Abstract
Depolarization of mouse brain synaptosomes elicits transmitter release and modifies factors that regulate cytoskeletal actin (C-actin) levels. We previously reported (Bernstein and Bamburg, J. Neurosci. 1985. 5:2565-2569) that depolarization causes a release of about 25% of the actin associated with the cytoskeleton of synaptosomal lysates. From our current studies we conclude that depolarization only transiently perturbs the balance in opposing factors which regulate C-actin levels in lysates. Prolonged incubation of the lysates permits the actin to reequilibrate so that no difference between C-actin levels of resting and depolarized synaptosomes is observed. Both the initial transient release of actin from the cytoskeleton and its reassociation with the cytoskeleton during prolonged incubation are calcium dependent and involve factors in both the cytoskeletal and soluble fractions. Depolarization initiates modifications that both increase and decrease the C-actin level probably through mechanisms involving calcium sensitive actin binding proteins.
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