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Harada K, Matsuoka H, Inoue M. Immunocytochemistry of Acutely Isolated Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2565:35-42. [PMID: 36205885 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2671-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Immunocytochemistry enables the detection and localization of proteins in cells that are acutely dissociated or in culture. There are advantages and disadvantages to the use of cultured cells for immunocytochemistry. One of the advantages is that cultured cells can be used for one or more weeks after the dissociation of cells, whereas one of the disadvantages is that the properties of cells in culture might change under artificial conditions. On the other hand, acutely dissociated cells are expected to have the original properties of cells because almost all procedures before fixation, except for enzymatic digestion, are carried out at low temperatures. Here, we describe how adrenal medullary cells of small animals are acutely dissociated for immunostaining.
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- Keita Harada
- Department of Cell and Systems Physiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan.
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Wang M, Liu Y, Du J, Zhou J, Cao L, Li X. Cisplatin Inhibits Neurotransmitter Release during Exocytosis from Single Chromaffin Cells Monitored with Single Cell Amperometry. ELECTROANAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202100398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mengying Wang
- Key Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics Minzu University of China) National Ethnic Affairs Commission Beijing 100081 China
- Center for Imaging and Systems Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics Minzu University of China) National Ethnic Affairs Commission Beijing 100081 China
- Center for Imaging and Systems Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics Minzu University of China) National Ethnic Affairs Commission Beijing 100081 China
- Center for Imaging and Systems Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics Minzu University of China) National Ethnic Affairs Commission Beijing 100081 China
- Center for Imaging and Systems Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics Minzu University of China) National Ethnic Affairs Commission Beijing 100081 China
- Center for Imaging and Systems Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Metabolomics Minzu University of China) National Ethnic Affairs Commission Beijing 100081 China
- Center for Imaging and Systems Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 China
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Pu S, Thomas PJ. Resolving molecular contributions of ion channel noise to interspike interval variability through stochastic shielding. BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS 2021; 115:267-302. [PMID: 34021802 DOI: 10.1007/s00422-021-00877-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Molecular fluctuations can lead to macroscopically observable effects. The random gating of ion channels in the membrane of a nerve cell provides an important example. The contributions of independent noise sources to the variability of action potential timing have not previously been studied at the level of molecular transitions within a conductance-based model ion-state graph. Here we study a stochastic Langevin model for the Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) system based on a detailed representation of the underlying channel state Markov process, the "[Formula: see text]D model" introduced in (Pu and Thomas in Neural Computation 32(10):1775-1835, 2020). We show how to resolve the individual contributions that each transition in the ion channel graph makes to the variance of the interspike interval (ISI). We extend the mean return time (MRT) phase reduction developed in (Cao et al. in SIAM J Appl Math 80(1):422-447, 2020) to the second moment of the return time from an MRT isochron to itself. Because fixed-voltage spike detection triggers do not correspond to MRT isochrons, the inter-phase interval (IPI) variance only approximates the ISI variance. We find the IPI variance and ISI variance agree to within a few percent when both can be computed. Moreover, we prove rigorously, and show numerically, that our expression for the IPI variance is accurate in the small noise (large system size) regime; our theory is exact in the limit of small noise. By selectively including the noise associated with only those few transitions responsible for most of the ISI variance, our analysis extends the stochastic shielding (SS) paradigm (Schmandt and Galán in Phys Rev Lett 109(11):118101, 2012) from the stationary voltage clamp case to the current clamp case. We show numerically that the SS approximation has a high degree of accuracy even for larger, physiologically relevant noise levels. Finally, we demonstrate that the ISI variance is not an unambiguously defined quantity, but depends on the choice of voltage level set as the spike detection threshold. We find a small but significant increase in ISI variance, the higher the spike detection voltage, both for simulated stochastic HH data and for voltage traces recorded in in vitro experiments. In contrast, the IPI variance is invariant with respect to the choice of isochron used as a trigger for counting "spikes."
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- Shusen Pu
- Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Data and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Electrical, Control, and Systems Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Over the last four decades, chromaffin cells originating from the adrenal medulla have been probably one of the most popular cell models to study neurosecretion at the molecular level. Accordingly, numerous seminal discoveries in the field, including the characterization of role of the cytoskeleton, fusogenic lipids, and soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitivefactor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins, have been made using this model. In this chapter, we describe a standard method currently used to isolate and culture bovine chromaffin cells, and we illustrate a catecholamine secretion assay based on the successive transformation of adrenaline into adrenochrome and adrenolutine for fluorescence measurements. We also provide some guidelines for efficient cell recovery and for the use of this assay in the laboratory.
