Immunofluorescence localization at the mammalian neuromuscular junction of the Mr 43,000 protein of Torpedo postsynaptic membranes.
- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 78 (8), 5230-5234
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.78.8.5230
Abstract
Highly purified cholinergic postsynaptic membranes from Torpedo electric tissue contain, in addition to the acetylcholine receptor (AcChoR), major proteins of MW 43,000 and .apprxeq. 90,000, and minor proteins that can be removed from the membranes by alkaline treatment. An antiserum to these alkaline-extractable proteins that reacts with the MW 43,000 protein but not with any of the other major membrane proteins, including the AcChoR subunits, was prepared. Immunofluorescent staining of sections of Torpedo electric tissue shows that this antiserum binds to the innervated but not the uninnervated surface of the electrocytes. In rat diaphragm muscle the antigens recognized by this antiserum are highly concentrated at the synapse. Synaptic staining of muscle is eliminated by prior incubation of the antiserum with the MW 43,000 protein but not by incubation with affinity-purified AcChoR. This antiserum stains end plates of muscles denervated for 7 days. Antiserum to AcChoR binds to the subsynaptic membranes of electrolytes and muscle but does not react with the MW 43,000 protein. Purified AcChoR blocks staining of synapses by anti-AcChoR but the MW 43,000 protein does not. MW 43,000 protein is apparently located in the innervated membrane of Torpedo electrocytes. An immunologically similar component is probably highly concentrated in the postsynaptic membrane of mammalian muscle.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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