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González Brito R, Montenegro P, Méndez A, Carabelli V, Tomagra G, Shabgahi RE, Pasquarelli A, Borges R. Multielectrode Arrays as a Means to Study Exocytosis in Human Platelets. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:86. [PMID: 36671921 PMCID: PMC9855894 DOI: 10.3390/bios13010086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Platelets are probably the most accessible human cells to study exocytosis by amperometry. These cell fragments accumulate biological amines, serotonin in particular, using similar if not the same mechanisms as those employed by sympathetic, serotoninergic, and histaminergic neurons. Thus, platelets have been widely recognized as a model system to study certain neurological and psychiatric diseases. Platelets release serotonin by exocytosis, a process that entails the fusion of a secretory vesicle to the plasma membrane and that can be monitored directly by classic single cell amperometry using carbon fiber electrodes. However, this is a tedious technique because any given platelet releases only 4-8 secretory δ-granules. Here, we introduce and validate a diamond-based multielectrode array (MEA) device for the high-throughput study of exocytosis by human platelets. This is probably the first reported study of human tissue using an MEA, demonstrating that they are very interesting laboratory tools to assess alterations to exocytosis in neuropsychiatric diseases. Moreover, these devices constitute a valuable platform for the rapid testing of novel drugs that act on secretory pathways in human tissues.
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- Pharmacology Unit, Medical School, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
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- Pharmacology Unit, Medical School, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
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- Drug Science Department and NIS Centre, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Drug Science Department and NIS Centre, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Electron Devices and Circuits, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Electron Devices and Circuits, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Pharmacology Unit, Medical School, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Spain
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Localization and Absolute Quantification of Dopamine in Discrete Intravesicular Compartments Using NanoSIMS Imaging. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010160. [PMID: 35008583 PMCID: PMC8745556 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The absolute concentration and the compartmentalization of analytes in cells and organelles are crucial parameters in the development of drugs and drug delivery systems, as well as in the fundamental understanding of many cellular processes. Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) imaging is a powerful technique which allows subcellular localization of chemical species with high spatial and mass resolution, and high sensitivity. In this study, we combined NanoSIMS imaging with spatial oversampling with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging to discern the compartments (dense core and halo) of large dense core vesicles in a model cell line used to study exocytosis, and to localize 13C dopamine enrichment following 4–6 h of 150 μM 13C L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) incubation. In addition, the absolute concentrations of 13C dopamine in distinct vesicle domains as well as in entire single vesicles were quantified and validated by comparison to electrochemical data. We found concentrations of 87.5 mM, 16.0 mM and 39.5 mM for the dense core, halo and the whole vesicle, respectively. This approach adds to the potential of using combined TEM and NanoSIMS imaging to perform absolute quantification and directly measure the individual contents of nanometer-scale organelles.
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Ali Doosti B, Fjällborg D, Kustanovich K, Jesorka A, Cans AS, Lobovkina T. Generation of interconnected vesicles in a liposomal cell model. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14040. [PMID: 32820180 PMCID: PMC7441142 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70562-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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We introduce an experimental method based upon a glass micropipette microinjection technique for generating a multitude of interconnected vesicles (IVs) in the interior of a single giant unilamellar phospholipid vesicle (GUV) serving as a cell model system. The GUV membrane, consisting of a mixture of soybean polar lipid extract and anionic phosphatidylserine, is adhered to a multilamellar lipid vesicle that functions as a lipid reservoir. Continuous IV formation was achieved by bringing a micropipette in direct contact with the outer GUV surface and subjecting it to a localized stream of a Ca2+ solution from the micropipette tip. IVs are rapidly and sequentially generated and inserted into the GUV interior and encapsulate portions of the micropipette fluid content. The IVs remain connected to the GUV membrane and are interlinked by short lipid nanotubes and resemble beads on a string. The vesicle chain-growth from the GUV membrane is maintained for as long as there is the supply of membrane material and Ca2+ solution, and the size of the individual IVs is controlled by the diameter of the micropipette tip. We also demonstrate that the IVs can be co-loaded with high concentrations of neurotransmitter and protein molecules and displaying a steep calcium ion concentration gradient across the membrane. These characteristics are analogous to native secretory vesicles and could, therefore, serve as a model system for studying secretory mechanisms in biological systems.
