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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 71, 期 4, 页码 399-407出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.10.011
关键词
neuronal and astrocytic shuttle; mechanisms; AOAA; BMA; 3-NPA; phenylsuccinate; aralar1; aspartate aminotransferase; malate dehydrogenase; malate-aspartate shuttle; glycerol 3-phosphate shuttle; malate-alpha-ketoglutarate carrier; neurons; astrocytes; synaptosomes; energy metabolism; aspartate-glutamate carrier; AGC1
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD16596] Funding Source: Medline
The malate-aspartate shuttle and the glycerol phosphate shuttle act to transfer reducing equivalents from NADH in the cytosol to the mitochondria since the inner mitochondrial membrane is impermeable to NADH and NAD(+). This transfer of reducing equivalents is essential for maintaining a favorable NAD(+)/NADH ratio required for the oxidative metabolism of glucose and synthesis of neurotransmitters in brain. There is evidence that both the malate-aspartate shuttle and glycerol phosphate shuttle function in brain; however, there is controversy about the relative importance and cellular localization of these shuttles. The malate-aspartate shuttle is considered the most important shuttle in brain. It is particularly important in neurons and may be extremely low, or even non-existent in brain astrocytes. Several studies provide evidence of glycerol phosphate shuttle activity in brain cells; however, the activity of this shuttle in brain has been questioned. A number of pharmacological tools, including aminooxyacetic acid, beta-methyleneaspartate, phenylsuccinate, and 3-nitropropionic acid, have been used to inhibit the four enzymes and two carrier proteins that participate in the malate-aspartate shuttle. Although no drugs completely inhibit the glycerol phosphate shuttle, evidence for the existence of this shuttle is provided by studies using drugs to inhibit the malate-aspartate shuttle. This report evaluates the evidence for each shuttle in brain cells and the drugs that can be used as pharmacological tools to study these shuttles. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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