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Larsson A, Majdi S, Borges R, Ewing A. Vesicular Transmitter Content in Chromaffin Cells Can Be Regulated via Extracellular ATP. ACS Chem Neurosci 2019; 10:4735-4740. [PMID: 31637911 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.9b00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The energy carrying molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has been implicated for its role in modulation of chemical signaling for some time. Despite this, the precise effects and mechanisms of action of ATP on secretory cells are not well-known. Here, bovine chromaffin cells have been used as a model system to study the effects of extracellular ATP in combination with the catecholamine transmitter norepinephrine (NE). Both transmitter storage and exocytotic release were quantified using complementary amperometric techniques. Although incubation with NE alone did not cause any changes to either transmitter storage or release, coincubation with NE and ATP resulted in a significant increase that was concentration dependent. To probe the potential mechanisms of action, a slowly hydrolyzable version of ATP, ATP-γ-S, was used either alone or together with NE. The result implicates two different behaviors of ATP acting on both the purinergic autoreceptors and as a source of the energy needed to load chromaffin cell vesicles.
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- Anna Larsson
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Unidad de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Majdi S, Larsson A, Najafinobar N, Borges R, Ewing AG. Extracellular ATP Regulates the Vesicular Pore Opening in Chromaffin Cells and Increases the Fraction Released During Individual Exocytosis Events. ACS Chem Neurosci 2019; 10:2459-2466. [PMID: 30892011 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the main energy source for cellular metabolism. Besides that, ATP is a neurotransmitter and a cotransmitter that acts on purinergic receptors present either pre- or postsynaptically. Almost all types of secretory vesicles from any neuron or animal species contain high concentrations of ATP, being an essential factor in the accumulation of neurotransmitters. In this work, we studied the effects of ATP on quantum catecholamine release and vesicular storage in chromaffin cells. We combined three electrochemical methods: conventional amperometry with intracellular vesicle impact electrochemical cytometry and vesicle impact electrochemical cytometry. We found that extracellular ATP increased the released quantal fraction of catecholamine but not its vesicular content. Studying the dynamics of exocytosis events in ATP treated cells showed that ATP affects the release fusion pore. To elucidate the mechanisms of the observed ATP effects, cells and vesicles were pharmacologically treated with suramin (a purinergic blocker) and ARL-67156 (an antagonist of ecto-ATPases). The data indicate that the catecholamine content of vesicles increased compared to control after these drugs. Our data suggest that ATP acting on purinergic receptors increases the quantum releasable size through an increased fusion pore opening and that ARL-67156 and/or suramin protect the vesicle from neurotransmitter leakage by functioning as competitive inhibitors to ATP.
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- Soodabeh Majdi
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, 43150 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Unidad de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Majdi S, Najafinobar N, Dunevall J, Lovric J, Ewing AG. DMSO Chemically Alters Cell Membranes to Slow Exocytosis and Increase the Fraction of Partial Transmitter Released. Chembiochem 2017; 18:1898-1902. [PMID: 28834067 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is frequently used as a solvent in biological studies and as a vehicle for drug therapy; but the side effects of DMSO, especially on the cell environment, are not well understood, and controls with DMSO are not neutral at higher concentrations. Herein, electrochemical measurement techniques are applied to show that DMSO increases exocytotic neurotransmitter release, while leaving vesicular contents unchanged. In addition, the kinetics of release from DMSO-treated cells are faster than that of untreated ones. The results suggest that DMSO has a significant influence on the chemistry of the cell membrane, leading to alteration of exocytosis. A speculative chemical mechanism of the effect on the fusion pore during exocytosis is presented.
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- Soodabeh Majdi
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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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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Shen XM, Scola RH, Lorenzoni PJ, Kay CSK, Werneck LC, Brengman J, Selcen D, Engel AG. Novel synaptobrevin-1 mutation causes fatal congenital myasthenic syndrome. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2017; 4:130-138. [PMID: 28168212 PMCID: PMC5288468 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Objective To identify the molecular basis and elucidate the pathogenesis of a fatal congenital myasthenic syndrome. Methods We performed clinical electrophysiology studies, exome and Sanger sequencing, and analyzed functional consequences of the identified mutation. Results Clinical electrophysiology studies of the patient revealed several‐fold potentiation of the evoked muscle action potential by high frequency nerve stimulation pointing to a presynaptic defect. Exome sequencing identified a homozygous c.340delA frameshift mutation in synaptobrevin 1 (SYB1), one of the three SNARE proteins essential for synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Analysis of both human spinal cord gray matter and normal human muscle revealed expression of the SYB1A and SYB1D isoforms, predicting expression of one or both isoforms in the motor nerve terminal. The identified mutation elongates the intravesicular C‐terminus of the A isoform from 5 to 71, and of the D isoform from 4 to 31 residues. Transfection of either mutant isoform into bovine chromaffin cells markedly reduces depolarization‐evoked exocytosis, and transfection of either mutant isoform into HEK cells significantly decreases expression of either mutant compared to wild type. Interpretation The mutation is pathogenic because elongation of the intravesicular C‐terminus of the A and D isoforms increases the energy required to move their C‐terminus into the synaptic vesicle membrane, a key step for fusion of the synaptic vesicle with the presynaptic membrane, and because it is predicted to reduce expression of either isoform in the nerve terminal.
