Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 3, 2026

Avidity-based Extracellular Interaction Screening (AVEXIS) for the Scalable Detection of Low-affinity Extracellular Receptor-Ligand Interactions
Published on: March 5, 2012
Expression and complex formation of soluble N-ethyl-maleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein (SNAP) receptors in
1Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Syntaxin, synaptosome-associated protein 25 (SNAP-25) and synaptobrevin are neuronal receptors of N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment protein (SNAP), cytosolic proteins essential for membrane transport. The expression of these SNAP receptors was investigated by immunoblotting in clonal endocrine cells; catecholamine-secreting adrenal medullary cells (PC12), growth hormone-secreting pituitary cells (GH3), and insulin-secreting pancreatic beta-cells (RINr and RINm5F). All of these receptors as well as NSF and SNAP are expressed in these cells and, co-immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that syntaxin is associated with SNAP-25 and synaptobrevin after solubilization. These results suggest that syntaxin, SNAP-25, and synaptobrevin form a complex and are involved in the secretion of hormones from endocrine cells by exocytosis.
Related Concept Videos
Receptor-mediated Endocytosis
Receptor-mediated Endocytosis
Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis of LDL
One well-characterized example of receptor-mediated endocytosis is the...
Overview of Secretory Vesicles
Various proteins regulate the aggregation of molecules inside the secretory vesicles. Chromogranins...
Fusion of Secretory Vesicles with the Plasma Membrane
In 1993, Jim Rothman proposed that the antiparallel pairing of vesicular and transmembrane SNAREs, or...
Immunoglobulin-like Cell Adhesion Molecules
Ig-CAMs exhibit either homophilic binding (to other Ig-CAMs) or heterophilic binding (to other ligands such as integrins). While most Ig-CAMs...
Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis
Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis of LDL
One well-characterized example of receptor-mediated endocytosis is the...

