Abstract
Neurons and neuroendocrine cells store nucleotides in vesicles and release them upon stimulation, leading to intercellular purinergic signaling. The molecular machinery responsible for the vesicular storage of nucleotides was a long standing enigma, however, recently the transporter involving in the process was identified. This article summarizes the history of vesicular storage of nucleotides and the identification of the vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT) responsible for the process. The significance of VNUT as a drug target to control purinergic chemical transmission is also discussed.
Keywords: Vesicular nucleotide transporter, secretory granules, synaptic vesicles, ATP, ADP, purinergic chemical transmission, drug target.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Vesicular Nucleotide Transport: A Brief History and the Vesicular Nucleotide Transporter as a Target for Drug Development
Volume: 20 Issue: 16
Author(s): Miki Hiasa, Natsuko Togawa and Yoshinori Moriyama
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Keywords: Vesicular nucleotide transporter, secretory granules, synaptic vesicles, ATP, ADP, purinergic chemical transmission, drug target.
Abstract: Neurons and neuroendocrine cells store nucleotides in vesicles and release them upon stimulation, leading to intercellular purinergic signaling. The molecular machinery responsible for the vesicular storage of nucleotides was a long standing enigma, however, recently the transporter involving in the process was identified. This article summarizes the history of vesicular storage of nucleotides and the identification of the vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT) responsible for the process. The significance of VNUT as a drug target to control purinergic chemical transmission is also discussed.
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Hiasa Miki, Togawa Natsuko and Moriyama Yoshinori, Vesicular Nucleotide Transport: A Brief History and the Vesicular Nucleotide Transporter as a Target for Drug Development, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2014; 20 (16) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/13816128113199990574
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/13816128113199990574 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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