title: Benzodiazepines differently modulate EAAT1/GLAST and EAAT2/GLT1 glutamate transporters expressed in CHO cells.
abstract: It has been described recently that low concentrations of benzodiazepines stimulate the transport activity of the neuronal glutamate transporter EAAT3, whereas high concentrations inhibit it. The present study is aimed to investigate whether benzodiazepines have similar effects on the two glial glutamate transporter, EAAT1 and EAAT2. To this end, the transporters were transiently expressed in CHO cells and transport activity was determined by isotope fluxes using D-aspartate as non-metabolizable homologue of L-glutamate. At low D-aspartate concentrations (1 micromol/l) EAAT1-mediated uptake was reduced significantly by low concentrations of oxazepam (1 micromol/l) and diazepam (1 and 10 micromol/l). At 100 micromol/l D-aspartate oxazepam stimulated EAAT1-mediated uptake up to 150% in a dose dependent manner, whereas the inhibition by low concentrations of diazepam was attenuated. In contrast, a significant effect of diazepam on EAAT2-mediated uptake was only observed at 1000 micromol/l where uptake was inhibited by 60%. A similar inhibition was observed for EAAT1. These studies demonstrate a different modulation of EAAT1 and EAAT2 by benzodiazepines. Furthermore the glial transporters differ from the neuronal glutamate transporter. Thus, a complex in vivo response of the various transporters to benzodiazepines can be expected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epithelial Cell Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: Mònica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmada
authors.forename: Evamaria
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kinne-Saffran
authors.forename: Josep Joan
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Centelles
authors.forename: Rolf K H
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kinne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D016466:CHO Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D003975:Diazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D027341:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D027342:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000737:chemistry; D010076:Oxazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D027341:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1; D027342:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D010076:Oxazepam; D003975:Diazepam