Quantitative analysis of exocytosis and endocytosis in the hydroosmotic response of toad bladder
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The Journal of Membrane Biology
- Vol. 52 (3), 221-235
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01869191
Abstract
This study concerns the timing and magnitude of exocytosis and endocytosis in the granular cells of toad bladder during the hydroosmotic response to antidiuretic hormone. Granule exocytosis at the luminal cell surface is extensive within 5 min of the administration of a physiological dose of hormone. Hydroosmosis becomes detectable during this time period. The amount of membrane added to the luminal surface by exocytosis during 60 min of exposure to hormone can be of the same order of magnitude as the extent of the luminal plasma membrane. Endocytosis, demonstrated by peroxidase uptake from the luminal surface, becomes extensive during the period 15–45 min after hormone administration. Thus, maximal endocytic activity occurs later than the period of most extensive exocytosis and seems to correlate with the onset of the decline in water movement. The amount of membrane retrieved from the luminal surface by endocytosis during 60 min of stimulation is at least three quarters of that added by exocytosis. The bulk membrane movement in ADH stimulated preparations does not require the presence of an osmotic gradient. Colchicine inhibits the hydroosmotic response, the exocytosis of granules, and endocytosis at the luminal surface. These results strengthen our view that the bulk circulation of membrane at the cell surface, via exocytosis and endocytosis, is closely related to the permeability changes occuring at the surface.This publication has 72 references indexed in Scilit:
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