Calcium‐dependence of chromogranin A‐catecholamine interaction

R Westermann, F Stögbauer, K Unsicker… - FEBS …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
R Westermann, F Stögbauer, K Unsicker, R Lietzke
FEBS letters, 1988Wiley Online Library
Major components of the secretory organelle of bovine adrenal medullary cells, the
chromaffin vesicles, are the acidic protein chromogranin A, catecholamines and Ca2+. The
binding of Ca2+ to chromogranin A has been established. To study the interaction between
chromogranin A and catecholamines and its dependence on Ca2+ we immobilized
chromogranin A to a newly raised monoclonal antibody. It is shown that chromogranin A can
bind (i) about 0.5 mol catecholamines per mol in a non‐calcium‐dependent manner and (ii) …
Major components of the secretory organelle of bovine adrenal medullary cells, the chromaffin vesicles, are the acidic protein chromogranin A, catecholamines and Ca2+. The binding of Ca2+ to chromogranin A has been established. To study the interaction between chromogranin A and catecholamines and its dependence on Ca2+ we immobilized chromogranin A to a newly raised monoclonal antibody. It is shown that chromogranin A can bind (i) about 0.5 mol catecholamines per mol in a non‐calcium‐dependent manner and (ii) about 5 mol per mol in the presence of calcium. These results further support the notion that chromogranin A may act as a secretory granule‐condensing protein.
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