title: Anti-(14-3-3 protein) antibody inhibits stimulation of noradrenaline (norepinephrine) secretion by chromaffin-cell cytosolic proteins.
abstract: Incubation of digitonin-permeabilized bovine chromaffin cells in the absence of Ca2+ results in a loss of both cytosolic proteins and Ca(2+)-dependent secretion. Addition of these leaked proteins prevents this loss of secretory activity. We have purified a protein from an extract of bovine adrenal medulla which can partially prevent this loss of Ca(2+)-dependent secretion. Antibody against this protein inhibited the ability of leaked chromaffin-cell proteins to prevent the loss of Ca(2+)-dependent secretion. Sequence analysis showed it to have sequence identity with bovine brain 14-3-3 protein. These results demonstrate that 14-3-3 protein makes a significant contribution to the ability of leaked chromaffin-cell proteins to maintain secretory activity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000906:Antibodies; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine