Osmotically sensitive renin release from permeabilized juxtaglomerular cells

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (1) ◽  
pp. F87-F95 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Jensen ◽  
O. Skott
Keyword(s):  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Sucrose Concentration ◽  
Proximal Tubules ◽  
Renin Release ◽  
Continuous Exposure ◽  
Juxtaglomerular Cells ◽  
Water Fluxes ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Cellular Volume

Renin secretion from juxtaglomerular (JG) cells is sensitive to external osmolality in a way that has been suggested to depend either on cellular volume or on effects on secretory granules. To distinguish between these possibilities, a technique for permeabilization of JG cell membranes was developed. Rat glomeruli with attached JG cells were isolated and permeabilized by 20 microM digitonin for 12 min and followed by continuous exposure to 2 microM digitonin. Experiments on proximal tubules showed that cellular volume was unaffected by changes in external sucrose concentration after a similar permeabilization procedure. With permeabilized JG cells the following changes in osmolality were tested (in mM sucrose): +90 (n = 6), +60 (n = 5), +30 (n = 6), +15 (n = 6), -15 (n = 5), -30 (n = 6), -60 (n = 6), and -90 (n = 6). With nonpermeabilized cells similar experiments were done with changes of +90 (n = 7), +30 (n = 4), -30 (n = 4), and -90 (n = 6) mM sucrose. Increases in osmolality caused inhibition of renin release, whereas decreases stimulated secretion. Within +/- 10% variations in osmolality there were no differences between the responses in permeabilized and intact cells, whereas the responses with larger changes were less in the permeabilized cells. Increase or decrease in urea concentration by 30 mM did not affect renin release. Thus water fluxes can influence renin release by a mechanism that is independent of cell volume.

Do osmotic forces play a role in renin secretion?

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (1) ◽  
pp. F1-F10 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Skott
Keyword(s):  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Proton Gradient ◽  
Renin Secretion ◽  
Renin Release ◽  
Juxtaglomerular Cells ◽  
Proton Gradients ◽  
Low Calcium ◽  
Release In Vitro

Secretory granules swell during exocytosis. Swelling may follow fusion and assist in extrusion of the granular content, or swelling may cause granular fusion with the plasmalemma. A granular proton gradient has been suggested to be involved in such preexocytic granular swelling. Exocytosis of renin from juxtaglomerular cells of isolated preparations is very sensitive to changes in the extracellular osmolality. Extracellular hyposmolality causes swelling of secretory granules, fusions between peripherally located granules and plasmalemma, and an increased number of release episodes. Induction of granule swelling at constant extracellular osmolality also stimulates renin release. Newly recruited renin granules are osmosensitive, and a high extracellular osmolality blocks secretion induced by other means (low calcium). Dissipation of granular proton gradients inhibits renin release without affecting the osmosensitivity. Thus, in renin release in vitro, a granular swelling precedes fusion and exocytosis, and a granular proton gradient may contribute to preexocytic swelling when extracellular osmolality is constant. The osmosensitivity may be important for macula densamediated renin release.

scholarly journals Reconstitution of constitutive secretion using semi-intact cells: regulation by GTP but not calcium.

1991 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
S G Miller ◽  
H P Moore
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Transport Reaction ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Transmembrane Glycoprotein ◽  
Transport Vesicles ◽  
Constitutive Secretion

Regulated exocytosis in many permeabilized cells can be triggered by calcium and nonhydrolyzable GTP analogues. Here we examine the role of these effectors in exocytosis of constitutive vesicles using a system that reconstitutes transport between the trans-Golgi region and the plasma membrane. Transport is assayed by two independent methods: the movement of a transmembrane glycoprotein (vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein [VSV G protein]) to the cell surface; and the release of a soluble marker, sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains, that have been synthesized and radiolabeled in the trans-Golgi. The plasma membrane of CHO cells was selectively perforated with the bacterial cytolysin streptolysin-O. These perforated cells allow exchange of ions and cytosolic proteins but retain intracellular organelles and transport vesicles. Incubation of the semi-intact cells with ATP and a cytosolic fraction results in transport of VSV G protein and GAG chains to the cell surface. The transport reaction is temperature dependent, requires hydrolyzable ATP, and is inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide. Nonhydrolyzable GTP analogs such as GTP gamma S, which stimulate the fusion of regulated secretory granules, completely abolish constitutive secretion. The rate and extent of constitutive transport between the trans-Golgi and the plasma membrane is independent of free Ca2+ concentrations. This is in marked contrast to fusion of regulated secretory granules with the plasma membrane, and transport between the ER and the cis-Golgi (Beckers, C. J. M., and W. E. Balch. 1989. J. Cell Biol. 108:1245-1256; Baker, D., L. Wuestehube, R. Schekman, and D. Botstein. 1990. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87:355-359).

scholarly journals Intermediates in the constitutive and regulated secretory pathways released in vitro from semi-intact cells.

