Extracellular calcium has distinct effects on fast and slow components of the depolarization-induced secretory response from chromaffin cells

R. Granja, V. Izaguirre, S. Calvo, C. González-García, V. Ceña

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Abstract

An increase in extracellular Ca2+ concentration from 0.26 to 10 mM enhanced secretion of norepinephrine and epinephrine induced by a high extracellular K+ concentration (76 mM). The increment in extracellular Ca2+ concentration also increased the observed peak inward Ca2+ current in response to long (10-s) depolarizing pulses from a holding potential of - 55 mV to +5 mV, from about -26 to -400 pA. However, the total amount of Ca2+ influx into the celt only increased when the extracellular Ca2+ concentration was raised from 0.25 to 1 mM and then remained constant up to 10 mM extracellular Ca2+. ATP is cosecreted with catecholamines following a depolarizing stimulus. Kinetic studies indicated that ATP secretion had two components with time constants, in the presence of 2.5 mM extracellular Ca2+, of ~4 and 41 s, being the fast component of secretion produced by the exocytosis of ~220 chromaffin granules. The results suggest that, for a given depolarizing stimulus, the size and rate of release for the fast and slow components of secretion are dependent on extracellular Ca2+ concentration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1056-1062
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Neurochemistry
Volume67
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1996

Keywords

  • Calcium
  • Catecholamines
  • Kinetics
  • Secretion
  • Secretory vesicles

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