Kass I S, Wang C C, Walrond J P, Stretton A O
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Oct;77(10):6211-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.10.6211.
Avermectin B1a (AVM) is an antiparasitic agent that paralyzes nematodes without causing hypercontraction or flaccid paralysis. Using selective stimulation techniques, we have shown that AVM blocks transmission between interneuron(s) and excitatory motorneurons in the ventral nerve cord of Ascaris. It also inhibits transmissin between inhibitory motoneurons and muscle but has little effect on excitatory neuromuscular transmission. Picrotoxin can reverse the AVM-induced block of interneuron-excitatory motoneuron transmission but has no effect on the inhibitory motoneuronal synapse in either the presence or absence of AVM. Our results provide an explanation of how AVM may cause paralysis of nematodes.
阿维菌素B1a(AVM)是一种抗寄生虫剂,可使线虫麻痹,而不会引起过度收缩或弛缓性麻痹。运用选择性刺激技术,我们已证明AVM可阻断蛔虫腹神经索中中间神经元与兴奋性运动神经元之间的信号传递。它还会抑制抑制性运动神经元与肌肉之间的信号传递,但对兴奋性神经肌肉传递影响甚微。印防己毒素可逆转AVM诱导的中间神经元-兴奋性运动神经元信号传递阻断,但无论有无AVM,对抑制性运动神经元突触均无影响。我们的研究结果解释了AVM如何导致线虫麻痹。