Lipid rafts: Inhibitors of endocytosis of botulinum neurotoxin

  • Kimberly A. Petro
  • , Cara Lynne Schengrund

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    Abstract

    Methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) was used to extract cholesterol from plasma membranes of N2a murine neuroblastoma cells. MβCD-disruption of lipid rafts enhanced cleavage of SNAP-25 by BoNT/A, axonogenesis, expression of gangliosides GM1 and GD1a, association of GM1 with the nucleus, and exo- and endo-cytosis. Analysis of endocytosis of an anti-synaptotagmin I monoclonal antibody that recognised part of the protein found on the luminal surface of synaptic vesicles indicated that it was taken up more readily by MβCD-treated cells, supporting the hypothesis that enhanced exocytosis of synaptic vesicles provided more SV2 on the cell surface thereby making more available for toxin binding.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)358-374
    Number of pages17
    JournalBotulinum Journal
    Volume1
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2010

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Biochemistry
    • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
    • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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