期刊
FASEB JOURNAL
卷 18, 期 9, 页码 1270-+出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-1397fje
关键词
lactotrophs; fusion pore; membrane capacitance; atrial natriuretic peptide; FM 4-64
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS36665-05] Funding Source: Medline
Hormones are released from cells by passing through an exocytotic pore that forms after vesicle and plasma membrane fusion. In stimulated exocytosis vesicle content is discharged swiftly. Although rapid vesicle discharge has also been proposed to mediate basal secretion, this has not been studied directly. We investigated basal hormone release by preloading fluorescent peptides into single vesicles. The hormone discharge, monitored with confocal microscopy, was compared with the simultaneous loading of vesicle by FM styryl dye. In stimulated vesicles FM 4-64 (4 muM), loading and hormone discharge occurs within seconds. In contrast, in approximate to 50% of spontaneously releasing vesicles, the vesicle content discharge and the FM 4-64 loading were slow (approximate to 3 min). These results show that in peptide secreting neuroendocrine cells the elementary vesicle content discharge differs in basal and in stimulated exocytosis. It is proposed that the view dating back for some decades, which is that, at rest, the vesicle discharge of hormones and neurotransmitters is similar to that occurring after stimulation, needs to be extended. In addition to the classical paradigm that secretory capacity of a cell is determined by controlling the probability of occurrence of elementary exocytotic events, one will have to consider activity modulation of elementary exocytotic events as well.
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