Cultured mammalian PC12 or B104 cells do not instantaneously restore a plasmalemmal barrier (seal) after neurite transection, as measured using fluorescent dye probes of various sizes and saline solutions with different [Ca(2+)](o). Rather, transected cells gradually (from 15 to 60 min postseverance) exclude probes (dye molecules) of progressively smaller size. Furthermore, an inhibitor (calpeptin) of a Ca(2+)-activated cysteine protease (calpain) and antibodies or toxins to a Ca(2+)-regulated protein (synaptotagmin) and other membrane fusion proteins (syntaxin and synaptobrevin) inhibit plasmalemmal sealing. These data obtained using molecular probes on mammalian cell lines are consistent with previous data on invertebrate giant axons indicating that Ca(2+) plays many roles in the formation, accumulation, and fusion/interaction of vesicles gradually forming a seal at a site of plasmalemmal damage.
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