A CDNA THAT SUPPRESSES MPP+ TOXICITY ENCODES A VESICULAR AMINE TRANSPORTER
A CDNA THAT SUPPRESSES MPP+ TOXICITY ENCODES A VESICULAR AMINE TRANSPORTER
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(92)90425-c
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发表时间:
1992-08-21
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
EDWARDS, RH
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作者:
LIU, YJ;PETER, D;EDWARDS, RH
Classical neurotransmitters are transported into synaptic vesicles so that their release can be regulated by neural activity. In addition, the vesicular transport of biogenic amines modulates susceptibility to N-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+), the active metabolite of the neurotoxin N-methyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine that produces a model of Parkinson's disease. Taking advantage of selection in MPP+, we have used gene transfer followed by plasmid rescue to identify a cDNA clone that encodes a vesicular amine transporter. The sequence predicts a novel mammalian protein with 12 transmembrane domains and homology to a class of bacterial drug resistance transporters. We have detected messenger RNA transcripts for this transporter only in the adrenal gland. Monoamine cell populations in the brain stem express a distinct but highly related protein.