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Organic cation/carnitine transporter OCTN3 is present in astrocytes and is up-regulated by peroxisome proliferators-activator receptor agonist
Authors:El?bieta Januszewicz  Beata Paj?k  Barbara Gajkowska  ?ukasz Samluk  Rouzanna L Djavadian  Barry T Hinton  Katarzyna A Na??cz
Institution:1. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;2. Serviço de Genética Médica, HCPA, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-903, Brazil;3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica, UFRGS, Ramiro Barcelos 2700, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-003, Brazil
Abstract:In the brain β-oxidation, which takes place in astrocytes, is not a major process of energy supply. Astrocytes synthesize important lipid metabolites, mainly due to the processes taking place in peroxisomes. One of the compounds necessary in the process of mitochondrial β-oxidation and export of acyl moieties from peroxisomes is l-carnitine. Two Na-dependent plasma membrane carnitine transporters were shown previously to be present in astrocytes: a low affinity amino acid transporter B0,+ and a high affinity cation/carnitine transporter OCTN2. The expression of OCTN2 is known to increase in peripheral tissues upon the stimulation of peroxisome proliferators-activator receptor α (PPARα), a nuclear receptor known to up-regulate several enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism. The present study was focused on another high affinity carnitine transporter—OCTN3, its presence, regulation and activity in astrocytes. Experiments using the techniques of real-time PCR, Western blot and immunocytochemistry analysis demonstrated the expression of octn3 in rat astrocytes and, out of two rat sequences ascribed as similar to mouse OCTN3, XM_001073573 was found in these cells. PPARα activator–2-4-chloro-6-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]-2-pyrimidinyl]thio]acetic acid (WY-14,643) stimulated by 50% expression of octn3, while, on the contrary to peripheral tissues, it did not change the expression of octn2. This observation was correlated with an increased Na-independent activity of carnitine transport. Analysis by transmission electron microscopy showed an augmented intracellular localization of OCTN3 upon PPARα stimulation, mainly in peroxisomes, indicating a physiological role of OCTN3 as peroxisomal membrane transporter. These observations point to an important role of OCTN3 in peroxisomal fatty acid metabolism in astrocytes.
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