1992 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Grimes ◽  
R B Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathways ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Pheochromocytoma Cells ◽  
Constitutive Secretion ◽  
Granule Maturation ◽  
Gamma S

Regulated secretory cells have two pathways that transport secreted proteins from the Golgi complex to the cell surface. To identify carrier vesicles involved in regulated and constitutive secretion, PC12 pheochromocytoma cells were labeled with [35S]sulfate to identify markers for the two secretory pathways, then mechanically permeabilized and incubated in vitro. Small constitutive secretory vesicles, containing mostly sulfated proteoglycans, accumulated during an in vitro incubation with ATP. In the presence of GTP gamma S, the constitutive vesicles became significantly more dense, suggesting that a coated intermediate was stabilized. Larger immature regulated secretory granules, enriched in sulfated secretogranin II, also escaped from the permeabilized cells in vitro. During granule maturation, their density increased and the amount of cofractionating proteoglycans diminished. The data suggest that sorting continues during secretory granule maturation.

The cytoskeleton as a barrier to exocytosis in secretory cells

1988 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Aunis ◽  
M. F. Bader
Keyword(s):  
Chromaffin Cells ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Bacterial Toxin ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Actin Binding Proteins ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Cytoskeletal Network

Chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla synthesize, store and secrete catecholamines. These cells contain numerous electron-dense secretory granules which discharge their contents into the extracellular space by exocytosis. The subplasmalemmal area of the chromaffin cell is characterized by the presence of a highly organized cytoskeletal network. F-Actin seems to be exclusively localized in this area and together with specific actin-binding proteins forms a dense viscoelastic gel; fodrin, vinculin and caldesmon, three actin cross-linking proteins, and gelsolin, an actin-severing protein, are found in this subplasmalemmal region. Since fodrin-, caldesmon- and alpha-actinin-binding sites exist on secretory granule membranes, actin filaments can also link secretory granules. Chromaffin granules can be entrapped in this subplasmalemmal lattice and thus the cytoskeleton acts as a barrier preventing exocytosis. When cells are stimulated, molecular rearrangements of the subplasmalemmal cytoskeleton take place: F-actin depolymerizes and fodrin reorganizes into patches. In addition, introduction of monospecific antifodrin immunoglobulins into digitonin-permeabilized cells blocks exocytosis, demonstrating the crucial role of this actin-binding protein. In bacterial toxin-permeabilized chromaffin cells, experiments using actin-perturbing agents such as cytochalasin D and DNAase I suggest that exocytosis is in part controlled by the cytoskeleton. The intracellular signal governing the cytoskeletal reorganization (associated with exocytosis) is calcium. Calcium inhibits some and activates other actin-binding proteins and consequently causes dissolution of the subplasmalemmal cytoskeleton. This dissolution of cytoskeletal filaments should result in granule detachment and permit granules free access to exocytotic sites on the plasma membrane.

scholarly journals A permeabilized cell system identifies the endoplasmic reticulum as a site of protein degradation.

1991 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 1225-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
F J Stafford ◽  
J S Bonifacino
Keyword(s):  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Fibroblast Cell ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Permeabilized Cell ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Streptolysin O ◽  
A Site

Analysis of the fate of a variety of newly synthesized proteins in the secretory pathway has provided evidence for the existence of a novel protein degradation system distinct from that of the lysosome. Although current evidence suggests that proteins degraded by this system are localized to a pre-Golgi compartment before degradation, the site of proteolysis has not been determined. A permeabilized cell system was developed to examine whether degradation by this pathway required transport out of the ER, and to define the biochemical characteristics of this process. Studies were performed on fibroblast cell lines expressing proteins known to be sensitive substrates for this degradative process, such as the chimeric integral membrane proteins, Tac-TCR alpha and Tac-TCR beta. By immunofluorescence microscopy, these proteins were found to be localized to the ER. Treatment with cycloheximide resulted in the progressive disappearance of intracellular staining without change in the ER localization of the chimeric proteins. Cells permeabilized with the pore-forming toxin streptolysin O were able to degrade these newly synthesized proteins. The protein degradation seen in permeabilized cells was representative of that seen in intact cells, as judged by the similar speed of degradation, substrate selectivity, temperature dependence, and involvement of free sulfhydryl groups. Degradation of these proteins in permeabilized cells took place in the absence of transport between the ER and the Golgi system. Moreover, degradation occurred in the absence of added ATP or cytosol, and in the presence of apyrase, GTP gamma S, or EDTA; i.e., under conditions which prevent transport of proteins out of the ER. The efficiency and selectivity of degradation of newly synthesized proteins were also conserved in an isolated ER fraction. These data indicate that the machinery responsible for pre-Golgi degradation of newly synthesized proteins exists within the ER itself, and can operate independent of exogenously added ATP and cytosolic factors.

