title: [3H]-noradrenaline secretion from rat cortex synaptosomes perforated with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin.
abstract: Rat cortex synaptosomes have been successfully perforated with high concentrations (> or = 400 U/ml) of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. The free Ca2+-concentration dependence of [3H]-noradrenaline release was similar to that observed for PC 12 and chromaffin cells. Release from the alpha-toxin perforated synaptosomes was not significantly inhibited by omega-conotoxin GVIA. Initially, Ca2+-dependent release was independent of MgATP (for 0.5 min), but became increasingly dependent on MgATP with time. Lactate dehydrogenase efflux from alpha-toxin-perforated synaptosomes was not different than efflux from control synaptosomes, and an antibody to N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein did not enter the synaptosomes. [3H]-noradrenaline release was temperature and alpha-toxin-concentration dependent. Ca2-dependent release was more resistant to rundown from alpha-toxin- than from streptolysin-O-perforated synaptosomes. This preparation of perforated synaptosomes should be useful for studies of regulated exocytosis from nerve endings.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth 76129, USA. j.bobich@tcu.edu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bobich
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000633:toxicity*; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D010455:Peptides; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine