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Maldifassi MC, Guerra-Fernández MJ, Ponce D, Alfonso-Bueno S, Maripillán J, Vielma AH, Báez-Matus X, Marengo FD, Acuña-Castillo C, Sáez JC, Martínez AD, Cárdenas AM. Autocrine activation of P2X7 receptors mediates catecholamine secretion in chromaffin cells. Br J Pharmacol 2024; 181:2905-2922. [PMID: 38679932 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE ATP is highly accumulated in secretory vesicles and secreted upon exocytosis from neurons and endocrine cells. In adrenal chromaffin granules, intraluminal ATP reaches concentrations over 100 mM. However, how these large amounts of ATP contribute to exocytosis has not been investigated. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Exocytotic events in bovine and mouse adrenal chromaffin cells were measured with single cell amperometry. Cytosolic Ca2+ measurements were carried out in Fluo-4 loaded cells. Submembrane Ca2+ was examined in PC12 cells transfected with a membrane-tethered Ca2+ indicator Lck-GCaMP3. ATP release was measured using the luciferin/luciferase assay. Knockdown of P2X7 receptors was induced with short interfering RNA (siRNA). Direct Ca2+ influx through this receptor was measured using a P2X7 receptor-GCamp6 construct. KEY RESULTS ATP induced exocytosis in chromaffin cells, whereas the ectonucleotidase apyrase reduced the release events induced by the nicotinic agonist dimethylphenylpiperazinium (DMPP), high KCl, or ionomycin. The purinergic agonist BzATP also promoted a secretory response that was dependent on extracellular Ca2+. A740003, a P2X7 receptor antagonist, abolished secretory responses of these secretagogues. Exocytosis was also diminished in chromaffin cells when P2X7 receptors were silenced using siRNAs and in cells of P2X7 receptor knockout mice. In PC12 cells, DMPP induced ATP release, triggering Ca2+ influx through P2X7 receptors. Furthermore, BzATP, DMPP, and KCl allowed the formation of submembrane Ca2+ microdomains inhibited by A740003. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Autocrine activation of P2X7 receptors constitutes a crucial feedback system that amplifies the secretion of catecholamines in chromaffin cells by favouring submembrane Ca2+ microdomains.
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- María Constanza Maldifassi
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. CONICET. Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias. CONICET. Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Scanes CG, Pierzchala-Koziec K. Disparate Effects of Stressors on Met-Enkephalin System Parameters and on Plasma Concentrations of Corticosterone in Young Female Chickens. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:2201. [PMID: 39123727 PMCID: PMC11310960 DOI: 10.3390/ani14152201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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The effects of stressors were examined on Met-enkephalin-related parameters and plasma concentrations of corticosterone in 14-week-old female chickens. Water deprivation for 24 h was accompanied by a tendency for increased plasma concentration of Met-enkephalin while plasma concentrations of corticosterone were elevated in water-deprived birds. Concentrations of Met-enkephalin were reduced in the anterior pituitary gland and adrenal gland in water-deprived pullets while proenkephalin (PENK) expression was increased in both tissues. There were changes in the plasma concentrations of Met-enkephalin and corticosterone in pullets subjected to either feed withholding or crowding. Concentrations of Met-enkephalin were increased in the anterior pituitary gland but decreased in adrenal glands in pullets subjected to crowding stress. The increase in the plasma concentrations of Met-enkephalin was ablated when the chickens were pretreated with naltrexone. However, naltrexone did not influence either basal or crowding on plasma concentrations of corticosterone. In vitro release of Met-enkephalin from the anterior pituitary or adrenal tissues was depressed in the presence of naltrexone. It was concluded that Met-enkephalin was part of the neuroendocrine response to stress in female chickens. It was concluded that stress influenced the release of both Met-enkephalin and corticosterone, but there was not complete parallelism.
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- Colin Guy Scanes
- Department of Biological Science, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Endocrinology, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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Parada-Parra OJ, Hernández-Cruz A. Effects of reversible SERCA inhibition on catecholamine exocytosis and intracellular [Ca 2+] signaling in chromaffin cells from normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Pflugers Arch 2024; 476:123-144. [PMID: 37775569 PMCID: PMC10758371 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-023-02859-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) signaling and catecholamine (CA) exocytosis from adrenal chromaffin cells (CCs) differ between mammalian species. These differences partly result from the different contributions of Ca2+-induced Ca2+-release (CICR) from internal stores, which boosts intracellular Ca2+ signals. Transient inhibition of the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum (SERCA) Ca2+ pump with cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) reduces CICR. Recently, Martínez-Ramírez et al. found that CPA had contrasting effects on catecholamine secretion and intracellular Ca2+ signals in mouse and bovine CCs, where it enhanced and inhibited exocytosis, respectively. After CPA withdrawal, exocytosis diminished in mouse CCs and increased in bovine CCs. These differences can be explained if mouse CCs have weak CICR and strong Ca2+ uptake, and the reverse is true for bovine CCs. Surprisingly, CPA slightly reduced the amplitude of Ca2+ signals in both mouse and bovine CCs. Here we examined the effects of CPA on stimulated CA exocytosis and Ca2+ signaling in rat CCs and investigated if it alters differently the responses of CCs from normotensive (WKY) or hypertensive (SHR) rats, which differ in the gain of CICR. Our results demonstrate that CPA application strongly inhibits voltage-gated exocytosis and Ca2+ transients in rat CCs, regardless of strain (SHR or WKY). Thus, despite the greater phylogenetic distance from the most recent common ancestors, suppression of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ uptake through CPA inhibits the CA secretion in rat CCs more similarly to bovine than mouse CCs, unveiling divergent evolutionary relationships in the mechanism of CA exocytosis of CCs between rodents. Agents that inhibit the SERCA pump, such as CPA, suppress catecholamine secretion equally well in WKY and SHR CCs and are not potential therapeutic agents for hypertension. Rat CCs display Ca2+ signals of varying widths. Some even show early and late Ca2+ components. Narrowing the Ca2+ transients by CPA and ryanodine suggests that the late component is mainly due to CICR. Simultaneous recordings of Ca2+ signaling and amperometry in CCs revealed the existence of a robust and predictable correlation between the kinetics of the whole-cell intracellular Ca2+ signal and the rate of exocytosis at the single-cell level.
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- Oscar J Parada-Parra
- Departamento Neurociencia Cognitiva, and Laboratorio Nacional de Canalopatías, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de La Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City CDMX, C.P. 04510, México
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- Departamento Neurociencia Cognitiva, and Laboratorio Nacional de Canalopatías, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de La Investigación Científica S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City CDMX, C.P. 04510, México.
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Eisenhofer G, Pamporaki C, Lenders JWM. Biochemical Assessment of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Endocr Rev 2023; 44:862-909. [PMID: 36996131 DOI: 10.1210/endrev/bnad011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) require prompt consideration and efficient diagnosis and treatment to minimize associated morbidity and mortality. Once considered, appropriate biochemical testing is key to diagnosis. Advances in understanding catecholamine metabolism have clarified why measurements of the O-methylated catecholamine metabolites rather than the catecholamines themselves are important for effective diagnosis. These metabolites, normetanephrine and metanephrine, produced respectively from norepinephrine and epinephrine, can be measured in plasma or urine, with choice according to available methods or presentation of patients. For patients with signs and symptoms of catecholamine excess, either test will invariably establish the diagnosis, whereas the plasma test provides higher sensitivity than urinary metanephrines for patients screened due to an incidentaloma or genetic predisposition, particularly for small tumors or in patients with an asymptomatic presentation. Additional measurements of plasma methoxytyramine can be important for some tumors, such as paragangliomas, and for surveillance of patients at risk of metastatic disease. Avoidance of false-positive test results is best achieved by plasma measurements with appropriate reference intervals and preanalytical precautions, including sampling blood in the fully supine position. Follow-up of positive results, including optimization of preanalytics for repeat tests or whether to proceed directly to anatomic imaging or confirmatory clonidine tests, depends on the test results, which can also suggest likely size, adrenal vs extra-adrenal location, underlying biology, or even metastatic involvement of a suspected tumor. Modern biochemical testing now makes diagnosis of PPGL relatively simple. Integration of artificial intelligence into the process should make it possible to fine-tune these advances.
