Paired-Pulse Facilitation of Transmitter Release at Different Levels of Extracellular Calcium Concentration |
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Authors: | Marat A Mukhamedyarov Andrey L Zefirov András Palotás |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, Kazan State Medical University, ul. Butlerova 49, 420012 Kazan, Russia. |
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Abstract: | High-frequency synaptic activity can cause facilitation of transmitter release due to accumulation of “residual Ca2+” at the nerve terminal. However, the mechanism of this phenomenon is still under debate. Here we show that, using extracellular recording from frog cutaneous pectoris muscle, paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) at the frog neuro-muscular junction decays in two or three-exponential manner depending upon the extracellular Ca2+ concentration (Ca2+]e). First, second and “early” PPF components are analyzed and described in this study. Considering the dependence of PPF on Ca2+]e, existence of several specific high-affinity intra-terminal Ca2+-binding sites that underlie the facilitation of transmitter release at the frog neuro-muscular junction is proposed. |
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Keywords: | Calcium Frog Motor nerve terminal Neuro-muscular junction Paired-pulse facilitation Residual Ca2+ Transmitter release |
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