期刊
TOXICON
卷 54, 期 2, 页码 138-144出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.03.025
关键词
Snake presynaptic PLA2 neurotaxins; alpha-Latrotoxin; Calcium imaging; Primary neuronal cultures; Neuromuscular junction
资金
- Telethon [GGP06133]
- RAS
Snake presynaptic neurotoxins with phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity cause degeneration of the neuromuscular junction. They induce depletion of synaptic vesicles and increase the membrane permeability to Ca2+ which fluxes from the outside into the nerve terminal. Moreover, several toxins were shown to enter the nerve terminals of cultured neurons, where they may display their PLA2 activity on internal membranes. The relative contribution of these different actions in nerve terminal degeneration remains to be established. To gather information on this point, we have compared the effects of beta-bungarotoxin, taipoxin, notexin and textilotoxin with those of alpha-latrotoxin on the basis of the notion that this latter toxin is well known to cause massive Ca2+ influx and exocytosis of synaptic vesicles. All the parameters analysed here, including calcium imaging, are very similar for the two classes of neurotoxins. This indicates that Ca2+ overloading plays a major role in the degeneration of nerve terminals induced by the snake presynaptic neurotoxins. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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