title: Differential pre- and postsynaptic modulation of chemical transmission in the squid giant synapse by tyrosine phosphorylation.
abstract: To assess the role of tyrosine phosphorylation/dephosphorylation balance in synaptic transmission, a set of studies was implemented at the squid giant synapse. Presynaptic induction of tyrosine phosphorylation, following administration of the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate, produced a sizable increase in presynaptic calcium current and a concomitant and paradoxical decrement of the postsynaptic potential amplitude. Presynaptic microinjection of an active protein tyrosine kinase dramatically increased calcium currents and incremented postsynaptic potential amplitude. By contrast, the same procedure at the postsynaptic terminal reduced the size of the postsynaptic potential. This differential effect may be prodromic to long-term plasticity, as postsynaptic sensitivity is momentarily deemphasized, whereas presynaptic second messenger cascades triggered by increased calcium currents are accentuated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Llinás
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugimori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlessinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D049832:Decapodiformes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019833:Genistein; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008845:Microinjections; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010766:Phosphorylation; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D013233:Stellate Ganglion / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007529:Isoflavones; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; C076715:pervanadate; D014638:Vanadates; D014443:Tyrosine; D019833:Genistein; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium