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Zhitao Hu1, Amy B Vashlishan-Murray2, Joshua M Kaplan3.
Abstract
A neuropeptide (NLP-12) and its receptor (CKR-2) potentiate tonic and evoked ACh release at Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junctions. Increased evoked release is mediated by a presynaptic pathway (egl-30 Gαq and egl-8 PLCβ) that produces DAG, and by DAG binding to short and long UNC-13 proteins. Potentiation of tonic ACh release persists in mutants deficient for egl-30 Gαq and egl-8 PLCβ and requires DAG binding to UNC-13L (but not UNC-13S). Thus, NLP-12 adjusts tonic and evoked release by distinct mechanisms.Entities:
Keywords: C. elegans; CCK; Munc13; NLP-12; UNC-13; neuropeptide
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25609620 PMCID: PMC4300317 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2825-14.2015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurosci ISSN: 0270-6474 Impact factor: 6.167