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Hu K, Le Vo KL, Wang F, Zhang X, Gu C, Fang N, Phan NTN, Ewing AG. Single Exosome Amperometric Measurements Reveal Encapsulation of Chemical Messengers for Intercellular Communication. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:11499-11503. [PMID: 37205856 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In multicellular organisms, cells typically communicate by sending and receiving chemical signals. Chemical messengers involved in the exocytosis of neuroendocrine cells or neurons are generally assumed to only originate from the fusing of intracellular large dense core vesicles (LDCVs) or synaptic vesicles with the cellular membrane following stimulation. Accumulated evidence suggests that exosomes─one of the main extracellular vesicles (EVs)─carrying cell-dependent DNA, mRNA, proteins, etc., play an essential role in cellular communication. Due to experimental limitations, it has been difficult to monitor the real-time release of individual exosomes; this restricts a comprehensive understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms and the functions of exosomes. In this work, we introduce amperometry with microelectrodes to capture the dynamic release of single exosomes from a single living cell, distinguish them from other EVs, and differentiate the molecules inside exosomes and those secreted from LDCVs. We show that, similar to many LDCVs and synaptic vesicles, exosomes released by neuroendocrine cells also contain catecholamine transmitters. This finding reveals a different mode of chemical communication via exosome-encapsulated chemical messengers and a potential interconnection between the two release pathways, changing the canonical view of exocytosis of neuroendocrine cells and possibly neurons. This defines a new mechanism for chemical communication at the fundamental level and opens new avenues in the research of the molecular biology of exosomes in the neuroendocrine and central nervous systems.
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- Keke Hu
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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Hu K, Le Vo KL, Hatamie A, Ewing AG. Quantifying Intracellular Single Vesicular Catecholamine Concentration with Open Carbon Nanopipettes to Unveil the Effect of L‐DOPA on Vesicular Structure. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202113406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Keke Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Kemivägen 10 41296 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Kemivägen 10 41296 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Kemivägen 10 41296 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Kemivägen 10 41296 Gothenburg Sweden
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Hu K, Le Vo KL, Hatamie A, Ewing AG. Quantifying Intracellular Single Vesicular Catecholamine Concentration with Open Carbon Nanopipettes to Unveil the Effect of L-DOPA on Vesicular Structure. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202113406. [PMID: 34734466 PMCID: PMC9299131 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of exocytosis is essential for uncovering the pathologies of neuronal disorders and developing related pharmaceuticals. In this work intracellular vesicle impact electrochemical cytometry (IVIEC) measurements with different‐sized (50–500 nm radius) open carbon nanopipettes (CNPs) were performed to quantify the vesicular content and release kinetics of specific vesicle populations grouped by orifice sizes. Intracellular vesicles with radius below 100 nm were captured and narrowed between 50 and 100 nm. On the basis of this, single vesicular catecholamine concentrations in the intracellular environment were quantified as 0.23–1.1 M. Our results with L‐3,4‐dihydroxyphenylalanine (L‐DOPA)‐exposure indicate that L‐DOPA regulates exocytosis by increasing the dense core size and vesicular content while catecholamine concentrations did not show obvious alterations. These were all achieved simultaneously and relatively noninvasively with open CNPs.
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- Keke Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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de Diego AMG, García AG. Altered exocytosis in chromaffin cells from mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 224:e13090. [PMID: 29742321 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Chromaffin cells from the adrenal gland (CCs) have extensively been used to explore the molecular structure and function of the exocytotic machinery, neurotransmitter release and synaptic transmission. The CC is integrated in the sympathoadrenal axis that helps the body maintain homoeostasis during both routine life and in acute stress conditions. This function is exquisitely controlled by the cerebral cortex and the hypothalamus. We propose the hypothesis that damage undergone by the brain during neurodegenerative diseases is also affecting the neurosecretory function of adrenal medullary CCs. In this context, we review here the following themes: (i) How the discharge of catecholamines is centrally and peripherally regulated at the sympathoadrenal axis; (ii) which are the intricacies of the amperometric techniques used to study the quantal release of single-vesicle exocytotic events; (iii) which are the alterations of the exocytotic fusion pore so far reported, in CCs of mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases; (iv) how some proteins linked to neurodegenerative pathologies affect the kinetics of exocytotic events; (v) finally, we try to integrate available data into a hypothesis to explain how the centrally originated neurodegenerative diseases may alter the kinetics of single-vesicle exocytotic events in peripheral adrenal medullary CCs.
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- A. M. García de Diego
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria; Hospital Universitario de la Princesa; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
- DNS Neuroscience; Parque Científico de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria; Hospital Universitario de la Princesa; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
- DNS Neuroscience; Parque Científico de Madrid; Madrid Spain
- Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica; Facultad de Medicina; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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Kasparov S, Teschemacher AG. The use of viral gene transfer in studies of brainstem noradrenergic and serotonergic neurons. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2009; 364:2565-76. [PMID: 19651657 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In contrast to some other neuronal populations, for example hippocampal or cortical pyramidal neurons, mechanisms of synaptic integration and transmitter release in central neurons that contain noradrenaline (NA) and serotonin (5HT) are not well understood. These cells, crucial for a wide range of autonomic and behavioural processes, have long un-myelinated axons with hundreds of varicosities where transmitters are synthesized and released. Both seem to signal mostly in 'volume transmission' mode. Very little is known about the rules that apply to this type of transmission in the brain and the factors that regulate the release of NA and 5HT. We discuss some of our published studies and more recent experiments in which viral vectors were used to investigate the physiology of these neuronal populations. We also focus on currently unresolved issues concerning the mechanism of volume transmission by NA and 5HT in the brain. We suggest that clarifying the role of astroglia in this process could be essential for our understanding of central noradrenergic and 5HT signalling.
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- S Kasparov
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bristol Heart Institute, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, , Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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Yoo SH. Secretory granules in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Ca2+ signaling in the cytoplasm of neuroendocrine cells. FASEB J 2009; 24:653-64. [PMID: 19837865 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-132456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Of all the intracellular organelles, secretory granules contain by far the highest calcium concentration; secretory granules of typical neuroendocrine chromaffin cells contain approximately 40 mM Ca(2+) and occupy approximately 20% cell volume, accounting for >60% of total cellular calcium. They also contain the majority of cellular inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)Rs) in addition to the presence of >2 mM of chromogranins A and B that function as high-capacity, low-affinity Ca(2+) storage proteins. Chromogranins A and B also interact with the IP(3)Rs and activate the IP(3)R/Ca(2+) channels. In experiments with both neuroendocrine PC12 and nonneuroendocrine NIH3T3 cells, in which the number of secretory granules present was changed by either suppression or induction of secretory granule formation, secretory granules were demonstrated to account for >70% of the IP(3)-induced Ca(2+) releases in the cytoplasm. Moreover, the IP(3) sensitivity of secretory granule IP(3)R/Ca(2+) channels is at least approximately 6- to 7-fold more sensitive than those of the endoplasmic reticulum, thus enabling secretory granules to release Ca(2+) ahead of the endoplasmic reticulum. Further, there is a direct correlation between the number of secretory granules and the IP(3) sensitivity of cytoplasmic IP(3)R/Ca(2+) channels and the increased ratio of IP(3)-induced cytoplasmic Ca(2+) release, highlighting the importance of secretory granules in the IP(3)-dependent Ca(2+) signaling. Given that secretory granules are present in all secretory cells, these results presage critical roles of secretory granules in the control of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) concentrations in other secretory cells.-Yoo, S. H. Secretory granules in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Ca(2+) signaling in the cytoplasm of neuroendocrine cells.
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- Seung Hyun Yoo
- Department of Biochemistry, Inha University School of Medicine, Jung Gu, Incheon 400-712, Korea.
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Kuczenski R, Segal DS, Melega WP, Lacan G, McCunney SJ. Human methamphetamine pharmacokinetics simulated in the rat: behavioral and neurochemical effects of a 72-h binge. Neuropsychopharmacology 2009; 34:2430-41. [PMID: 19571794 PMCID: PMC2778493 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bingeing is one pattern of high-dose methamphetamine (METH) abuse, which involves continuous drug taking over several days and can result in psychotic behaviors for which the brain pathology remains poorly defined. A corresponding animal model of this type of METH exposure may provide novel insights into the neurochemical and behavioral sequelae associated with this condition. Accordingly, to simulate the pharmacokinetic profile of a human METH binge exposure in rats, we used a computer-controlled, intravenous METH procedure (dynamic infusion, DI) to overcome species differences in METH pharmacokinetics and to replicate the human 12-h plasma METH half-life. Animals were treated over 13 weeks with escalating METH doses, using DI, and then exposed to a binge in which drug was administered every 3 h for 72 h. Throughout the binge, behavioral effects included unabated intense oral stereotypies in the absence of locomotion and in the absence of sleep. Decrements in regional brain dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin levels, measured at 1 and 10 h after the last injection of the binge, had, with the exception of caudate-putamen dopamine and frontal cortex serotonin, recovered by 48 h. At 10 h after the last injection of the binge, [(3)H]ligand binding to dopamine and vesicular monoamine transporters in caudate-putamen were reduced by 35 and 13%, respectively. In a separate METH binge-treated cohort, post-binge behavioral alterations were apparent in an attenuated locomotor response to a METH challenge infusion at 24 h after the last injection of the binge. Collectively, the changes we characterized during and after a METH binge suggest that for human beings under similar exposure conditions, multiple time-dependent neurochemical deficits contribute to their behavioral profiles.