scholarly journals A new method for direct detection of the sites of actin polymerization in intact cells and its application to differentiated vascular smooth muscle

2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (5) ◽  
pp. C988-C993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hak Rim Kim ◽  
Paul C. Leavis ◽  
Philip Graceffa ◽  
Cynthia Gallant ◽  
Kathleen G. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Actin Polymerization ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
New Method ◽  
Actin Dynamics ◽  
Tat Peptide ◽  
Isolated Cells ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Permeabilized Cells

Here we report and validate a new method, suitable broadly, for use in differentiated cells and tissues, for the direct visualization of actin polymerization under physiological conditions. We have designed and tested different versions of fluorescently labeled actin, reversibly attached to the protein transduction tag TAT, and have introduced this novel reagent into intact differentiated vascular smooth muscle cells (dVSMCs). A thiol-reactive version of the TAT peptide was synthesized by adding the amino acids glycine and cysteine to its NH2-terminus and forming a thionitrobenzoate adduct: viz. TAT-Cys-S-STNB. This peptide reacts readily with G-actin, and the complex is rapidly taken up by freshly enzymatically isolated dVSMC, as indicated by the fluorescence of a FITC tag on the TAT peptide. By comparing different versions of the construct, we determined that the optimal construct for biological applications is a nonfluorescently labeled TAT peptide conjugated to rhodamine-labeled actin. When TAT-Cys-S-STNB-tagged rhodamine actin (TSSAR) was added to live, freshly enzymatically isolated cells, we observed punctae of incorporated actin at the cortex of the cell. The punctae are indistinguishable from those we have previously reported to occur in the same cell type when rhodamine G-actin is added to permeabilized cells. Thus this new method allows the delivery of labeled G-actin into intact cells without disrupting the native state and will allow its further use to study the effect of physiological intracellular Ca2+ concentration transients and signal transduction on actin dynamics in intact cells.

scholarly journals Tyrosine phosphorylation of P-selectin in intact platelets and in a disulphide-linked complex with immunoprecipitated pp60c-src

1994 ◽  
Vol 299 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
P W Modderman ◽  
A E G K von dem Borne ◽  
A Sonnenberg
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Cell Activation ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Tyrosine Residues ◽  
Reducing Conditions ◽  
Sds Page

P-selectin is a 140 kDa membrane glycoprotein found in secretory granules of platelets and endothelial cells where it is rapidly translocated to the plasma membrane upon cell activation. It then functions as a receptor for various types of leucocytes. Metabolic labelling of resting platelets with 32Pi showed that P-selectin is primarily phosphorylated on serine residues, although some tyrosine phosphorylation was observed as well. However, tyrosine phosphorylation of P-selectin was greatly stimulated by treatment with the permeating phosphatase inhibitor, pervanadate. When P-selectin immunoprecipitates were incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP (in vitro kinase assay), a fraction of P-selectin was phosphorylated on its tyrosine residues by a co-precipitated kinase. P-selectin phosphorylated in vitro co-migrated with 140 kDa surface-labelled 125I-P-selectin during SDS/PAGE under reducing conditions. Under non-reducing conditions, however, phosphorylated P-selectin was disulphide-linked to unknown protein(s) in a 205 kDa complex. In vitro kinase assays of the most abundant platelet tyrosine kinase, pp60c-src, demonstrated the presence of similar 140 and 205 kDa phosphorylated proteins in SDS/PAGE under reducing and non-reducing conditions respectively. Extraction and reprecipitation studies with proteins phosphorylated in vitro indicated that P-selectin and pp60c-src form a 205 kDa 1:1 disulphide-linked complex. In the complex, pp60c-src autophosphorylation is inhibited and P-selectin is phosphorylated on tyrosine residues. As protein disulphides in the cytoplasm of intact cells are extremely rare, our results suggest that P-selectin and pp60c-src, which co-localize in platelet dense granules, may be non-covalently associated and spontaneously form disulphide bridges during lysis. In addition, the observed tyrosine phosphorylation of P-selectin in intact platelets suggests that its function might be regulated by phosphorylation by pp60c-src.

