Scientific reports, 2016-10, Vol.6 (1), p.35592-35592, Article 35592
2016
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- Titel
- The astrocytic transporter SLC7A10 (Asc-1) mediates glycinergic inhibition of spinal cord motor neurons
- Ist Teil von
- Scientific reports, 2016-10, Vol.6 (1), p.35592-35592, Article 35592
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Nature Publishing Group
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2016
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- SLC7A10 (Asc-1) is a sodium-independent amino acid transporter known to facilitate transport of a number of amino acids including glycine, L-serine, L-alanine, and L-cysteine, as well as their D-enantiomers. It has been described as a neuronal transporter with a primary role related to modulation of excitatory glutamatergic neurotransmission. We find that SLC7A10 is substantially enriched in a subset of astrocytes of the caudal brain and spinal cord in a distribution corresponding with high densities of glycinergic inhibitory synapses. Accordingly, we find that spinal cord glycine levels are significantly reduced in Slc7a10-null mice and spontaneous glycinergic postsynaptic currents in motor neurons show substantially diminished amplitudes, demonstrating an essential role for SLC7A10 in glycinergic inhibitory function in the central nervous system. These observations establish the etiology of sustained myoclonus (sudden involuntary muscle movements) and early postnatal lethality characteristic of Slc7a10-null mice, and implicate SLC7A10 as a candidate gene and auto-antibody target in human hyperekplexia and stiff person syndrome, respectively.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 2045-2322eISSN: 2045-2322DOI: 10.1038/srep35592Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5069678
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- Schlagworte
- Amino Acid Transport System y+ - genetics, Amino Acid Transport System y+ - metabolism, Amino acids, Animals, Astrocytes, Astrocytes - physiology, Autoantigens - genetics, Autoantigens - metabolism, Brain - pathology, Cells, Cultured, Central nervous system, Cysteine, Enantiomers, Etiology, Female, Genes, Glutamatergic transmission, Glycine, Glycine - metabolism, Humans, Hyperekplexia - genetics, Hyperekplexia - immunology, L-Alanine, L-Serine, Lethality, Male, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Motor neurons, Motor Neurons - physiology, Motor task performance, Myoclonus, Myoclonus - genetics, Neuromodulation, Neurotransmission, Rodents, Smooth muscle, Sodium, Spinal cord, Spinal Cord - pathology, Startle response, Stiff-Person Syndrome - genetics, Stiff-Person Syndrome - immunology, Synaptic Transmission - genetics