title: Transient expression of the glial glutamate transporters GLAST and GLT in hippocampal neurons in primary culture.
abstract: The extracellular glutamate concentration is kept low by glutamate transporters in the plasma membranes. Here we have studied the expression of the glutamate transporters GLAST, GLT and EAAC during the in vitro development of embryonic hippocampal neurons grown in a defined (serum free) medium. Immunochemistry studies showed that both the GLAST and GLT proteins are expressed in a subpopulation of neurons at the early, but not at the later stages of the cultures. Glial cells expressing the GLAST and GLT proteins were found at all stages. EAAC was only detected in neurons. This is one of the first evidence of a neuronal ability to express GLAST.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 5102, Laboratoire de Plasticité Cérébrale, Université Montpellier II CC90, Montpellier, France. plachez@crit.univ-montp2.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plachez
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Danbolt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Récasens
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050491:Glutamate Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D027981:Symporters; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050491:Glutamate Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D027981:Symporters