Potentiation of Exocytosis by Phospholipase C-Coupled G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Requires the Priming Protein Munc13-1

The vesicle priming protein Munc13-1 is regulated by diacylglycerol (DAG) and is therefore hypothesized to play a role in the control of neurotransmitter release by phospholipase C (PLC)-coupled receptors. We combined voltage-clamp recordings of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) and high-resolution capacitance measurements to investigate the mechanism of receptor-mediated modulation of exocytosis in bovine chromaffin cells. Activation of endogenous H1 Gq-protein-coupled receptors (GqPCRs) by histamine potentiated stimulus-coupled secretion despite concurrently inhibiting Ca2+ influx through VGCCs. Histamine increased the size of the readily releasable pool of vesicles and in particular a subpool of fusion-competent vesicles localized in close proximity to VGCCs. Pharmacological characterization showed that potentiation of exocytosis depended on the activation of PLC but not protein kinase C. Overexpression of wild-type Munc13-1 by adenoviral infection had no effect on histamine-induced potentiation per se, whereas DAG-insensitive Munc13-1H567K completely abolished it. This is the first endogenous mammalian GqPCR signaling pathway identified that engages Munc13-1 to increase stimulus-coupled secretion by recruiting vesicles to the immediately releasable pool. GqPCRs are therefore able to control exocytosis at the level of SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) complex formation to produce rapid, short-term potentiation of the secretory output of neurons and endocrine cells.

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