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. 1989 Jan;408:233–249. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1989.sp017457

The effect of anions on bound acetylcholine in frog sartorius muscle.

B Ceccarelli 1, P C Molenaar 1, B S Oen 1, R L Polak 1, F Torri-Tarelli 1, G T van Kempen 1
PMCID: PMC1190401  PMID: 2789283

Abstract

1. Frog sartorius muscles were treated with an irreversible cholinesterase inhibitor and then incubated in isotonic potassium propionate solution (isotonic KPr). Total and bound, presumably vesicular, acetylcholine (ACh) in the tissue and ACh in the medium were assayed by mass fragmentography, miniature end-plate potentials (MEPPs) were recorded and the end-plates were investigated by electron microscopy. 2. Incubation in isotonic KPr for 30 min stimulated ACh release and concomitantly decreased total and bound ACh. Nerve stimulation for 30 min by trains of impulses (0.1 s trains of 100 Hz, 1 train s-1) in normal-potassium propionate-containing solution had the same effects. 3. When the tissue was incubated in normal-K+ Ringer solution for 3 h, following chemical or electric stimulation, bound ACh recovered to about 75% of the initial value, provided that Cl- ions were present in the medium. In the presence of propionate instead of Cl- ions almost no recovery of bound ACh took place. There was also recovery of bound ACh in the presence of either NO3- or gluconate ions. In NO3- it was the same as in Cl-, but in gluconate it was less than found in Cl- -containing medium. 4. Recovery of total ACh, in contrast to bound ACh, took place even in the presence of propionate ions, showing that extracellular Cl- is not required for the synthesis of ACh. 5. In terminals recovered in normal Ringer solution, many synaptic vesicles were found, but terminals 'recovered' in propionate solution were depleted of vesicles. 6. From these and other results it is concluded that the recycling of synaptic vesicles normally requires the presence of extracellular chloride.

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