title: Serotonin transporter kinetics in rats selected for extreme values of platelet serotonin level.
abstract: By selective breeding of Wistar rats for the extreme values of platelet serotonin (5HT) level (PSL), we have developed earlier two sublines of animals differing markedly in this parameter. Further studies, performed on the protein and mRNA levels, revealed platelet serotonin transporter (5HTt) as parameter underlying mentioned differences in PSL between sublines. In this work, we have performed full-kinetic analysis of platelet serotonin uptake (PSU) in animals from the genetically selected sublines. The results demonstrated marked differences in maximal velocity (V(max)) of the 5HT transporter, as contrasted to the lack of any difference in the Michaelis constant (K(m)). High correlation between PSL and V(max) of PSU was demonstrated, revealing that the number of membrane 5HT transporter sites is under genetic control and responsible for marked differences in PSL between high- and low-5HT sublines. These results enabled further selective breeding of animals for the extremes of V(max) of platelet 5HT transporter, and so the development of more specific model "Wistar-Zagreb 5HT rats".
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Lipa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cicin-Sain
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Froebe
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bordukalo-Niksic
authors.forename: Branimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jernej
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012701:Serotonin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; D012701:Serotonin