title: Expression and complex formation of soluble N-ethyl-maleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptors in clonal rat endocrine cells.
abstract: Syntaxin, synaptosome-associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) and synaptobrevin are neuronal receptors of N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment protein (SNAP), cytosolic proteins essential for membrane transport. The expression of these SNAP receptors was investigated by immunoblotting in clonal endocrine cells; catecholamine-secreting adrenal medullary cells (PC12), growth hormone-secreting pituitary cells (GH3), and insulin-secreting pancreatic beta-cells (RINr and RINm5F). All of these receptors as well as NSF and SNAP are expressed in these cells and, co-immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that syntaxin is associated with SNAP-25 and synaptobrevin after solubilization. These results suggest that syntaxin, SNAP-25, and synaptobrevin form a complex and are involved in the secretion of hormones from endocrine cells by exocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D051381:Rats; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D052067:Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins; C498737:Nsf protein, rat