Role of oxoproline in the regulation of neutral amino acid transport across the blood-brain barrier
Role of oxoproline in the regulation of neutral amino acid transport across the blood-brain barrier
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.271.32.19129
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发表时间:
1996-08-09
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Vina, JR
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作者:
Lee, WJ;Hawkins, RA;Vina, JR
Regulation of neutral amino acid transport was studied using isolated plasma membrane vesicles derived from the bovine blood-brain barrier, Neutral amino acids cross the blood-brain barrier by facilitative transport system L1, which may allow both desirable and undesirable amino acids to enter the brain, The sodium-dependent amino acid systems A and B-o,B-+ are located exclusively on abluminal membranes, in a position to pump unwanted amino acids out, gamma-Glutamyl transpeptidase, the first enzyme of the gamma-glutamyl cycle, is an integral protein of the luminal membrane of the blood-brain barrier, We demonstrate that oxoproline, an intracellular product of the gamma-glutamyl cycle, stimulates the sodium-dependent systems A and B-o,B-+ by 70 and 20%, respectively. Study of system A showed that 2 mM oxoproline increased the affinity for its specific substrate N-methylaminoisobutyrate by 50%. This relationship between the activity of the gamma-glutamyl cycle and system A transport may provide a short term regulatory mechanism by which the entry of potentially deleterious amino acids (i.e. neurotransmitters or their precursors) may be retarded and their removal from brain accelerated.