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- Xin-Ming Shen
- Department of Neurology and Muscle Research Laboratory Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
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- Service of Neuromuscular Disorders Division of Neurology of Hospital de Clínicas (UFPR) Curitiba 80060-900 Brazil
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- Service of Neuromuscular Disorders Division of Neurology of Hospital de Clínicas (UFPR) Curitiba 80060-900 Brazil
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- Service of Neuromuscular Disorders Division of Neurology of Hospital de Clínicas (UFPR) Curitiba 80060-900 Brazil
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- Service of Neuromuscular Disorders Division of Neurology of Hospital de Clínicas (UFPR) Curitiba 80060-900 Brazil
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- Department of Neurology and Muscle Research Laboratory Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
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- Department of Neurology and Muscle Research Laboratory Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
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- Department of Neurology and Muscle Research Laboratory Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
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Lovrić J, Malmberg P, Johansson BR, Fletcher JS, Ewing AG. Multimodal Imaging of Chemically Fixed Cells in Preparation for NanoSIMS. Anal Chem 2016; 88:8841-8. [PMID: 27462909 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In this work, we have employed time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) to image chemically fixed adrenal cells prepared for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and subsequent high-spatial-resolution NanoSIMS imaging. The sample fixation methodology preserves cell morphology, allows analysis in the ultrahigh vacuum environment, and reduces topographic artifacts, thus making these samples particularly favorable for ToF-SIMS analysis. ToF-SIMS imaging enables us to determine the chemistry and preservation capabilities of the chemical fixation as well as to locate specific ion species from OsO4. The OsO4 species have been localized in lysosomes of cortical cells, a type of adrenal cell present in the culture. NanoSIMS imaging of the (190)Os(16)O(-) ion species in cortical cells reveals the same localization as a wide range of OsO4 ions shown with ToF-SIMS. Even though we did not use during NanoSIMS imaging the exact OsxOy(-) ion species discovered with ToF-SIMS, ToF-SIMS allowed us to define the specific subcellular features in a high spatial resolution imaging mode. This study demonstrates the possibility for application of ToF-SIMS as a screening tool to optimize high-resolution imaging with NanoSIMS, which could replace TEM for localization in ultrahigh resolution imaging analyses.
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- Jelena Lovrić
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,National Center for Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,National Center for Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg , SE-405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- National Center for Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,National Center for Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg , SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wigström J, Dunevall J, Najafinobar N, Lovrić J, Wang J, Ewing AG, Cans AS. Lithographic Microfabrication of a 16-Electrode Array on a Probe Tip for High Spatial Resolution Electrochemical Localization of Exocytosis. Anal Chem 2016; 88:2080-7. [PMID: 26771211 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the lithographic microfabrication of a movable thin film microelectrode array (MEA) probe consisting of 16 platinum band electrodes placed on top of a supporting borosilicate glass substrate. These 1.2 μm wide electrodes were tightly packed and positioned parallel in two opposite rows within a 20 μm × 25 μm square area and with a distance less than 10 μm from the edge of the glass substrate. We demonstrate the ability to control and place the probe in close proximity to the surface of adherent bovine chromaffin cells and to amperometrically record single exocytosis release events with high spatiotemporal resolution. The two-dimensional position of single exocytotic events occurring in the center gap area separating the two rows of MEA band electrodes and that were codetected by electrodes in both rows was determined by analysis of the fractional detection of catecholamine released between electrodes and exploiting random walk simulations. Hence, two-dimensional electrochemical imaging recording of exocytosis release between the electrodes within this area was achieved. Similarly, by modeling the current spikes codetected by parallel adjacent band electrodes positioned in the same electrode row, a one-dimensional imaging of exocytosis with submicrometer resolution was accomplished within the area. The one- and two-dimensional electrochemical imaging using the MEA probe allowed for high spatial resolution of exocytosis activity and revealed heterogeneous release of catecholamine at the chromaffin cell surface.
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- Joakim Wigström
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Post-fusion structural changes and their roles in exocytosis and endocytosis of dense-core vesicles. Nat Commun 2015; 5:3356. [PMID: 24561832 PMCID: PMC4267856 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane generates an Ω-shaped membrane profile. Its pore is thought to dilate until flattening (full-collapse), followed by classical endocytosis to retrieve vesicles. Alternatively, the pore may close (kiss-and-run), but the triggering mechanisms and its endocytic roles remain poorly understood. Here, using confocal and stimulated emission depletion microscopy imaging of dense-core vesicles, we find that fusion-generated Ω-profiles may enlarge or shrink while maintaining vesicular membrane proteins. Closure of fusion-generated Ω-profiles, which produces various sizes of vesicles, is the dominant mechanism mediating rapid and slow endocytosis within ~1-30 s. Strong calcium influx triggers dynamin-mediated closure. Weak calcium influx does not promote closure, but facilitates the merging of Ω-profiles with the plasma membrane via shrinking rather than full-collapse. These results establish a model, termed Ω-exo-endocytosis, in which the fusion-generated Ω-profile may shrink to merge with the plasma membrane, change in size or change in size then close in response to calcium, which is the main mechanism to retrieve dense-core vesicles.
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Podvin S, Bundey R, Toneff T, Ziegler M, Hook V. Profiles of secreted neuropeptides and catecholamines illustrate similarities and differences in response to stimulation by distinct secretagogues. Mol Cell Neurosci 2015; 68:177-85. [PMID: 26092702 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to define profiles of secreted neuropeptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters that undergo co-release from sympathoadrenal chromaffin cells upon stimulation by distinct secretagogues. Chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla participate in the dynamic responses to stress, especially that of 'fight and flight', and, thus, analyses of the co-release of multiple neurotransmitters is necessary to gain knowledge of how the stress response regulates cell-cell communication among physiological systems. Results of this study demonstrated that six different secretagogues stimulated the co-release of the neuropeptides Met-enkephalin, galanin, NPY, and VIP with the catecholamines dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Importantly, the quantitative profiles of the secreted neurotransmitters showed similarities and differences upon stimulation by the different secretagogues evaluated, composed of KCl depolarization, nicotine, carbachol, PACAP, bradykinin, and histamine. The rank-orders of the secreted profiles of the neurotransmitters were generally similar among these secretagogues, but differences in the secreted amounts of each neurotransmitter occurred with different secretagogues. Epinephrine among the catecholamines showed the highest level of secretion. (Met)enkephalin showed the largest levels of secretion compared to the other neuropeptides examined. Levels of secreted catecholamines were greater than that of the neuropeptides. These data support the hypothesis that profiles of secreted neuropeptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters show similarities and differences upon stimulation by distinct secretagogues. These results illustrate the co-release of concerted neurotransmitter profiles that participate in the stress response of the sympathoadrenal nervous system.
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- Sonia Podvin
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. of Calif.-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Calif.-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. of Calif.-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Calif.-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. of Calif.-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States; Dept. of Neuroscience and Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Univ. of Calif.-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States.
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Shen XM, Selcen D, Brengman J, Engel AG. Mutant SNAP25B causes myasthenia, cortical hyperexcitability, ataxia, and intellectual disability. Neurology 2014; 83:2247-55. [PMID: 25381298 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify and characterize the molecular basis of a syndrome associated with myasthenia, cortical hyperexcitability, cerebellar ataxia, and intellectual disability. METHODS We performed in vitro microelectrode studies of neuromuscular transmission, performed exome and Sanger sequencing, and analyzed functional consequences of the identified mutation in expression studies. RESULTS Neuromuscular transmission at patient endplates was compromised by reduced evoked quantal release. Exome sequencing identified a dominant de novo variant, p.Ile67Asn, in SNAP25B, a SNARE protein essential for exocytosis of synaptic vesicles from nerve terminals and of dense-core vesicles from endocrine cells. Ca(2+)-triggered exocytosis is initiated when synaptobrevin attached to synaptic vesicles (v-SNARE) assembles with SNAP25B and syntaxin anchored in the presynaptic membrane (t-SNAREs) into an α-helical coiled-coil held together by hydrophobic interactions. Pathogenicity of the Ile67Asn mutation was confirmed by 2 measures. First, the Ca(2+) triggered fusion of liposomes incorporating v-SNARE with liposomes containing t-SNAREs was hindered when t-SNAREs harbored the mutant SNAP25B moiety. Second, depolarization of bovine chromaffin cells transfected with mutant SNAP25B or with mutant plus wild-type SNAP25B markedly reduced depolarization-evoked exocytosis compared with wild-type transfected cells. CONCLUSION Ile67Asn variant in SNAP25B is pathogenic because it inhibits synaptic vesicle exocytosis. We attribute the deleterious effects of the mutation to disruption of the hydrophobic α-helical coiled-coil structure of the SNARE complex by replacement of a highly hydrophobic isoleucine by a strongly hydrophilic asparagine.
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- Xin-Ming Shen
- From the Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- From the Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Cynis H, Funkelstein L, Toneff T, Mosier C, Ziegler M, Koch B, Demuth HU, Hook V. Pyroglutamate-amyloid-β and glutaminyl cyclase are colocalized with amyloid-β in secretory vesicles and undergo activity-dependent, regulated secretion. NEURODEGENER DIS 2014; 14:85-97. [PMID: 24943989 DOI: 10.1159/000358430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS N-truncated pyroglutamate (pGlu)-amyloid-β [Aβ(3-40/42)] peptides are key components that promote Aβ peptide accumulation, leading to neurodegeneration and memory loss in Alzheimer's disease. Because Aβ deposition in the brain occurs in an activity-dependent manner, it is important to define the subcellular organelle for pGlu-Aβ(3-40/42) production by glutaminyl cyclase (QC) and their colocalization with full-length Aβ(1-40/42) peptides for activity-dependent, regulated secretion. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that pGlu-Aβ and QC are colocalized with Aβ in dense-core secretory vesicles (DCSV) for activity-dependent secretion with neurotransmitters. METHODS Purified DCSV were assessed for pGlu-Aβ(3-40/42), Aβ(1-40/42), QC, and neurotransmitter secretion. Neuron-like chromaffin cells were analyzed for cosecretion of pGlu-Aβ, QC, Aβ, and neuropeptides. The cells were treated with a QC inhibitor, and pGlu-Aβ production was measured. Human neuroblastoma cells were also examined for pGlu-Aβ and QC secretion. RESULTS Isolated DCSV contain pGlu-Aβ(3-40/42), QC, and Aβ(1-40/42) with neuropeptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters. Cellular pGlu-Aβ and QC undergo activity-dependent cosecretion with Aβ and enkephalin and galanin neurotransmitters. The QC inhibitor decreased the level of secreted pGlu-Aβ. The human neuroblastoma cells displayed regulated secretion of pGlu-Aβ that was colocalized with QC. CONCLUSIONS pGlu-Aβ and QC are present with Aβ in DCSV and undergo activity-dependent, regulated cosecretion with neurotransmitters.
