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Distribution of the binding sites of Joro spider toxin (JSTX), a specific inhibitor of the glutamate receptors in the crustacean neuromuscular synapse, was studied by using autoradiography. JSTX was synthesized and made radioactive by conjugation with iodine-125. 125I-JSTX irreversibly blocked the excitatory postsynaptic potentials of the lobster neuromuscular synapse in a similar manner as the natural spider toxin. Light microscopic autoradiography of 125I-JSTX treated muscle showed sporadic aggregates of reduced silver grains on the surface of muscles. Electron microscopy of adjoining ultrathin sections revealed that these spots corresponded to the fraction of sarcolemma apposed to axonal terminals with or without synaptic junctional profiles. This finding gives morphological support to the formulation that JSTX binds to the glutamate receptor-ion channel molecules.
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