Microglial Glutamate Uptake is Coupled to Glutathione Synthesis and Glutamate Release.
From: Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 19, SE-41 45 Göteborg, Sweden. mikael.persson@neuro.gu.se
The European journal of neuroscience
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0953-816X
- Volume: 24
- Issue: 4
- Pages: 1063-70
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Persson Mikael, Sandberg Mats, Hansson Elisabeth, et al. Microglial Glutamate Uptake is Coupled to Glutathione Synthesis and Glutamate Release.. Eur. J. Neurosci. Aug 2006;24:1063-70
Abstract
The physiological function of microglial glutamate uptake has been debated as it is about 10% of that measured for astrocytes. This study addresses how glutamate, taken up from the extracellular space, is utilized by microglia. It was found that purified rat microglia incubated for 60 min with (3)H-glutamate had an increased intracellular accumulation of (3)H-glutamate after 12 h incubation with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) but not after incubation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Furthermore, LPS- but not TNF-alpha-treated cells showed an increased efflux of (3)H-labelled compounds, presumably glutamate through the X(C) (-) system and treatment with LPS or TNF-alpha increased the microglial glutathione concentrations and led to an increased incorporation of (3)H-glutamate into glutathione. Depending on the stimuli, 3-6% of the total labelled contents were found in the form of glutathione and 25-35% in the form of glutamate. These results show that microglial glutamate uptake is directly coupled to glutathione synthesis and release of glutamate and/or glutamate metabolites. Additionally, the increased glutathione contents after LPS or TNF-alpha treatment were able to reduce microglial cell death after H(2)O(2) challenge, showing a potential (self)-protective function for microglial glutamate transporter expression and glutathione synthesis.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Biological Transport, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2, Glutamic Acid, Glutathione, Hydrogen Peroxide, Lipopolysaccharides, Microglia, Oxidants, Radioligand Assay, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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