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The responsiveness ofAplysia acetylcholine receptors (AChR) was studied using a polyene antibiotic, filipin, which specifically complexes cholesterol, and another compound, chlorpromazine (CPZ), which inserts at the proteolipidic interface.
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Both substances enhanced the evoked postsynaptic responses or responses to iontophoretic application of carbachol only on the H-type receptor (opening a Cl− permeability), whereas at the same concentrations filipin was without effect on the D-type receptor (opening a cationic permeability) while CPZ depressed the D-type response.
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The facilitation observed specifically for the H-type receptor was similar to that previously described after acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition or when low concentrations of detergents were applied to this preparation. No additive effect was obtained after the addition of chlorpromazine following a maximal potentiation obtained with an anticholinesterase agent.
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Since atAplysia central neurons, AChE is a membranal protein, we propose that the facilitation of H-type responses is attributable to the removal of a modulatory action of AChE on AChR. Filipin or chlorpromazine might disrupt the interaction between AChR and AChE.
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Fossier, P., Baux, G. & Tauc, L. Modulation of an acetylcholine receptor responsiveness by filipin and chlorpromazine studied in neurons ofAplysia californica . Cell Mol Neurobiol 7, 49–59 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00734989
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