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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 64, 468-472, Copyright © 1974 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Acetylcholine Receptors

Revised Estimates of Extrajunctional Receptor Density in Denervated Rat Diaphragm



Douglas M. Fambrough 1

1 From the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, Maryland 21210

The number of extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors (125I-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites) per unit length of muscle fiber and the average fiber circumference were determined for rat diaphragm muscle fibers denervated 0, 2, 4, 7, 10, and 14 days. From these data receptor densities (sites per square micrometer of surface) were calculated. Values thus obtained were considerably lower than those estimated previously by autoradiography. Receptor density increased from < 6 sites/µm2 in innervated muscle to 635 ± 29 sites/µm2 14 days after denervation. The form of the relationship between receptor density and acetylcholine sensitivity and the time-course of change in receptor density after denervation are as previously reported.

Submitted on March 11, 1974


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