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- Ronald Kuczenski
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0603, USA.
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Izumi Y, Yamamoto N, Kume T, Katsuki H, Sawada H, Akaike A. Regulation of intracellular dopamine levels by dopaminergic drugs: Involvement of vesicular monoamine transporter. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 582:52-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2007] [Revised: 11/28/2007] [Accepted: 12/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Borycz JA, Borycz J, Kubów A, Kostyleva R, Meinertzhagen IA. Histamine compartments of the Drosophila brain with an estimate of the quantum content at the photoreceptor synapse. J Neurophysiol 2005; 93:1611-9. [PMID: 15738275 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00894.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Reliable estimates of the quantum size in histaminergic neurons are not available. We have exploited two unusual opportunities in the fly's (Drosophila melanogaster) visual system to make such determinations for histaminergic photoreceptor synapses: 1) the possibility to microdissect successively from whole fly heads freeze-dried in acetone: the compound eyes; the first optic neuropils, or lamina; and the rest of the brain; and 2) the uniform sheaves of lamina synaptic terminals of photoreceptors R1-R6. We used this organization to count scrupulously the numbers of 30-nm synaptic vesicles from electron micrographs of R1-R6 profiles, and from microdissections we determined the regional contents of histamine in the compound eye, lamina, and central brain. Total head histamine averages 1.98 ng of which 9% was lost after freeze-drying in acetone and a further 28% after the brain was microdissected. Of the remainder, 71% was in the eye and lamina. Assuming that histamine loss from the tissue occurred mostly by diffusion evenly distributed among all regions, the overall lamina content of the head would be 0.1935 ng before dissection. From published values for the volumes of the brain's compartments, the computed regional concentrations of histamine are highest in the lamina (4.35 mM) because of the terminals of R1-R6. The concentration in the retina is approximately 13% that in the lamina, suggesting that most histamine is vesicular. There are approximately 43,500 +/- 7,400 (SD) synaptic vesicles per terminal and, if all histamine is allocated equally and exclusively among these, the vesicle contents would be 858 +/- 304 x 10(-21) moles or approximately 5,000 +/- 1,800 (SD) molecules at an approximate concentration of 670 mM. These values are compared with the vesicle contents at synapses using acetylcholine and catecholamines.
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- J A Borycz
- Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1
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Fonseca CP, Montezinho LP, Nabais C, Tomé AR, Freitas H, Geraldes CFGC, Castro MMCA. Effects of Li+ transport and intracellular binding on Li+/Mg2+ competition in bovine chromaffin cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2004; 1691:79-90. [PMID: 15110989 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2003.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2003] [Revised: 12/16/2003] [Accepted: 12/17/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Li(+) transport, intracellular immobilisation and Li(+)/Mg(2+) competition were studied in Li(+)-loaded bovine chromaffin cells. Li(+) influx rate constants, k(i), obtained by atomic absorption (AA) spectrophotometry, in control (without and with ouabain) and depolarising (without and with nitrendipine) conditions, showed that L-type voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) channels have an important role in Li(+) uptake under depolarising conditions. The Li(+) influx apparent rate constant, k(iapp), determined under control conditions by (7)Li NMR spectroscopy with the cells immobilised and perfused, was much lower than the AA-determined value for the cells in suspension. Loading of cell suspensions with 15 mmol l(-1) LiCl led, within 90 min, to a AA-measured total intracellular Li(+) concentration, [Li(+)](iT)=11.39+/-0.56 mmol (l cells)(-1), very close to the steady state value. The intracellular Li(+) T(1)/T(2) ratio of (7)Li NMR relaxation times of the Li(+)-loaded cells reflected a high degree of Li(+) immobilisation in bovine chromaffin cells, similar to neuroblastoma, but larger than for lymphoblastoma and erythrocyte cells. A 52% increase in the intracellular free Mg(2+) concentration, Delta[Mg(2+)](f)=0.27+/-0.05 mmol (l cells)(-1) was measured for chromaffin cells loaded with the Mg(2+)-specific fluorescent probe furaptra, after 90-min loading with 15 mmol l(-1) LiCl, using fluorescence spectroscopy, indicating significant displacement of Mg(2+) by Li(+) from its intracellular binding sites. Comparison with other cell types showed that the extent of intracellular Li(+)/Mg(2+) competition at the same Li(+) loading level depends on intracellular Li(+) transport and immobilisation in a cell-specific manner, being maximal for neuroblastoma cells.
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- C P Fonseca
- Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Neuroscience of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, P.O. Box 3126, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal
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Regulated exocytosis of secretory granules or dense-core granules has been examined in many well-characterized cell types including neurons, neuroendocrine, endocrine, exocrine, and hemopoietic cells and also in other less well-studied cell types. Secretory granule exocytosis occurs through mechanisms with many aspects in common with synaptic vesicle exocytosis and most likely uses the same basic protein components. Despite the widespread expression and conservation of a core exocytotic machinery, many variations occur in the control of secretory granule exocytosis that are related to the specialized physiological role of particular cell types. In this review we describe the wide range of cell types in which regulated secretory granule exocytosis occurs and assess the evidence for the expression of the conserved fusion machinery in these cells. The signals that trigger and regulate exocytosis are reviewed. Aspects of the control of exocytosis that are specific for secretory granules compared with synaptic vesicles or for particular cell types are described and compared to define the range of accessory control mechanisms that exert their effects on the core exocytotic machinery.
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- Robert D Burgoyne
- The Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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Duncan RR, Greaves J, Wiegand UK, Matskevich I, Bodammer G, Apps DK, Shipston MJ, Chow RH. Functional and spatial segregation of secretory vesicle pools according to vesicle age. Nature 2003; 422:176-80. [PMID: 12634788 DOI: 10.1038/nature01389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2002] [Accepted: 12/13/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Synaptic terminals and neuroendocrine cells are packed with secretory vesicles, only a few of which are docked at the plasma membrane and readily releasable. The remainder are thought to constitute a large cytoplasmic reserve pool awaiting recruitment into the readily releasable pool (RRP) for exocytosis. How vesicles are prioritized in recruitment is still unknown: the choice could be random, or else the oldest or the newest ones might be favoured. Here we show, using a fluorescent cargo protein that changes colour with time, that vesicles in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells segregate into distinct populations, based on age. Newly assembled vesicles are immobile (morphologically docked) at the plasma membrane shortly after biogenesis, whereas older vesicles are mobile and located deeper in the cell. Different secretagogues selectively release vesicles from the RRP or, surprisingly, selectively from the deeper cytoplasmic pool. Thus, far from being equal, vesicles are segregated functionally and spatially according to age.
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- Rory R Duncan
- Membrane Biology Group, University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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Schonn JS, Desnos C, Henry JP, Darchen F. Transmitter uptake and release in PC12 cells overexpressing plasma membrane monoamine transporters. J Neurochem 2003; 84:669-77. [PMID: 12562511 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01561.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Transmitter uptake and exocytosis of secretory vesicles are two essential aspects of neurotransmission. Here we show that transient overexpression of plasma membrane monoamine transporters in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells induced an approximate 20-fold enhancement of cellular uptake of monoamines. Intravesicular amine concentration was greatly increased, as demonstrated directly by carbon fibre amperometry. However, the amount of stored monoamines diminished over a 5-h period, unless monoamine oxidase was inhibited, indicating that monoamines leak out from secretory vesicles. This efflux of monoamines accounts for the reported dependence of vesicular monoamine content (the quantal size) on the kinetics of vesicular monoamine uptake. Measuring radiolabelled monoamines release from the cell population provided accurate determination of the secretory activity of the subpopulation (10-20%) of cells transfected with monoamine transporters, since they contained about 95% of the radiolabel. Accordingly, significant modification of the secretory responses was observed, at the cell population level, upon transient expression of the serotonin transporter and of proteins known to interfere with exocytosis, such as botulinum neurotoxin C1, GTPase-deficient Rab3 proteins, truncated Rabphilin constructs or Rim. The co-transfection assay described here, based on transient expression of monoamine transporters, should prove useful in functional studies of the secretory machinery.
