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XB-ART-25844
Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1990 Jun 01;81:31-6. doi: 10.1016/0169-328x(90)90006-y.
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Alpha-latrotoxin triggers an increase of ionized calcium in Xenopus oocytes injected with rat brain mRNA.

Umbach JA , Grasso A , Gundersen CB .


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When Xenopus oocytes are injected with rat brain mRNA, they acquire the ability to respond to bath applied alpha-latrotoxin. This spider venom toxin is normally highly selective for nerve endings, where its binding is associated with a high-frequency, quantal discharge of neurotransmitter. By 'transplanting' toxin acceptor sites to Xenopus oocytes, we have observed both a toxin-mediated rise in cellular ionized Ca along with the triggering of a calcium-dependent chloride channel in these cells. This approach may contribute both to a better understanding of the mechanism of action of this toxin and to efforts to clone the cDNA for this binding site.

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