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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 109, Issue 1 113-118, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

ATP is required in platelet serotonin exocytosis for protein phosphorylation and priming of secretory vesicles docked on the plasma membrane

T Morimoto and S Ogihara
Department of Biology, Osaka University, Japan.

Calcium-evoked secretion generally requires the presence of millimolar concentrations of Mg-ATP. We investigated the role of Mg-ATP in the secretion of serotonin from electropermeabilized bovine platelets. The secretion of serotonin was lost within 5 minutes when the Mg-ATP concentration was diluted to less than 0.1 mM, but was maintained when ATP-gamma S (adenosine 5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate) was used instead of ATP. Okadaic acid, a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase, could also maintain the exocytotic activity even when ATP was diluted. Decrease in the secretory activity was paralleled by a decrease in phosphorylation level of four proteins after dilution of ATP, but the activity was maintained when the thiophosphorylation level of these proteins was maintained. Two of these proteins were digested by a protease, calpain, which has been shown to lead to a loss in the exocytotic activity. Electron microscopic studies showed that calcium did not induce the formation of distinct bridge-like structures between the granule membrane and the plasma membrane in Mg-ATP-diluted cells, previously shown as the structure transiently formed prior to fusion of the two membranes. Anchorage of the secretory dense granules to the plasma membrane and the presence of the amorphous structures between the granules and the plasma membrane were unchanged by dilution of ATP. These results indicate that ATP is not required for the anchorage itself, but is required to prime anchored granules for calcium-triggered secretion. Maintenance of the phosphorylated state of proteins by ATP enables the calcium trigger to form the bridge-like structures preceding membrane fusion events.


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