| Literature DB >> 33222139 |
Sébastien Houy1, Joana S Martins1, Ralf Mohrmann2, Jakob Balslev Sørensen3.
Abstract
Fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane and liberation of their contents is a multistep process involving several proteins. Correctly assigning the role of specific proteins and reactions in this cascade requires a measurement method with high temporal resolution. Patch-clamp recordings of cell membrane capacitance in combination with calcium measurements, calcium uncaging, and carbon-fiber amperometry allow for the accurate determination of vesicle pool sizes, their fusion kinetics, and their secreted oxidizable content. Here, we will describe this method in a model system for neurosecretion, the adrenal chromaffin cells, which secrete adrenaline.Entities:
Keywords: Calcium measurements; Capacitance measurement; Carbon-fiber amperometry; Chromaffin cells; Electrophysiology; Exocytosis; Neurosecretion; Patch-clamp; Vesicles
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33222139 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1044-2_16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745