Abstract
This study was undertaken in order to assess the functional role of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in cultures of chick skeletal muscle cells. Cultures of skeletal myotubes were prepared by mechanical dissociation of limb muscle removed from 11-day-old chick embryos and plating at a concentration of 0.8 × 10 6cells/ml. Cultures incubated for 4–10 days were used for electrophysiological studies with intracellular microelectrodes. Individual myotubes differed with respect to the time course of repolarization following depolarization by acetylcholine (ACh), some cells repolarizing within 2–3 min and others only after 8–10 min. Physostigmine (10 −8–10 −6 M) prolonged or sometimes completely prevented repolarization following ACh-induced depolarization. These results demonstrate that hydrolysis of ACh by AChE in cultured chick skeletal myotubes plays an important role in the repolarization of these cells following ACh-induced depolarization.
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