Endurance training increases acetylcholine receptor quantity at neuromuscular junctions of adult rat skeletal muscle
作者:
Patrice Desaulniers,
Pierre-André Lavoie,
Phillip Gardiner,
期刊:
NeuroReport
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 16
页码: 3549-3552
ISSN:0959-4965
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Acetylcholine receptor;Alpha-bungarotoxin;Endurance training;Motor endplate;Neuromuscular junction;Rat skeletal muscle
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
THE aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that a 16 week endurance training program would alter the abundance of endplate-associated nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in various rat skeletal muscles. We found a 20% increase in endplate-specific [125I]α-bungarotoxin binding in several muscles of trained rats, accompanied by equal susceptibility of toxin binding to the inhibitory effect of D-tubocurarine in sedentary and trained muscles. We conclude that the neuromuscular junction adaptations that occur with increased chronic activation include an increase in nAChR number. Results of experiments designed to determine nAChR turnover also suggest that this effect is mediated by an alteration in the receptor's metabolic state. The potential implications and mechanisms of this adaptation are discussed.
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