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- Graeme Eisenhofer
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ben-Jonathan N, Borcherding DC, Hugo ER. Dopamine Receptors in Breast Cancer: Prevalence, Signaling, and Therapeutic Applications. Crit Rev Oncog 2023; 27:51-71. [PMID: 36734872 DOI: 10.1615/critrevoncog.2022043641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy among women, with over one million cases occurring annually worldwide. Although therapies against estrogen receptors and HER2 have improved response rate and survival, patients with advanced disease, who are resistant to anti-hormonal therapy and/or to chemotherapy, have limited treatment options for reducing morbidity and mortality. These limitations provide major incentives for developing new, effective, and personalized therapeutic interventions. This review presents evidence on the involvement of dopamine (DA) and its type 1 receptors (D1R) in BC. DA is produced in multiple peripheral organs and is present in the systemic circulation in significant amounts. D1R is overexpressed in ~ 30% of BC cases and is associated with advanced disease and shortened patient survival. Activation of D1R, which signals via the cGMP/PKG pathway, results in apoptosis, inhibition of cell invasion, and increased chemosensitivity in multiple BC cell lines. Fenoldopam, a peripheral D1R agonist that does not penetrate the brain, dramatically suppressed tumor growth in mouse models with D1R-expressing BC xenografts. It is proposed that D1R should serve as a novel diagnostic/prognostic factor through the use of currently available D1R detection methods. Fenoldopam, which is FDA-approved to treat renal hypertension, could be repurposed as an effective therapeutic agent for patients with D1R-expressing tumors. Several drugs that interfere with the cGMP/PKG pathway and are approved for treating other diseases should also be considered as potential treatments for BC.
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- Nira Ben-Jonathan
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Medpace Reference Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Seward EP, Wykes RC. Membrane Capacitance Measurements of Stimulus-Evoked Exocytosis in Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2565:187-202. [PMID: 36205895 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2671-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research using membrane capacitance (Cm) measurements in adrenal chromaffin cells has transformed our understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling regulated exocytosis. This is in part due to the exquisite temporal resolution of the technique, and the possibility of combining quantification of exo-/endocytosis at the whole-cell level, with the ability to simultaneously monitor and control the calcium signals triggering vesicle fusion. In this regard, experiments performed with Cm measurements complement amperometry experiments that give a measure of secreted transmitter and the behavior of the fusion pore, and fluorescent microscopy studies used to monitor vesicle and protein dynamics in imaged regions of the cell. In this chapter, we provide a detailed account of the methodology used to perform whole-cell patch clamp measurements of Cm in combination with voltage-clamp recordings of voltage-gated calcium channels to quantify stimulus-secretion coupling in chromaffin cells. Stimulus protocols developed for investigation of functionally distinct releasable vesicle pools are also described.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Nanomedicine Lab, Faculty of Biology Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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González-Jamett A, Maldifassi MC, Cárdenas AM. Isolation and Purification of Chromaffin Granules from Adrenal Glands and Cultured Neuroendocrine Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2565:283-296. [PMID: 36205901 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2671-9_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chromaffin granules isolated from adrenal glands constitute a powerful experimental tool to the study of secretory vesicle components and their participation in fusion and docking processes, vesicle aggregation, and interactions with cytosolic components. Although it is possible to isolate and purify chromaffin granules from adrenal glands of different species, bovine adrenal glands are the most used tissue source due to its easy handling and the large amount of granules that can be obtained from this tissue. In this chapter, we describe an easy-to-use and short-term protocol for efficiently obtaining highly purified chromaffin granules from bovine adrenal medulla. We additionally include protocols to isolate granules from cultured bovine chromaffin cells and PC12 cells, as well as a section to obtain chromaffin granules from mouse adrenal glands.
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- Arlek González-Jamett
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
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Bayonés L, Guerra-Fernández MJ, Hinostroza F, Báez-Matus X, Vásquez-Navarrete J, Gallo LI, Parra S, Martínez AD, González-Jamett A, Marengo FD, Cárdenas AM. Gain-of-Function Dynamin-2 Mutations Linked to Centronuclear Myopathy Impair Ca2+-Induced Exocytosis in Human Myoblasts. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810363. [PMID: 36142275 PMCID: PMC9499313 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Gain-of-function mutations of dynamin-2, a mechano-GTPase that remodels membrane and actin filaments, cause centronuclear myopathy (CNM), a congenital disease that mainly affects skeletal muscle tissue. Among these mutations, the variants p.A618T and p.S619L lead to a gain of function and cause a severe neonatal phenotype. By using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) in immortalized human myoblasts expressing the pH-sensitive fluorescent protein (pHluorin) fused to the insulin-responsive aminopeptidase IRAP as a reporter of the GLUT4 vesicle trafficking, we measured single pHluorin signals to investigate how p.A618T and p.S619L mutations influence exocytosis. We show here that both dynamin-2 mutations significantly reduced the number and durations of pHluorin signals induced by 10 μM ionomycin, indicating that in addition to impairing exocytosis, they also affect the fusion pore dynamics. These mutations also disrupt the formation of actin filaments, a process that reportedly favors exocytosis. This altered exocytosis might importantly disturb the plasmalemma expression of functional proteins such as the glucose transporter GLUT4 in skeletal muscle cells, impacting the physiology of the skeletal muscle tissue and contributing to the CNM disease.
