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Ca++-ATPase in the central nervous system: an EM cytochemical study

M Mata and DJ Fink

Neurology Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105.

Ca++-ATPase plays an important role in regulation of the intracellular Ca++ concentration. Biochemical studies of brain have demonstrated that Ca++-ATPase co-purifies with synaptosomes, with synaptic plasma membrane and synaptic vesicle fractions. To better understand the role of this enzyme in normal brain function, we used an electron microscopic (EM) cytochemical method to determine the localization of Ca++-ATPase in rat brain. Reaction product occurred along cytoplasmic membranes. Specific areas of increased reaction product were seen at many but not all post-synaptic densities. Intracellular Ca++-ATPase reaction product was associated with all synaptic vesicles examined and with the Golgi and smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). Unlike the situation in peripheral nerve, Ca++-ATPase at the node of Ranvier in the CNS localized preferentially to the nodal axolemma. The localization of Ca++-ATPase at synaptic vesicles agrees with the biochemical evidence for its localization and with the cytochemical evidence for Ca++-ATPase sequestration in those vesicles. The restricted localization at postsynaptic densities suggests that it may be involved in extrusion of Ca++ at synapses where neurotransmitter release causes Ca++ influx.

Volume 37, Issue 7, pp. 971-980, 07/01/1989
Copyright © 1989 by The Histochemical Society


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