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Ando K, Kudo Y, Aoyagi K, Ishikawa R, Igarashi M, Takahashi M. Calmodulin-dependent regulation of neurotransmitter release differs in subsets of neuronal cells. Brain Res 2013; 1535:1-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chen Y, Chen Y, Qian ZM, Du J, Duan X, Chang Y, Wang Q, Wang C, Ma YM, Xu Y, Li L, Ke Y. Iron loading inhibits ferroportin1 expression in PC12 cells. Neurochem Int 2005; 47:507-13. [PMID: 16095759 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ferroportin1 (FP1 or MTP1/IREG1), the product of the SLC40A1 gene, is a main iron export protein in mammals. Its mRNA contains an iron response element (IRE) in its 5' untranslated region, but the way this gene is regulated by iron is still unclear. The existence of FP1 in the brain has been recently confirmed. To better understand the role of this important transmembrane iron exporter in brain iron homeostasis, we investigated the effects of iron and nitric oxide (NO) on FP1 expression and that of a FP1 antibody on iron release in nerve growth factor-treated rat PC12 cells. We found that FP1 expression was down-regulated by iron loading but stimulated by iron chelation and treatment with a NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP). In addition, a significant decrease in iron release was found in cells treated with a FP1 antibody. Our findings imply that regulation of FP1 by iron in the cells is at the transcriptional level, rather than by an IRE/IRP-mediated pathway. Based on our results and published data, it is suggested that the transcriptional and translational (IRP/IRE pathway) mechanisms of FP1 expression might both operate in a tissue-specific manner and that FP1 might have a role in iron export from PC12 cells.
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- Yanmin Chen
- Laboratory of Iron Metabolism, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and National Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Shenzhen, PR China
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Wang J, Qian ZM, Jiang H, Xie J, Ke Y. Treatment with nerve growth factor decreases expression of divalent metal transporter 1 and transferrin receptor in PC12 cells. Neurochem Int 2005; 47:514-7. [PMID: 16137791 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Revised: 02/24/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) and transferrin receptor (TfR) might play a key role in non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) and transferrin-bound iron (Tf-Fe) uptake by neuronal cells. Recent studies demonstrated that nerve growth factor (NGF)-treated PC12 cells (the neuronal phenotype) have higher NTBI as well as Tf-Fe uptake compared with untreated cells (the undifferentiated cells). We speculated the increased NTBI and Tf-Fe uptake induced by NGF treatment might be associated with the increased expression of DMT1 and TfR. In this study, we investigated the effect of NGF treatment on DMT1 and TfR expression in PC12 cells. Contrary to our expectation, treatment with NGF induced a significant decrease rather than increase in DMT1+IRE, DMT1-IRE and TfR expression in the cells. The data demonstrate that the increase in iron uptake is not associated with the DMT1 and TfR in NGF-treated PC12 cells. The RT-PCR findings of no change in DMT1 mRNA plus our data suggest that regulation of DMT1 expression by NGF might be at the post-transcriptional level.
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- Jun Wang
- Laboratory of Iron Metabolism, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China
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Mwanjewe J, Grover AK. Role of transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) in non-transferrin-bound iron uptake in neuronal phenotype PC12 cells. Biochem J 2004; 378:975-82. [PMID: 14640978 PMCID: PMC1224001 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2003] [Revised: 10/22/2003] [Accepted: 11/26/2003] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cells take up transferrin-bound iron or NTBI (non-transferrin-bound iron). After treatment with NGF (nerve growth factor), PC12 cells exhibited a neuronal phenotype and an increase in the NTBI uptake (55Fe2+ or 55Fe3+). We loaded the cells with the dye calcein, whose fluorescence increases in the presence of Ca2+ but is quenched with Fe2+ or Fe3+. When examined using calcein fluorescence or radioactive iron, DAG (diacylglycerol)-stimulated NTBI entry was more in NGF-treated PC12 cells compared with untreated cells. All experiments were performed at 1.5 mM extracellular Ca2+. Nramp2 (natural-resistance-associated macrophage protein 2) mRNA expression did not change after the NGF treatment. Expression of the bivalent cation entry protein TRPC6 (transient receptor potential canonical 6) was detected only in the NGF-treated cells. To verify that increased NTBI uptake depended on TRPC6, we examined whether transfecting HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney 293) cells with TRPC6 also increased the NTBI (55Fe) uptake. We also cotransfected HEK-293 cells with two plasmids, one expressing TRPC6 and the other expressing the fluorescent protein DsRED2 to identify the transfected cells. Challenging the calcein-loaded HEK-293 cells (which intrinsically express the a1-adrenergic receptors) with phenylephrine or a cell-permeant DAG increased the fluorescence signal more rapidly in transfected cells compared with untransfected cells. However, when iron (Fe2+ and Fe3+) was added before adding phenylephrine or DAG, the fluorescence intensity decreased more rapidly in transfected cells compared with untransfected cells, thereby indicating a greater stimulation of the NTBI uptake in cells expressing TRPC6. We postulate that the increase in the NTBI entry into neuronal PC12 cells is through TRPC6, a pathway that is unique since it is receptor-stimulated. Since neuronal cells express TRPC6, this pathway may have a role in neurotoxicity.
