title: Inhibition of neurotransmitter release by clostridial neurotoxins correlates with specific proteolysis of synaptosomal proteins.
abstract: Rat brain synaptosomes were used to study the effect of several clostridial neurotoxins on the neurotransmitter release. In this system the blockade of transmitter release correlated with the proteolytic activity of the toxins. Blockade of glutamate release was linked to selective proteolysis of one of the following synaptic proteins: synaptobrevin (BoNT/D, BoNT/F); SNAP-25 (BoNT/A, BoNT/E), or HPC-1/syntaxin (BoNT/C1). All the toxins used had an inhibitory effect on synaptosomes with the exception of BoNT/F. BoNT/F cleaved synaptobrevin in permeabilized synaptosomes but failed to produce the same effect on intact synaptosomes.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Biologia Cel.lular i Anatomia Patologica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blasi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Binz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niemann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jahn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009498:Neurotoxins; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D001905:Botulinum Toxins