Reversible condensation of mast cell secretory products in vitro.
Reversible condensation of mast cell secretory products in vitro.
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肥大细胞分泌产物在体外的可逆浓缩。
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(91)82317-7
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Verdugo,P
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作者:
Fernandez,JM;Villalon,M;Verdugo,P
We have investigated the mechanisms responsible for the condensation and decondensation of secretory products that occur in mast cell secretion. We show here that the hydrated matrix of an exocytosed secretory granule can be recondensed to its original volume by exposure to acidic solutions containing histamine at concentrations that mimic those found in vivo. Recondensation by acidic histamine began in the range of 1–10 mM with a dose response curve that was accurately predicted by a Hill type equation with four highly cooperative binding sites and a half maximum concentration of [Hi++] = 3.9 mM. Recondensation by histamine showed a sigmoidal dependency on pH (critical range pH 5.5–6.5) and was fully reversible. These experiments suggest that histamine, possibly by binding to anionic sites in the protein-heparin complex of the granule matrix, triggers a change in the polymeric structures of the granule matrix from an extended coil to a collapsed globular state. This may be a useful model for understanding the condensation of secretory products into dense core granules and their subsequent decondensation upon exocytosis.