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- Jean-Sébastien Schonn
- CNRS UPR 1929, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Gesi M, Lenzi P, Alessandri MG, Ferrucci M, Fornai F, Paparelli A. Brief and repeated noise exposure produces different morphological and biochemical effects in noradrenaline and adrenaline cells of adrenal medulla. J Anat 2002; 200:159-68. [PMID: 11895114 PMCID: PMC1570642 DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8782.2001.00014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Exposure to stressful stimuli is known to activate the peripheral sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal gland. In this study, we evaluated the effects of single or repeated bouts of exposure to a readily measurable stressful stimulus (loud noise) on the catecholamine content and ultrastructure of the rat adrenal medulla. In particular, we measured tissue levels of dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline and metabolites. In parallel studies, we evaluated the fine ultrastructure of catecholamine cells, including a detailed study of catecholamine granules and a morphometric analysis of adrenaline and noradrenaline medullary cells. Animals were exposed either to a single (6 h) session of loud (100 dBA) noise, or to this noise stimulus repeated every day for 21 consecutive days. There was a marked correlation between biochemical indexes of catecholamine activity and the ultrastructural morphometry of specific catecholamine granules. Exposure to loud noise for 6 h induced a parallel increase in dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline and their metabolites, a polarization and an increased numerical density of noradrenaline and adrenaline granules in the cells. After repeated noise exposure, noradrenaline levels were significantly higher than in controls, and adrenaline decreased significantly. In addition, adrenaline cells also exhibited ultrastructural alterations consisting of wide homogeneous cytoplasmic areas and large, pale vesicles.
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- Marco Gesi
- Department of Human Morphology and Applied Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
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Gerevich Z, Tretter L, Adam-Vizi V, Baranyi M, Kiss JP, Zelles T, Vizi ES. Analysis of high intracellular [Na+]-induced release of [3H]noradrenaline in rat hippocampal slices. Neuroscience 2001; 104:761-8. [PMID: 11440807 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00102-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Our aim was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the high intracellular sodium-induced transmitter release in the CNS through the characterisation of the veratridine-evoked (40 microM) noradrenaline release from rat hippocampal slices. The response to veratridine was completely inhibited by tetrodotoxin (1 microM), indicating that the effect is due to the activation of sodium channels. Omission of Ca2+ from the superfusion fluid inhibited the veratridine-evoked release by 72%, showing that the majority of release results from external Ca2+-dependent exocytosis. The residual Ca2+-independent release was not blocked by the intracellular Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester (100 microM) suggesting that intracellular Ca2+ stores are not involved in this component of veratridine effect. The noradrenaline uptake blockers, desipramine (10 microM) and nisoxetine (10 microM), inhibited the external Ca2+-independent release by 50 and 46%, respectively, indicating that the release partly originates from the reversal of transporters (carrier-mediated release). In contrast to uptake blockers, lowering the temperature, another possibility to inhibit transporter function, completely inhibited the effect of veratridine in the absence of Ca2+. Further experiments revealed that low temperature (20 and 12 degrees C) reduces the veratridine-induced increase of intracellular sodium concentration ([Na+]i) in rat cortical synaptosomes (68 and 78% inhibition, respectively). The clinical relevance of our data is that during ischemia a massive release of transmitters occurs mainly due to the elevation of [Na+]i, which contributes to the development of ischemic brain injury. Our results show that low temperature may be a better therapeutic approach to the treatment of ischemia because it has a dual action on this process. Firstly, it inhibits the function of uptake transporters and hence reduces the carrier-mediated outflow of transmitters. Secondly, it inhibits the sodium influx and therefore prevents the unwanted elevation of [Na+]i. Our data also suggest that veratridine stimulation can be a suitable model for ischemic conditions.
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- Z Gerevich
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimentatal Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Kasai Y, Ohta T, Nakazato Y, Ito S. Release of dopamine and ATP from PC12 cells treated with dexamethasone, reserpine and bafilomycin A1. J Vet Med Sci 2001; 63:367-72. [PMID: 11346169 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The amounts and time courses of dopamine and ATP released from perfused PC12 cells were examined using a simultaneous on-line recording system. High KCl (60 mM) caused dopamine and ATP release with similar time courses. The relative amount of dopamine to ATP in the effluent was 9.5. In PC12 cells cultured with dexamethasone, reserpine or bafilomycin A1 for 2 days, these drugs did not affect increases of intracellular Ca2+ in response to high KCl. Dexamethasone doubled the amount of dopamine release induced by high KCl without changing the amount of ATP release. High KCl failed to cause dopamine release in reserpine-treated cells but evoked ATP release. Bafilomycin A1 decreased both high KCl-induced dopamine and ATP release. The ratio of released ATP to total adenine nucleotides and adenosine in response to high KCl was not changed by treatment with the drugs. These results suggest that dopamine and ATP are simultaneously released from secretory vesicles of PC12 cells, in which they are stored via different pathways. Similar to dopamine uptake into secretory vesicles, the H+-gradient across the vesicular membrane developed by vacuolar ATPase may play an important role in the vesicular uptake of ATP.
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- Y Kasai
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Comparison of cysteine string protein (Csp) and mutant alpha-SNAP overexpression reveals a role for csp in late steps of membrane fusion in dense-core granule exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells. J Neurosci 2000. [PMID: 10662817 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-04-01281.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Assembly of the SNARE complex and its disassembly caused by the action of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein (SNAP) and NSF is crucial for the maintenance of vesicular traffic, including fusion of regulated exocytotic vesicles. Various other proteins may also have important roles in the processes leading to membrane fusion via interaction with the SNARE proteins, including the secretory vesicle cysteine string protein (Csp). Here we have examined the effect of overexpression of a dominant negative alpha-SNAP mutant or Csp on exocytosis of dense-core granules in single chromaffin cells monitored using amperometry to detect released catecholamine. Exocytosis of trans-Golgi network (TGN)-derived dense-core granules was substantially inhibited by expression of alpha-SNAP(L294A). The amplitude and characteristics of the individual release events were unaffected by expression of alpha-SNAP(L294A), consistent with an essential role for alpha-SNAP in early steps of priming but not in the fusion process. In contrast, Csp overexpression, which also inhibited the extent of exocytosis, also modified the kinetics of the individual release events seen as an increase in the rise time and a broadening of the residual amperometric spikes in Csp-transfected cells. These results suggest that unlike alpha-SNAP, Csp plays a key role in the protein interactions close to the fusion process or fusion pore opening during Ca(2+)-regulated exocytosis.
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Pifl C, Agneter E, Drobny H, Sitte HH, Singer EA. Amphetamine reverses or blocks the operation of the human noradrenaline transporter depending on its concentration: superfusion studies on transfected cells. Neuropharmacology 1999; 38:157-65. [PMID: 10193907 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(98)00155-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Whether amphetamine enhances noradrenergic activity by uptake blockade or a releasing action is still a matter of debate. In order to gain insight into the interaction of amphetamine with the noradrenaline transporter its cDNA was transfected into COS-7 cells (NAT-cells) or cotransfected with the cDNA of the vesicular monoamine transporter (NAT/VMAT-cells); cells were loaded with [3H]noradrenaline, superfused and the efflux analysed for total tritium and [3H]noradrenaline. In NAT-cells amphetamine stimulated [3H]noradrenaline efflux concentration-dependently when added to the superfusion buffer at 0.01, 0.1 and 1 microM. By contrast, 10 or 100 microM amphetamine stimulated efflux to a smaller extent or not at all; however, on switching back to amphetamine-free buffer a prompt increase of efflux was observed. Cocaine did not increase efflux per se and blocked the amphetamine-induced efflux. In NAT/VMAT-cells amphetamine stimulated efflux in a concentration-dependent manner. The effect showed saturation at 1 microM and was not suppressed at higher concentrations. Cocaine also elicited efflux from NAT/VMAT-cells concentration-dependently; the maximum was reached at approximately 1 microM and amounted to only about half of the amphetamine-induced efflux. It is concluded that amphetamine can induce noradrenaline transporter mediated release only at high nanomolar to low micromolar concentrations. At higher concentrations it blocks the noradrenaline transporter; in this case, the releasing action of amphetamine, like that of cocaine, is dependent on a vesicular pool of noradrenaline.
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- C Pifl
- Institute of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Vienna, Austria.
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Albillos A, Dernick G, Horstmann H, Almers W, Alvarez de Toledo G, Lindau M. The exocytotic event in chromaffin cells revealed by patch amperometry. Nature 1997; 389:509-12. [PMID: 9333242 DOI: 10.1038/39081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 425] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In mast cells and granulocytes, exocytosis starts with the formation of a fusion pore. It has been suggested that neurotransmitters may be released through such a narrow pore without full fusion. However, owing to the small size of the secretory vesicles containing neurotransmitter, the properties of the fusion pore formed during Ca2+-dependent exocytosis and its role in transmitter release are still unknown. Here we investigate exocytosis of individual chromaffin granules by using cell-attached capacitance measurements combined with electrochemical detection of catecholamines, achieved by inserting a carbon-fibre electrode into the patch pipette. This allows the simultaneous determination of the opening of individual fusion pores and of the kinetics of catecholamine release from the same vesicle. We found that the fusion-pore diameter stays at <3 nm for a variable period, which can last for several seconds, before it expands. Transmitter is released much faster through this pore than in mast cells, generating a 'foot' signals which precedes the amperometric spike. Occasionally, the narrow pore forms only transiently and does not expand, allowing complete transmitter release without full fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane.
