Theoretical Model of Neurotransmitter Release during In Vivo Vesicular Exocytosis Based on a Grainy Biphasic Nano-Structuration of Chromogranins within Dense Core Matrixes
Theoretical Model of Neurotransmitter Release during In Vivo Vesicular Exocytosis Based on a Grainy Biphasic Nano-Structuration of Chromogranins within Dense Core Matrixes
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基于致密核心基质内嗜铬粒蛋白的粒状双相纳米结构的体内囊泡胞吐作用过程中神经递质释放的理论模型
DOI:
10.1149/2.0031604jes
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Amatore, Christian
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作者:
Oleinick, Alexander;Hu, Ren;Amatore, Christian
Exocytosis from dense core vesicles is an important ubiquitous process by which neurotransmitters are released frommany cells. This has stimulated strong efforts to monitor and understand vesicular release events in order to infer their biological and physicochemical mechanisms. Though much has been achieved so far, many experimental observations remain unexplained, even puzzling, essentially because they envision that the vesicle matrixes consist of a homogeneous polyelectrolytic condensed phase encapsulated by the vesicles membranes. This work discloses a new model of dense core matrixes based on the physics of polyelectrolytes involving long chains of anionic moieties (here, chromogranins) condensed by a mixture of bulky monocations and small dications (here, catecholamines and calcium ions). It follows that matrixes cannot be homogeneous but necessarily consist of a dispersion of tightly compacted nano-grains immersed in a less condensed phase involving loosely folded chromogranin strands in which catecholamine cations may diffuse at significant rates. Even if such pomegranate-like description has to remain essentially theoretical up to when direct experimental means of testing is available, it leads to a whole set of predictions that are fully coherent with all experimental observations based on amperometric monitoring of vesicular exocytosis including some recent extremely puzzling ones. (C) The Author(s) 2015. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is not changed in any way and is properly cited. For permission for commercial reuse, please email: oa@electrochem.org. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0031604jes] All rights reserved.