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Science 22 September 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4361, pp. 1143 - 1145
DOI: 10.1126/science.684435
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Science, Vol 201, Issue 4361, 1143-1145
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Secretion in mast cells induced by calcium entrapped within phospholipid vesicles

TC Theoharides and WW Douglas

Purified mast cells secreted histamine when fused to phospholipid vesicles containing calcium but not magnesium or potassium. Microscopic observation revealed highly localized exocytotic responses involving punctate extrusion of individual granules. Calcium delivered from the vesicles to the cytoplasm is apparently a sufficient stimulus to initiate exocytosis. The results support the calcium hypothesis of stimulus-secretion coupling.


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