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Larsson, O.M. et al.

Mutual inhibition kinetic analysis of gamma-aminobutyric acid, taurine, and beta-alanine high-affinity transport into neurons and astrocytes: evidence for similarity between the taurine and beta-alanine carriers in both cell types.

The transport kinetics of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), taurine, and beta-alanine in addition to the mutual inhibition patterns of these compounds were investigated in cultures of neurons and astrocytes derived from mouse cerebral cortex. A high-affinity uptake system for each amino acid was demonstrated both in neurons (Km GABA = 24.9 +/- 1.7 microM; Km Tau = 20.0 +/- 3.3 microM; Km beta-Ala = 73.0 +/- 3.6 microM) and astrocytes (Km GABA = 31.4 +/- 2.9 microM, Km Tau = 24.7 +/- 1.3 microM; Km beta-Ala = 70.8 +/- 3.6 microM). The maximal uptake rates (Vmax) determined were such that, in neurons, Vmax GABA greater than Vmax beta-Ala = Vmax Tau, whereas in astrocytes, Vmax beta-Ala greater than Vmax Tau = Vmax GABA. Taurine was found to inhibit beta-alanine uptake into neurons and astrocytes in a competitive manner, with Ki values of 217 microM in neurons and 24 microM in astrocytes. beta-Alanine was shown to inhibit taurine uptake in neurons and astrocytes, also in a competitive manner, with Ki values of 72 microM in neurons and 71 microM in astrocytes. However, beta-alanine was found to be a weak noncompetitive inhibitor of neuronal and astrocytic GABA uptake, whereas in reverse experiments, GABA displayed weak noncompetitive inhibition of neuronal and astrocytic uptake of beta-alanine. Likewise, taurine was a weak noncompetitive inhibitor of GABA uptake in neurons and similarly, GABA was a weak noncompetitive inhibitor of taurine uptake into neurons.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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Mutual inhibition kinetic analysis of gamma-aminobutyric acid, taurine, and beta-alanine high-affinity transport into neurons and astrocytes: evidence for similarity between the taurine and beta-alanine carriers in both cell types. Larsson, O.M., Griffiths, R., Allen, I.C., Schousboe, A. J. Neurochem. (1986) [Pubmed]

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