TY  - JOUR
A1  - Drehmann, Paul
A1  - Milanos, Sinem
A1  - Schaefer, Natascha
A1  - Kasaragod, Vikram Babu
A1  - Herterich, Sarah
A1  - Holzbach-Eberle, Ulrike
A1  - Harvey, Robert J.
A1  - Villmann, Carmen
T1  - Dual role of dysfunctional Asc-1 transporter in distinct human pathologies, human startle disease, and developmental delay
JF  - eNeuro
N2  - Human startle disease is associated with mutations in distinct genes encoding glycine receptors, transporters or interacting proteins at glycinergic synapses in spinal cord and brainstem. However, a significant number of diagnosed patients does not carry a mutation in the common genes GLRA1, GLRB, and SLC6A5. Recently, studies on solute carrier 7 subfamily 10 (SLC7A10; Asc-1, alanine-serine-cysteine transporter) knock-out (KO) mice displaying a startle disease-like phenotype hypothesized that this transporter might represent a novel candidate for human startle disease. Here, we screened 51 patients from our patient cohort negative for the common genes and found three exonic (one missense, two synonymous), seven intronic, and single nucleotide changes in the 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs) in Asc-1. The identified missense mutation Asc-1\(^{G307R}\) from a patient with startle disease and developmental delay was investigated in functional studies. At the molecular level, the mutation Asc-1\(^{G307R}\) did not interfere with cell-surface expression, but disrupted glycine uptake. Substitution of glycine at position 307 to other amino acids, e.g., to alanine or tryptophan did not affect trafficking or glycine transport. By contrast, G307K disrupted glycine transport similar to the G307R mutation found in the patient. Structurally, the disrupted function in variants carrying positively charged residues can be explained by local structural rearrangements because of the large positively charged side chain. Thus, our data suggest that SLC7A10 may represent a rare but novel gene associated with human startle disease and developmental delay.
KW  - Asc-1 transporter
KW  - candidate gene
KW  - glycine receptor
KW  - glycine uptake
KW  - human startle disease
KW  - NMDAR
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-349947
VL  - 10
IS  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Neuhaus, Winfried
A1  - Burek, Malgorzata
A1  - Djuzenova, Cholpon C
A1  - Thal, Serge C
A1  - Koepsell, Hermann
A1  - Roewer, Norbert
A1  - Förster, Carola Y
T1  - Addition of NMDA-receptor antagonist MK801 during oxygen/glucose deprivation moderately attenuates the up-regulation of glucose uptake after subsequent reoxygenation in brain endothelial cells
N2  - During stroke the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is damaged which can result in vasogenic brain edema and inflammation. The reduced blood supply leads to decreased delivery of oxygen and glucose to affected areas of the brain. Oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) can cause upregulation of glucose uptake of brain endothelial cells. In this letter, we investigated the influence of MK801, a non-competitive inhibitor of the NMDA-receptor, on the regulation of the glucose uptake and of the main glucose transporters glut1 and sglt1 in murine BBB cell line cerebEND during OGD. mRNA expression of glut1 was upregulated 68.7- fold after 6 h OGD, which was significantly reduced by 10 μM MK801 to 28.9-fold. Sglt1 mRNA expression decreased during OGD which was further reduced by MK801. Glucose uptake was significantly increased up to 907% after 6 h OGD and was still higher (210%) after the 20 h reoxygenation phase compared to normoxia. Ten micromolar MK801 during OGD was able to reduce upregulated glucose uptake after OGD and reoxygenation significantly. Presence of several NMDAR subunits was proven on the mRNA level in cerebEND cells. Furthermore, it was shown that NMDAR subunit NR1 was upregulated during OGD and that this was inhibitable by MK801. In conclusion, the addition of MK801 during the OGD phase reduced significantly the glucose uptake after the subsequent reoxygenation phase in brain endothelial cells.
KW  - Blut-Hirn-Schranke
KW  - Schlaganfall
KW  - Glucosetransportproteine
KW  - NMDA-Antagonist
KW  - NMDA-Rezeptor
KW  - blood-brain barrier
KW  - MK801
KW  - NMDAR
KW  - stroke
KW  - glut1
KW  - sglt1
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-67241
ER  -