A synaptosomal preparation from the guinea pig ileum myenteric plexus
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1981.tb01705.x
A synaptosomal preparation from the guinea pig ileum myenteric plexus
Abstract
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.
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