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- A Albillos
- Department of Molecular Cell Research, MPI f. Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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Varoqui H, Erickson JD. Vesicular neurotransmitter transporters. Potential sites for the regulation of synaptic function. Mol Neurobiol 1997; 15:165-91. [PMID: 9396009 DOI: 10.1007/bf02740633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Neurotransmission depends on the regulated release of chemical transmitter molecules. This requires the packaging of these substances into the specialized secretory vesicles of neurons and neuroendocrine cells, a process mediated by specific vesicular transporters. The family of genes encoding the vesicular transporters for biogenic amines and acetylcholine have recently been cloned. Direct comparison of their transport characteristics and pharmacology provides information about vesicular transport bioenergetics, substrate feature recognition by each transporter, and the role of vesicular amine storage in the mechanism of action of psychopharmacologic and neurotoxic agents. Regulation of vesicular transport activity may affect levels of neurotransmitter available for neurosecretion and be an important site for the regulation of synaptic function. Gene knockout studies have determined vesicular transport function is critical for survival and have enabled further evaluation of the role of vesicular neurotransmitter transporters in behavior and neurotoxicity. Molecular analysis is beginning to reveal the sites involved in vesicular transporter function and the sites that determine substrate specificity. In addition, the molecular basis for the selective targeting of these transporters to specific vesicle populations and the biogenesis of monoaminergic and cholinergic synaptic vesicles are areas of research that are currently being explored. This information provides new insights into the pharmacology and physiology of biogenic amine and acetylcholine vesicular storage in cardiovascular, endocrine, and central nervous system function and has important implications for neurodegenerative disease.
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- H Varoqui
- Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA
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Wimalasena K, Dharmasena S, Wimalasena DS, Hughbanks-Wheaton DK. Reduction of dopamine beta-monooxygenase. A unified model for apparent negative cooperativity and fumarate activation. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:26032-43. [PMID: 8824243 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.42.26032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The interactions of reductants with dopamine beta-monooxygenase (DbetaM) were examined using two novel classes of reductants. The steady-state kinetics of the previously characterized DbetaM reductant, N,N-dimethyl-1,4-p-phenylenediamine (DMPD), were parallel to the ascorbic acid-supported reaction with respect to pH dependence and fumarate activation. DMPD also displayed pH and fumarate-dependent apparent negative cooperativity demonstrating that the previously reported cooperative behavior of DbetaM toward the reductant is not unique to ascorbic acid. The 6-OH phenyl and alkylphenyl-substituted ascorbic acid derivatives were more efficient reductants for the enzyme than ascorbic acid. Kinetic studies suggested that these derivatives behave as pseudo bisubstrates with respect to ascorbic acid and the amine substrate. The lack of apparent cooperative behavior with these derivatives suggests that this behavior of DbetaM is not common for all the reductants. Based on these findings and additional kinetic evidence, the proposal that the apparent negative cooperativity in the interaction of ascorbic acid with DbetaM was due to the presence of a distinct allosteric regulatory site has been ruled out. In contrast to previous models, where fumarate was proposed to interact with a distinct anion binding site, the effect of fumarate on the steady-state kinetics of these novel reductants suggests that fumarate and the reductant may interact with the same site of the enzyme. In accordance with these observations and mathematical analysis of the experimental data, a unified model for the apparent negative cooperativity and fumarate activation of DbetaM in which both fumarate and the reductant interact with the same site of all forms of the enzyme with varying affinities under steady-state turnover conditions has been proposed.
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- K Wimalasena
- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 67260-0051, USA
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Dunigan CD, Shamoo AE. Cation requirements of basal and ATP-regulated dopamine transport in rat pheochromocytoma cells. Neuroscience 1996; 74:275-82. [PMID: 8843092 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The transport of dopamine into presynaptic nerve terminals is the primary mechanism for the termination of dopaminergic neurotransmission. This transport process has recently been found to be composed of two components, a basal dopamine transport pathway which exists in the absence of extracellular ATP and an ATP-regulated moiety which comprises approximately 66% of the total transport system [Cao C. J. et al. (1990) Biochem. Pharmac. 39, R9-R14; Cao C. J. et al. (1989) Biochemistry 8, 207-220; Dunigan C. D. and Shamoo A. E. (1995) Neuroscience 65, 1-4; Eshleman A. et al. (1995) Life Sci. 56, 1613-1621]. Using a rat pheochromocytoma cell line and a Krebs bicarbonate buffering system, the present study examined the effect of several cations on both basal and ATP-regulated dopamine transport. In the absence of extracellular ATP, dopamine transport had an absolute dependence on the presence of Na+, but exhibited no requirement for Mg2+. Kinetically, the addition of 120 mM NaCl increased the Vmax of basal dopamine transport by approximately 150%. In contrast, the ATP-regulated dopamine transport pathway displayed a different sensitivity to Na+ and was completely dependent upon the presence of Mg2+. The addition of 1.2 mM MgSO4 increased the Vmax of transport in the presence of 0.7 mM extracellular ATP by 222%. Both basal and ATP-regulated transport were unaffected by the removal of either Ca2+ or K+ from the assay buffer. When the effects of ouabain, a potent inhibitor of Na+, K(+)-ATPase, were tested in the rat pheochromocytoma cell model, it was found that concentrations of ouabain as high as 1 mM were ineffective at inhibiting either the basal or ATP-regulated dopamine transport components. These results imply that the Na+ gradient supplied by Na+, K(+)-ATPase is not the sole provider of energy needed to drive either transport process. The ionic requirements of the basal and ATP-regulated dopamine transport pathways demonstrate the distinction between the two transport processes. In addition, the ionic dependency profile of the ATP-regulated moiety has provided some mechanistic insights into ATP-regulated catecholamine uptake, as the absolute Mg2+ requirement and the ineffectiveness of Ca2+ argues against the involvement of either purinergic receptors or a Ca(2+)-dependent, Mg(2+)-independent ectokinase in the ATP-regulated transport system.
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- C D Dunigan
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Medicine 21201, USA
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Caspersen C, Treiman M. Thapsigargin discriminates strongly between Ca(2+)-ATPase phosphorylated intermediates with different subcellular distributions in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. FEBS Lett 1995; 377:31-6. [PMID: 8543012 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01304-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We studied the effects of thapsigargin on the formation of the phosphorylated intermediates (E approximately Ps) of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPases in microsomes from bovine adrenal medulla. When submicrosomal fractions were separated on a sucrose gradient, two components of 100 kDa Ca(2+)-ATPase E approximately P displaying distinct subcellular distributions were resolved. The first component was defined by Ca(2+)-induced protection against thapsigargin inhibition. The second component did not display such protection, with a 3 orders of magnitude difference in thapsigargin inhibitory potency towards the 2 components. In the absence of Ca2+, both E approximately P components were highly sensitive to thapsigargin inhibition, revealing the presence of high-affinity thapsigargin-binding sites characteristic of SERCA ATPases. These data demonstrate a new level of molecular heterogeneity among Ca(2+)-ATPases of endoplasmic reticulum, and provide the first evidence of differential subcellular localization of individual Ca2+ pump subtypes in cells of neural origin.
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- C Caspersen
- Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Chen G, Ewing AG. Multiple classes of catecholamine vesicles observed during exocytosis from the Planorbis cell body. Brain Res 1995; 701:167-74. [PMID: 8925280 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The heterogeneous nature of vesicles has been studied by evaluating exocytotic events released from the cell body of a dopamine-containing neuron of Planorbis corneus. Vesicular exocytosis has been elicited by stimulation with in situ application of elevated potassium and has been monitored electrochemically with a carbon fiber microelectrode placed on the cell body. These electrodes allow individual release events to be monitored and quantitated to reveal vesicular dopamine content. Statistical analysis of individual release events demonstrates that two classes of vesicles with specific bimodal distributions in dopamine content and vesicle size are observed after cell stimulation. The effect of a psychostimulant on individual vesicular dopamine level has been studied by treating the cells with D-amphetamine. After a 20-min application of 10 microM amphetamine, changes in both vesicle content and size distributions are obtained with an overall decrease in vesicular dopamine level of 40%. The altered distribution show trimodal shapes indicating a third class of vesicles is created by amphetamine treatment. Our data appears to indicate that multiple classes of vesicles are released from the cell body of the dopamine-containing neuron and vesicular dopamine level can be manipulated by the application of the lipophilic weak base amphetamine.
