord and myotomal muscle derived from Xenopus embryos. Sites of high AChR density were revealed by staining with fluorescent alpha-bungarotoxin and sites of ChE localization were revealed histochemically. Localization of AChRs and ChE at sites of nerve-muscle contact occurred when the culture medium contained 1.2 micron tetrodotoxin (TTX), 1.2 micron TTX, 10 mM magnesium, and no calcium salts, 1.2 micron TTX and 2 mM manganese, or 106 mM potassium methyl sulfate instead of sodium chloride. The nerve- contacted muscle cells in each of these modified culture media also exhibited a reduced incidence of AChR and ChE patches away from the site of contact. It is concluded that the neural factor(s) that triggers the local and remote changes in AChR and ChE distribution can be supplied to the neurites and externalized in the absence of nerve impulses, and that the nerve and muscle cells can interact even when they are largely depolarized.

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