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Title: Acetylcholine secretion in the human cell strain LA-N-2

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6179829

The authors have studied the synthesis and release of acetylcholine (ACh) in human neuroblastoma cells, LA-N-2. In cells cultured for 4 days in nutrient medium containing 7-700 ..mu..M choline, the cell content as well as the amounts of ACh spontaneously released into the medium increased with increasing substrate concentration. Half-maximal intracellular ACh levels were reached at 40 /sup +/M medium choline. Incubation of LA-N-2 cells for 1 hr with (/sup 3/H)choline and subsequent purification of the radioactive species by HPLC, showed incorporation of radioactive choline into ACh in a saturable manner with an apparent Km of 82 +/- 17 ..mu..M and a Vmax of 1.4 +/- 0.1 nmol/mg protein/hr. ACh secretion by LA-N-2 cells is stimulated by 1. elevated concentrations of extracellular K/sup +/ but not Cs/sup +/; 2. a sodium channel agonist, veratridine, an effect blocked by tetrodotoxin and 3. A cholinergic agonist, carbachol, an effect blocked by atropine. LA-N-2 cells thus have retained important features of differentiated neuronal cells and offer a model system for studies on the molecular mechanisms of cholinergic function.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
OSTI ID:
6179829
Report Number(s):
CONF-870644-; TRN: 87-034016
Journal Information:
Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 46:6; Conference: 78. annual meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 7 Jun 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English