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- Baharan Ali Doosti
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Lakpa KL, Halcrow PW, Chen X, Geiger JD. Readily Releasable Stores of Calcium in Neuronal Endolysosomes: Physiological and Pathophysiological Relevance. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1131:681-697. [PMID: 31646530 PMCID: PMC7047846 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12457-1_27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Neurons are long-lived post-mitotic cells that possess an elaborate system of endosomes and lysosomes (endolysosomes) for protein quality control. Relatively recently, endolysosomes were recognized to contain high concentrations (400-600 μM) of readily releasable calcium. The release of calcium from this acidic organelle store contributes to calcium-dependent processes of fundamental physiological importance to neurons including neurotransmitter release, membrane excitability, neurite outgrowth, synaptic remodeling, and cell viability. Pathologically, disturbances of endolysosome structure and/or function have been noted in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). And, dysregulation of intracellular calcium has been implicated in the neuropathogenesis of these same neurological disorders. Thus, it is important to better understand mechanisms by which calcium is released from endolysosomes as well as the consequences of such release to inter-organellar signaling, physiological functions of neurons, and possible pathological consequences. In doing so, a path forward towards new therapeutic modalities might be facilitated.
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- Koffi L Lakpa
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA.
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Khan N, Haughey NJ, Nath A, Geiger JD. Involvement of organelles and inter-organellar signaling in the pathogenesis of HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorder and Alzheimer's disease. Brain Res 2019; 1722:146389. [PMID: 31425679 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Endolysosomes, mitochondria, peroxisomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and plasma membranes are now known to physically and functionally interact with each other. Such findings of inter-organellar signaling and communication has led to a resurgent interest in cell biology and an increased appreciation for the physiological actions and pathological consequences of the dynamic physical and chemical communications occurring between intracellular organelles. Others and we have shown that HIV-1 proteins implicated in the pathogenesis of neuroHIV and that Alzheimer's disease both affects the structure and function of intracellular organelles. Intracellular organelles are highly mobile, and their intracellular distribution almost certainly affects their ability to interact with other organelles and to regulate such important physiological functions as endolysosome acidification, cell motility, and nutrient homeostasis. Indeed, compounds that acidify endolysosomes cause endolysosomes to exhibit a mainly perinuclear pattern while compounds that de-acidify endolysosomes cause these organelles to exhibit a larger profile as well as movement towards plasma membranes. Endolysosome pH might be an early event in the pathogenesis of neuroHIV and Alzheimer's disease and in terms of organellar biology endolysosome changes might be upstream of HIV-1 protein-induced changes to other organelles. Thus, inter-organellar signaling mechanisms might be involved in the pathogenesis of neuroHIV and other neurological disorders, and a better understanding of inter-organellar signaling might lead to improved therapeutic strategies.
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- Nabab Khan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, United States.
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Fathali H, Dunevall J, Majdi S, Cans AS. Monitoring the Effect of Osmotic Stress on Secretory Vesicles and Exocytosis. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 29553491 DOI: 10.3791/56537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Amperometry recording of cells subjected to osmotic shock show that secretory cells respond to this physical stress by reducing the exocytosis activity and the amount of neurotransmitter released from vesicles in single exocytosis events. It has been suggested that the reduction in neurotransmitters expelled is due to alterations in membrane biophysical properties when cells shrink in response to osmotic stress and with assumptions made that secretory vesicles in the cell cytoplasm are not affected by extracellular osmotic stress. Amperometry recording of exocytosis monitors what is released from cells the moment a vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane, but does not provide information on the vesicle content before the vesicle fusion is triggered. Therefore, by combining amperometry recording with other complementary analytical methods that are capable of characterizing the secretory vesicles before exocytosis at cells is triggered offers a broader overview for examining how secretory vesicles and the exocytosis process are affected by osmotic shock. We here describe how complementing amperometry recording with intracellular electrochemical cytometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging can be used to characterize alterations in secretory vesicles size and neurotransmitter content at chromaffin cells in relation to exocytosis activity before and after exposure to osmotic stress. By linking the quantitative information gained from experiments using all three analytical methods, conclusions were previously made that secretory vesicles respond to extracellular osmotic stress by shrinking in size and reducing the vesicle quantal size to maintain a constant vesicle neurotransmitter concentration. Hence, this gives some clarification regarding why vesicles, in response to osmotic stress, reduce the amount neurotransmitters released during exocytosis release. The amperometric recordings here indicate this is a reversible process and that vesicle after osmotic shock are refilled with neurotransmitters when placed cells are reverted into an isotonic environment.
