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The alanine-serine-cysteine-1 (Asc-1) transporter controls glycine levels in the brain and is required for glycinergic inhibitory transmission.
EMBO reports - 1 May 2015
Safory Hazem, Neame Samah, Shulman Yoav, Zubedat Salman, Radzishevsky Inna, Rosenberg Dina, Sason Hagit, Engelender Simone, Avital Avi, Hülsmann Swen, Schiller Jackie, Wolosker Herman
Abstract excerpt
Asc-1 (SLC7A10) is an amino acid transporter whose deletion causes neurological abnormalities and early postnatal death in mice. Using metabolomics and behavioral and electrophysiological methods, we demonstrate that Asc-1 knockout mice display a marked decrease in glycine levels in the brain and spinal cord along with impairment of glycinergic inhibitory transmission, and a hyperekplexia-like phenotype that is...
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