PMID- 11514069 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20011204 LR - 20190701 IS - 0304-3940 (Print) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 309 IP - 3 DP - 2001 Aug 31 TI - Substantial loss of substrate by diffusion during uptake in HEK-293 cells expressing neurotransmitter transporters. PG - 173-6 AB - Human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK-293) cells stably transfected with the human serotonin (5-HT) or dopamine transporter (hSERT, hDAT), or the rat GABA transporter GAT-1 were incubated with saturating concentrations of transporter substrates (hSERT: [(3)H]5-HT, [(3)H]N-methyl-phenyl-pyridinium (MPP+); hDAT: [(3)H]dopamine, [(3)H]MPP(+); rGAT: [(3)H]GABA). Uptake velocities decreased significantly over time for [(3)H]5-HT and [(3)H]dopamine (already visible at 1 min), but not for [(3)H]MPP(+) or [(3)H]GABA. In efflux experiments cells were preloaded and substrate diffusion into the medium was studied following the addition of appropriate uptake inhibitors. Fractional effluxes were (% min(-1)) 1.27, 0.72, 0.27 and 0.08 for [(3)H]5-HT, [(3)H]dopamine, [(3)H]MPP(+) and [(3)H]GABA, respectively. The results suggest that in uptake experiments the more lipophilic substrates [(3)H]5-HT and [(3)H]dopamine leave the cells by diffusion already after a short time (1 min) of accumulation. FAU - Scholze, P AU - Scholze P AD - Pharmacological Institute, University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria. petra.scholze@univie.ac.at FAU - Sitte, H H AU - Sitte HH FAU - Singer, E A AU - Singer EA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Organic Anion Transporters) RN - 0 (SLC6A1 protein, human) RN - 0 (SLC6A4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Slc6a1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Slc6a4 protein, rat) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - 56-12-2 (gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) RN - R865A5OY8J (1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Carrier Proteins/*biosynthesis MH - Cell Line/*metabolism MH - Diffusion MH - Dopamine/metabolism MH - Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins MH - GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins MH - Humans MH - Kidney MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/*biosynthesis MH - Membrane Proteins/*biosynthesis MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/*biosynthesis MH - *Nerve Tissue Proteins MH - Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors/*metabolism MH - *Organic Anion Transporters MH - Rats MH - Serotonin/metabolism MH - Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins MH - gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism EDAT- 2001/08/22 10:00 MHDA- 2002/01/05 10:01 CRDT- 2001/08/22 10:00 PHST- 2001/08/22 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/01/05 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/08/22 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0304394001020584 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02058-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2001 Aug 31;309(3):173-6. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02058-4.