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    GLOBULAR AND ASYMMETRIC FORMS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE IN THE RAT LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE
    (Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, 1991-01-01) Godinho, Rosely Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Lapa, Antonio José [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    The endplate (+EP) and non-endplate (-EP) distribution of molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was compared in the dimorphic levator ani and diaphragm muscles from adult male rats. Enzyme activity was measured by the thiocholine method and AChE forms were separated on the basis of solubility in sodium phosphate buffer of different ionic strength. For the dimorphic levator ani muscle, total AChE activity was 342.6 +/- 18.9 nmol ASCh hydrolyzed min-1 muscle-1, 90% of which was globular and predominated in the -EP region (78%). The asymmetric forms were almost exclusively detected in the +EP region (9%). In diaphragm muscle, total AChE activity was 176.7 +/- 11.0 units; 66% was mainly globular and located in the -EP region (56%); the asymmetric forms (34%) were either in -EP (11%) or +EP (23%) regions. Thus, a greater proportion of globular form was present in the dimorphic levator ani muscle than in diaphragm muscle. In view of the control exerted by testosterone on dimorphic muscles, it is suggested that the greater synthesis of the globular form in the levator ani occurs under the trophic influence of testosterone.
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    TESTOSTERONE CONTROL of END-PLATE and NON-END-PLATE ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE in the RAT LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE
    (Plenum Publ Corp, 1994-06-01) Godinho, R. O.; Souccar, C.; Lapa, A. J.; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    The time course of effects of castration (5-60 days) and testosterone treatment (15-60 days) of adult male rats were examined on the endplate (+EP) and non-endplate (-EP) acetylcholinesterase (AChE) of the androgen-dependent levator ani (LA) muscle. the thiocholine method was used to determine the enzyme activity. Castration caused LA muscle atrophy within 5 days but reduced the -EP and +EP AChE after 10 and 20 days, respectively. Following 30 days castration -EP and +EP AChE reached respectively 41% and 35% of control activity. Testosterone retrieval restored the control values of both muscle weight and total AChE after 15 and 60 days, respectively. Recovery of the +EP AChE preceded that of -EP AChE by 30 days. the results showed that in the rat LA muscle, +EP and -EP AChE depend on a continuous testosterone regulation that predominates at +EP region spreading thereafter to -EP region. Those data suggest a hormone regulation of AChE exerted indirectly through the synthesis and release of neurotrophic substances.