Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Involvement in the Sodium-Dependent Glutamate/Aspartate Transporter Regulation in Cerebellar Bergmann Glia Cells

 

Resumen:

Glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain, exerts its functions through the activation of specific plasma membrane receptors and transporters. Overstimulation of glutamate receptors results in neuronal cell death through a process known as excitotoxicity. A family of sodium-dependent glutamate plasma membrane transporters is responsible for the removal of glutamate from the synaptic cleft, preventing an excitotoxic insult. Glial glutamate transporters carry out more than 90% of the brain glutamate uptake activity and are responsible for glutamate recycling through the GABA/Glutamate/Glutamine shuttle. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that integrates environmental clues through its ability to heterodimerize with different transcription factors. Taking into consideration the fundamental role of glial glutamate transporters in glutamatergic synapses and that these transporters are regulated at the transcriptional, translational, and localization levels in an activity-dependent fashion, in this contribution, we explored the involvement of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, as a model of environmental integrator, in the regulation of the glial sodium-dependent glutamate/aspartate transporter. Using the model of chick cerebellar Bergmann glia cells, we report herein that the aryl hydrocarbon receptors exert a time-dependent decrease in the transporter mRNA levels and a diminution of its uptake activity. The nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of the activated B cell signaling pathway is involved in this regulation. Our results favor the notion of an environmentally dependent regulation of glutamate removal in glial cells and therefore strengthen the notion of the involvement of glial cells in xenobiotic neurotoxic effects.

Autores:

  • Esther López-Bayghen
  • Libia Vega, Arturo Ortega

Revista: ACS Chemical Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.4c00046

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