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- G Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA
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Michelena P, Vega T, Montiel C, López MG, García-Perez LE, Gandía L, Garc-ia AG. Effects of tyramine and calcium on the kinetics of secretion in intact and electroporated chromaffin cells superfused at high speed. Pflugers Arch 1995; 431:283-96. [PMID: 9026790 DOI: 10.1007/bf00410202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Fast superfusion of electroporated bovine adrenal chromaffin cells with a K+ glutamate-based solution containing 50 nM free Ca2+ and 2 mM adenosine 5'-triphosphate, dipotassium salt (K2ATP), produced a steady-state low catecholamine secretion, measured on-line with an electrochemical detector (about 20 nA). Rapid switching to electroporation solutions containing increasing Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]) produced a rapid increase in the rate and peak secretion, followed by a decline. At intermediate [Ca2+] (3-100 microM), a fast peak and a slow secretory plateau were distinguished. The fast secretory peak identifies a readily releasable catecholamine pool consisting of about 200-400 vesicles per cell. Pretreatment of cells with tyramine (10 microM for 4 min before electroporation) supressed the initial fast secretory peak, leaving intact the slower phase of secretion. With [Ca2+] in the range of 0.1-3 microM, the activation rate of secretion increased from 2.3 to 35.3 nA.s-1, reached a plateau between 3-30 microM and rose again from 100 to 1000 microM [Ca2+] to a maximum of 91.9 nA.s-1. In contrast, total secretion first increased (0.1-1 microM Ca2+), then plateaud (1-100 microM Ca2+) and subsequently decreased (100-1000 microM Ca2+). At 30 and 1000 microM extracellular [Ca2+] or [Ca2+]o, the activation rates of secretion from intact cells depolarised with 70 mM K+ were close to those obtained in electroporated cells. However, secretion peaks were much lower in intact (93 nA at 30 microM Ca2+) than in electroporated cells (385 nA). On the other hand, inactivation of secretion was much faster in intact than in electroporated cells; as a consequence, total secretion in a 5-min period was considerably smaller in intact (10.6 microA.s at 1000 microM Ca2+) than in electroporated cells (42.4 microA.s at 1 microM Ca2+). Separation of the time-courses of changes in intracellular [Ca2+] or [Ca2+]i and secretion in intact chromaffin cells depolarised with 70 mM K+ was demonstrated at different [Ca2+]o. The increase in the rate of catecholamine release was substantially higher than the increase of the average [Ca2+]i. In contrast, the decline of secretion was faster than the decline of the peak [Ca2+]i. The results are compatible with the idea that the peak and the amount of catecholamine released from depolarised intact cells is determined essentially by plasmalemmal factors, rather than by vesicle supply from reserve pools. These plasmalemmal factors limit the supply of Ca2+ by the rates of opening and closing of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels of the L- and Q-subtypes, which control the local [Ca2+]i near to exocytotic sites.
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- P Michelena
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Wimalasena K, Wimalasena DS. The reduction of membrane-bound dopamine beta-monooxygenase in resealed chromaffin granule ghosts. Is intragranular ascorbic acid a mediator for extragranular reducing equivalents? J Biol Chem 1995; 270:27516-24. [PMID: 7499210 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.46.27516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The role of internal and external reductants in the dopamine beta-monooxygenase (D beta M)-catalyzed conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine has been investigated in resealed chromaffin granule ghosts. The rate of norepinephrine production was not affected by the exclusion of internal ascorbate. The omission of ascorbate from the external medium drastically reduced the norepinephrine production without affecting the net rate of dopamine uptake. In the presence of the external reductant, the internal ascorbate levels were constant throughout the incubation period. The rate of norepinephrine production was not affected when ghosts were resealed to contain the D beta M reduction site inhibitor, imino-D-glucoascorbate. Ghosts incubated with external imino-D-glucoascorbate reduced the norepinephrine production. The weak D beta M reductant, 6-amino-L-ascorbic acid, was found to be a good external reductant for granule ghosts. The outcome of the above experiments was not altered when dopamine was replaced with the reductively inactive D beta M substrate, tyramine. These results and the known topology of membrane-bound D beta M disfavor the direct reduction of the enzyme by the external reductant. Our observations are consistent with the hypothesis that external ascorbate is the sole source of reducing equivalents for D beta M monooxygenation and that internal soluble ascorbate (or dopamine) may not directly reduce or mediate the reduction of membrane-bound D beta M in resealed granule ghosts.
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- K Wimalasena
- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Kansas 67260-0051, USA
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Desnos C, Laran MP, Langley K, Aunis D, Henry JP. Long term stimulation changes the vesicular monoamine transporter content of chromaffin granules. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:16030-8. [PMID: 7608164 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.27.16030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Bovine chromaffin cells cultured for 5 days in the presence of depolarizing concentrations of K+ ions show a decreased number of secretory (chromaffin) granules per cell. These cells were still capable of exocytosis. Their contents in catecholamine and chromogranin A, components of the granule matrix, and cytochrome b561, a major protein of the granule membrane, were decreased to 35, 30, and 50% of control cells, respectively. However, in the same cells, the number of [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine binding sites, a specific ligand of the vesicular monoamine transporter, was increased to 180% of controls. In situ uptake of noradrenaline in permeabilized cells indicated that [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine binding sites were associated with a functional vesicular monoamine transporter. When analyzed by isopycnic centrifugation, these sites cosedimented with catecholamine, chromogranin A, and cytochrome b561, in a peak with a density lighter than that from controls. The composition of this peak suggests that it contains incompletely matured secretory granules, with a 3-5-fold increase in the vesicular monoamine transporter content of this membrane. This increase might indicate that an adaptative process occurs which allows a faster filling of the granules in continuously secreting cells.
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- C Desnos
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Associée 1112, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Poulsen JC, Caspersen C, Mathiasen D, East JM, Tunwell RE, Lai FA, Maeda N, Mikoshiba K, Treiman M. Thapsigargin-sensitive Ca(2+)-ATPases account for Ca2+ uptake to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive and caffeine-sensitive Ca2+ stores in adrenal chromaffin cells. Biochem J 1995; 307 ( Pt 3):749-58. [PMID: 7741706 PMCID: PMC1136714 DOI: 10.1042/bj3070749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In chromaffin cells of adrenal medulla, heterogeneity of Ca2+ stores has been suggested with respect to the mechanisms of Ca2+ uptake and release. We have examined Ca(2+)-ATPases responsible for loading of Ca2+ stores in these cells for their sensitivity to thapsigargin, a highly selective inhibitor of the SERCA [sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium ATPase] family of intracellular Ca2+ pumps. Using immunostaining, we studied the distribution of Ca(2+)-ATPases, and of receptors for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) and ryanodine, in the density-gradient fractions of microsomes from bovine adrenal medulla. In parallel, we examined distribution profiles of ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake in the same fractions, along with subcellular markers for plasma membranes and endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Two Ca(2+)-ATPase-like proteins (116 and 100 kDa) were detected, consistent with the presence of SERCA 2b and SERCA 3 isoenzymes of Ca2+ pumps. The distribution of these putative Ca(2+)-ATPase iso-enzymes paralleled that of InsP3 and ryanodine receptors. This distribution of ER Ca(2+)-ATPases, as determined immunologically, was consistent with that of thapsigargin-sensitive, but not of thapsigargin-insensitive, ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake. In contrast, the distribution profile of the thapsigargin-insensitive Ca2+ uptake was strongly correlated to that of plasma membranes, and co-distributed with plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase detected immunologically. In isolated, permeabilized chromaffin cells, InsP3 and caffeine induced Ca2+ release following an ATP-dependent Ca2+ accumulation to the stores. This accumulation was abolished by thapsigargin. Together, these data strongly indicate that the thapsigargin-sensitive, presumably SERCA-type Ca(2+)-ATPases account for Ca2+ uptake to InsP3-sensitive, as well as to caffeine-sensitive, Ca2+ stores in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
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- J C Poulsen
- Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Vitale ML, Seward EP, Trifaró JM. Chromaffin cell cortical actin network dynamics control the size of the release-ready vesicle pool and the initial rate of exocytosis. Neuron 1995; 14:353-63. [PMID: 7857644 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90291-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Morphological, biochemical, and membrane capacitance measurements were used to study the role of cortical filamentous actin (F-actin) in exocytosis. Fluorescence and electron microscopy of resting chromaffin cells revealed a cortical actin network that excluded secretory vesicles from the subplasmalemmal area. Phorbol ester (PMA) treatment disrupted cortical F-actin and increased both the number of vesicles within the 0-50 nm subplasmalemmal zone and the initial rate of stimulated catecholamine release. In PMA-pretreated cells, membrane capacitance studies showed an increased number of vesicles fusing with the plasmalemma during the first two depolarizations of a train. PMA did not affect voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx. The total number of vesicles fused with the plasma membrane correlated well with the number of vesicles occupying the 0-50 nm cortical zone. Therefore, cortical F-actin disassembly allows translocation of vesicles to the plasmalemma in preparation for exocytosis.
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- M L Vitale
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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BACKGROUND Amiodarone is a commonly used antiarrhythmic agent with complex pharmacological effects. Although ventricular arrhythmias can be suppressed soon after intravenous amiodarone, the mechanisms responsible for this action are unclear. We studied the effects of acute treatment with amiodarone on the metabolism and release of norepinephrine (NE) in intact rats and in perfused rat hearts. METHODS AND RESULTS Experiments were performed in anesthetized rats and in perfused, innervated hearts with amiodarone administered intravascularly. NE release was induced by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic ganglion. Concentrations of NE and its intraneuronal metabolite dihydroxyphenylglycol (DHPG) in hearts, plasma, and coronary venous effluent were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. Acute administration of amiodarone induced dose-dependent increases in DHPG concentrations in plasma (5 mg/kg, +48%; 15 mg/kg, +84%; and 50 mg/kg, +467%) and in coronary venous effluent (1 mumol/L, +37%; 3 mumol/L, +510%; and 10 mumol/L, +1100%) together with an unchanged basal overflow of NE. In perfused hearts, NE release evoked by nerve stimulation was inhibited by infusion of amiodarone (1 mumol/L, -16%; 3 mumol/L, -24%; and 10 mumol/L, -64%) or by intravenous amiodarone (50 mg/kg) given 1 hour before heart perfusion (-70%), and the extent of this suppression correlated well with levels of DHPG overflow present immediately before nerve stimulation. When given in vitro and in vivo, amiodarone also significantly reduced NE and increased DHPG content in the heart, leading to a raised DHPG/NE ratio. All these effects of amiodarone were similar to those found with reserpine but less potent. In contrast, oral amiodarone produced none of these effects. CONCLUSIONS Acute administration of amiodarone in perfused hearts or intact rats induces partial NE depletion in the heart by interfering with vesicular NE storage and enhancing intraneuronal NE metabolism, effects associated with an impaired NE release during sympathetic activation. Oral dosing with amiodarone has no such effect. Further study is required to test whether this novel sympatholytic effect of amiodarone contributes to its antiarrhythmic action after intravenous administration.