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- Hoda Fathali
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology;
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Fathali H, Cans AS. Amperometry methods for monitoring vesicular quantal size and regulation of exocytosis release. Pflugers Arch 2017; 470:125-134. [PMID: 28951968 PMCID: PMC5748430 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-017-2069-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chemical signaling strength during intercellular communication can be regulated by secretory cells through controlling the amount of signaling molecules that are released from a secretory vesicle during the exocytosis process. In addition, the chemical signal can also be influenced by the amount of neurotransmitters that is accumulated and stored inside the secretory vesicle compartment. Here, we present the development of analytical methodologies and cell model systems that have been applied in neuroscience research for gaining better insights into the biophysics and the molecular mechanisms, which are involved in the regulatory aspects of the exocytosis machinery affecting the output signal of chemical transmission at neuronal and neuroendocrine cells.
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- Hoda Fathali
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 42196, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 42196, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Adrenal Chromaffin Cells Exposed to 5-ns Pulses Require Higher Electric Fields to Porate Intracellular Membranes than the Plasma Membrane: An Experimental and Modeling Study. J Membr Biol 2017; 250:535-552. [PMID: 28840286 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-017-9983-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nanosecond-duration electric pulses (NEPs) can permeabilize the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), causing release of Ca2+ into the cytoplasm. This study used experimentation coupled with numerical modeling to understand the lack of Ca2+ mobilization from Ca2+-storing organelles in catecholamine-secreting adrenal chromaffin cells exposed to 5-ns pulses. Fluorescence imaging determined a threshold electric (E) field of 8 MV/m for mobilizing intracellular Ca2+ whereas whole-cell recordings of membrane conductance determined a threshold E-field of 3 MV/m for causing plasma membrane permeabilization. In contrast, a 2D numerical model of a chromaffin cell, which was constructed with internal structures representing a nucleus, mitochondrion, ER, and secretory granule, predicted that exposing the cell to the same 5-ns pulse electroporated the plasma and ER membranes at the same E-field amplitude, 3-4 MV/m. Agreement of the numerical simulations with the experimental results was obtained only when the ER interior conductivity was 30-fold lower than that of the cytoplasm and the ER membrane permittivity was twice that of the plasma membrane. A more realistic intracellular geometry for chromaffin cells in which structures representing multiple secretory granules and an ER showed slight differences in the thresholds necessary to porate the membranes of the secretory granules. We conclude that more sophisticated cell models together with knowledge of accurate dielectric properties are needed to understand the effects of NEPs on intracellular membranes in chromaffin cells, information that will be important for elucidating how NEPs porate organelle membranes in other cell types having a similarly complex cytoplasmic ultrastructure.
