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Glutathione is a physiologic reservoir of neuronal glutamate

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Koga, Minori, Serritella, Anthony V., Messmer, Marcus M., Hayashi-Takagi, Akiko, Hester, Lynda D., Snyder, Solomon H., Sawa, Akira, Sedlak, Thomas W.·2011·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

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Glutamate, the principal excitatory neurotransmitter of the brain, participates in a multitude of physiologic and pathologic processes, including learning and memory. Glutathione, a tripeptide composed of the amino acids glutamate, cysteine, and glycine, serves important cofactor roles in antioxidant defense and drug detoxification, but glutathione deficits occur in multiple neuropsychiatric disorders. Glutathione synthesis and metabolism are governed by a cycle of enzymes, the γ-glutamyl cycle, which can achieve intracellular glutathione concentrations of 1-10mM. Because of the considerable quantity of brain glutathione and its rapid turnover, we hypothesized that glutathione may serve as a reservoir of neural glutamate. We quantified glutamate in HT22 hippocampal neurons, PC12 cells and primary cortical neurons after treatment with molecular inhibitors targeting three different enzymes of the glutathione metabolic cycle. Inhibiting 5-oxoprolinase and γ-glutamyl transferase, enzymes that liberate glutamate from glutathione, leads to decreases in glutamate. In contrast, inhibition of γ-glutamyl cysteine ligase, which uses glutamate to synthesize glutathione, results in substantial glutamate accumulation. Increased glutamate levels following inhibition of glutathione synthesis temporally precede later effects upon oxidative stress.

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Authors
Koga, M., Serritella, A. V., Messmer, M. M., Hayashi-Takagi, A., Hester, L. D., Snyder, S. H., Sawa, A., & Sedlak, T. W.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Sedlak, Thomas W.
Venue
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-06
Volume
409
Issue
4
Pages
596-602
ISSN
0006-291X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2027589595
Cited by
73
References
46
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FWCI
1.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH084018, R01MH018501, MH 092443, P20MH084018, R37MH018501, MH-18501, R01MH092443)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K08NS057824)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
Keywords
glutathione, glutamate, glutathione metabolism, gamma-glutamyl cycle, glutathione synthesis, glutathione depletion, 5-oxoprolinase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, hippocampal neurons, cortical neurons, oxidative stress, excitatory neurotransmitter, antioxidant defense
MeSH terms
Animals, Enzyme Inhibitors, gamma-Glutamyltransferase, Glutathione, Hippocampus, Isoxazoles, Neurons, Pyroglutamate Hydrolase, Glutamic Acid, Buthionine Sulfoximine, Cell Line, Tumor, Imidazolines, Mice, Rats

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