Measurements of Exocytosis by Capacitance Recordings and Calcium Uncaging in Mouse Adrenal Chromaffin Cells

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Fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane and liberation of their contents is a multistep process involving several proteins. Correctly assigning the role of specific proteins and reactions in this cascade requires a measurement method with high temporal resolution. Patch-clamp recordings of cell membrane capacitance in combination with calcium measurements, calcium uncaging, and carbon-fiber amperometry allow for the accurate determination of vesicle pool sizes, their fusion kinetics, and their secreted oxidizable content. Here, we will describe this method in a model system for neurosecretion, the adrenal chromaffin cells, which secrete adrenaline.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
EditorsFlorence Niedergang, Nicolas Vitale, Stéphane Gasman
Number of pages19
Place of PublicationNew Yorj
PublisherHumana Press
Publication date2021
Edition1
Pages233-251
ISBN (Print)978-1-0716-1043-5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-0716-1044-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
SeriesMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2233
ISSN1064-3745

    Research areas

  • Calcium measurements, Capacitance measurement, Carbon-fiber amperometry, Chromaffin cells, Electrophysiology, Exocytosis, Neurosecretion, Patch-clamp, Vesicles

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