title: Metal selectivity of exocytosis in alpha-toxin-permeabilized bovine chromaffin cells.
abstract: Metal selectivity of exocytosis was analyzed by comparing the effects of polyvalent metal cations Ca2+, Ba2+, Sr2+, Pb2+, La3+, Cd2+, Co2+, Tb3+, Mn2+, and Zn2+ on the release of norepinephrine (NE) from staphylococcal alpha-toxin-permeabilized bovine chromaffin cells. Pb2+, La3+, Cd2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+ activated NE secretion accompanied by the release of intragranular dopamine beta-hydroxylase but not cytosolic lactate dehydrogenase, indicating the activation of the mechanism of exocytosis. The release triggered by saturating concentrations of Pb2+, La3+, Cd2+, and Sr2+ was nonadditive with Ca2+, indicating a common site of action. In contrast, the Ba2(+)-evoked NE release was additive with Ca2+ and the Ca2+ agonists Pb2+, La3+, Cd2+, and Sr2+, suggesting that Ba2+ activates secretion at a site distinct from the Ca2+ receptor. In distinction to the NE release evoked by Pb2+, La3+, Cd2+, and Ba2+, the Sr(2+)-evoked NE release was associated with a significant elevation of Ca2+ concentration in the medium and abolished by Ca2+ chelation. This indicates that the secretagogue effect of Sr2+ was indirect and secondary to the displacement of bound Ca2+, Co2+ and Mn2+ inhibited the NE release evoked by Ca2+, Sr2+, Pb2+, La3+, and Cd2+ but had no effect on the Ba(2+)-dependent secretion. Tb3+ and Zn2+ were without effect on exocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0576, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tomsig
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Suszkiw
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine