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  • Histamine (re)uptake by astrocytes : an experimental and computational study
    Perdan-Pirkmajer, Katja ; Mavri, Janez ; Kržan, Mojca, 1962-
    Astrocytes participate in the clearance of neurotransmitters by their uptake and subsequent enzymatic degradation. Histamine as a polar and/orprotonated molecule must use a carrier to be transported ... across the cellmembrane, although a specific histamine transporter has not been elucidated, yet. In this work we upgraded the kinetic studies of histamine uptake into neonatal rat cultured type 1 astrocytes with quantum chemical calculations of histamine pKa values in conjunction with Langevin dipoles solvation model as the first step toward microscopic simulation of transport. Our results indicate that astrocytes transport histamine by at least two carrier mediated processes, a concentration gradient dependent passive and a sodium-dependent and ATP-driven active transport. We also demonstrated that histamine protonation states depend on the polarity of the environment. In conclusion wesuggest that histamine, a polar molecule atphysiological pH uses at least two different mechanisms for its uptakeinto astrocytes -an electrodiffusion and Na(+)-dependent and ouabain sensitive active process. We emphasize relevance of knowledge ofhistamines protonation states at the rate limiting step of its transport for microscopic simulation that will be possible when structure of histamine transporter is known.
    Vir: Journal of molecular modeling. - ISSN 1610-2940 (Letn. 6, št. 1, 2010, str. 1151-1158)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2010
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 4319258
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vir: Journal of molecular modeling. - ISSN 1610-2940 (Letn. 6, št. 1, 2010, str. 1151-1158)
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