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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Carbachol or elevated K+ stimulated 45Ca2+ uptake into chromaffin cells two- to fourfold. The uptake was stimulated by cholinergic drugs with nicotinic activity, but not by those with only muscarinic activity. Ca2+ uptake and catecholamine secretion induced by the mixed nicotinic-muscarinic agonist carbachol were inhibited by the nicotinic antagonist mecamylamine, but not by the muscarinic antagonist atropine. Significant Ca2+ uptake occurred within 15 s of stimulation by carbachol or elevated K+ at a time before catecholamine secretion was readily detected. At later times the time course of secretion induced by carbachol or elevated K+ was similar to that of Ca2+ uptake. There was a close correlation between Ca2+ uptake and catecholamine secretion at various concentrations of Ca2+. The concentration dependencies for inhibition of both processes by Mg2+ or Cd2+ were similar. Ca2+ uptake saturated with increasing Ca2+ concentrations, with an apparent Km for both carbachol-induced and elevated K+-induced Ca2+ uptake of approximately 2 mM. The Ca2+ dependency, however, was different for the two stimuli. The studies provide strong support for the notion that Ca2+ entry and a presumed increase in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration respectively initiates and maintains secretion. They also provide evidence for the existence of saturable, intracellular, Ca2+-dependent processes associated with catecholamine secretion. Ca2+ entry may, in addition, enhance nicotinic receptor desensitization and may cause inactivation of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
635-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship between Ca2+ uptake and catecholamine secretion in primary dissociated cultures of adrenal medulla.
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, Non-U.S. Gov't