Article
Reversible inhibition of endocytosis in cultured neurons from the Drosophila temperature-sensitive mutant shibirets1.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Apr 1990
Masur S K, Kim Y T, Wu C F
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila mutant, shibirets1 (shits1), is paralyzed at restrictive temperatures (greater than 29 degrees C) by a reversible block in synaptic transmission. Heat pulses deplete synaptic vesicles in nerve terminals and inhibit endocytic internalization of plasma membrane in garland cells and oocytes. In dissociated cultures of larval central nervous system (CNS), a temperature-sensitive defect is also...
Topics
- Animals
- Axons
- Calcium
- Cells, Cultured
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Endocytosis
- Horseradish Peroxidase
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
- Neurons