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- James Mwanjewe
- Department of Medicine, HSC 4N41, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Martin TF, Grishanin RN. PC12 cells as a model for studies of regulated secretion in neuronal and endocrine cells. Methods Cell Biol 2004; 71:267-86. [PMID: 12884694 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(03)01012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pheochromocytoma-derived cell lines such as PC12 cells maintain a differentiated neuroendocrine phenotype and have been widely used as a convenient model system for a wide variety of cell biological studies on neurotrophin action, monoamine biogenesis, protein trafficking, and secretory vesicle dynamics. This chapter reviews a number of methods that are useful for studies of the regulated dense core vesicle secretory pathway. This includes protocols for maintaining cells and preserving their phenotype. A variety of assays are discussed for monitoring secretion in intact or permeable cells and in transfected cells. Specific methods for immunocytochemical studies in permeable cells are discussed. Finally, protocols for high-efficiency PC12 cell transfections and the isolation of stably transfected cell lines are provided.
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- T F Martin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Mwanjewe J, Hui BK, Coughlin MD, Grover AK. Treatment of PC12 cells with nerve growth factor increases iron uptake. Biochem J 2001; 357:881-6. [PMID: 11463361 PMCID: PMC1222020 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3570881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Phaeochromocytoma PC12 cells treated with nerve growth factor (NGF) differentiate into a neuronal phenotype. Here we compare the uptake of transferrin-bound and non-transferrin-bound iron in NGF-treated (neuronal phenotype) and control (proliferating) PC12 cells. The non-transferrin-bound iron uptake was greater in the NGF-treated cells than in the control, independently of the uptake time, the iron-chelating agents used, the oxidation state of iron (Fe(2+) or Fe(3+)) and the iron concentration tested. The NGF-treated cells expressed L-type and N-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels. Nitrendipine (an L-type inhibitor) and possibly omega-conotoxin (an N-type inhibitor) inhibited the iron uptake by 20%. Thapsigargin inhibits the endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pump and allowed Mn(2+) entry into cells. Preincubating PC12 cells with thapsigargin increased the iron uptake. The rate of transferrin-bound iron uptake was less than 1% of the non-transferrin-bound iron uptake and the maximum transferrin-bound iron uptake was also very low. We conclude that an increase in the iron uptake by multiple pathways accompanies the transition of PC12 cells from the proliferating to the neuronal phenotype.
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- J Mwanjewe
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Mwanjewe J, Martinez R, Agrawal P, Samson SE, Coughlin MD, Brassard P, Grover AK. On the Ca2+ dependence of non-transferrin-bound iron uptake in PC12 cells. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:33512-5. [PMID: 10906140 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005435200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) uptake has been reported to follow two pathways, Ca(2+)-dependent and Ca(2+)-independent (Wright, T. L., Brissot, P., Ma, W. L., and Weisiger, R. A. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 10909-10914; Sturrock, A., Alexander, J., Lamb, J., Craven, C. M., and Kaplan, J. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 3139-3145). Studies reporting the two pathways have ignored the weak interactions of Ca(2+) with the chelator nitrilotriacetate (NTA) and the reducing agent ascorbate. These studies used a constant ratio of total Fe(2+) to NTA with and without Ca(2+). We observed Ca(2+) activation of NTBI uptake in PC12 cells with the characteristics reported for other cells upon using 1 mm ascorbate and a constant ratio of total Fe(2+) to NTA with or without Ca(2+). However, Ca(2+) did not affect NTBI uptake in solutions without NTA. We then determined conditional stability constants for NTA binding to Ca(2+) and Fe(2+) by potentiometry under conditions of NTBI uptake experiments (pH, ionic strength, temperature, ascorbate, total Fe(2+), and total Ca(2+) concentrations). In solutions based on these constants and taking Ca(2+) chelation into account, Ca(2+) did not affect NTBI uptake over a range of free Fe(2+) concentrations. Thus, the Ca(2+) activation of NTBI uptake observed using the constant total Fe(2+) to NTA ratio was because of Ca(2+)-NTA chelation rather than an activation of the NTBI transporter itself. It is suggested that the previously reported Ca(2+) dependence of NTBI uptake be re-evaluated.
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- J Mwanjewe
- Departments of Medicine, Chemistry, and Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
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Bobich JA, Zheng X. [3H]-noradrenaline secretion from rat cortex synaptosomes perforated with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. J Neurosci Methods 1998; 79:151-9. [PMID: 9543481 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(97)00173-8] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Rat cortex synaptosomes have been successfully perforated with high concentrations (> or = 400 U/ml) of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. The free Ca2+-concentration dependence of [3H]-noradrenaline release was similar to that observed for PC 12 and chromaffin cells. Release from the alpha-toxin perforated synaptosomes was not significantly inhibited by omega-conotoxin GVIA. Initially, Ca2+-dependent release was independent of MgATP (for 0.5 min), but became increasingly dependent on MgATP with time. Lactate dehydrogenase efflux from alpha-toxin-perforated synaptosomes was not different than efflux from control synaptosomes, and an antibody to N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein did not enter the synaptosomes. [3H]-noradrenaline release was temperature and alpha-toxin-concentration dependent. Ca2-dependent release was more resistant to rundown from alpha-toxin- than from streptolysin-O-perforated synaptosomes. This preparation of perforated synaptosomes should be useful for studies of regulated exocytosis from nerve endings.
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- J A Bobich
- Chemistry Department, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth 76129, USA.
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Carnell L, Moore HP. Transport via the regulated secretory pathway in semi-intact PC12 cells: role of intra-cisternal calcium and pH in the transport and sorting of secretogranin II. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1994; 127:693-705. [PMID: 7962053 PMCID: PMC2120230 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.127.3.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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To gain insight into the mechanisms governing protein sorting, we have developed a system that reconstitutes both the formation of immature secretory granules and their fusion with the plasma membrane. Semi-intact PC12 cells were incubated with ATP and cytosol for 15 min to allow immature granules to form, and then in a buffer containing 30 microM [Ca2+]free to induce exocytosis. Transport via the regulated pathway, as assayed by the release of secretogranin II (SgII) labeled in the TGN, was inhibited by depletion of ATP, or by the inclusion of 100 microM GTP gamma S, 50 microM AlF3-5 or 5 micrograms/ml BFA. When added after immature granules had formed, GTP gamma S stimulated rather than inhibited exocytosis. Thus, exocytosis of immature granules in this system resembles the characteristics of fully matured granules. Transport of SgII via the regulated pathway occurred at a fourfold higher efficiency than glycosaminoglycan chains, indicating that SgII is sorted to some extent upon exit from the TGN. Addition of A23187 to release Ca2+ from the TGN had no significant effect on sorting of SgII into immature granules. In contrast, depletion of lumenal calcium inhibited the endoproteolytic cleavage of POMC and proinsulin. These results establish the importance of intra-cisternal Ca2+ in prohormone processing, but raise the question whether lumenal calcium is required for proper sorting of SgII into immature granules. Disruption of organelle pH gradients with an ionophore or a weak base resulted in the inhibition of transport via both the constitutive and the regulated pathways.