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- Lucas Bayonés
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, CONICET, Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM), Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Centro de Investigación en Neuropsicología y Neurociencias Cognitivas (CINPSI Neurocog), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, CONICET, Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular—Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
- Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, CONICET, Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
- Correspondence: (F.D.M.); (A.M.C.)
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Gran Bretaña 1111, Valparaíso 2360102, Chile
- Correspondence: (F.D.M.); (A.M.C.)
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Watts D, Bechmann N, Meneses A, Poutakidou IK, Kaden D, Conrad C, Krüger A, Stein J, El-Armouche A, Chavakis T, Eisenhofer G, Peitzsch M, Wielockx B. HIF2α regulates the synthesis and release of epinephrine in the adrenal medulla. J Mol Med (Berl) 2021; 99:1655-1666. [PMID: 34480587 PMCID: PMC8542008 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-021-02121-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The adrenal gland and its hormones regulate numerous fundamental biological processes; however, the impact of hypoxia signaling on adrenal function remains poorly understood. Here, we reveal that deficiency of HIF (hypoxia inducible factors) prolyl hydroxylase domain protein-2 (PHD2) in the adrenal medulla of mice results in HIF2α-mediated reduction in phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) expression, and consequent reduction in epinephrine synthesis. Simultaneous loss of PHD2 in renal erythropoietin (EPO)-producing cells (REPCs) stimulated HIF2α-driven EPO overproduction, excessive RBC formation (erythrocytosis), and systemic hypoglycemia, which is necessary and sufficient to enhance exocytosis of epinephrine from the adrenal medulla. Based on these results, we propose that the PHD2-HIF2α axis in the adrenal medulla regulates the synthesis of epinephrine, whereas in REPCs, it indirectly induces the release of this hormone. Our findings are also highly relevant to the testing of small molecule PHD inhibitors in phase III clinical trials for patients with renal anemia. KEY MESSAGES: HIF2α and not HIF1α modulates PNMT during epinephrine synthesis in chromaffin cells. The PHD2-HIF2α-EPO axis induces erythrocytosis and hypoglycemia. Reduced systemic glucose facilitates exocytosis of epinephrine from adrenal gland.
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- Deepika Watts
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.,Department of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558, Nuthetal, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764, München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.,Department of Medicine III, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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Milosevic I. Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Exocytosis Studied on the Isolated Plasma Membranes. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2233:311-325. [PMID: 33222144 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1044-2_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Exocytosis of large-dense core vesicles in neuroendocrine cells is a highly regulated, calcium-dependent process, mediated by networks of interrelated proteins and lipids. Here, I describe experimental procedures for studies of selective spatial and temporal aspects of exocytosis at the plasma membrane, or in its proximity, using adrenal chromaffin cells. The assay utilizes primary cells subjected to a brief ultrasonic pulse, resulting in the formation of thin, flat inside-out plasma membranes with attached secretory vesicles and elements of cell cytoskeleton. In this model, secretion of plasma membrane-attached secretory vesicles was found to be dependent on calcium and sensitive to clostridial neurotoxins. Depending on the probe selected for secretory vesicle cargo, protein, and/or lipid detection, this simple assay is versatile, fast and inexpensive, and offers excellent spatial resolution.
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- Ira Milosevic
- European Neuroscience Institute (ENI), A Joint Initiative of the University Medical Center Göttingen and the Max Planck Society, Göttingen, Germany. .,Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Houy S, Martins JS, Mohrmann R, Sørensen JB. Measurements of Exocytosis by Capacitance Recordings and Calcium Uncaging in Mouse Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2233:233-251. [PMID: 33222139 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1044-2_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane and liberation of their contents is a multistep process involving several proteins. Correctly assigning the role of specific proteins and reactions in this cascade requires a measurement method with high temporal resolution. Patch-clamp recordings of cell membrane capacitance in combination with calcium measurements, calcium uncaging, and carbon-fiber amperometry allow for the accurate determination of vesicle pool sizes, their fusion kinetics, and their secreted oxidizable content. Here, we will describe this method in a model system for neurosecretion, the adrenal chromaffin cells, which secrete adrenaline.
