Avtor/Urednik     Miš, Katarina
Naslov     Colocalization of acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase and choline acetyltransferase in rat spinal cord
Tip     članek
Vir     Hum Exp Toxicol
Vol. in št.     Letnik 24, št. 10
Leto izdaje     2005
Obseg     str. 543-5
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     In our previous in situ hybridization study in the adult rat spinal cord we demonstrated that only neurons express mRNAs for acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1.1.7.) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE; EC 3.1.1.8.) in this CNS region; no staining was detected for these two messages in the glia cells. Here we used immunocytochemical staining for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT; EC 2.3.1.6.) to answer the, as yet only briefly approached, question whether the cells expressing the messages for both cholinesterases are cholinergic. All neurons expressing mRNAs for AChE and BuChE were found to be ChAT positive. This finding supports the previous proposal that BuChE modulates cholinergic transmission in AChE knockout mice.
Deskriptorji     ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE
BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE
CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE
SPINAL CORD
RNA, MESSENGER
RATS