Receptors to agglutinin fromDolichus biflorus (DBA) at the synaptic basal lamina of rat neuromuscular junction |
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Authors: | Joan Ribera Dr Josep E Esquerda Joan X Comella M Antonia Poca M Josep Bellmunt |
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Institution: | (1) Divisió de 1'Estudi General de Lleida, Facultat de Medicina, Departament d'Histologia i Biologia Cellular, Universitat de Barcelona, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain;(2) Divisió de 1'Estudi General de Lleida, Facultat de Medicina, Departament d'Histologia i Biologia Cellular, Universitat de Barcelona, Carrer Anselm Clave 22, E-25 007 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
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Abstract: | Summary The binding of agglutinin fromDolichus biflorus (DBA) and other lectins (Concanavalin A, agglutinin from wheat germ and lectin fromBandeiraea simplicifolid) to synaptic and extrasynaptic portions of the basal lamina of muscle fibers, was studied with histochemical methods. In rat muscle, DBA-binding is specifically detected at the basal lamina of neuromuscular junction. However, long-term (6 months) denervated end-plate in adult rat muscle failed to bind DBA. During normal development, synaptic DBA receptors appear later than acetylcholine receptors or acetylcholinesterase at the rat neuromuscular junction. Generalized DBA-binding to motor end-plates is first visualized in 3-day-old rats, but section of sciatic nerve in 1-day-old rats prevents the appearence of synaptic DBA-binding on the leg end-plates. It is suggested, therefore, that the synaptic DBA receptors could be related to the postnatal stabilization of rat neuromuscular synapses. |
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Keywords: | Neuromuscular synapse Lectin histochemistry Dolichusbiflorus agglutinin Synaptogenesis Denervation Rat |
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