Biotechnology Letters, Vol.25, No.7, 547-552, 2003
The secretory response through electric stimulation of differentiated PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells transfected with neuropeptide Y fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein
Exocytosis in pheochromocytoma cells was induced by electric stimulation. To chase the movement of vesicles by electric stimulation, dense-core secretory vesicles were visualized by expression of the fusion protein between neuropeptide Y and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in these differentiated PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells. When the cells were stimulated with constant voltage potential at -300 mV, the movement of dense-core secretory vesicles could be regulated.
Keywords:dense-core secretory granules;electric stimulation;enhanced green fluoresent protein;exocytosis;pheochromocytoma cell