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ArticleNature neuroscience2005

Nonclassical, distinct endocytic signals dictate constitutive and PKC-regulated neurotransmitter transporter internalization.

Katherine L Holton, Merewyn K Loder, Haley E Melikian

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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85 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine L HoltonBrudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 303 Belmont Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01604, USA.
Merewyn K Loder
Haley E Melikian
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Trafficking and Regulation of Monoamine TransportersR01DA015169 · NIDA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI MELIKIAN, HALEY E · 2002 to 2017
$5.2M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA015169PHS HHS 15169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurotransmitter transporters are critical for synaptic neurotransmitter inactivation. Transporter inhibitors markedly increase the duration and magnitude of synaptic transmission, underscoring the importance of transporter activity in neurotransmission. Recent studies indicate that membrane trafficking dynamically governs neuronal transporter cell-surface presentation in a protein kinase C-regulated manner, suggesting that transporter trafficking profoundly affects synaptic signaling. However, the molecular architecture coupling neurotransmitter transporters to the endocytic machinery is not defined. Here, we identify nonclassical, distinct endocytic signals in the dopamine transporter (DAT) that are necessary and sufficient to drive constitutive and protein kinase C-regulated DAT internalization. The DAT internalization signal is conserved across SLC6 neurotransmitter carriers and is functional in the homologous norepinephrine transporter, suggesting that this region is likely to be the endocytic signal for all SLC6 neurotransmitter transporters. The DAT endocytic signal does not conform to classic internalization motifs, suggesting that SLC6 neurotransmitter transporters may have evolved unique endocytic mechanisms.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCHO CellsConserved SequenceCricetinaeCricetulusDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsEndocytosisGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyNerve Tissue ProteinsPC12 CellsDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein Kinase CSLC6A3 protein, humanSlc6a3 protein, rat

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PMID15924135
PMCPMC2597780
OpenAlexW2006241634

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