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Calcium-induced acetylcholine release and intramembrane particle occurrence in proteoliposomes equipped with
G Brochier1, T Gulik-Krzywicki, B Lesbats
1Département de Neurochimie, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Biology of the Cell
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Proteoliposomes obtained from the mediatophore, a purified Torpedo electric organ nerve terminals protein, and endogenous lipids were used for a study of calcium-induced release of acetylcholine and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Large intramembrane particles were induced by the influx of calcium into proteoliposomes, as previously observed for synaptosomes or stimulated electric organ nerve terminals. The involvement of mediatophore in a calcium dependent acetylcholine translocation seems therefore to be related to the occurrence of a category of intramembrane particles in the course of the release process.