title: [Analysis of living motor nerve ending of a frog by endocytotic fluorescent marker FM 1-43].
abstract: In our experiments on motor nerve endings of the frog cutaneous pectoris muscle, using fluorescent marker FM 1-43, the intensity and topography of endocytosis were investigated after the initiation of massive exocytosis of synaptic vesicles by increasing the extracellular potassium concentration. Using FM 1-43, fluorescent spots were shown to appear, looking as accumulations of synaptic vesicles in the active zone region. The forms and sizes of luminous spots and the distances between them were analysed. Considerable variations in brightness and total areas of fluorescent spots per a length unit in different regions of the nerve ending were revealed in addition to a proximal-distal gradient of these parameters along the nerve terminal. Peculiarities of topography and intensities of luminescence in the most terminal regions of the nerve ending are described. The obtained data are discussed in terms of the exo- and endocytosis cycle of synaptic vesicles in the active zone region, and from the point of view of the plasticity of the motor nerve ending and active zones. The factors involved in the transmitter release nonuniformity are analysed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Normal Physiology, Medical State University, Kazan. zefirov@kmu-mf.kon.ru
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zefirov
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Grigor'ev
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Minlebaev
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Sitdikova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D004705:Endocytosis; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C073804:FM1 43; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds