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ArticleCell reports2019

SorCS2 Controls Functional Expression of Amino Acid Transporter EAAT3 and Protects Neurons from Oxidative Stress and Epilepsy-Induced Pathology.

Anna R Malik, Kinga Szydlowska, Karolina Nizinska, Antonino Asaro, Erwin A van Vliet, Oliver Popp, Gunnar Dittmar, Raphaela Fritsche-Guenther, Jennifer A Kirwan, Anders Nykjaer and 3 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Anna R MalikMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: anna.malik@mdc-berlin.de.
Kinga SzydlowskaNencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
Karolina NizinskaNencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
Antonino AsaroMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany.
Erwin A van VlietDepartment of (Neuro)Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Oliver PoppMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany.
Gunnar DittmarDepartment of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health, 1445 Strassen, Luxembourg.
Raphaela Fritsche-GuentherMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health Metabolomics Platform, 10178 Berlin, Germany.
Jennifer A KirwanMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health Metabolomics Platform, 10178 Berlin, Germany.
Anders NykjaerMIND Center, Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, The Danish Research Foundation Center PROMEMO, Departments of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, and Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000C Aarhus, Denmark.
Katarzyna LukasiukNencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
Eleonora AronicaDepartment of (Neuro)Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), 2103 SW Heemstede, the Netherlands.
Thomas E WillnowMax-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: willnow@mdc-berlin.de.
Max Delbrück Center · DEInstytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego · PLAarhus University Hospital · DKLuxembourg Institute of Health · LUPolish Academy of Sciences · PLStichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VPS10P domain receptors emerge as central regulators of intracellular protein sorting in neurons with relevance for various brain pathologies. Here, we identified a role for the family member SorCS2 in protection of neurons from oxidative stress and epilepsy-induced cell death. We show that SorCS2 acts as sorting receptor that sustains cell surface expression of the neuronal amino acid transporter EAAT3 to facilitate import of cysteine, required for synthesis of the reactive oxygen species scavenger glutathione. Lack of SorCS2 causes depletion of EAAT3 from the plasma membrane and impairs neuronal cysteine uptake. As a consequence, SorCS2-deficient mice exhibit oxidative brain damage that coincides with enhanced neuronal cell death and increased mortality during epilepsy. Our findings highlight a protective role for SorCS2 in neuronal stress response and provide a possible explanation for upregulation of this receptor seen in surviving neurons of the human epileptic brain.

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AnimalsEpilepsyExcitatory Amino Acid Transporter 3FemaleGlutathioneHumansMaleMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsOxidative StressReceptors, Cell SurfaceExcitatory Amino Acid Transporter 3GlutathioneNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceSlc1a1 protein, mouseSorCS2 protein, mouseEAAC1EAAT3epilepsyglutathioneintracellular protein sortingoxidative stressVPS10P domain receptors

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