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Investigating Mast Cell Secretory Granules; from Biosynthesis to Exocytosis
Published on: January 26, 2015
Hinchazón irreversible de los gránulos secretores durante la exocitosis causada por el calcio
Nature
|June 13, 1985
Resumen
La hinchazón de los gránulos secretores es esencial para la exocitosis, el proceso de liberación de contenidos de las células. Las altas concentraciones de sales externas evitan esta hinchazón y bloquean la secreción, apoyando un paso de fusión impulsado osmóticamente.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- La biofísica es la biofísica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La exocitosis implica la fusión de gránulos secretores con la membrana plasmática.
- La fusión de las vesículas de fosfolípidos con las bicapas requiere hinchazón de las vesículas.
- La alta osmolaridad externa inhibe la exocitosis en varios tipos de células.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel de la hinchazón de gránulos en la exocitosis.
- Para probar la hipótesis de un paso de fusión impulsado osmóticamente.
Principales métodos:
- Experimentos sobre la exocitosis del granulo cortical del huevo de erizo de mar.
- Manipulación de la osmolalidad externa del medio (1 a 2 osmol kg-1).
- Medición de cambios en la capacidad de la membrana.
Principales resultados:
- La alta osmolalidad impidió la exocitosis y la fusión dependiente del calcio.
- El tratamiento previo con calcio a alta osmolalidad permitió la fusión tras la dilución.
- La adición de calcio indujo la hinchazón de los gránulos corticales.
- Ausencia de aumento de la capacidad de la membrana con alta osmolalidad.
Conclusiones:
- La inflamación de los gránulos secretores es necesaria para la fusión con la membrana plasmática.
- La exocitosis probablemente involucra un paso de fusión impulsado osmóticamente.
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