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. 1985 Oct 14;345(1):153-8.
doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(85)90846-7.

Axonal transport of the voltage-dependent Na+ channel protein identified by its tetrodotoxin binding site in rat sciatic nerves

Axonal transport of the voltage-dependent Na+ channel protein identified by its tetrodotoxin binding site in rat sciatic nerves

A Lombet et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

Na+ channels levels were measured in different segments of rat vagus and sciatic nerves by in vitro binding using a tritiated ethylene-diamine tetrodotoxin derivative ([3H]en-TTX). Binding sites were found to accumulate on both sides of a ligature tied on the sciatic nerve indicating an anterograde and retrograde axoplasmic transport of Na+ channels. Accumulation of Na+ channels at the ligature was time-dependent and appeared to occur through fast axoplasmic transport mechanisms. This accumulation on both sides of a ligature was also visualized by autoradiographic studies in longitudinal sections of sciatic nerves using [3H]en-TTX.

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