Glial cells express multiple ATP binding cassette proteins which are involved in ATP release
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in NeuroReport
- Vol. 13 (14) , 1789-1792
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200210070-00019
Abstract
Rat brain astrocyte and microglia cultures express different members of ATP-binding-cassette (ABC) proteins. RT-PCR analysis showed that astrocytes are equipped with P-glycoprotein (mdr1a, mdr1b), multidrug resistance-associated-protein (mrp1, mrp4, mrp5) and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). No transcripts for mrp5 and CFTR were detected in microglia. The ABC protein functional activities are shown by the following results: (i) cyclosporin A (50 μM), verapamil (50 μM), probenecid (1 mM) or sulfinpyrazone (2 mM) enhanced [3H]vincristine accumulation; (ii) cyclosporin A or verapamil but not probenecid or sulfinpyrazone enhanced [3H]digoxin accumulation; (iii) glibenclamide (100 μM) inhibited 36Clefflux from astrocytes. ATP release from glial cells was inhibited by the pretreatment with ABC protein inhibitors indicating that ABC proteins are involved in nucleotide efflux from glial cells which represent the main source of cerebral extracellular purines.Keywords
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