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- X J Du
- Alfred and Baker Medical Unit, Baker Medical Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Florin SM, Kuczenski R, Segal DS. Regional extracellular norepinephrine responses to amphetamine and cocaine and effects of clonidine pretreatment. Brain Res 1994; 654:53-62. [PMID: 7982098 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91570-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Microdialysis in behaving animals was used to characterize the hippocampus (HP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) norepinephrine (NE) responses to amphetamine (AMPH) and cocaine (COC). NE exhibited regionally similar dose- and time-dependent increases to each drug. However, peak NE concentrations were approximately 2-fold greater at behaviorally similar doses of AMPH compared with COC. To examine the role of noradrenergic impulse flow in the mechanism(s) by which these stimulants enhance extracellular NE, groups of animals were pretreated with the alpha 2 autoreceptor agonist, clonidine (CLON), prior to stimulant administration. CLON (50 micrograms/kg) administration completely blocked the NE response to both 20 and 30 mg/kg COC. By contrast, CLON decreased the NE response to 0.5 mg/kg AMPH by 75%, but became progressively less effective on the response as the dose was increased to 1.75 and 5.0 mg/kg. CLON also had no effect on the caudate dopamine responses to either AMPH or COC, consistent with the presumed specificity of this drug for alpha 2 receptors and suggesting the absence of any significant pharmacokinetic interactions. These results indicate that COC acts an uptake blocker at NE-containing neurons and suggest that AMPH increases extracellular NE through two consequences of its interaction with the neuronal transport carrier: (1) reuptake blockade which predominates at lower doses; and (2) release which becomes more prevalent at higher doses. Behavioral analyses revealed effects of CLON which varied as a function of stimulant and dose.
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- S M Florin
- Psychiatry Department (0603), University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0603
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Barry VA, Cheek TR. Extracellular ATP triggers two functionally distinct calcium signalling pathways in PC12 cells. J Cell Sci 1994; 107 ( Pt 2):451-62. [PMID: 7515895 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107.2.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have investigated the effects of extracellular ATP on Ca2+ signalling, and its relationship to secretion in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. In single cells, extracellular ATP evoked two very distinct subcellular distributions of intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), only one of which could be mimicked by the pyrimidine nucleotide UTP, suggesting the involvement of more than one cell surface receptor in mediating the ATP-induced responses. ATP and UTP were equipotent in activating a receptor leading to inositol phosphate production and the mobilisation of intracellular Ca2+. In some cells (19%) this rise in [Ca2+]i initiated at a discrete site and then propagated across the cell in the form of a Ca2+ wave. In addition to mobilising intracellular Ca2+ through a ‘nucleotide’ receptor sensitive to ATP and UTP, the results indicate that ATP also activates divalent cation entry through an independent receptor-operated channel. Firstly, ATP-induced entry of Ca2+ or Mn2+ was independent of Ca2+ mobilisation, as prior treatment of cell populations with UTP abolished the ATP-evoked release of intracellular Ca2+ stores, but left the Ca(2+)- and Mn(2+)-entry components uneffected. Secondly, although UTP and ATP were equally effective in generating inositol phosphates, only ATP stimulated divalent cation entry, indicating that ATP-activated influx was independent of phosphoinositide turnover. Thirdly, single cell experiments revealed a subpopulation of cells that responded to ATP with divalent cation entry without mobilising Ca2+ from intracellular stores. Lastly, the dihydropyridine antagonist, nifedipine, reduced the ATP-induced rise in [Ca2+]i by only 24%, suggesting that Ca2+ entry was largely independent of L-type voltage-operated Ca2+ channels. The Ca2+ signals could also be distinguished at a functional level. Activation of ATP-induced divalent cation influx was absolutely required to evoke transmitter release, because ATP triggered secretion of [3H]dopamine only in the presence of external Ca2+, and UTP was unable to promote secretion, irrespective of the extracellular [Ca2+]. The results suggest that the same extracellular stimulus can deliver different Ca2+ signals into the same cell by activating different Ca2+ signalling pathways, and that these Ca2+ signals can be functionally distinct.
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- V A Barry
- AFRC Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Bittner MA, Holz RW. Protein kinase C and clostridial neurotoxins affect discrete and related steps in the secretory pathway. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1993; 13:649-64. [PMID: 8194081 DOI: 10.1007/bf00711564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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1. The effects on catecholamine secretion of activation of protein kinase C and clostridial neurotoxins were examined in digitonin-permeabilized bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. 2. The enhancement by phorbol esters increased only the initial rate of secretion; later rates were unaffected. This enhancement was present over a wide range of Ca2+ concentrations and was elicited at 18 as well as at 27 degrees C. 3. Tetanus toxin inhibited both ATP-dependent and ATP-independent secretion, indicating that the tetanus toxin target is important during the final steps in the pathway. 4. Prior activation of protein kinase C by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate rendered the primed state more sensitive to inhibition by tetanus toxin. The data indicate that a phosphorylated protein kinase C substrate is either identical to or closely associated with the tetanus toxin target protein at the final steps in the pathway. 5. The interaction between the effect of protein kinase activation and that of tetanus toxin suggests that protein kinase C activation does not stimulate a separate pathway of secretion but, rather, modulates the activity of the ongoing pathway. 6. The enhancement of secretion by protein kinase C is caused, at least in part, by a qualitative change in the characteristics of the primed state. This is indicated by the increased sensitivity of primed secretion to inhibition by tetanus toxin and a threefold increase in sensitivity of primed secretion to Ca2+. 7. Because activation of protein kinase C does not increase the later rates of secretion that are limited by ATP-dependent priming reactions, it is unlikely that enhancement of the maximal rate of secretion by TPA is due to an increased amount of the primed state. Instead, protein kinase C activation may increase the efficacy with which Ca2+ stimulates secretion at all Ca2+ concentrations.
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- M A Bittner
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0626
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The characterization of various ion transport systems has led to a better understanding of the effects, which seem to take part in the impairment of ischemic and reperfused cardiac tissue. This review discusses the role of the Na+/H+ exchange system in the pathophysiology of ischemia and reperfusion and the beneficial effects of its inhibition. At the onset of ischemia intracellular pH (pHi) decreases due to anaerobic metabolism and ATP hydrolysis, leading to an activation of Na+/H+ exchange. This in turn increases intracellular Na+ (Na+i) and activates Na+/K+ ATPase, with a consecutive increase of energy consumption. Since cellular Na+ and Ca++ transport are coupled by the Na+/Ca++ exchange system, which depends on the Na+ gradient, the high Na+i leads to increased intracellular Ca++ (Ca++i). After a certain period, Na+/H+ exchange is inactivated by a decrease of extracellular pH. In case of reperfusion the acid extracellular fluid is washed out, which reactivates Na+/H+ exchange, leading to an unfavourably fast restoration of pHi and a second time to Na+ and Ca++i overflow. High Ca++i is assumed to be one of the main reasons for ischemic and reperfusion injury, like arrhythmias, myocardial contracture, stunning and necrosis. It seems that the inhibition of Na+/H+ exchange can interrupt this process at an early phase and prevent or delay the consequences of ischemia and reperfusion as demonstrated by numerous investigators.
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Mathiasen D, Røssum LM, Robinson IM, Burgoyne RD, East JM, Møller M, Rasmussen HN, Treiman M. Isolation of chromaffin cell thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ store in light microsomes from bovine adrenal medulla. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 25:641-52. [PMID: 8349007 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(93)90348-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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1. A subcellular fractionation procedure for bovine adrenal glands was designed with the aim to study the biochemical properties of Ca2+ stores in chromaffin cells. 2. The thapsigargin-sensitive compartment of Ca2+ stores was found to be highly enriched in a light microsomal fraction (LMF) on a 15-30% linear sucrose gradient, and was found to be essentially devoid of contamination by plasma, mitochondrial or secretory granule membranes. 3. A Ca(2+)-pumping ATPase was identified in this LMF as a 97 kDa protein forming an acid-stable, Ca(2+)-dependent, thapsigargin-sensitive phosphorylated intermediate upon incubation with [gamma-32P]ATP, suggesting this protein to represent a SERCA-3 isoform of Ca2+ ATPases. 4. A major 162 kDa protein, previously demonstrated in the isolated chromaffin cells, was enriched in the LMF, distributing on sucrose gradients in parallel with the thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ uptake. 5. LMF appears to represent a part of the thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ store of chromaffin cells, and should be useful for further studies of the store properties at the subcellular and molecular level.
