1987
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.22.8155
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Cyclic AMP regulates the proportion of functional acetylcholine receptors on chicken ciliary ganglion neurons.

Abstract: Previous studies have shown that the number of functional acetylcholine receptors (AcChoRs) on chicken ciliary ganglion neurons in culture is considerably smaller than the total number of AcChoRs detected on the neurons by labeled receptor probes. Here we use patch-clamp recording to show that a cAMP-dependent process enhances the AcCho response of the neurons by a mechanism likely to involve an increase in the number of functional AcChoRs. The increase occurs without requiring protein synthesis and without in… Show more

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“…A potential role for desensitization then, is to act as a shuttle that would allow movement of receptors be- tween functional and nonfunctional pools of receptors [Boyd, 1987; Fig. 2(B)], as implied for the cAMPdependent conversion of silent to functional ganglionic nAChRs during development (Margiotta et al, 1987;see also Fenster et al, 1999b). However, this need not be the case and inactivation and desensitization could be two completely separate processes (Rowell and Duggan, 1998).…”
Section: Regulation Of Desensitizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A potential role for desensitization then, is to act as a shuttle that would allow movement of receptors be- tween functional and nonfunctional pools of receptors [Boyd, 1987; Fig. 2(B)], as implied for the cAMPdependent conversion of silent to functional ganglionic nAChRs during development (Margiotta et al, 1987;see also Fenster et al, 1999b). However, this need not be the case and inactivation and desensitization could be two completely separate processes (Rowell and Duggan, 1998).…”
Section: Regulation Of Desensitizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Treatment of CG neurons with VIP increases ACh responses, but not nAChR surface levels, by increasing intracellular cAMP (Gurantz et al, 1994). Elevated cAMP levels enhance ACh responses by converting existing surface nAChRs from a nonfunctional "silent" state to a functional state via posttranslational mechanisms (Margiotta et al, 1987;Vijayaraghavan et al, 1990). Further, CG neurons express the receptors for a second potential input-derived factor, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), a close relative of VIP.…”
Section: Regulatory Signals That Mediate the Effects Of Synaptic Partmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although there is no direct support that the change in response amplitude is attributable to the "new" surface nAChRs, it is reassuring to note that disruption of vesicle exocytosis (presumably the supply of the new nAChRs) essentially (Ϸ70%) prevented the functional change. However, it is difficult to eliminate the possibility that (some of) the increased response results from the conversion of nonfunctional to functional preexisting surface ␣7 nAChRs, as proposed for other nAChRs (Margiotta et al, 1987). In addition, it is not possible to dismiss alterations in ␣7 nAChR properties (P o and i).…”
Section: Modes Of ␣7 Nachr Regulation By Tyrosine Phosphorylationmentioning
confidence: 99%