Action of veratridine on acetylcholinesterase in cultures of rat muscle cells |
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Authors: | S De La Porte M Vigny J Massoulié J Koenig |
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Institution: | 1. INSERM U. 153, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin 75005, Paris, France;2. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, ENS, 46 rue d''Ulm 75005, Paris, France;3. Laboratoire de Cytologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai St. Bernard 75005, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | Studies on cultures of embryonic rat muscle cells have suggested that the presence of collagen-tailed forms may be correlated with spontaneous contractile activity: these forms disappear in the presence of tetrodotoxin which blocks the sodium channels involved in the propagation of action potentials. The effect of veratridine, a drug which maintains the sodium channels in the open state, was studied. It is shown here that in young cultures veratridine provoked a dramatic increase in total acetylcholinesterase activity and changed the distribution of the molecular forms of the enzyme, increasing the proportion and absolute amount of the A12 form. In order to elucidate the mechanism of action of this drug, the effects of various ions, ionophores, or other agents that modify the ionic permeabilities of membranes were also investigated. |
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