MULTIPLE DYSTROPHIN ISOFORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE OF TORPEDO ELECTRIC ORGAN

作者：R**IN AJ; DYER SM; YEADON JE; BURDEN SJ

来源：Journal de Physiologie, 1991, 85(3): 131-133.

We have shown previously that dystrophin is a component of postsynaptic membranes in Torpedo electric organ and is localized at mammalian neuromuscular synapses. In skeletal muscle, dystrophin is also detectable at the non-synaptic membrane of the myofiber, whereas in the electric, organ, dystrophin is strictly localized to the postsynaptic membrane, and is not detectable in non-synaptic membranes. Multiple isoforms of dystrophin are present in skeletal muscle, and different isoforms could potentially be targetted to synaptic and non-synaptic membranes. We sought to determine whether the electric organ contains a single, or multiple isoforms of dystrophin, and we show here that the electric organ contains both a and b isoforms of dystrophin. Because dystrophin is found only at the postsynaptic membrane of the electric organ, we conclude that the two isoforms coexist in the postsynaptic membrane.

• 出版日期1991