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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
32
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
Chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla are a primary neuroendocrine output of the sympathetic nervous system. When stimulated, they secrete a host of transmitter molecules, including catecholamines and neuropeptides, through the fusion of dense core secretory granules with the cell surface. At basal firing rates, set by the sympathetic tone, chromaffin cells selectively release catecholamines at a modest rate. Stress-mediated sympathetic activation leads to elevated catecholamine secretion and also evokes neuropeptide release. Catecholamines and neuropeptides are copackaged in the same granules; thus, it is unclear how this activity-dependent differential transmitter release is achieved. In this report, we use electrophysiological, electrochemical, fluorescence, and immunocytochemical approaches to quantify transmitter release under physiological electrical stimulation at the single cell level. We provide data to show that chromaffin cells selectively release catecholamine under basal firing conditions but release both neuropeptides and catecholamines under conditions that match acute stress. We further show that this differential transmitter release is achieved through a regulated activity-dependent dilation of the granule fusion pore. Thus, chromaffin cells may regulate release of different transmitters through a simple size-exclusion mechanism.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7324-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Adrenal Glands, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Catecholamines, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Chromaffin Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Chromogranins, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Electrochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Endosomes, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Secretory Vesicles, pubmed-meshheading:16093382-Stress, Physiological
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Activity-dependent differential transmitter release in mouse adrenal chromaffin cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural