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Role of Calcium in Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Bovine Adrenal Medullary Cells

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Calcium in Biological Systems

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The requirement of extracellular calcium for secretion of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla was first demonstrated by Douglas and Rubin in 1961 [10]. They proposed that acetylcholine stimulated secretion by promoting the influx of calcium into chromaffin cells, thus initiating intracellular events resulting in the release of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Evidence consistent with this hypothesis was obtained by Douglas and Poisner [9] who showed that perfused cat adrenal glands treated with acetylcholine retained more of a loading dose of 45Ca2+ than did untreated glands. Because of the limited experimental flexibility of the perfused gland system it was not possible to carry out a detailed analysis of calcium uptake, but continued studies of stimulus-secretion coupling provided evidence that entry of calcium into the cell was an early step in secretion [8]. With the advent of methods for maintaining primary cultures of adrenal medulla chromaffin cells, it became possible to determine directly the effects of stimulation on the entry of calcium as well as other ions into the cells. Several laboratories have undertaken such studies [20,23,28], and the essential features are described here.

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Krishner, N., Corcoran, J.J., Wilson, S.P. (1985). Role of Calcium in Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Bovine Adrenal Medullary Cells. In: Rubin, R.P., Weiss, G.B., Putney, J.W. (eds) Calcium in Biological Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2377-8_12

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