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. 1975 Jul;249(2):285–300. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1975.sp011016

The effect of temperature on desensitization kinetics at the post-synaptic membrane of the frog muscle fibre.

L G Magazanik, F Vyskocit
PMCID: PMC1309575  PMID: 1080803

Abstract

1. The time course of acetylcholine (ACh) potentials during development of desensitization was prolonged when a double-barrel ACh pipette was used for evoking desensitization. When a single-barrel ACh pipette was used, no change in the time course of ACh potential was to be seen during desensitization. 2. The recovery after desensitization did not depend on the rate of onset or on its level when a single ACh pipette was used. The half-time of recovery had a constant value of about 5.8 sec in the presence of chlorpromazine or SKF-525 A in a muscle bath at 22 degrees C. 3. Unlike the rate of onset, recovery from desensitization does not depend on the membrane potential. 4. The rate of onset of desensitization, i.e. time taken for reduction of ACh potentials to half-way between the initial amplitude and final steady value, decreased when temperature of the muscle bath was lowered. 5. Q10 of desensitization onset was found to be 1.5 for a change of temperature from 32 to 22 degrees C, 1.9 from 22 to 12 degrees C, 2.6 from 12 to 5 degrees C and 3.3 from 12 to 2 degrees C. 6. A similar temperature effect was observed in the case of desensitization recovery, the Q10 being 1.2 for temperature changes from 32 to 22 degrees C, 1.3 from 22 to 12 degrees C and 2.36 from 12 to 2 degrees C. 7. Intracellular application of quaternary methiodide of SKF-525 A or chloropromazine caused more rapid desensitization by ACh. The rate of desensitization onset depends on the ACh dose and on the frequency of application. The rate of recovery, however, has a constant value with a half-time of 5.5-5.7 sec at 22 degrees C. 8. Both the rate of onset and the rate of recovery changed with temperature in the case of intracellular potentiation of desensitization, in a similar manner to that observed after extracellular application of these drugs. 9. The onset of desensitization can thus be influenced by different substances as well as by changes in temperature. Recovery apparently has a different mechanism from the onset, because its time course can be altered only by changes in temperature of the muscle.

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