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Prog Neurobiol. 2012 Mar;96(3):304-21. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.01.009. Epub 2012 Jan 28.
Synaptic transmission is a finely regulated mechanism of neuronal communication. The release of neurotransmitter at the synapse is not only the reflection of membrane depolarization events, but rather, is the summation of interactions between ion channels, G protein coupled receptors, second messengers, and the exocytotic machinery itself which exposes the components within a synaptic vesicle to the synaptic cleft. The focus of this review is to explore the role of G protein signaling as it relates to neurotransmission, as well as to discuss the recently determined inhibitory mechanism of Gβγ dimers acting directly on the exocytotic machinery proteins to inhibit neurotransmitter release.
突触传递是神经元通讯的一种精细调节机制。神经递质在突触中的释放不仅是膜去极化事件的反映,而是离子通道、G 蛋白偶联受体、第二信使以及胞吐机制本身之间相互作用的总和,这些相互作用将突触小泡内的成分暴露在突触间隙中。本综述的重点是探讨 G 蛋白信号转导与神经传递的关系,并讨论最近确定的 Gβγ 二聚体直接作用于胞吐机制蛋白抑制神经递质释放的抑制机制。