RELEASE, STORAGE AND UPTAKE OF CATECHOLAMINES BY A CLONAL CELL LINE OF NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR (NGF) RESPONSIVE PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELLS
RELEASE, STORAGE AND UPTAKE OF CATECHOLAMINES BY A CLONAL CELL LINE OF NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR (NGF) RESPONSIVE PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(77)90005-1
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
REIN, G
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作者:
GREENE, LA;REIN, G
Release, storage and uptake of catecholamines were studied in cultures of a clonal line of rat pheochromocytoma cells designated as PC12. The PC12 line was previously shown to respond to NGF by extending neuronal-like processes and to synthesize and contain norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA). In the present experiments, on exposure to 51.5 mM K+, PC12 cells released a substantial proportion (.apprx. 30 and 12 for NGF-untreated and -treated cells, respectively) of their endogenous NE and DA. The release was dependent on the presence of Ca2+ and was inhibited by excess Mg2+. Veratridine, an alkaloid which activates Na+ action potential ionophores, was also effective in releasing DA and NE. Eposure of PC12 cells (NGF treated and -untreated) to reserpine (10-5 M) resulted in depletion of intracellulr DA and NE levels by over 90% in 21 h. PC12 cells also took up NE from the external medium by a saturable transport mechanism which follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics (apparent Km .apprx. 2 .mu.M), is energy and Na dependent and is blocked by low concentrations of cocaine and desmethylimipramine. Such findings indicate that PC12 cells can release catecholamines by an exocytotic secretion mechanism, store most of their endogenous catecholamines in chromaffin granules and/or vesicles and have an uptake1 type transport system for NE. PC12 cells appear to express a number of differentiated properties characteristic of sympathetic neurons and adrenal chromaffin cells and may be a useful system in which to study catecholamine metabolism.