Endocytosis of Clostridium botulinum Type B Neurotoxin into Rat Brain Synaptosomes.
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Japanese Society of Veterinary Science in The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
- Vol. 62 (11), 1133-1138
- https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.62.1133
Abstract
Clostridium botulinum type B neurotoxin cleaves VAMP (vesicle-associated membrane protein)/synaptobrevin into two fragments, which results in inhibition of neurotransmitter release. The induced fragment did not react to the antibody raised against the synthetic peptide of the amino-terminal 20 residues of VAMP-2, suggesting that the toxin treatment has caused antigenical alteration in the amino-terminal region of VAMP-2. In rat brain synaptosomes, type B neurotoxin was reduced presumably with sulfhydryls in the membrane and detected in the synaptic vesicle fraction which involved the degradation of VAMP-2 and the inhibition of neurotransmitter release. The light chain in a free form was present in the cytosol fraction. These findings suggest a possibility that type B neurotoxin endocytoses into synaptic vesicles by the recycling pathway and the light chain is penetrable through synaptic vesicle membrane. However, the amount of type B neurotoxin entrapped into synaptic vesicles appears to be extremely small, which may be attributed to a lower sensitivity of the toxin to brain synaptosomes than to peripheral nerve endings.Keywords
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