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- Sébastien Houy
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Institute for Physiology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Maldifassi MC, Momboisse F, Guerra MJ, Vielma AH, Maripillán J, Báez-Matus X, Flores-Muñoz C, Cádiz B, Schmachtenberg O, Martínez AD, Cárdenas AM. The interplay between α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, pannexin-1 channels and P2X7 receptors elicit exocytosis in chromaffin cells. J Neurochem 2020; 157:1789-1808. [PMID: 32931038 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pannexin-1 (Panx1) forms plasma membrane channels that allow the exchange of small molecules between the intracellular and extracellular compartments, and are involved in diverse physiological and pathological responses in the nervous system. However, the signaling mechanisms that induce their opening still remain elusive. Here, we propose a new mechanism for Panx1 channel activation through a functional crosstalk with the highly Ca2+ permeable α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Consistent with this hypothesis, we found that activation of α7 nAChRs induces Panx1-mediated dye uptake and ATP release in the neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y-α7. Using membrane permeant Ca2+ chelators, total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy in SH-SY5Y-α7 cells expressing a membrane-tethered GCAMP3, and Src kinase inhibitors, we further demonstrated that Panx1 channel opening depends on Ca2+ signals localized in submembrane areas, as well as on Src kinases. In turn, Panx1 channels amplify cytosolic Ca2+ signals induced by the activation of α7 nAChRs, by a mechanism that seems to involve ATP release and P2X7 receptor activation, as hydrolysis of extracellular ATP with apyrase or blockage of P2X7 receptors with oxidized ATP significantly reduces the α7 nAChR-Ca2+ signal. The physiological relevance of this crosstalk was also demonstrated in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells, wherein Panx1 channels and P2X7 receptors contribute to the exocytotic release of catecholamines triggered by α7 nAChRs, as measured by amperometry. Together these findings point to a functional coupling between α7 nAChRs, Panx1 channels and P2X7 receptors with physiological relevance in neurosecretion.
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- María C Maldifassi
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.,Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.,Programa de Magister en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Zhang XW, Hatamie A, Ewing AG. Simultaneous Quantification of Vesicle Size and Catecholamine Content by Resistive Pulses in Nanopores and Vesicle Impact Electrochemical Cytometry. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:4093-4097. [PMID: 32069039 PMCID: PMC7108759 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have developed the means to simultaneously
measure the physical
size and count catecholamine molecules in individual nanometer transmitter
vesicles. This is done by combining resistive pulse (RP) measurements
in a nanopore pipet and vesicle impact electrochemical cytometry (VIEC)
at an electrode as the vesicle exits the nanopore. Analysis of freshly
isolated bovine adrenal vesicles shows that the size and internal
catecholamine concentration of vesicles varies with the occurrence
of a dense core inside the vesicles. These results might benefit the
understanding about the vesicles maturation, especially involving
the “sorting by retention” process and concentration
increase of intravesicular catecholamine. The methodology is applicable
to understanding soft nanoparticle collisions on electrodes, vesicles
in exocytosis and phagocytosis, intracellular vesicle transport, and
analysis of electroactive drugs in exosomes.
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- Xin-Wei Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Guerra MJ, González‐Jamett AM, Báez‐Matus X, Navarro‐Quezada N, Martínez AD, Neely A, Cárdenas AM. The Ca2+channel subunit CaVβ2a‐subunit down‐regulates voltage‐activated ion current densities by disrupting actin‐dependent traffic in chromaffin cells. J Neurochem 2019; 151:703-715. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- María J. Guerra
- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Instituto de Neurociencia Universidad de Valparaíso Valparaíso Chile
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Intricacies of the Molecular Machinery of Catecholamine Biosynthesis and Secretion by Chromaffin Cells of the Normal Adrenal Medulla and in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11081121. [PMID: 31390824 PMCID: PMC6721535 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11081121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The adrenal medulla is composed predominantly of chromaffin cells producing and secreting the catecholamines dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Catecholamine biosynthesis and secretion is a complex and tightly controlled physiologic process. The pathways involved have been extensively studied, and various elements of the underlying molecular machinery have been identified. In this review, we provide a detailed description of the route from stimulus to secretion of catecholamines by the normal adrenal chromaffin cell compared to chromaffin tumor cells in pheochromocytomas. Pheochromocytomas are adrenomedullary tumors that are characterized by uncontrolled synthesis and secretion of catecholamines. This uncontrolled secretion can be partly explained by perturbations of the molecular catecholamine secretory machinery in pheochromocytoma cells. Chromaffin cell tumors also include sympathetic paragangliomas originating in sympathetic ganglia. Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are usually locally confined tumors, but about 15% do metastasize to distant locations. Histopathological examination currently poorly predicts future biologic behavior, thus long term postoperative follow-up is required. Therefore, there is an unmet need for prognostic biomarkers. Clearer understanding of the cellular mechanisms involved in the secretory characteristics of pheochromocytomas and sympathetic paragangliomas may offer one approach for the discovery of novel prognostic biomarkers for improved therapeutic targeting and monitoring of treatment or disease progression.
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