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NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 412-418Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0356-3
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Glutamate transporters; Glutathione transport; Retina; Zinc ion
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- CNPq
- FAPESPA
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This study was undertaken in order to characterize the role of the glutamate/aspartate transporter (GLAST) in the glutathione (GSH) efflux induced by glutamate. Our results demonstrated that retinal cell cultures exhibit two mechanisms of GSH release, one Na+-independent and other Na+-dependent. Glutamate and aspartate induced GSH efflux only in presence of Na+. Treatment with PCD (L-trans-Pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate), a transportable glutamate uptake blocker, increased GSH release indicating that GSH can be carried by glutamate transporters in retinal cell cultures. Added to this, treatment with zinc ion cultures, a recognized inhibitor of GLAST blocked GSH efflux evoked by glutamate. Treatment with NMDA antagonist (MK-801) did not have any effect on the GSH release induced by glutamate. These results suggest that glutamate induces GLAST-mediated release of GSH from retinal cell cultures and this could represent an important mechanism of cellular protection against glutamate toxicity in the CNS.
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