Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 107, Issue 3, Pages 768-778Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05652.x
Keywords
blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier; choroid plexus; convulsion; creatine transporter; expression; guanidinoacetate
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture
- Research Fellowships of the Japan Society
- Nakatomi Foundation, Japan
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Little is known about the cerebral distribution and clearance of guanidinoacetate (GAA), the accumulation of which induces convulsions. The purpose of the present study was to identify creatine transporter (CRT)-mediated GAA transport and to clarify its cerebral expression and role in GAA efflux transport at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). CRT mediated GAA transport with a K-m value of 269 mu M/412 mu M which was approximately 10-fold greater than that of CRT for creatine. There was wide and distinct cerebral expression of CRT and localization of CRT on the brush-border membrane of choroid plexus epithelial cells. The in vivo elimination clearance of GAA from the CSF was 13-fold greater than that of D-mannitol reflecting bulk flow of the CSF. This process was partially inhibited by creatine. The characteristics of GAA uptake by isolated choroid plexus and an immortalized rat choroid plexus epithelial cell line (TR-CSFB cells) used as an in vitro model of BCSFB are partially consistent with those of CRT. These results suggest that CRT plays a role in the cerebral distribution of GAA and GAA uptake by the choroid plexus. However, in the presence of endogenous creatine in the CSF, CRT may make only a limited contribution to the GAA efflux transport at the BCSFB.
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