Takei N, Kuramoto H, Endo Y, Hatanaka H
Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sakyo, Japan.
Neurosci Lett. 1997 May 2;226(3):207-9. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00284-x.
The expression of vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), which transports ACh into synaptic vesicles, is coregulated with choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). Therefore, the effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on the levels of VAChT in cultured neurons from the septum of embryonic rats were investigated by immunocytochemistry. NGF and BDNF increased the number of VAChT-immunoreactive neurons by approximately 1.5-fold and enhanced the immunoreactivity in each positive cell. These results suggest that the neurotrophins enhance not only synthesis but also storage of ACh in septal neurons.
将乙酰胆碱转运至突触小泡的囊泡乙酰胆碱转运体(VAChT)的表达与胆碱乙酰转移酶(ChAT)共同调节。因此,通过免疫细胞化学方法研究了神经生长因子(NGF)和脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)对胚胎大鼠隔区培养神经元中VAChT水平的影响。NGF和BDNF使VAChT免疫反应性神经元的数量增加了约1.5倍,并增强了每个阳性细胞中的免疫反应性。这些结果表明,神经营养因子不仅增强了隔区神经元中乙酰胆碱的合成,还增强了其储存。