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- D Mathiasen
- Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Fitzgerald JL, Reid JJ. Interactions of methylenedioxymethamphetamine with monoamine transmitter release mechanisms in rat brain slices. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 1993; 347:313-23. [PMID: 8097569 DOI: 10.1007/bf00167451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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This study investigates the effects of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and amphetamine on monoamine release from rat superfused brain slices in both the presence and absence of vesicular stores of transmitter. MDMA caused the release of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine, [3H]noradrenaline or [3H]dopamine with EC50 values of 1.9 mumol/l (95% confidence limits 1.5-2.3 mumol/l), 4.5 mumol/l (2.3-8.7 mumol/l), and greater than 30 mumol/l, respectively. In contrast, amphetamine (0.1-300 mumol/l) was more effective in releasing radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]dopamine than [3H]noradrenaline or [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine. When Ca2+ was excluded from the superfusion fluid, the MDMA-induced release of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]dopamine was unaltered, but that from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline or [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine was enhanced. MDMA (10 mumol/l) facilitated the stimulation-induced (5 Hz, 1 min) outflow of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline or [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine to 7.5-fold and 2.1-fold of control values, respectively, but had no effect on that from slices incubated with [3H]dopamine. Amphetamine (1 mumol/l) increased the stimulation-induced outflow from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline, but not that from slices incubated with [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine or [3H]dopamine. Inhibition of monoamine oxidase by a 30-min incubation with pargyline (100 mumol/l) enhanced the releasing action of MDMA on all three monoamines. Pargyline (100 mumol/l) also enhanced the facilitation caused by MDMA, of the stimulation-induced outflow of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline, [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine or [3H]dopamine. In some experiments, slices were obtained from reserpinised rats (2.5 mg/kg s.c. 24 h prior) and pre-exposed for 30 min to the monoamine oxidase inhibitor parglyine (100 mumol/l). Under these conditions, electrical stimulation evoked a small residual stimulation-induced outflow of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline, and failed to evoke an outflow of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine or [3H]dopamine. However, a Ca(2+)-dependent stimulation-induced outflow of radioactivity was evoked in the presence of either MDMA (10 mumol/l) or amphetamine (1 mumol/l) from slices incubated with either [3H]dopamine or [3H]noradrenaline, but not from slices incubated with [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine. The stimulation-induced outflow of radioactivity from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline was enhanced in the presence of desipramine (1 mumol/l), however this enhancement was less than that caused by 10 mumol/l MDMA or 1 mumol/l amphetamine. The Ca(2+)-dependent response to electrical stimulation in the presence of MDMA from slices incubated with [3H]noradrenaline was greatly reduced when rats were pretreated with a higher dose of reserpine (10 mg/kg s.c.).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J L Fitzgerald
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Schwaller B, Calef E, Gitler C, Rosenheck K. Stimulus-induced association of Ca(2+)-binding proteins with the plasma membrane detected in situ by photolabeling of intact chromaffin and PC12 cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:1295-9. [PMID: 8433989 PMCID: PMC45859 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.4.1295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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To investigate the involvement of cytosolic proteins in exocytosis, a system with high temporal and spatial resolution has been developed that allows us to detect the interaction of Ca(2+)- and membrane-binding proteins with the plasma membrane during stimulation of intact chromaffin and PC12 (rat pheochromocytoma) cells. We used 5-iodonaphthalene-1-azide (INA), a hydrophobic label that rapidly partitions into the lipid bilayer of biological membranes. Upon photolysis the label covalently attaches to membrane-embedded domains of proteins. Cells, preincubated with INA in the dark, were stimulated by either 300 microM carbamoylcholine or 60 mM K+ and irradiated (20 s) at various time intervals after stimulation. Subsequently, the cytosolic Ca(2+)- and membrane-binding proteins were isolated in the presence of EGTA (EGTA extract). Of the approximately 40 proteins in the EGTA extract, 15 (15-100 kDa) are labeled in both cell types. Upon stimulation, labeling is increased up to 3-fold in some of the proteins compared to cells labeled under basal conditions. In the absence of external Ca2+, no increase is observed. The rate of label incorporation is similar to the rate of exocytosis in several of these proteins. These results indicate that in the event of triggered exocytosis some of the Ca(2+)-binding proteins interact with the plasma membrane and temporarily embed in the lipid bilayer. Our findings support the hypothesis according to which stimulus-induced alterations in the structure of the Ca(2+)-binding proteins lead to their transient insertion into the membrane and thereby to membrane fusion.
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- B Schwaller
- Department of Membrane Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Sen RP, Delicado EG, Castro E, Miras-Portugal MT. Effect of P2Y agonists on adenosine transport in cultured chromaffin cells. J Neurochem 1993; 60:613-9. [PMID: 8419539 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03192.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Adenosine transport in cultured chromaffin cells was inhibited by purinergic P2y-receptor agonists without significant changes in the affinity constant, the values being between 1 +/- 0.4 and 1.6 +/- 0.6 microM. The Vmax parameter was modified significantly, being 40 +/- 1.0, 26 +/- 5.0, 32 +/- 3.0, and 22 +/- 4.7 pmol/10(6) cells/min for control, adenosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate), 5'-adenylylimidodiphosphate, and P1,P4-di(adenosine-5'-) tetraphosphate (Ap4A) (100 microM for every effector), respectively. Ap4A, a physiological ligand for P2y receptors in chromaffin cells, showed the highest inhibitory effect (45%). This transport inhibition is explained by an increase in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and the activation of protein kinase C (PKC). Experiments of [Ca2+]i measurement with the fura-2 technique showed that P2y agonists, as well as bradykinin, were able to increase [Ca2+]i, this effect being independent of the presence of extracellular Ca2+. The peptide bradykinin, determined to be coupled to phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and internal Ca2+ mobilization in chromaffin cells, exhibited a behavior similar to that of P2y agonists in adenosine transport inhibition (39%). P2y agonists and bradykinin increased PKC activity associated with the membrane fraction (about 50% increase in particulate PKC activity with respect to controls). The present studies suggest that adenosine transport is regulated by P2y-purinergic receptors mediated via Ca2+ mobilization and PKC activation.
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- R P Sen
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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This overview emphasizes the utility of the uranaffin reaction in the diagnosis of tumors derived from neuroendocrine cells. The history, cell organelle specificity, tissue specificity, pH requirements, and detailed procedure of the uranaffin reaction is provided. Uranaffin-positive granules are also identified within the NS granules of the stem cell paraneuron (archiparaneuron) of coelenterates, and a hypothetical evolutionary scheme depicting the possible origins of the key biochemical features of the advanced mammalian NS granule is included. The role of nucleotides, a major component of true NS granules, is discussed. A possible intragranular function of ATP as a regulator of osmotic pressure and the extracellular physiologic effects of secreted intragranular nucleotides are discussed in some detail.
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- C M Payne
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724
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Desnos C, Laran MP, Scherman D. Regulation of the chromaffin granule catecholamine transporter in cultured bovine adrenal medullary cells: stimulus-biosynthesis coupling. J Neurochem 1992; 59:2105-12. [PMID: 1279122 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb10101.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The transsynaptic induction of the monoamine transporter present on the membrane of chromaffin granules was studied in primary cultures of dissociated bovine adrenomedullary cells submitted to a chronic secretory stimulation. The amount of the vesicular monoamine transporter was assayed by binding of the specific ligand [3H]-dihydrotetrabenazine. After several days of incubation in the presence of high potassium, the concentration of [3H]-dihydrotetrabenazine binding sites was increased by a 1.5-2.5 factor. This increase was smaller in the presence of the cholinergic agonist carbachol. The long-term inductions of the vesicular monoamine transporter, of tyrosine hydroxylase, and of acetylcholinesterase were of similar magnitude. Under the same conditions, we found no variation in either the activities of other catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes (dopamine beta-hydroxylase and DOPA decarboxylase), or in metabolic enzymes such as lactate dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase, and a decrease in the cellular content of chromogranin A and cytochrome b-561. The induction of the vesicular monoamine transporter was inhibited by the calcium channel antagonists, fluspirilene and nifedipine, and was increased by the agonist Bay K 8644. It was abolished by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. These results indicate that calcium entry into chromaffin cells increases the synthesis of the vesicular monoamine transporter, presumably by transcriptional activation. Elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP concentration or activation of protein kinase C also induced an increase in the expression of the vesicular monoamine transporter. Our results confirm that components of storage vesicle membranes are differentially regulated in response to secretory stimulation, as are several cytosolic or intravesicular soluble proteins.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C Desnos
- Service de Neurobiologie Physico-Chimique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Associée 1112, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Winkler H, Fischer-Colbrie R. The chromogranins A and B: the first 25 years and future perspectives. Neuroscience 1992; 49:497-528. [PMID: 1501763 PMCID: PMC7131462 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90222-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 535] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/16/1992] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- H Winkler
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Chow RH, von Rüden L, Neher E. Delay in vesicle fusion revealed by electrochemical monitoring of single secretory events in adrenal chromaffin cells. Nature 1992; 356:60-3. [PMID: 1538782 DOI: 10.1038/356060a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 623] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In synapses, a rise in presynaptic intracellular calcium leads to secretory vesicle fusion in less than a millisecond, as indicated by the short delay from excitation to postsynaptic signal. In nonsynaptic secretory cells, studies at high time resolution have been limited by the lack of a detector as fast and sensitive as the postsynaptic membrane. Electrochemical methods may be sensitive enough to detect catecholamines released from single vesicles. Here, we show that under voltage-clamp conditions, stochastically occurring signals can be recorded from adrenal chromaffin cells using a carbon-fibre electrode as an electrochemical detector. These signals obey statistics characteristic for quantal release; however, in contrast to neuronal transmitter release, secretion occurs with a significant delay after short step depolarizations. Furthermore, we identify a pedestal or 'foot' at the onset of unitary events which may represent the slow leak of catecholamine molecules out of a narrow 'fusion pore' before the pore dilates for complete exocytosis.
