title: Existence of an endogenous glutamate and aspartate transporter in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
abstract: Chinese hamster ovary cells show endogenous high-affinity Na(+)-dependent glutamate transport activity. This transport activity is kinetically similar to a glutamate transporter family strategically expressed in the central nervous system and is pharmacologically unlike glutamate transporter-1 or excitatory amino acid carrier 1. The cDNA of a glutamate/aspartate transporter (GLAST)-like transporter was obtained and analyzed. The deduced amino acid sequence showed high similarity to human, mouse, and rat GLAST. We concluded that a GLAST-like glutamate transporter exists in Chinese hamster ovary cells that might confer the endogenous high-affinity Na(+)-dependent glutamate transport activity evident in these cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
authors.forename: Xunhe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yaoyue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chongyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lihe
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D016466:CHO Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid