Mast cells express tyrosine hydroxylase and store dopamine in a serglycin-dependent manner |
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Authors: | Rönnberg Elin Calounova Gabriela Pejler Gunnar |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden. Elin.Ronnberg@slu.se |
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Abstract: | Here we show that mast cells contain dopamine and that mast cell activation causes dopamine depletion, indicating its presence within secretory granules. Dopamine storage increased during mast cell maturation from bone marrow precursors, and was dependent on the presence of serglycin. Moreover, the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase, the key enzyme in dopamine biosynthesis, was induced during mast cell maturation; histidine decarboxylase and tryptophan hydroxylase 1 were also induced. Mast cell activation caused a robust induction of histidine decarboxylase, but no stimulation of tyrosine hydroxylase or tryptophan hydroxylase 1 expression. The present study points toward a possible role of dopamine in mast cell function. |
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