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CYCLIC AMP AND PHOSPHODIESTERASE IN SYNAPTIC VESICLES FROM MOUSE BRAIN
Author(s) -
Johnson G. A.,
Boukma Sally J.,
Lahti R. A.,
Mathews J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1973.tb00250.x
Subject(s) - vesicle , synaptic vesicle , phosphodiesterase , electron microscope , chemistry , adenosine , biophysics , nucleotide , free nerve ending , biochemistry , biology , enzyme , endocrinology , membrane , physics , gene , optics
The isolation of synaptic vesicles from mouse brain by a modification of previously reported methodology is described. Homogeneity of the preparations was ascertained by electron microscopy. Vesicles thus isolated contained cyclic AMP (365 ± 44 pmol/mg of protein; mean ± S.E.M.) and adenosine 3′,5′‐monophosphate phosphodiesterase activity (500 pmol/mg of protein per 30 min). The number of vesicles in three of the vesicle preparations was determined by a visual count of grid fields under the electron microscope. The content of cyclic AMP in the vesicles was calculated at 5000‐7500 molecules/vesiclc. The presence of cyclic AMP in the synaptic vesicles from presynaptic nerve endings would support a role for this nucleotide in nerve transmission.