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To gain novel insights into the dynamics of exocytosis, our group focuses on the changes in lipid bilayer shape that must be precisely regulated during the fusion of vesicle and plasma membranes. These rapid and localized changes are achieved by dynamic interactions between lipids and specialized proteins that control membrane curvature. The absence of such interactions would not only have devastating consequences for vesicle fusion, but a host of other cellular functions that involve control of membrane shape. In recent years, the identity of a number of proteins with membrane-shaping properties has been determined. What remains missing is a roadmap of when, where, and how they act as fusion and content release progress. Our understanding of the molecular events that enable membrane remodeling has historically been limited by a lack of analytical methods that are sensitive to membrane curvature or have the temporal resolution to track rapid changes. PTIRFM satisfies both of these criteria. We discuss how pTIRFM is implemented to visualize and interpret rapid, submicron changes in the orientation of chromaffin cell membranes during dense core vesicle (DCV) fusion. The chromaffin cells we use are isolated from bovine adrenal glands. The membrane is stained with a lipophilic carbocyanine dye,1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindodicarbocyanine, 4-chlorobenzenesulfonate, or diD. DiD intercalates in the membrane plane with a "fixed" orientation and is therefore sensitive to the polarization of the evanescent field. The diD-stained cell membrane is sequentially excited with orthogonal polarizations of a 561 nm laser (p-pol, s-pol). A 488 nm laser is used to visualize vesicle constituents and time the moment of fusion. Exocytosis is triggered by locally perfusing cells with a depolarizing KCl solution. Analysis is performed offline using custom-written software to understand how diD emission intensity changes relate to fusion pore dilation.
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Passmore DR, Rao T, Anantharam A. Real-time investigation of plasma membrane deformation and fusion pore expansion using polarized Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1174:263-73. [PMID: 24947388 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0944-5_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Polarized Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (pTIRFM) allows for real-time observation of plasma membrane deformations. The technique provides insights into the dynamics of biological processes requiring rapid and localized changes in membrane shape. Such processes include exocytosis, endocytosis, cytokinesis, and cell motility. In this chapter, we describe how to implement a polarization-based TIRF imaging system to monitor exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells.
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- Daniel R Passmore
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Toneff T, Funkelstein L, Mosier C, Abagyan A, Ziegler M, Hook V. Beta-amyloid peptides undergo regulated co-secretion with neuropeptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters. Peptides 2013; 46:126-35. [PMID: 23747840 PMCID: PMC3842158 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides are secreted from neurons, resulting in extracellular accumulation of Aβ and neurodegeneration of Alzheimer's disease. Because neuronal secretion is fundamental for the release of neurotransmitters, this study assessed the hypothesis that Aβ undergoes co-release with neurotransmitters. Model neuronal-like chromaffin cells were investigated, and results illustrate regulated, co-secretion of Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-42) with peptide neurotransmitters (galanin, enkephalin, and NPY) and catecholamine neurotransmitters (dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine). Regulated secretion from chromaffin cells was stimulated by KCl depolarization and nicotine. Forskolin, stimulating cAMP, also induced co-secretion of Aβ peptides with peptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters. These data suggested the co-localization of Aβ with neurotransmitters in dense core secretory vesicles (DCSV) that store and secrete such chemical messengers. Indeed, Aβ was demonstrated to be present in DCSV with neuropeptide and catecholamine transmitters. Furthermore, the DCSV organelle contains APP and its processing proteases, β- and γ-secretases, that are necessary for production of Aβ. Thus, Aβ can be generated in neurotransmitter-containing DCSV. Human IMR32 neuroblastoma cells also displayed regulated secretion of Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-42) with the galanin neurotransmitter. These findings illustrate that Aβ peptides are present in neurotransmitter-containing DCSV, and undergo co-secretion with neuropeptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters that regulate brain functions.
