Ion fluxes associated with excitatory amino acid transport

Jacques I. Wadiche; Susan G. Amara; Michael P. Kavanaugh

doi:10.1016/0896-6273(95)90159-0

Ion fluxes associated with excitatory amino acid transport

Jacques I. Wadiche, Susan G. Amara, Michael P. Kavanaugh

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Flux of substrate and charge mediated by three cloned excitatory amino acid transporters widely expressed in human brain were studied in voltage-clamped Xenopus oocytes. Superfusion of l-glutamate or d-aspartate resulted in currents due in part to electrogenic Na⁺ cotransport, which contributed 1 net positive charge per transport cycle. A significant additional component of the currents was due to activation of a reversible anion flux that was not thermodynamically coupled to amino acid transport. The selectivity sequence of this ligand-activated conductance was NO_3^- > I^- > Br^- > Cl^- > F^-. The results suggest that these proteins mediate both transporter- and channel-like modes of permeation, providing a potential mechanism for dampening cell excitability, in addition to removal of transmitter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	721-728
Number of pages	8
Journal	Neuron
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0896-6273(95)90159-0
State	Published - Sep 1995

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