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ArticleeLife2021

Localization, proteomics, and metabolite profiling reveal a putative vesicular transporter for UDP-glucose.

Cheng Qian, Zhaofa Wu, Rongbo Sun, Huasheng Yu, Jianzhi Zeng, Yi Rao, Yulong Li

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng QianSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9926-4406
Zhaofa Wu *State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2027-5194
Rongbo Sun *State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4364-8435
Huasheng YuState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5641-2512
Jianzhi ZengState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5380-6281
Yi RaoState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0405-5426
Yulong LiState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Peking University School of Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9166-9919
Peking University · CNTsinghua University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vesicular neurotransmitter transporters (VNTs) mediate the selective uptake and enrichment of small-molecule neurotransmitters into synaptic vesicles (SVs) and are therefore a major determinant of the synaptic output of specific neurons. To identify novel VNTs expressed on SVs (thus identifying new neurotransmitters and/or neuromodulators), we conducted localization profiling of 361 solute carrier (SLC) transporters tagging with a fluorescent protein in neurons, which revealed 40 possible candidates through comparison with a known SV marker. We parallelly performed proteomics analysis of immunoisolated SVs and identified seven transporters in overlap. Ultrastructural analysis further supported that one of the transporters, SLC35D3, localized to SVs. Finally, by combining metabolite profiling with a radiolabeled substrate transport assay, we identified UDP-glucose as the principal substrate for SLC35D3. These results provide new insights into the functional role of SLC transporters in neurotransmission and improve our understanding of the molecular diversity of chemical transmitters.

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ProteomicsAnimalsBiological TransportGlucoseHEK293 CellsHumansMiceMonosaccharide Transport ProteinsNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesUridine Diphosphate GlucoseGlucoseMonosaccharide Transport ProteinsNeurotransmitter AgentsUridine Diphosphate Glucosehumanmouseneuroscienceneurotransmitterssolute carriersynaptic vesiclestransporterUDP-glucose

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PMID34269178
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