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EAAT and Xc⁻ Exchanger Inhibition Depletes Glutathione in the Transformed Human Lens Epithelial Cell Line SRA 01/04.

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PURPOSE:Maintaining the high glutathione (GSH; tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine) levels in the lens cortex promotes lens health. The role of glutamate/aspartate (Glu/Asp) transporters and the cystine (Cys)/Glu exchanger (Xc(-) exchanger) in maintaining GSH in transformed human lens epithelial cells (SRA 01/04) was investigated. METHODS:Detection and differentiation of excitatory amino acid transporters (EAAT1-5) and the Xc(-) exchanger was performed by the uptake of radiolabeled l-Glu, d-Asp and l-Cys in the presence and absence of Na(+), substrate-specific inhibition studies and Western-blot analysis. Reductions in GSH levels post-inhibition of Xc(-) exchanger and EAAT activities by substrate inhibitors demonstrated the roles of EAAT and Xc(-) exchanger in maintaining GSH. RESULTS:Glu and d-Asp uptake in HLEC was Na(+)-dependent. Strong inhibition by substrate-specific Glu/Asp uptake inhibitors and weak inhibition by kainic acid (KA) was consistent with Na(+)-dependent EAAT1/3/4/5 activity and weak EAAT2 activity, respectively. Na(+)-independency and Glu inhibition of Cys uptake were consistent with Xc(-) exchanger activity, but inhibition of Na(+)-dependent Cys uptake by N-acetylcysteine suggests Cys uptake by EAAT3. EAAT1-5 and xCT (Xc(-) exchanger light chain) immunoreactive peptides were detected by Western-blot analysis of HLEC lysates. EAAT and Xc(-) exchanger inhibition by substrate antagonists depleted GSH concentrations by 15-28% (p's ≤ 0.02), while GSH synthesis inhibition by buthionine sulfoximine depleted GSH by 33% (p = 0.008). CONCLUSION:Inhibition of Glu and Cys uptake by EAAT and Xc(-) exchanger antagonists depletes GSH in human lens epithelial cells. These in vitro results support pivotal roles for EAAT and Xc(-) exchanger activities in maintaining GSH and protection against oxidative stress in cortical lens epithelium.

journal_name

Curr Eye Res

journal_title

Current eye research

authors

Langford MP,Redens TB,Liang C,Kavanaugh AS,Texada DE

doi

10.3109/02713683.2015.1017651

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-01-01 00:00:00

pages

357-66

issue

eissn

0271-3683

issn

1460-2202

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EAAT and Xc⁻ Exchanger Inhibition Depletes Glutathione in the Transformed Human Lens Epithelial Cell Line SRA 01/04.