Transport characteristics of N-acetyl-L-aspartate in rat astrocytes: Involvement of sodium-coupled high-affinity carboxylate transporter NaC3/NaDC3-mediated transport system

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 706-714

  Fujita, Takuya ^a   Katsukawa, Hiromi ^a   Yodoya, Etsuo ^a   Wada, Miyuki ^a   Shimada, Ayumi ^a   Okada, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^a   Ganapathy, Vadivel ^b  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Dicarboxylate transporter; N acetyl L aspartate; NaC3 NaDC3; Succinate

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; SODIUM COUPLED CARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KINETICS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, SODIUM-DEPENDENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 18144381244     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03067.x     Document Type: Article

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