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- Thomas Toneff
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
- Corresponding author at: Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC0744, La Jolla, CA 92093-0744, United States. Tel.: +1 858 822 6682; fax: +1 858 822 6681. (V. Hook)
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Izquierdo-Serra M, Trauner D, Llobet A, Gorostiza P. Optical control of calcium-regulated exocytosis. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013. [PMID: 23178861 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells as those in muscle or glands, by means of the secretion of neurotransmitters at chemical synapses. In order to dissect the molecular mechanisms of neurotransmission, new methods for directly and reversibly triggering neurosecretion at the presynaptic terminal are necessary. Here we exploit the calcium permeability of the light-gated channel LiGluR in order to reversibly manipulate cytosolic calcium concentration, thus controlling calcium-regulated exocytosis. METHODS Bovine chromaffin cells expressing LiGluR were stimulated with light. Exocytic events were detected by amperometry or by whole-cell patch-clamp to quantify membrane capacitance and calcium influx. RESULTS Amperometry reveals that optical stimulation consistently triggers exocytosis in chromaffin cells. Secretion of catecholamines can be adjusted between zero and several Hz by changing the wavelength of illumination. Differences in secretion efficacy are found between the activation of LiGluR and native voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). Our results show that the distance between sites of calcium influx and vesicles ready to be released is longer when calcium influx is triggered by LiGluR instead of native VGCCs. CONCLUSION LiGluR activation directly and reversibly increases the intracellular calcium concentration. Light-gated calcium influx allows for the first time to control calcium-regulated exocytosis without the need of applying depolarizing solutions or voltage clamping in chromaffin cells. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE LiGluR is a useful tool to study the secretory mechanisms and their spatiotemporal patterns in neurotransmission, and opens a window to study other calcium-dependent processes such as muscular contraction or cell migration.
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- Mercè Izquierdo-Serra
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), 15-21 Baldiri Reixac, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Izquierdo-Serra M, Trauner D, Llobet A, Gorostiza P. Optical modulation of neurotransmission using calcium photocurrents through the ion channel LiGluR. Front Mol Neurosci 2013; 6:3. [PMID: 23519552 PMCID: PMC3604637 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2013.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A wide range of light-activated molecules (photoswitches and phototriggers) have been used to the study of computational properties of an isolated neuron by acting pre and postsynaptically. However, new tools are being pursued to elicit a presynaptic calcium influx that triggers the release of neurotransmitters, most of them based in calcium-permeable Channelrhodopsin-2 mutants. Here we describe a method to control exocytosis of synaptic vesicles through the use of a light-gated glutamate receptor (LiGluR), which has recently been demonstrated that supports secretion by means of calcium influx in chromaffin cells. Expression of LiGluR in hippocampal neurons enables reversible control of neurotransmission with light, and allows modulating the firing rate of the postsynaptic neuron with the wavelength of illumination. This method may be useful for the determination of the complex transfer function of individual synapses.
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Domínguez N, Rodríguez M, Machado JD, Borges R. Preparation and culture of adrenal chromaffin cells. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 846:223-34. [PMID: 22367815 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-536-7_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Cultured chromaffin cells have been used for almost 40 years in the study of different cell functions using biochemical, electrophysiological, pharmacological, and toxicological approaches. Chromaffin cells are essentially secretory cells that are used to model sympathetic neurons or neuroendocrine cells. In this chapter, we describe the most common methods currently used to isolate and culture chromaffin cells from the animals used most commonly: cows, rats, and mice. We also provide some advice on the use of these cells in the laboratory.
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- Natalia Domínguez
- Unidad de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Weiss JL. Ca(2+) signaling mechanisms in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 740:859-72. [PMID: 22453973 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2888-2_38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Calcium (Ca(2+)) is a crucial intracellular messenger in physiological aspects of cell signaling. Adrenal chromaffin cells are the secretory cells from the adrenal gland medulla that secrete catecholamines, which include epinephrine and norepinephrine important in the 'fight or flight' response. Bovine adrenal chromaffin cells have long been used as an important model for secretion -(exocytosis) not only due to their importance in the short-term stress response, but also as a neuroendocrine model of neurotransmtter release, as they have all the same exocytotic proteins as neurons but are easier to prepare, culture and use in functional assays. The components of the Ca(2+) signal transduction cascade and it role in secretion has been extensively characterized in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. The Ca(2+) sources, signaling molecules and how this relates to the short-term stress response are reviewed in this book chapter in an endeavor to generally -overview these mechanisms in a concise and uncomplicated manner.
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- Jamie L Weiss
- Department of Biology, William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA.