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- R H Chow
- Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany
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Videen J, Mezger M, Chang Y, O'Connor D. Calcium and catecholamine interactions with adrenal chromogranins. Comparison of driving forces in binding and aggregation. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50695-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Burgoyne RD. Control of exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1071:174-202. [PMID: 1649638 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(91)90024-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- R D Burgoyne
- Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Höfle G, Weiler R, Fischer-Colbrie R, Humpel C, Laslop A, Wohlfarter T, Hogue-Angeletti R, Saria A, Fleming PJ, Winkler H. Stimulation of rat adrenal medulla can induce differential changes in the peptide and mRNA levels of chromogranins, neuropeptides and other constituents of chromaffin granules. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1991; 32:321-31. [PMID: 1907749 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(91)90025-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The levels of various components of chromaffin granules were determined in rat adrenals after treatment with several stimulants. After reserpine the levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and chromogranin B but not those of chromogranin A and secretogranin II were elevated. On the other hand, the mRNA of chromogranins A, B and secretogranin II were significantly increased. Treatment with oxotremorine or nicotine (multiple injections for 2 or 3 days) induced analogous changes for peptide and mRNA levels, however, the increases were smaller and for the mRNA less consistent. A single injection of oxotremorine or nicotine raised only the levels of CGRP and NPY and of the NPY mRNA whereas those of the chromogranins and their respective mRNAs remained unaltered. Amongst the membrane proteins only the levels of dopamine beta-hydroxylase are increased after prolonged stimulation, whereas those of cytochrome b-561, carboxypeptidase H and synaptin/synaptophysin (SYN) remain unaltered. Thus, the biosynthesis of chromaffin granules can be regulated in quite sophisticated patterns.
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- G Höfle
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Palatý V. Swelling of the small adrenergic storage vesicles and the loss of vesicular ATP induced by cocaine in the isolated rat tail artery. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 1991; 343:149-59. [PMID: 2067588 DOI: 10.1007/bf00168602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Exposure of the isolated rat tail artery to cocaine (greater than 0.03 mmol/l) was found to cause release of noradrenaline from the small (40 nm) storage vesicles in adrenergic varicosities (Palatý 1988). In the present study transmission electron microscopy was used to determine whether or not cocaine also affects the volume and the ATP content of the vesicles in situ. 1. Evaluation of electron micrographs of arterial segments fixed in a buffered mixture of paraformaldehyde and glutaraldehyde showed that cocaine (3 mmol/l; 15 min) caused significant, though non-uniform, swelling of the small vesicles. 2. To confirm the selectivity of the uranaffin method of ATP localization with respect to noradrenaline, the latter was depleted by prior injection of the rats with reserpine. As a result the fraction of the small vesicles containing electron-dense cores decreased from 55% in control specimens to 29%. 3. In the specimens processed by the uranaffin method, cocaine (3 mmol/l; 30 min) lowered the fraction of the vesicles containing electron-dense cores by about 80%. 4. After having been lowered by cocaine, the fractions of vesicles containing electron-dense cores in specimens processed by the chromaffin and uranaffin methods were restored during incubation of the tissue in cocaine-free medium supplemented with dopamine (7 mumol/l) and L-ascorbate (0.3 mmol/l). There was no restoration of the cores in the specimens processed by the uranaffin method when the tissue had been incubated in the absence of dopamine. 5. These observations support the hypothesis that unprotonated cocaine diffuses into and accumulates in the small vesicles in situ. They also suggest that, as in chromaffin granules (Caughey and Kirshner 1987), interaction of ATP and noradrenaline may be essential for effective storage of the nucleotide in the small vesicles.
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- V Palatý
- Department of Anatomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Pintor J, Torres M, Miras-Portugal MT. Carbachol induced release of diadenosine polyphosphates--Ap4A and Ap5A--from perfused bovine adrenal medulla and isolated chromaffin cells. Life Sci 1991; 48:2317-24. [PMID: 1646361 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(91)90268-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The diadenosine polyphosphates--Ap4A and Ap5A--were released from perfused bovine adrenal glands and recently isolated chromaffin cells by the action of carbachol. The H.P.L.C. technique reported here allowed the quantification of pmol amounts of these compounds present in biological samples from the perfusion media after stimulation. Both compounds (Ap4A and Ap5A) were identified by the retention time in H.P.L.C. chromatography, co-elution with standards, re-chromatography and destruction by the phosphodiesterase action. Bovine adrenal glands stimulated with 100 microM carbachol released 0.47 +/- 0.12 nmol/gland of Ap4A and 1.11 +/- 0.26 nmol/gland of Ap5A. Isolated bovine chromaffin cells after 100 microM carbachol, as secretagogue, released 11.1 +/- 0.8 pmol/10(6) cells of Ap4A and 15.8 +/- 1.1 pmol/10(6) cells of Ap5A. The ratio of these compounds with respect to the exocytotically released ATP and catecholamines was in the same order as that found in isolated chromaffin granules.
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- J Pintor
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Schömig A, Richardt G. Cardiac sympathetic activity in myocardial ischemia: release and effects of noradrenaline. Basic Res Cardiol 1991; 85 Suppl 1:9-30. [PMID: 2091611 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-11038-6_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Sympathetic overactivity in myocardial ischemia is closely associated with the progression of myocyte injury and the incidence of malignant arrhythmias. Adrenergic stimulation of the ischemic myocardium is predominantly due to increased local noradrenaline concentrations in the heart, whereas plasma catecholamine levels are of minor relevance. During the first few minutes of ischemia, efferent sympathetic nerves are activated. Excessive accumulation of noradrenaline, however, is prevented since adenosine, formed in the ischemic myocardium, suppresses exocytotic noradrenaline release, and released noradrenaline is rapidly removed as long as catecholamine reuptake is functional. With progression of ischemia to more than 10 min, the myocardium is no longer protected against excess catecholamine accumulation in the interstitial space, since local metabolic release mechanisms become increasingly important. This release, which is independent of central sympathetic activity and from extracellular calcium, occurs in two steps: First, noradrenaline escapes from its intracellular storage vesicles and accumulates in the cytoplasm of the neuron. In a second, rate-limiting step, noradrenaline is transported across the plasma membrane into the interstitial space, using the neuronal uptake carrier in reverse of its normal transport direction. As a consequence of local metabolic catecholamine release, extracellular noradrenaline reaches 1000 times the normal plasma concentration within 20 min of ischemia. Studies using acute and chronic sympathetic denervation and antiadrenergic agents demonstrate that local metabolic, rather than centrally induced noradrenaline release is critically involved in the progression of ischemic cell damage within the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation in early ischemia. Myocardial ischemia results in a temporary supersensitivity of the myocytes to catecholamines. This is due to a twofold increase of alpha 1- and a 30% increase of beta-adrenergic receptor number at the cell surface. The sensitization of adenylate cyclase during the first 20 min of total ischemia is followed by a rapid inactivation of the enzyme. The beta-adrenergic hyperresponsiveness to catecholamines is therefore limited to the first few minutes of ischemia. The deleterious combination of extremely high noradrenaline concentrations with a temporarily enhanced responsiveness to catecholamines of the tissue is thought to accelerate the propagation of the wavefront of irreversible cell damage within the ischemic myocardium. Moreover, the inhomogenous distribution of catecholamine excess within the heart is considered to promote malignant arrhythmias by unmasking and enhancing electrophysiological disturbances in early ischemia.
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- A Schömig
- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, FRG
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Leszczyszyn D, Jankowski J, Viveros O, Diliberto E, Near J, Wightman R. Nicotinic receptor-mediated catecholamine secretion from individual chromaffin cells. Chemical evidence for exocytosis. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)77173-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Winkler H, Fischer-Colbrie R. Common membrane proteins of chromaffin granules, endocrine and synaptic vesicles: Properties, tissue distribution, membrane topography and regulation of synthesis. Neurochem Int 1990; 17:245-62. [DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(90)90147-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/1990] [Accepted: 02/22/1990] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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