title: Syntaxin 1 (HPC-1) is associated with chromaffin granules.
abstract: Syntaxin 1 (HPC-1), a component of the receptor for SNAPs (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment proteins), has been implicated in the docking and fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane. It was reported that syntaxin 1 in rat brain and chromaffin cells (PC12) is exclusively located on the plasma membrane (Bennett, M. K., Calakos, N., and Scheller, R. H. (1992) Science 257, 255-259; Söllner, T., Bennett, M. K., Whiteheart, S. W., Scheller, R. H., and Rothman, J. E. (1993) Cell 75, 409-418). By means of biochemical and morphological analyses, we now show that syntaxin 1 is associated with chromaffin granules in the adrenal medulla. This finding raises the possibility that syntaxin 1 in chromaffin cells is a component of vesicle-SNAP receptor as well as one of target-SNAP receptor on the plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyonaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizushima
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D002837:Chromaffin Granules / Q000737:chemistry*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000737:chemistry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D050827:Syntaxin 1; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; C494213:Stx1a protein, rat; D050827:Syntaxin 1; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins