title: Uptake of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) by the JAR human placental choriocarcinoma cell line: comparison with 5-hydroxytryptamine.
abstract: The aim of this work was to characterize the uptake of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)) in the JAR human choriocarcinoma cell line. As JAR cells, as well as the placenta, express the neuronal serotonin transporter (SERT), a comparison between the uptake of (3)H-MPP(+) and (3)H-serotonin ((3)H-5HT) was made. Specific uptake of (3)H-MPP(+) (0.2 microM ) was temperature-, Na(+)- and potential-dependent. 5HT and MPP(+) reduced (3)H-MPP(+) specific uptake (for 5HT, its IC(50) was found to be 4 microM ). The SERT inhibitors desipramine and fluoxetine also inhibited (3)H-MPP(+) specific uptake (with IC(50)s of 189 and 0.92 microM, respectively). The inhibitors of the extraneuronal monoamine transporter (EMT) and of the organic cation transporter type 2 (OCT2), corticosterone and decynium22, had no effect on (3)H-MPP(+) specific uptake, but cyanine863 concentration-dependently reduced it (with an IC(50) of 23 microM ). Specific uptake of (3)H-5HT (0.2 microM ) by JAR cells was temperature-, Na(+)- and potential-dependent. 5HT, MPP(+), desipramine and fluoxetine concentration-dependently inhibited (3)H-5HT specific uptake (with IC(50)s of 1.9 microM, 50 microM, 0.17 microM and 0.046 microM, respectively). Corticosterone showed no effect, but decynium22 and cyanine863 significantly reduced(3) H-5HT specific uptake. For cyanine863, its IC(50) was found to be 11 microM. In conclusion, the results suggest that: (1) uptake of (3)H-5HT by JAR cells occurs exclusively through SERT; (2) uptake of(3) H-MPP(+) by JAR cells involves SERT and also another transporter; (3) neither EMT nor OCT2 are functionally present in JAR cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry (U38-FCT), Faculty of Medicine, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D003891:Desipramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011806:Quinolinium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011806:Quinolinium Compounds; C493230:SLC6A4 protein, human; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D005473:Fluoxetine; D012701:Serotonin; C016855:cyanine 863; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D003891:Desipramine