Polyoma virus middle T antigen: relationship to cell membranes and apparent lack of ATP-binding activity

1982 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 1187-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
B S Schaffhausen ◽  
H Dorai ◽  
G Arakere ◽  
T L Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Kinase Activity ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Polyoma Virus ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Kinase Reaction ◽  
Middle T Antigen

Middle T antigen of polyoma virus is associated principally with the plasma membrane. Comparison of the trypsin sensitivity of middle T in intact cells and "inside out" membrane preparations showed that middle T is oriented towards the inside of the cell. This was confirmed by labeling of middle T in permeabilized cells, but not in intact cells, using [gamma-32P]ATP. Middle T molecules active in the in vitro kinase reaction could be differentiated from the bulk (metabolically labeled) middle T based on resistance to trypsin treatment. The active fraction also behaved differently from the bulk when cell frameworks were prepared with Triton-containing buffers; whereas the bulk middle T was evenly distributed in the soluble and cell framework fractions, the kinase-active forms were largely associated with the framework. Middle T molecules labeled in vivo with 32PO4 were found largely in the framework fraction, like the molecules that show kinase activity in vitro. Experiments with ATP affinity reagents 8-azido-ATP and 2,3-dialdehyde ATP have failed to label the middle T antigen. However, 2,3-dialdehyde ATP could be used to inhibit the kinase reaction. This raises the question of whether middle T antigen possesses intrinsic kinase activity or, rather, associates with a cellular tyrosine kinase.

Activation of G proteins may inhibit or stimulate surfactant secretion in rat alveolar type II cells

1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (4) ◽  
pp. L375-L381 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Pian ◽  
L. G. Dobbs
Keyword(s):  
G Proteins ◽  
Tonic Inhibition ◽  
Alveolar Type ◽  
Type Ii Cells ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Alveolar Type Ii Cells ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Surfactant Secretion

To investigate how G proteins regulate surfactant secretion, we subjected rat alveolar type II cells to conditions known to activate or to inactivate G proteins. AlF-4, which activates G proteins, inhibited secretion in intact cells. Guanosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate), which activates G proteins in permeabilized cells, stimulated secretion at basal cytosolic [Ca2+], but inhibited secretion at higher [Ca2+]. In contrast, guanosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (GDP beta S), which inactivates G proteins, stimulated secretion at each [Ca2+] tested. Because treatment with GDP beta S stimulated secretion at basal cytosolic [Ca2+], surfactant secretion appears to be subject to G protein-regulated tonic inhibition. Pertussis toxin (PTX) inhibited terbutaline- and ionomycin-stimulated secretion in intact cells, but did not inhibit secretion stimulated by either forskolin or 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. Inhibition by PTX of terbutaline-stimulated, but not 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate- or forskolin-stimulated secretion, suggests that PTX-sensitive G proteins regulate beta-adrenergic-stimulated surfactant secretion proximal to second messenger generation. Inhibition of ionomycin-stimulated secretion, however, suggests that PTX-sensitive G proteins may also regulate non-receptor-mediated secretory events.

Control of the beat cycle of respiratory tract cilia by Ca2+ and cAMP

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. L232-L242 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Lansley ◽  
M. J. Sanderson ◽  
E. R. Dirksen
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Ciliary Beat Frequency ◽  
Ciliated Cells ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Whole Cells ◽  
Phase Reduction ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Ciliary Beat

Beat frequency and the duration of the constituent recovery, effective, and rest phases of the beat cycle of respiratory tract cilia were measured photoelectronically before and after manipulation with ionomycin or isoproterenol. Both ionomycin, acting by increasing intracellular Ca2+, and isoproterenol, acting by elevating intracellular adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP), increased beat frequency by reducing the duration of the three phases of the ciliary beat cycle in a similar manner. The addition of increasing concentrations of ATP to ciliated cells permeabilized by exposure to saponin caused a pattern of phase reduction indistinguishable from that observed in whole cells. The beat frequency of permeabilized cells was slower than that of whole cells and insensitive to changes in Ca2+ and cAMP. Ca2+ and cAMP may regulate ciliary beat frequency by acting at a common site within intact cells, possibly regulating the rate at which the axoneme can use ATP or the availability of ATP to the axoneme.

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