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- L Carnell
- University of California, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley 94720-3200
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MacLean CM, Marciniak SJ, Hall DV, Edwardson JM. Involvement of a phosphoprotein on the zymogen granule membrane in the control of regulated exocytosis in the exocrine pancreas. J Cell Sci 1993; 106 ( Pt 2):663-70. [PMID: 8282771 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.106.2.663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The pancreatic acinar cell is one of a number of cell types in which phosphoproteins are believed to be involved in the control of regulated exocytosis. We have examined the effects of three agents that affect secretion in the acinar cell on the phosphorylation states of proteins on the zymogen granule membrane. We show that Ca2+ and GTP gamma S, which stimulate secretion, also stimulate the phosphorylation of a protein of M(r) 45,000 (p45) on isolated zymogen granules. On the other hand, the protein kinase inhibitor genistein inhibits both secretion and phosphorylation of p45. For all three agents, p45 phosphorylation is affected over concentration ranges identical to those that affect secretion. The stimulatory effect of GTP gamma S and the inhibitory effect of genistein are also seen when the phosphorylation state of p45 on granules within permeabilized cells is examined. Ca2+, however, over the same concentration range, now causes dephosphorylation of p45. Furthermore, the time-course of this effect is similar to that of Ca(2+)-triggered secretion. Phosphorylation of p45 is exclusively on serine, with no detectable phosphorylation on either threonine or tyrosine. We propose that exocytosis in pancreatic acini is controlled at least in part through the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of p45, with dephosphorylation acting as a trigger for exocytosis.
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- C M MacLean
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Ahnert-Hilger G, Stecher B, Beyer C, Gratzl M. Exocytotic membrane fusion as studied in toxin-permeabilized cells. Methods Enzymol 1993; 221:139-49. [PMID: 8361371 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(93)21013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- G Ahnert-Hilger
- Abteilung Gastroenterologie, Klinikum Steglitz, Freien Universität Berlin, Germany
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Whalley T, Crossley I, Whitaker M. Phosphoprotein inhibition of calcium-stimulated exocytosis in sea urchin eggs. J Cell Biol 1991; 113:769-78. [PMID: 2026649 PMCID: PMC2288987 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.113.4.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We have investigated the role of protein phosphorylation in the control of exocytosis in sea urchin eggs by treating eggs with a thio-analogue of ATP. ATP gamma S (adenosine 5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate) is a compound which can be used as a phosphoryl donor by protein kinases, leading to irreversible protein thiophosphorylation (Gratecos, D., and E.H. Fischer. 1974. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 58:960-967). Microinjection of ATP gamma S inhibits cortical granule exocytosis, but has no effect on the sperm-egg signal transduction mechanisms which normally cause exocytosis by generating an increase in [Ca2+]i. ATP gamma S requires cytosolic factors for its inhibition of cortical granule exocytosis: it does not affect exocytosis when applied directly to the isolated exocytotic apparatus. Our data suggest that ATP gamma S irreversibly inhibits exocytosis via thiophosphorylation of proteins associated with the egg cortex. We have identified two thiophosphorylated proteins (33 and 27 kD) that are associated with the isolated exocytotic apparatus. They may mediate the inhibition of exocytosis by ATP gamma S. In addition, we show that okadaic acid, an inhibitor of phosphoprotein phosphatases, prevents cortical granule exocytosis at fertilization without affecting calcium mobilization. Like ATP gamma S, okadaic acid has no effect on exocytosis in vitro. Our results suggest that an inhibitory phosphoprotein can obstruct calcium-stimulated exocytosis in sea urchin eggs; on the other hand, they do not readily support the idea that a protein phosphatase is an essential component of the mechanism controlling exocytosis.
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- T Whalley
- Department of Physiology, University College London, United Kingdom
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Dekker LV, De Graan PN, Pijnappel P, Oestreicher AB, Gispen WH. Noradrenaline release from streptolysin O-permeated rat cortical synaptosomes: effects of calcium, phorbol esters, protein kinase inhibitors, and antibodies to the neuron-specific protein kinase C substrate B-50 (GAP-43). J Neurochem 1991; 56:1146-53. [PMID: 1825843 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb11404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We studied the molecular mechanism of noradrenaline release from the presynaptic terminal and the involvement of the protein kinase C substrate B-50 (GAP-43) in this process. To gain access to the interior of the presynaptic terminal, we searched for conditions to permeate rat brain synaptosomes by the bacterial toxin streptolysin O. A crude synaptosomal/mitochondrial preparation was preloaded with [3H]noradrenaline. After permeation with 0.8 IU/ml streptolysin O, noradrenaline efflux could be induced in a concentration-dependent manner by elevating the free Ca2+ concentration from 10(-8) to 10(-5) M. Efflux of the cytosolic marker protein lactate dehydrogenase was not affected by this increase in Ca2+. Ca2(+)-induced efflux of noradrenaline was largely dependent on the presence of exogenous ATP. Changing the Na+/K+ ratio in the buffer did not affect Ca2(+)-induced noradrenaline release. Release of noradrenaline could also be evoked by phorbol esters, indicating the involvement of protein kinase C. Ca2(+)- and phorbol ester-induced release were not additive at higher phorbol ester concentrations (greater than 10(-7) M). We compared the sensitivities of Ca2(+)- and phorbol ester-induced release of noradrenaline to the protein kinase inhibitors H-7 and polymyxin B and to antibodies raised against synaptic protein kinase C substrate B-50. Ca2(+)-induced release was inhibited by B-50 antibodies and polymyxin B, but not by H-7; phorbol ester-induced release was inhibited by polymyxin B and by H-7, but only marginally by antibodies to B-50.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- L V Dekker
- Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Rudolf Magnus Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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De Graan PN, Oestreicher AB, Schotman P, Schrama LH. Protein kinase C substrate B-50 (GAP-43) and neurotransmitter release. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1991; 89:187-207. [PMID: 1686659 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61723-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- P N De Graan
- Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Rudolf Magnus Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Wagner PD, Vu ND. Regulation of norepinephrine secretion in permeabilized PC12 cells by Ca2(+)-stimulated phosphorylation. Effects of protein phosphatases and phosphatase inhibitors. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)86953-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Schulz I. Permeabilizing cells: some methods and applications for the study of intracellular processes. Methods Enzymol 1990; 192:280-300. [PMID: 2074793 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(90)92077-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The techniques described allow controlled permeabilization of plasma membranes from different types of cells for gaining access to the cell interior and enables one to control intracellular events. Most common techniques are electropermeabilization, permeabilization with mild non-ionic detergents such as saponin and digitonin and by pore-forming toxins, such as alpha-toxin and streptolysin O. Whereas electropermeabilization and alpha-toxin create small pores of approximately 2 nm, digitonin, saponin, and streptolysin O form bigger holes and therefore also allow the introduction of large molecules, such as enzymes and immunoglobulins. A disadvantage of the latter methods is the loss of cytosolic constituents which might be necessary for signal-transduction pathways in the cell. In secretory cells the main requirement for exocytosis appears to be Ca2+, which brings about the full response comparable to hormone effects in some cells (platelets), adrenal medullary cells, but not in all cells (pancreatic acinar cells). The nucleotide, anion, and cation requirements are different for different cell types and are probably intimately related to the cell-specific mechanisms involved in exocytosis such as regulation of ion channels and ion carriers, or the involvement of nucleotide-binding proteins. Since permeabilized cells are preparations intermediate between intact cells and isolated organelles, they offer great opportunities for the advancement of our understanding of the mechanisms involved in stimulus-response coupling.
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Plattner H. Regulation of membrane fusion during exocytosis. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1990; 119:197-286. [PMID: 2695484 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60652-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- H Plattner
- Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany
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Wagner PD, Vu ND. Thiophosphorylation causes Ca2+-independent norepinephrine secretion from permeabilized PC12 cells. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)47158-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Ahnert-Hilger G, Bader MF, Bhakdi S, Gratzl M. Introduction of macromolecules into bovine adrenal medullary chromaffin cells and rat pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) by permeabilization with streptolysin O: inhibitory effect of tetanus toxin on catecholamine secretion. J Neurochem 1989; 52:1751-8. [PMID: 2723634 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb07253.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Conditions are described for controlled plasma membrane permeabilization of rat pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) and cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells by streptolysin O (SLO). The transmembrane pores created by SLO invoke rapid efflux of intracellular 86Rb+ and ATP, and also permit passive diffusion of proteins, including immunoglobulins, into the cells. SLO-permeabilized PC12 cells release [3H]dopamine in response to micromolar concentrations of free Ca2+. Permeabilized adrenal chromaffin cells present a similar exocytotic response to Ca2+ in the presence of Mg2+/ATP. Permeabilized PC12 cells accumulate antibodies against synaptophysin and calmodulin, but neither antibody reduces the Ca2+-dependent secretory response. Reduced tetanus toxin, although ineffective when applied to intact chromaffin cells, inhibits Ca2+-induced exocytosis by both types of permeabilized cells studied. Omission of dithiothreitol, toxin inactivation by boiling, or preincubation with neutralizing antibodies abolishes the inhibitory effect. The data indicate that plasma membrane permeabilization by streptolysin O is a useful tool to probe and define cellular components that are involved in the final steps of exocytosis.
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Ahnert-Hilger G, Weller U, Dauzenroth ME, Habermann E, Gratzl M. The tetanus toxin light chain inhibits exocytosis. FEBS Lett 1989; 242:245-8. [PMID: 2914606 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80478-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The intracellular action on exocytosis of various forms of tetanus toxin was studied using adrenal medullary chromaffin cells, the membrane barrier of which has been removed by permeabilization with streptolysin O. Such cells still release catecholamines on stimulation with calcium. The two-chain form of tetanus toxin (67 nmol/l) strongly inhibited exocytosis, but only if dithiothreitol was present as a reducing agent. Purified light chain completely prevented [3H]noradrenaline release with a half-maximal effect at about 5 nmol/l. Heavy chain (up to 11 nmol/l) and unprocessed single-chain toxin (up to 133 nmol/l) were without effect. It is concluded that the original single-chain form of tetanus toxin has to be processed by proteolysis and reduction to yield a light chain which inhibits transmitter release.
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Fink D, Contreras ML, Lelkes PI, Lazarovici P. Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin activates phospholipases and induces a Ca2+ influx in PC12 cells. Cell Signal 1989; 1:387-93. [PMID: 2642030 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(89)90057-0] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Staphylococcal alpha-toxin at subcytotoxic concentrations stimulated phosphatidylinositol turnover and arachidonic acid release in undifferentiated cultures of pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Stimulation of phospholipase A2 but not C was dependent on extracellular calcium. Addition of staphylococcal alpha-toxin to PC12 cells caused a dose-dependent, biphasic increase in intracellular calcium measured by fura-2 fluorescence technique. Elevation of intracellular Ca2+ content occurred with a time course similar to those observed for stimulation of phospholipase A2. Alteration of membrane structure and formation of staphylococcal alpha-toxin pores facilitating an influx of Ca2+, represent the probable mechanisms by which phospholipases C and A2 are activated, respectively. These results suggest a possible involvement of Ca2+, phosphoinositides and arachidonic acid metabolites in the pathogenic action of staphylococcus alpha-toxin and caution against the general usage of this toxin as a permeabilizing agent to study stimulus-secretion coupling in secretory cells.
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- D Fink
- Section on Growth Factors, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Ahnert-Hilger G, Mach W, Föhr KJ, Gratzl M. Poration by alpha-toxin and streptolysin O: an approach to analyze intracellular processes. Methods Cell Biol 1989; 31:63-90. [PMID: 2779453 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)61602-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- G Ahnert-Hilger
- Universität Ulm, Abteilung Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Federal Republic of Germany
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Ahnert-Hilger G, Gratzl M. Controlled manipulation of the cell interior by pore-forming proteins. Trends Pharmacol Sci 1988; 9:195-7. [PMID: 2854671 DOI: 10.1016/0165-6147(88)90081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Matthies HJ, Palfrey HC, Miller RJ. Calmodulin- and protein phosphorylation-independent release of catecholamines from PC-12 cells. FEBS Lett 1988; 229:238-42. [PMID: 3345844 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)81132-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Catecholamine secretion from PC-12 cells can be triggered by agents that increase intracellular Ca2+ and is enhanced by phorbol esters and agents that elevate intracellular cAMP concentrations. In mutant PC-12 cells lacking cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PK-A) in which protein kinase C (PK-C) was down-regulated, Ca2+-dependent secretion occurred normally but was no longer enhanced by cAMP or phorbol esters. In digitonin-permeabilized PC-12 cells that lacked PK-C and PK-A, a range of calmodulin (CaM) inhibitors failed to block Ca2+-triggered catecholamine release. Moreover, Mn2+, a CaM activator, failed to trigger catecholamine release whereas Ba2+, which does not activate CaM, supported secretion. These results indicate that the basic mechanism of stimulus/secretion coupling in PC-12 cells does not absolutely require a regulated protein phosphorylation- or calmodulin-dependent step.
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- H J Matthies
- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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The elucidation of the amino acid sequence of alpha toxin in 1984 has greatly promoted our understanding of the basic biochemistry and interaction of this toxin with membranes. These aspects are discussed and the concept of alpha toxin as a channel forming protein is critically evaluated. The lethal action of alpha toxin has not yet been clarified, but the previously postulated action as a neurotoxin is not supported by recent observations.
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- M Thelestam
- Department of Bacteriology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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