PMID- 12843260 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030814 LR - 20231013 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 13 DP - 2003 Jul 2 TI - Phorbol myristate acetate-dependent interaction of protein kinase Calpha and the neuronal glutamate transporter EAAC1. PG - 5589-93 AB - Sodium-dependent transporters clear extracellular glutamate in the mammalian CNS. Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) rapidly increases the activity of the neuronal glutamate transporter EAAC1 (excitatory amino acid carrier-1). This effect is associated with redistribution of EAAC1 to the cell membrane and appears to be dependent on a particular PKC subtype, PKCalpha. In the present study, we sought to determine whether this specificity for regulation of EAAC1 is associated with the formation of EAAC1-PKCalpha complexes. In C6 glioma cells, activation of PKC with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced formation of EAAC1-PKCalpha complexes but did not induce formation of complexes with PKCdelta, a PKC not thought to regulate EAAC1. Formation of these complexes was blocked by inhibitors of PKC. Confocal microscopy revealed that PMA caused EAAC1 and PKCalpha to colocalize in clusters at or near the cell surface. The EAAC1-PKCalpha complexes were also observed in rat brain synaptosomes, demonstrating that this interaction is not restricted to C6 cells. These data demonstrate that EAAC1 and PKCalpha interact in a PKC-dependent manner that is associated with EAAC1 redistribution. Although PKC activation has been implicated in the regulation of many different neurotransmitter transporters, this study provides the first example of an interaction between a neurotransmitter transporter and PKC. PKCalpha also forms complexes with GluR2 (glutamate receptor subunit 2) and causes a reduction in the levels of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors at the plasma membrane. Together, these data suggest that PKCalpha may simultaneously trigger the redistribution of EAAC1 and glutamate receptors. FAU - Gonzalez, Marco I AU - Gonzalez MI AD - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-4318, USA. FAU - Bannerman, Peter G AU - Bannerman PG FAU - Robinson, Michael B AU - Robinson MB LA - eng GR - R01 NS029868/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS039011/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS29868/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS39011/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Amino Acid Transport System X-AG) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 3) RN - 0 (Glutamate Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Slc1a1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Symporters) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C-alpha) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Transport System X-AG/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Brain/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects/physiology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 3 MH - Glioma/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Glutamate Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinase C-alpha MH - Rats MH - Symporters/*metabolism MH - Synaptosomes/chemistry/metabolism MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/*pharmacology PMC - PMC6741220 EDAT- 2003/07/05 05:00 MHDA- 2003/08/15 05:00 PMCR- 2004/01/02 CRDT- 2003/07/05 05:00 PHST- 2003/07/05 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/08/15 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/07/05 05:00 [entrez] PHST- 2004/01/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 23/13/5589 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-13-05589.2003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2003 Jul 2;23(13):5589-93. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-13-05589.2003.