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Neuro-Muscular Junction 3Dr. Sumera Gul
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the students should be able to:
• Discuss the drugs blocking the Neuro-muscular junction.
• Discuss the Drugs That Stimulate the Neuromuscular Junction
• Discuss the drugs that Stimulate the Muscle Fiber by Acetylcholine-
Like Action.
• Discuss the features of Myesthenia Gravis and related
pathophysiology.
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Review of previous lecture
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Figure 9.9
Na+
Na+
Open Na+
Channel
Closed Na+
Channel
Closed K+
Channel
Open K+
Channel
Action potential+++++
++++++
+
Axon terminal
Synapticcleft
ACh
ACh
Sarcoplasm of muscle fiber
K+
2 Generation and propagation of
the action potential (AP)
3 Repolarization
1 Local depolarization:
generation of the end
plate potential on the
sarcolemma
K+
K+Na+
K+Na+
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Ca2+ is pumped backTakes ATP
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Muscle Fatigue
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Drugs affecting Neuromuscular Junction
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Drugs that Stimulate Muscle Fiber by Ach like action
• Carbachol
• Nicotine
• Methacholine
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Drugs that inactivate Acetylcholinesterase
• Neostigmine
• Physostigmine
• Di-isopropyl fluorophosphate
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Drugs that Block neurotransmission at NMJ
• Curariform drugs
• D-Tubocurarine
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Examples of Chemical Agents and Diseases that Affect the Neuromuscular Junction
Mechanism Chemical Agent or Disease
Alters Release of Acetylcholine
* Cases explosive release of acetylcholine * Black widow spider venom
* Blocks release of acetylcholine * Clostridium botulinum toxin
Block acetylcholine Receptor
* Bind reversibly * Curare
* Auto antibodies inactivate acetylcholine * Myasthenia gravis
receptors
Prevents inactivation of acetylcholine
* Irreversibly inhibits acetylcholinesterase * Organophosphates
* Temporary inhibits acetylcholinesterase * Neostigmine
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A: curare, a drug that blocks the gating action of acetylcholine on the acetylcholine channels by competing forthe acetylcholine receptor sites.
C: botulinum toxin, a bacterial poison that decreases the quantityof acetylcholine release by the nerve terminals.
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Myasthenia Gravis
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Myasthenia Gravis
• Occurance: 1 in every 20,000 persons,
• Symptoms: Muscle weakness
• Pathophysiology: Auto-immune disorder . Antibodies that attack the acetylcholine receptors
• Antibodies block or destroy their own acetylcholine receptors at the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.
• This leads to inability of the neuromuscular junctions to transmit enough signals from the nerve fibers to the muscle fibers.
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• If the disease is intense enough, the patient may die of respiratory
failure as a result of severe weakness of the respiratory muscles.
• Neostigmine or some other anticholinesterase drug, which allows
larger than normal amounts of acetylcholine to accumulate in the
synaptic space.
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Questions?