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Fathali H, Dunevall J, Majdi S, Cans AS. Extracellular Osmotic Stress Reduces the Vesicle Size while Keeping a Constant Neurotransmitter Concentration. ACS Chem Neurosci 2017; 8:368-375. [PMID: 27966899 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Secretory cells respond to hypertonic stress by cell shrinking, which causes a reduction in exocytosis activity and the amount of signaling molecules released from single exocytosis events. These changes in exocytosis have been suggested to result from alterations in biophysical properties of cell cytoplasm and plasma membrane, based on the assumption that osmotic stress does not affect the secretory vesicle content and size prior to exocytosis. To further investigate whether vesicles in secretory cells are affected by the osmolality of the extracellular environment, we used intracellular electrochemical cytometry together with transmission electron microscopy imaging to quantify and determine the catecholamine concentration of dense core vesicles in situ before and after cell exposure to osmotic stress. In addition, single cell amperometry recordings of exocytosis at chromaffin cells were used to monitor the effect on exocytosis activity and quantal release when cells were exposed to osmotic stress. Here we show that hypertonic stress hampers exocytosis secretion after the first pool of readily releasable vesicles have been fused and that extracellular osmotic stress causes catecholamine filled vesicles to shrink, mainly by reducing the volume of the halo solution surrounding the protein matrix in dense core vesicles. In addition, the vesicles demonstrate the ability to perform adjustments in neurotransmitter content during shrinking, and intracellular amperometry measurements in situ suggest that vesicles reduce the catecholamine content to maintain a constant concentration within the vesicle compartment. Hence, the secretory vesicles in the cell cytoplasm are highly affected and respond to extracellular osmotic stress, which gives a new perspective to the cause of reduction in quantal size by these vesicles when undergoing exocytosis.
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- Hoda Fathali
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hui L, Geiger NH, Bloor-Young D, Churchill GC, Geiger JD, Chen X. Release of calcium from endolysosomes increases calcium influx through N-type calcium channels: Evidence for acidic store-operated calcium entry in neurons. Cell Calcium 2015; 58:617-27. [PMID: 26475051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Neurons possess an elaborate system of endolysosomes. Recently, endolysosomes were found to have readily releasable stores of intracellular calcium; however, relatively little is known about how such 'acidic calcium stores' affect calcium signaling in neurons. Here we demonstrated in primary cultured neurons that calcium released from acidic calcium stores triggered calcium influx across the plasma membrane, a phenomenon we have termed "acidic store-operated calcium entry (aSOCE)". aSOCE was functionally distinct from store-operated calcium release and calcium entry involving endoplasmic reticulum. aSOCE appeared to be governed by N-type calcium channels (NTCCs) because aSOCE was attenuated significantly by selectively blocking NTCCs or by siRNA knockdown of NTCCs. Furthermore, we demonstrated that NTCCs co-immunoprecipitated with the lysosome associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1), and that aSOCE is accompanied by increased cell-surface expression levels of NTCC and LAMP1 proteins. Moreover, we demonstrated that siRNA knockdown of LAMP1 or Rab27a, both of which are key proteins involved in lysosome exocytosis, attenuated significantly aSOCE. Taken together our data suggest that aSOCE occurs in neurons, that aSOCE plays an important role in regulating the levels and actions of intraneuronal calcium, and that aSOCE is regulated at least in part by exocytotic insertion of N-type calcium channels into plasma membranes through LAMP1-dependent lysosome exocytosis.
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- Liang Hui
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Rd., Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Rd., Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA
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Tajparast M, Virdi G, Glavinović MI. Spatial profiles of potential, ion concentration and flux in short unipolar and bipolar nanopores. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:2138-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Shi Q, Luo S, Jia H, Feng L, Lu X, Zhou L, Cai J. GLP-1 could improve the similarity of IPCs and pancreatic beta cells in cellular ultrastructure and function. J Cell Biochem 2013; 114:2221-30. [PMID: 23553680 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Transplantation of functional insulin-producing cells (IPCs) provides a novel mode for insulin replacement, but is often accompanied by many undesirable side effects. Our previous studies suggested that IPCs could not mimic the physiological regulation of insulin secretion performed by pancreatic beta cells. To obtain a better method through which to acquire more similar IPCs, we compared the difference between IPCs of the GLP-1 group and IPCs of the non-GLP-1 group in the morphological features in cellular level and physiological function. The levels of insulin secretion were measured by ELISA. The insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) mRNA gene expression was determined by real-time quantitative PCR. The morphological features were detected by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and laser confocal scanning microscopy (LCSM). Intracellular Ca(2+) levels and Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) levels were determined by flow cytometer (FCM). We found that IPCs of the GLP-1 group had bigger membrane particle size and average roughness (Ra ) than IPCs of the non-GLP-1 group but still smaller than normal human pancreatic beta cells. The physiology function of IPCs of the GLP-1 group were much closer to normal human pancreatic beta cells than IPCs of the non-GLP-1 group. GLP-1 could improve the similarity of IPCs from human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and pancreatic beta cells in cellular ultrastructure and function.
