کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2591637 1131819 2011 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Embryonic ethanol exposure alters synaptic properties at zebrafish neuromuscular junctions
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم محیط زیست بهداشت، سم شناسی و جهش زایی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Embryonic ethanol exposure alters synaptic properties at zebrafish neuromuscular junctions
چکیده انگلیسی

Pre-natal alcohol exposure induces delays in fine and gross motor skills, and deficiencies in reflex development via mechanisms that remain to be elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of embryonic ethanol exposure (16-hour exposure window with1.5%, 2% or 2.5% EtOH) on synaptic properties at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in 3 day post fertilization (dpf) zebrafish larvae. Immunohistochemical studies show that exposure of embryos to 2.5% ethanol for 16 h results in motor neuron axons that display abnormal branching patterns. Co-labelling embryos with pre-synaptic markers such as SV-2 or 3A10, and the post-synaptic marker, α-bungarotoxin, which irreversibly binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), indicates that pre- and post-synaptic sites are properly aligned even when motor neuron axons display abnormal morphology. Miniature endplate currents (mEPCs) recorded from muscle fibers revealed the presence of two types of mEPCs that we dubbed fast and slow. Ethanol treated fish experienced significant changes in the frequencies of fast and slow mEPCs, and an increase in the rise time of slow mEPCs recorded from red muscle fibers. Additionally, embryonic exposure to ethanol resulted in a significant increase in the decay time of fast mEPCs recorded from white fibers. Mean mEPC amplitude was unaffected by ethanol treatment. Together, these results indicate that zebrafish embryos exposed to ethanol may experience altered synaptic properties at the NMJ.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neurotoxicology and Teratology - Volume 33, Issue 2, March–April 2011, Pages 313–321
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