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Properties of Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in cultured astrocytes

✍ Scribed by Marko Kreft; Matjaž Stenovec; Marjan Rupnik; Sonja Grilc; Mojca Kržan; Maja Potokar; Tina Pangršič; Philip G. Haydon; Robert Zorec

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
204 KB
Volume
46
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-1491

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Abstract

Astrocytes, a subtype of glial cells, have numerous characteristics that were previously considered exclusive for neurons. One of these characteristics is a cytosolic [Ca^2+^] oscillation that controls the release of the chemical transmitter glutamate and atrial natriuretic peptide. These chemical messengers appear to be released from astrocytes via Ca^2+^‐dependent exocytosis. In the present study, patch‐clamp membrane capacitance measurements were used to monitor changes in the membrane area of a single astrocyte, while the photolysis of caged calcium compounds by a UV flash was used to elicit steps in [Ca^2+^]~i~ to determine the exocytotic properties of astrocytes. Experiments show that astrocytes exhibit Ca^2+^‐dependent increases in membrane capacitance, with an apparent K~d~ value of ∼20 μM [Ca^2+^]~i~. The delay between the flash delivery and the peak rate in membrane capacitance increase is in the range of tens to hundreds of milliseconds. The pretreatment of astrocytes by the tetanus neurotoxin, which specifically cleaves the neuronal/neuroendocrine type of SNARE protein synaptobrevin, abolished flash‐induced membrane capacitance increases, suggesting that Ca^2+^‐dependent membrane capacitance changes involve tetanus neurotoxin‐sensitive SNARE‐mediated vesicular exocytosis. Immunocytochemical experiments show distinct populations of vesicles containing glutamate and atrial natriuretic peptide in astrocytes. We conclude that the recorded Ca^2+^‐dependent changes in membrane capacitance represent regulated exocytosis from multiple types of vesicles, about 100 times slower than the exocytotic response in neurons. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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