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Increased Acetylcholine Synthesis and Release in Brains of Cats with GM1 Gangliosidosis
Authors:Richard S. Jope  Henry J. Baker  Donald J. Connor
Affiliation:Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience Program;Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.;Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Abstract:Cholinergic processes were measured in motor cortex, hippocampus, and striatum of cats in the terminal stages of GM1 gangliosidosis and compared to those of control cats. The greatest difference observed was elevation in the rate of K+-stimulated release of acetylcholine (ACh) from brain slices prepared from affected cats. The K+-stimulated release of endogenous ACh was increased by 31-43% and of newly synthesized ACh by 19-80% in brain slices from different brain regions. All regions that were examined were affected but the greatest effects occurred in cortex. The rate of synthesis of ACh was elevated in cortical and hippocampal slices. Choline acetyltransferase activity in brain regions of cats with GM1 gangliosidosis was not significantly different from that in controls, whereas high-affinity choline transport in cortical synaptosomes was elevated. Muscarinic receptor binding sites were reduced in the cortex, hippocampus, and striatum of GM1 mutant cats, whereas the apparent affinity was not altered. These results indicate that there are major alterations of cholinergic function in the brains of cats with GM1 gangliosidosis.
Keywords:GM1 gangliosidosis    Acetylcholine    Choline uptake    Muscarinic receptors    Lysosomal storage disease    Animal model
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