The Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Competitively Inhibited an Acetyl L-Carnitine Transport Through the Blood-Brain Barrier
- Authors
- Lee, Na-Young; Choi, Hyung-Ok; Kang, Young-Sook
- Issue Date
- Jul-2012
- Publisher
- SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- Acetyl-L carnitine; Blood-brain barrier; Organic cation/carnitine transporter 2; TR-BBB cell; Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; Brain uptake index
- Citation
- NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH, v.37, no.7, pp 1499 - 1507
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 1499
- End Page
- 1507
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/11868
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11064-012-0723-3
- ISSN
- 0364-3190
1573-6903
- Abstract
- We investigated the interaction of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors with acetyl-l-carnitine (ALCAR) transporter at the blood-brain barrier (BBB). ALCAR uptake by conditionally immortalized rat brain capillary endothelial cell lines (TR-BBB cells), as an in vitro model of BBB, were characterized by cellular uptake study using [H-3]ALCAR. In vivo brain uptake of [H-3]ALCAR was determined by brain uptake index after carotid artery injection in rats. In results, the transport properties for [H-3]ALCAR by TR-BBB cell were consistent with those of ALCAR transport by the organic cation/carnitine transporter 2 (OCTN2). Also, OCTN2 was confirmed to be expressed in the cells. The uptake of [H-3]ALCAR by TR-BBB cells was inhibited by AChE inhibitors such as donepezil, tacrine, galantamine and rivastigmine, which IC50 values are 45.3, 74.0, 459 and 800 mu M, respectively. Especially, donepezil and galantamine inhibited the uptake of [H-3]ALCAR competitively, but tacrine and rivastigmine inhibited noncompetitively. Furthermore, [H-3]ALCAR uptake by the rat brain was found to be significantly decreased by quinidine, donepezil and galantamine. Our results suggest that transport of AChE inhibitors such as donepezil and galantamine through the BBB is at least partly mediated by OCTN2 which is involved in transport of ALCAR.
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