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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
Phorbol ester facilitates transmitter release at a variety of synapses, and the phorbol ester-induced synaptic potentiation (PESP) is a model for presynaptic facilitation. To address the mechanism underlying PESP, we have made paired whole-cell recordings from the giant presynaptic terminal, the calyx of Held, and its postsynaptic target in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body in rat brainstem slices. Phorbol ester potentiated EPSCs without affecting either presynaptic calcium currents or potassium currents. Protein kinase C inhibitors applied from outside or injected directly into the presynaptic terminal attenuated the PESP. Furthermore, presynaptic loading of a synthetic peptide with the sequence of the N-terminal domain of Doc2alpha interacting with Munc13-1 (Mid peptide) significantly attenuated PESP, whereas mutated Mid peptide had no effect. We conclude that the target of the presynaptic facilitatory effect of phorbol ester resides downstream of calcium influx and may involve both protein kinase C and Doc2alpha - Munc13-1 interaction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7262-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Brain Stem, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Evoked Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Olivary Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Presynaptic Terminals, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Quantum Theory, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10460232-Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Presynaptic mechanism for phorbol ester-induced synaptic potentiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurophysiology, University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't