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- Qiping Shi
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Raveh A, Valitsky M, Shani L, Coorssen JR, Blank PS, Zimmerberg J, Rahamimoff R. Observations of calcium dynamics in cortical secretory vesicles. Cell Calcium 2012; 52:217-25. [PMID: 22831912 PMCID: PMC3433649 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Calcium (Ca(2+)) dynamics were evaluated in fluorescently labeled sea urchin secretory vesicles using confocal microscopy. 71% of the vesicles examined exhibited one or more transient increases in the fluorescence signal that was damped in time. The detection of transient increases in signal was dependent upon the affinity of the fluorescence indicator; the free Ca(2+) concentration in the secretory vesicles was estimated to be in the range of ∼10 to 100 μM. Non-linear stochastic analysis revealed the presence of extra variance in the Ca(2+) dependent fluorescence signal. This noise process increased linearly with the amplitude of the Ca(2+) signal. Both the magnitude and spatial properties of this noise process were dependent upon the activity of vesicle p-type (Ca(v)2.1) Ca(2+) channels. Blocking the p-type Ca(2+) channels with ω-agatoxin decreased signal variance, and altered the spatial noise pattern within the vesicle. These fluorescence signal properties are consistent with vesicle Ca(2+) dynamics and not simply due to obvious physical properties such as gross movement artifacts or pH driven changes in Ca(2+) indicator fluorescence. The results suggest that the free Ca(2+) content of cortical secretory vesicles is dynamic; this property may modulate the exocytotic fusion process.
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- Adi Raveh
- Department of Physiology and the Bernard Katz Minerva Centre for Cell Biophysics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Physiology and the Bernard Katz Minerva Centre for Cell Biophysics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Physiology and the Bernard Katz Minerva Centre for Cell Biophysics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Health and Science, and Molecular Medicine Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, Australia
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- Program in Physical Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Program in Physical Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Physiology and the Bernard Katz Minerva Centre for Cell Biophysics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Cytosolic organelles shape calcium signals and exo–endocytotic responses of chromaffin cells. Cell Calcium 2012; 51:309-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Álvarez J. Calcium dynamics in the secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells. Cell Calcium 2012; 51:331-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Revised: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Borges R, Domínguez N, Estévez-Herrera J, Pereda D, Machado JD. Vesicular Ca(2+) mediates granule motion and exocytosis. Cell Calcium 2012; 51:338-41. [PMID: 22222091 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2011] [Revised: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Secretory vesicles of chromaffin cells are acidic organelles that maintain an increasing pH gradient towards the cytosol (5.5 vs. 7.3) that is mediated by V-ATPase activity. This gradient is primarily responsible for the accumulation of large concentrations of amines and Ca(2+), although the mechanisms mediating Ca(2+) uptake and release from granules, and the physiological relevance of these processes, remain unclear. The presence of a vesicular matrix appears to create a bi-compartmentalised medium in which the major fractions of solutes, including catecholamines, nucleotides and Ca(2+), are strongly associated with vesicle proteins, particularly chromogranins. This association appears to be favoured at acidic pH values. It has been demonstrated that disrupting the pH gradient of secretory vesicles reduces their rate of exocytosis and promotes the leakage of vesicular amines and Ca(2+), dramatically increasing the movement of secretory vesicles and triggering exocytosis. In this short review, we will discuss the data available that highlights the importance of pH in regulating the association between chromogranins, vesicular amines and Ca(2+). We will also address the potential role of vesicular Ca(2+) in two major processes in secretory cells, vesicle movement and exocytosis.
