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JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY
Volume 159, Issue 1-2, Pages 113-118Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.10.013
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macrophages; serotonin transporter; dopamine transporter
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Although it is known that macrophages take up serotonin, a specific monoamine transporter has not been identified in macrophages. In this study, mRNA coding for the serotonin transporter (SERT) was detected with the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in recruited mouse peritoneal macrophages. Sequencing confirmed the identity of the RT-PCR product to mouse SERT mRNA. SERT protein was detected by Western blotting. Macrophage activation with lipopolysaccharide had no effect on expression of SERT mRNA or protein. Consistent with expression of a functional SERT, specific uptake of H-3-serotonin in macrophages was sodium dependent and inhibited by fluoxetine (IC50 6.9 nM) and desipramine (IC50 32 nM) but not by nisoxetine or reserpine. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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