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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
In the process of secretion, the membrane of secretory granules is expected to change its elastic behavior. Elastic modulus of the membrane of zymogen granules, prepared from the rat pancreas acinar cell, was measured by an osmotic swelling method. The elastic modulus of the granule membrane at pCa 8 reduced from the maximal value of 230 dyn/cm at pH 6.0 to almost zero at pH 7.5. In a cytosol of an acinar cell, calcium ions play an important role as a second messenger in secretion. The elastic modulus of the granule membrane reduced in a sigmoidal fashion at pCa between 7.0 and 6.0. This range of pCa corresponds to a physiological rise of free Ca2+ concentrations in the cell cytosol when stimulated by external secretagogues. Reduction of the elastic modulus indicates that the state of the granule membrane switches to a more flexible one in which the granule is easy to appose to the cell plasma membrane and then swell as a final step of exocytosis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
615-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Elastic behavior of zymogen granule membranes in response to changes in pH and pCa.
pubmed:affiliation
Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't