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TY - JOUR
T1 - Colocalization of calcium entry and exocytotic release sites in adrenal chromaffin cells
AU - Robinson, Iain M.
AU - Finnegan, Jennifer M.
AU - Monck, Jonathan R.
AU - Wightman, R. Mark
AU - Fernandez, Julio M.
PY - 1995/3/28
Y1 - 1995/3/28
N2 - 'Snapshot' images of localized Ca2+ influx into patch-clamped chromaffin cells were captured by using a recently developed pulsed-laser imaging system. Transient opening of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels gave rise to localized elevations of Ca2+ that had the appearance of either 'hotspots' or partial rings found immediately beneath the plasma membrane. When the Ca2+ imaging technique was employed in conjunction with flame-etched carbon-fiber electrodes to spatially map the release sites of catecholamines, it was observed that the sites of Ca2+ entry and catecholamine release were colocalized. These results provide functional support for the idea that secretion occurs from 'active zone'-like structures in neuroendocrine cells.
AB - 'Snapshot' images of localized Ca2+ influx into patch-clamped chromaffin cells were captured by using a recently developed pulsed-laser imaging system. Transient opening of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels gave rise to localized elevations of Ca2+ that had the appearance of either 'hotspots' or partial rings found immediately beneath the plasma membrane. When the Ca2+ imaging technique was employed in conjunction with flame-etched carbon-fiber electrodes to spatially map the release sites of catecholamines, it was observed that the sites of Ca2+ entry and catecholamine release were colocalized. These results provide functional support for the idea that secretion occurs from 'active zone'-like structures in neuroendocrine cells.
KW - active zones
KW - amperometry
KW - pulsed-laser Ca imaging
KW - secretion
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.92.7.2474
DO - 10.1073/pnas.92.7.2474
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 7708668
AN - SCOPUS:0028968901
VL - 92
SP - 2474
EP - 2478
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 7
ER -