Journal
METABOLOMICS
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 271-279Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-012-0457-x
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Brain ectonucleotidases; Extracellular nucleotide catabolism; Intracellular brain nucleosides; Nucleoside homeostasis; Purine salvage; Pyrimidine salvage
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- Italian MIUR
- University of Pisa
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The rate limiting reactions of nucleotide synthesis are modulated by intracellular fluctuations of nucleoside triphosphate concentrations. This topic has been mostly studied at the level of the de novo nucleotide synthesis from simple precursors. However, there are districts, such as brain, which rely more heavily on the salvage of preformed purine and pyrimidine rings, mainly in the form of nucleosides. This raises the following question: how do these districts maintain the right balance between the purine and pyrimidine pools? We believe that it is now safe to state that a cross talk exists between the extra- and intracellular metabolism of purine and pyrimidine nucleosides in the brain. The extracellular space is the major site of nucleoside generation through successive dephosphorylations of released triphosphates, whereas brain cytosol is the major site of multiple phosphorylations of uptaken nucleosides at their 5'-position. Modulation of both extracellular nucleoside generation by membrane bound ectonucleotidases, and intracellular nucleoside phosphorylation by cytosolic kinases might contribute to maintain the right extra- and intracellular purine and pyrimidine nucleotide balance in the brain.
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