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Knowles PJ, Douglas SA, Bunn SJ. Nicotinic stimulation of catecholamine synthesis and tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in cervine adrenal medullary chromaffin cells. J Neuroendocrinol 2011; 23:224-31. [PMID: 21121973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02100.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The synthesis and secretion of catecholamines by the adrenal medulla is of major importance in the stress response. Tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme for catecholamine biosynthesis, has been extensively studied in adrenal medullary chromaffin cells from a number of species. Cervine chromaffin cells are of interest because the deer is known to be a relatively stress-prone reactive species. We report the first characterisation of tyrosine hydroxylase regulation in cervine chromaffin cells. Nicotinic receptor activation resulted in a time- and concentration-dependent increase in catecholamine synthesis, which was significantly reduced by the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 signalling pathway inhibitor PD98059 and the calcium/calmodulin protein kinase II inhibitor KN-93, but not by H89 or bisindolylmaleimide I, inhibitors of protein kinase A and C, respectively. Nicotinic stimulation also increased the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and tyrosine hydroxylase. This latter response occurred on serine residues 19, 31 and 40 of the enzyme. The nicotinic-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and serine 31 of tyrosine hydroxylase was suppressed by PD98059 but not bisindolylmaleimide I. These data indicate that nicotinic stimulation of tyrosine hydroxylase involves the phosphorylation of serine 31 via an ERK1/2-dependent, protein kinase C-independent pathway. Protein kinase C activation by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate also caused an ERK1/2-dependent increase in the serine 31 phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase but, in contrast to the nicotinic response, was not accompanied by an increase in enzyme activity. Thus, ERK1/2-mediated serine 31 phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase appears necessary but not sufficient for nicotinic activation of catecholamine synthesis in cervine chromaffin cells. These data present potentially important similarities and differences between the regulation of catecholamine synthesis in cervine and the more widely studied bovine adrenal medulla.
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- P J Knowles
- Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Wegrzyn JL, Bark SJ, Funkelstein L, Mosier C, Yap A, Kazemi-Esfarjani P, La Spada AR, Sigurdson C, O'Connor DT, Hook V. Proteomics of dense core secretory vesicles reveal distinct protein categories for secretion of neuroeffectors for cell-cell communication. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:5002-24. [PMID: 20695487 DOI: 10.1021/pr1003104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Regulated secretion of neurotransmitters and neurohumoral factors from dense core secretory vesicles provides essential neuroeffectors for cell-cell communication in the nervous and endocrine systems. This study provides comprehensive proteomic characterization of the categories of proteins in chromaffin dense core secretory vesicles that participate in cell-cell communication from the adrenal medulla. Proteomic studies were conducted by nano-HPLC Chip MS/MS tandem mass spectrometry. Results demonstrate that these secretory vesicles contain proteins of distinct functional categories consisting of neuropeptides and neurohumoral factors, protease systems, neurotransmitter enzymes and transporters, receptors, enzymes for biochemical processes, reduction/oxidation regulation, ATPases, protein folding, lipid biochemistry, signal transduction, exocytosis, calcium regulation, as well as structural and cell adhesion proteins. The secretory vesicle proteomic data identified 371 proteins in the soluble fraction and 384 membrane proteins, for a total of 686 distinct secretory vesicle proteins. Notably, these proteomic analyses illustrate the presence of several neurological disease-related proteins in these secretory vesicles, including huntingtin interacting protein, cystatin C, ataxin 7, and prion protein. Overall, these findings demonstrate that multiple protein categories participate in dense core secretory vesicles for production, storage, and secretion of bioactive neuroeffectors for cell-cell communication in health and disease.
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- Jill L Wegrzyn
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Chung KF, Sicard F, Vukicevic V, Hermann A, Storch A, Huttner WB, Bornstein SR, Ehrhart-Bornstein M. Isolation of neural crest derived chromaffin progenitors from adult adrenal medulla. Stem Cells 2010; 27:2602-13. [PMID: 19609938 DOI: 10.1002/stem.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla are neural crest-derived cells of the sympathoadrenal lineage. Unlike the closely-related sympathetic neurons, a subpopulation of proliferation-competent cells exists even in the adult. Here, we describe the isolation, expansion, and in vitro characterization of proliferation-competent progenitor cells from the bovine adrenal medulla. Similar to neurospheres, these cells, when prevented from adherence to the culture dish, grew in spheres, which we named chromospheres. These chromospheres were devoid of mRNA specific for smooth muscle cells (MYH11) or endothelial cells (PECAM1). During sphere formation, markers for differentiated chromaffin cells, such as phenylethanolamine-N-methyl transferase, were downregulated while neural progenitor markers nestin, vimentin, musashi 1, and nerve growth factor receptor, as well as markers of neural crest progenitor cells such as Sox1 and Sox9, were upregulated. Clonal analysis and bromo-2'-deoxyuridine-incorporation analysis demonstrated the self-renewing capacity of chromosphere cells. Differentiation protocols using NGF and BMP4 or dexamethasone induced neuronal or endocrine differentiation, respectively. Electrophysiological analyses of neural cells derived from chromospheres revealed functional properties of mature nerve cells, such as tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels and action potentials. Our study provides evidence that proliferation and differentiation competent chromaffin progenitor cells can be isolated from adult adrenal medulla and that these cells might harbor the potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease.
