Secretory Vesicle Pools and Rate and Kinetics of Single Vesicle Exocytosis in Neurosecretory Cells |
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Authors: | Trifaró J.-M. Glavinovic M. Rosé S. D. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Secretory Process Research Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8M5;(2) Department of Physiology, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1Y6 |
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Abstract: | Secretory vesicles are localized in specific compartments within neurosecretory cells. Morphometric, cytochemical and electrophysiological techniques have allowed the definition of secretory vesicle compartments. These are different pools in which vesicles are in various states of releasability. The transit of vesicles between compartments is not random, but an event controlled and regulated by Ca2+ and the cortical F-actin network. Cortical F-actin disassembly, a Ca2+-dependent event, controls the transit of secretory vesicles from the reserve compartment to the release-ready vesicle pool. Furthermore, the recent development of new technical approaches (patch-clamp membrane capacitance, electrochemical detection of amines with carbon-fibre microelectrodes) has now permitted us to understand the kinetics of single vesicle exocytosis. |
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Keywords: | Secretory vesicle exocytosis F-actin vesicle pools calcium cytoskeleton |
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