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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
Our interest in investigating the presynaptic modulation of acetylcholine release led to the development of a synaptosomal preparation from the guinea pig ileum myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle. A crude synaptosomal fraction (P2) was obtained by homogenization and differential centrifugation. The preparation exhibited a specific uptake system for choline and for noradrenaline (NA), but not for 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Synaptosomes were isolated from this P2 fraction by an isoosmotic density gradient prepared from sucrose and metrizamide. The resultant synaptosomal fraction was enriched about sevenfold in both choline uptake and in choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). Choline was transported by a high-affinity system was a Km of 6.5 X 10(-7) M and a Vmax of 41 pmol/mg protein/min. Electron microscopy confirmed the synaptosomal nature of the gradient fraction. Some synaptosomal profiles contained only small, translucent vesicles whereas others also contained large (approx. 100 nm diameter) electron-opaque vesicles. The crude synaptosomal fraction synthesized acetylcholine (ACh) from exogenous choline and it released the synthesized ACh in a calcium-dependent manner.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1097-108
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
A synaptosomal preparation from the guinea pig ileum myenteric plexus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.