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- Kuei-Fang Chung
- Carl Gustav Carus University Medical School, Medical Clinic III, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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Hook V, Toneff T, Baylon S, Sei C. Differential activation of enkephalin, galanin, somatostatin, NPY, and VIP neuropeptide production by stimulators of protein kinases A and C in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells. Neuropeptides 2008; 42:503-11. [PMID: 18619673 PMCID: PMC2745396 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2008.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2008] [Accepted: 05/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Neuropeptides function as peptide neurotransmitters and hormones to mediate cell-cell communication. The goal of this study was to understand how different neuropeptides may be similarly or differentially regulated by protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) intracellular signaling mechanisms. Therefore, this study compared the differential effects of treating neuroendocrine chromaffin cells with stimulators of PKA and PKC on the production of the neuropeptides (Met)enkephalin, galanin, somatostatin, NPY, and VIP. Significantly, selective increases in production of these neuropeptides were observed by forskolin or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) which stimulate PKA and PKC mechanisms, respectively. (Met)enkephalin production was stimulated by up to 2-fold by forskolin treatment, but not by PMA. In contrast, PMA treatment (but not forskolin) resulted in a 2-fold increase in production of galanin and somatostatin, and a 3-fold increase in NPY production. Notably, VIP production was highly stimulated by forskolin and PMA, with increases of 3-fold and 10-15-fold, respectively. Differences in elevated neuropeptides occurred in cell extracts compared to secretion media, which consisted of (i) increased NPY primarily in secretion media, (ii) increased (Met)enkephalin and somatostatin in secretion media (not cell extracts), and (iii) increased galanin and VIP in both cell extracts and secretion media. Involvement of PKA or PKC for forskolin or PMA regulation of neuropeptide biosynthesis, respectively, was confirmed with direct inhibitors of PKA and PKC. The selective activation of neuropeptide production by forskolin and PMA demonstrates that PKA and PKC pathways are involved in the differential regulation of neuropeptide production.
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- Vivian Hook
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0744, La Jolla, CA 92093-0744, USA.
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Funkelstein L, Toneff T, Hwang SR, Reinheckel T, Peters C, Hook V. Cathepsin L participates in the production of neuropeptide Y in secretory vesicles, demonstrated by protease gene knockout and expression. J Neurochem 2008; 106:384-91. [PMID: 18410501 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05408.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) functions as a peptide neurotransmitter and as a neuroendocrine hormone. The active NPY peptide is generated in secretory vesicles by proteolytic processing of proNPY. Novel findings from this study show that cathepsin L participates as a key proteolytic enzyme for NPY production in secretory vesicles. Notably, NPY levels in cathepsin L knockout (KO) mice were substantially reduced in brain and adrenal medulla by 80% and 90%, respectively. Participation of cathepsin L in producing NPY predicts their colocalization in secretory vesicles, a primary site of NPY production. Indeed, cathepsin L was colocalized with NPY in brain cortical neurons and in chromaffin cells of adrenal medulla, demonstrated by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed the localization of cathepsin L with NPY in regulated secretory vesicles of chromaffin cells. Functional studies showed that coexpression of proNPY with cathepsin L in neuroendocrine PC12 cells resulted in increased production of NPY. Furthermore, in vitro processing indicated cathepsin L processing of proNPY at paired basic residues. These findings demonstrate a role for cathepsin L in the production of NPY from its proNPY precursor. These studies illustrate the novel biological role of cathepsin L in the production of NPY, a peptide neurotransmitter, and neuroendocrine hormone.
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- Lydiane Funkelstein
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0744, USA
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Courel M, Vasquez MS, Hook VY, Mahata SK, Taupenot L. Sorting of the neuroendocrine secretory protein Secretogranin II into the regulated secretory pathway: role of N- and C-terminal alpha-helical domains. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:11807-22. [PMID: 18299326 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m709832200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Secretogranin II (SgII) belongs to the granin family of prohormones widely distributed in dense-core secretory granules (DCGs) of endocrine, neuroendocrine, and neuronal cells, including sympathoadrenal chromaffin cells. The mechanisms by which secretory proteins, and granins in particular, are sorted into the regulated secretory pathway are unsettled. We designed a strategy based on novel chimeric forms of human SgII fused to fluorescent (green fluorescent protein) or chemiluminescent (embryonic alkaline phosphatase) reporters to identify trafficking determinants mediating DCG targeting of SgII in sympathoadrenal cells. Three-dimensional deconvolution fluorescence microscopy and secretagogue-stimulated release studies demonstrate that SgII chimeras are correctly targeted to DCGs and released by exocytosis in PC12 and primary chromaffin cells. Results from a Golgi-retained mutant form of SgII suggest that sorting of SgII into DCGs depends on a saturable sorting machinery at the trans-Golgi/trans-Golgi network. Truncation analyses reveal the presence of DCG-targeting signals within both the N- and C-terminal regions of SgII, with the putative alpha-helix-containing SgII-(25-41) and SgII-(334-348) acting as sufficient, independent sorting domains. This study defines sequence features of SgII mediating vesicular targeting in sympathoadrenal cells and suggests a mechanism by which discrete domains of the molecule function in sorting, perhaps by virtue of a particular arrangement in tertiary structure and/or interaction with a specific component of the DCG membrane.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maïté Courel
- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0838, USA
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