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Cell challenging with a strong depolarizing stimulus (75 mM K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>) caused spike bursts having the following characteristics. ECCs released more multispike events and wave envelopes than MCCs. This, together with narrower single-spike events, a faster decay, and a threefold smaller quantal size suggest a faster secretory machinery in ECCs. Furthermore, with a milder stimulus (25 mM K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>) enhanced Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>entry by L-type Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>channel activator BAY K 8644 did not change the kinetic parameters of single spikes in ECCs; in contrast, augmentation of Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>entry increased spike amplitude and width, quantal size, and decay time in MCCs. This suggests that in mature MCCs, the last exocytotic steps are more tightly regulated than in immature ECCs. Finally, we found that quantal secretion was fully controlled by L-type voltage-dependent Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>channels (VDCCs) in ECCs, whereas both L- and non-L VDCCs (N and PQ) contributed equally to secretion control in MCCs. Our results have the following physiological, pharmacological, and clinical relevance: 1) they may help to better understand the regulation of adrenal catecholamine release in response to stress during fetal life and delivery; 2) if clinically used, L-type Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>channel blockers may augment the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); and 3) so-called Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>promotors or activators of Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>entry through L-type VDCCs may be useful to secure a healthy catecholamine surge upon violent stress during fetal life, at birth, or to prevent the SIDS in neonates at risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1152\/ajpcell.00086.2009","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,14]],"date-time":"2009-05-14T00:45:08Z","timestamp":1242261908000},"page":"C407-C418","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Differences in the quantal release of catecholamines in chromaffin cells of rat embryos and their mothers"],"prefix":"10.1152","volume":"297","author":[{"given":"Jos\u00e9 C.","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez-Morales","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lorena","family":"Cort\u00e9s-Gil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonio G.","family":"Garc\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonio M. 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