Is propionylcholine present in or synthesized by electric organ?
When small blocks comprising four columns of electrocytes were excised from electric organs of Torpedo marmorata after stimulation in vivo via the electric lobe at 1 Hz for 1 h and allowed to recover at 20-22 degrees C for several hours in medium containing 100 microM d4 choline and 500 microM propionate, small quantities of propionylcholine amounting to no more than 1% of the endogenous acetylcholine of the tissue could be detected in tissue extracts by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). Kinetic studies demonstrated that there was no nonexchangeable propionylcholine in the tissue and in the absence of added propionate, propionylcholine levels were less than 0.2% of tissue acetylcholine. Vesicular propionylcholine amounted to less than 0.5% of vesicular acetylcholine and the distribution of d0 and d4 propionylcholine suggested that an appreciable proportion (up to one-third) of this could be an artifact of preparation for GCMS determinations. Propionylcholine formation during extraction and demethylation of an artificial mixture of acetylcholine, choline, and propionate was indeed detected. It is concluded that propionylcholine has no significance as an endogenous or as a false transmitter at this terminal, in conformity with the work of Sheridan et al. [Z. Zellforsch. 74, 281-307 (1966)] but in contrast to the report of O'Regan [J. Neurochem. 39, 764-772 (1982)].[1]References
- Is propionylcholine present in or synthesized by electric organ? Kosh, J.W., Whittaker, V.P. J. Neurochem. (1985) [Pubmed]
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