Abstract
Previous studies showed that in the intact rat chromaffin cells are insensitive to the presynaptic stimulatory toxin, α-latrotoxin (α-LTx). In contrast, primary cultures of rat adrenal chromaffin cells respond to α-LTx by releasing stored catecholamines. The toxin-induced response was greater in cultures from young (8–10-day-old) than adult (40–50-day-old) animals, and increased when the time of culturing was prolonged from 4 to 20 days. Even greater responses were observed in cells cultured in the presence of nerve growth factor, a treatment which induces a neuronal-like phenotype. Acquisition of sensitivity to α-LTx appears to be an early marker of chromaffin cell commitment to differentiate towards a neuron.
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