Vesicular glutamate transporter acts as a metabolic regulator.

Abstract:

:Vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) is responsible for the active transport of L-glutamate into synaptic vesicles and, thus, plays an essential role in the glutamatergic chemical transmission in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Recent studies indicated that VGLUT is also expressed and localized in various secretory vesicles in non-neuronal peripheral organelles such as hormone-containing secretory granules in endocrine cells. L-Glutamate is stored in VGLUT-containing organelles, secreted upon stimulation, and then acts as a paracrine and/or autocrine modulator to regulate cellular functions. Thus, VGLUT is a key molecule for glutamate signaling and is the core of a novel signaling system.

journal_name

Biol Pharm Bull

authors

Moriyama Y,Omote H

doi

10.1248/bpb.31.1844

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1844-6

issue

10

eissn

0918-6158

issn

1347-5215

pii

JST.JSTAGE/bpb/31.1844

journal_volume

31

pub_type

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