Torres J C, Inestrosa N C
Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1985 Sep;5(3):303-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00711015.
It has been reported previously that heparin, a sulfated glycosaminoglycan, releases the asymmetric 16 S form of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from cholinergic synapses. Here it is shown that heparin releases the synaptic AChE not as individual 16 S species but as multimolecular aggregates (30 S) of such molecules. Heparin is able to convert low-ionic strength AChE aggregates into a heparin type of AChE aggregates. Our results suggest that the AChE aggregates detached by heparin are likely to be the physiologically important state of aggregation of the 16 S AChE form in the synaptic basal lamina.
先前已有报道称,硫酸化糖胺聚糖肝素可从胆碱能突触释放不对称的16S形式的乙酰胆碱酯酶(AChE)。本文表明,肝素释放的突触AChE并非单个16S分子,而是此类分子的多分子聚集体(30S)。肝素能够将低离子强度的AChE聚集体转化为肝素型AChE聚集体。我们的结果表明,肝素分离出的AChE聚集体可能是突触基底层中16S AChE形式在生理上重要的聚集状态。