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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
Little is known about the cerebral distribution and clearance of guanidinoacetate (GAA), the accumulation of which induces convulsions. The purpose of the present study was to identify creatine transporter (CRT)-mediated GAA transport and to clarify its cerebral expression and role in GAA efflux transport at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). CRT mediated GAA transport with a K(m) value of 269 microM/412 microM which was approximately 10-fold greater than that of CRT for creatine. There was wide and distinct cerebral expression of CRT and localization of CRT on the brush-border membrane of choroid plexus epithelial cells. The in vivo elimination clearance of GAA from the CSF was 13-fold greater than that of d-mannitol reflecting bulk flow of the CSF. This process was partially inhibited by creatine. The characteristics of GAA uptake by isolated choroid plexus and an immortalized rat choroid plexus epithelial cell line (TR-CSFB cells) used as an in vitro model of BCSFB are partially consistent with those of CRT. These results suggest that CRT plays a role in the cerebral distribution of GAA and GAA uptake by the choroid plexus. However, in the presence of endogenous creatine in the CSF, CRT may make only a limited contribution to the GAA efflux transport at the BCSFB.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1471-4159
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
768-78
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Blood-Brain Barrier, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Cerebrospinal Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Choroid Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Convulsants, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Microvilli, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18761709-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression and possible role of creatine transporter in the brain and at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier as a transporting protein of guanidinoacetate, an endogenous convulsant.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't