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Intracellular mechanisms regulating exocytotic secretion in mast cells.

Department of Physiology, University College London, UK.
International archives of allergy and applied immunology 02/1991; 94(1-4):38-46. pp.38-46
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ABSTRACT The release of inflammatory mediators from mast cells occurs by a regulated exocytotic process. We have been able to study the intracellular events in this pathway by permeabilizing the plasma membrane of rat peritoneal mast cells and stimulating exocytosis by providing both Ca2+ and a guanine nucleotide. By this approach we have obtained evidence for the participation of at least two guanine nucleotide binding proteins in the control of exocytosis. We have also shown that ATP is unnecessary for the final events, but that it does have a number of modulatory functions, for instance in the control of the effective affinity of the proteins that bind Ca2+ and GTP. There is also evidence for a protein dephosphorylation in the later stages of the control pathway.

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Keywords

bind Ca2+
 
control pathway
 
effective affinity
 
exocytosis
 
final events
 
guanine nucleotide
 
inflammatory mediators
 
intracellular events
 
permeabilizing
 
plasma membrane
 
rat peritoneal mast cells
 
regulated exocytotic process
 
stimulating exocytosis
 
two guanine nucleotide binding proteins