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Role of the vesicular chloride transporter ClC-3 in neuroendocrine tissue

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Item Type:Article
Title:Role of the vesicular chloride transporter ClC-3 in neuroendocrine tissue
Creators Name:Maritzen, T., Keating, D.J., Neagoe, I., Zdebik, A.A. and Jentsch, T.J.
Abstract:ClC-3 is an intracellular chloride transport protein known to reside on endosomes and synaptic vesicles. The endogenous protein has been notoriously difficult to detect in immunohistological experiments because of the lack of reliable antibodies. Using newly generated antibodies, we now examine its expression pattern at the cellular and subcellular level. In all tissues examined, immunostaining indicated that ClC-3 is a vesicular protein, with a prominent expression in endocrine cells like adrenal chromaffin cells and pancreatic islet cells. In line with a possible function of ClC-3 in regulating vesicle trafficking or exocytosis in those secretory cells, capacitance measurements and amperometry indicated that exocytosis of large dense-core vesicles (LDCVs) was decreased in chromaffin cells from ClC-3 knock-out mice. However, immunohistochemistry complemented with subcellular fractionation showed that ClC-3 is not detectable on LDCVs of endocrine cells, but localizes to endosomes and synaptic-like microvesicles in both adrenal chromaffin and pancreatic beta cells. This observation points to an indirect influence of ClC-3 on LDCV exocytosis in chromaffin cells, possibly by affecting an intracellular trafficking step.
Keywords:Clcn3, Gene Disruption, Catecholamine, Insulin, Channel, Exchanger, Animals, Mice
Source:Journal of Neuroscience
ISSN:0270-6474
Publisher:Society for Neuroscience
Volume:28
Number:42
Page Range:10587-10598
Date:15 October 2008
Additional Information:Copyright (c) 2008 by The Society for Neuroscience
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3750-08.2008
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