Abstract：
:Most endocrine cells secrete hormones as a result of Ca2+-regulated exocytosis, i.e., fusion of the membranes of hormone-containing secretory granules with the cell membrane, which allows the hormone molecules to escape to the extracellular space. As in neurons, electrical activity and cell depolarization open voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels, and the resulting Ca2+ influx elevate the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, which in turn causes exocytosis. Whereas the main molecular components involved in exocytosis are increasingly well understood, quantitative understanding of the dynamical aspects of exocytosis is still lacking. Due to the nontrivial spatiotemporal Ca2+ dynamics, which depends on the particular pattern of electrical activity as well as Ca2+ channel kinetics, exocytosis is dependent on the spatial arrangement of Ca2+ channels and secretory granules. For example, the creation of local Ca2+ microdomains, where the Ca2+ concentration reaches tens of µM, are believed to be important for triggering exocytosis. Spatiotemporal simulations of buffered Ca2+ diffusion have provided important insight into the interplay between electrical activity, Ca2+ channel kinetics, and the location of granules and Ca2+ channels. By confronting simulations with statistical time-to-event (or survival) regression analysis of single granule exocytosis monitored with TIRF microscopy, a direct connection between location and rate of exocytosis can be obtained at the local, single-granule level. To get insight into whole-cell secretion, simplifications of the full spatiotemporal dynamics have shown to be highly helpful. Here, we provide an overview of recent approaches and results for quantitative analysis of Ca2+ regulated exocytosis of hormone-containing granules.
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Math Bioscijournal_title
Mathematical biosciencesauthors
Pedersen MG,Tagliavini A,Cortese G,Riz M,Montefusco Fdoi
10.1016/j.mbs.2016.11.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-01-01 00:00:00pages
60-70eissn
0025-5564issn
1879-3134pii
S0025-5564(16)30178-Xjournal_volume
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