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- Ricardo Borges
- Unidad de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
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Cordeiro JM, Gonçalves PP, Dunant Y. Synaptic vesicles control the time course of neurotransmitter secretion via a Ca²+/H+ antiport. J Physiol 2011; 589:149-67. [PMID: 21059764 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.199224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We investigated the physiological role of the vesicular Ca2+/H+ antiport in rapid synaptic transmission using the Torpedo electric organ (a modified neuromuscular system). By inhibiting V-type H+-transporting ATPase (V-ATPase), bafilomycin A1 dissipates the H+ gradient of synaptic vesicles, thereby abolishing the Ca2+/H+ antiport driving force. In electrophysiology experiments, bafilomycin A1 significantly prolonged the duration of the evoked electroplaque potential. A biochemical assay for acetylcholine (ACh) release showed that the effect of bafilomycin A1 was presynaptic. Indeed, bafilomycin A1 increased the amount of radio-labelled ACh released in response to paired-pulse stimulation. Bafilomycin A1 also enhanced Ca2+-dependent ACh release from isolated nerve terminals (synaptosomes). The bafilomycin-induced electroplaque potential lengthening did not arise from cholinesterase inhibition, since eserine (which also prolonged the electroplaque potential) strongly decreased evoked ACh release. Bafilomycin A1 augmented the amount of calcium accumulating in nerve terminals following a short tetanic stimulation and delayed subsequent calcium extrusion. By reducing stimulation-dependent calcium accumulation in synaptic vesicles, bafilomycin A1 diminished the corresponding depletion of vesicular ACh, as tested using both intact tissue and isolated synaptic vesicles. Strontium ions inhibit the vesicular Ca2+/H+ antiport, while activating transmitter release at concentrations one order of magnitude higher than Ca2+ does. In the presence of Sr2+ the time course of the electroplaque potential was also prolonged but, unlike bafilomycin A1, Sr2+ enhanced facilitation in paired-pulse experiments. It is therefore proposed that the vesicular Ca2+/H+ antiport function is to shorten 'phasic' transmitter release, allowing the synapse to transmit briefer impulses and so to work at higher frequencies.
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- J Miguel Cordeiro
- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH-1211-Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Borges R, Pereda D, Beltrán B, Prunell M, Rodríguez M, Machado JD. Intravesicular factors controlling exocytosis in chromaffin cells. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 30:1359-64. [PMID: 21046452 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-010-9589-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chromaffin granules are similar organelles to the large dense core vesicles (LDCV) present in many secretory cell types including neurons. LDCV accumulate solutes at high concentrations (catecholamines, 0.5-1 M; ATP, 120-300 mM; or Ca(2+), 40 mM (Bulenda and Gratzl Biochemistry 24:7760-7765, 1985). Solutes seem to aggregate to a condensed matrix to elude osmotic lysis. The affinity of solutes for LDCV matrix is responsible for the delayed release of catecholamines during exocytosis. The aggregation of solutes occurs due to a specific H(+) pump denominated V-ATPase that maintains an inner acidic media (pH ≈5.5). This pH gradient against cytosol is also responsible for the vesicular accumulation of amines and Ca(2+). When this gradient is reduced by modulation of the V-ATPase activity, catecholamines and Ca(2+) are moved toward the cytosol. In addition, some drugs largely accumulate inside LDCV and not only impair the accumulation of natural solutes, but also act as false neurotransmitters when they are co-released with catecholamines. There is much experimental evidence to conclude that the physiological modulation of vesicle pH and the manipulation of intravesicular media with drugs affect the LDCV cargo and change the kinetics of exocytosis. Here, we will present some experimental data demonstrating the participation of drugs in the kinetics of exocytosis through changes in the composition of vesicular media. We also offer a model to explain the regulation of exocytosis by the intravesicular media that conciliate the experimentally obtained data.
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- Ricardo Borges
- Unit of Pharmacology, Medical School, La Laguna University, 38071 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
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