EAAT2 density at the astrocyte plasma membrane and Ca(2 + )-regulated exocytosis

Molecular Membrane Biology
Matjaž StenovecRobert Zorec

Abstract

We studied whether regulated exocytosis affects the glutamate transporter density in cultured astrocytes, in which the expression of a fluorescently labeled excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2-EGFP) predominantly labeled the plasma membrane. The addition of ionomycin that elevates cytosolic Ca(2+) strongly increased the fluorescence of FM 4-64 membrane area dye, confirming the presence of regulated exocytosis in transfected astrocytes. However, concomitant with Ca(2+)-dependent FM 4-64 fluorescence increase, ionomycin induced a significant steady-state decrease in EAAT2-EGFP fluorescence. This is likely due to a secondary inner filter effect since,(i) in the absence of FM 4-64, ionomycin stimulation was ineffective in changing the EAAT2-EGFP fluorescence, and (ii) fluorescence changes in FM 4-64 and EAAT2-EGFP were inversely correlated. To test whether subcellular EAAT2-EGFP structures are translocated from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane during ionomycin stimulation, EAAT2-EGFP fluorescence was monitored locally at the plasma membrane and a few microns away in the adjacent cytoplasm. Measurements revealed sites with an increase in EAAT2-EGFP plasma membrane fluorescence correlated with a fluorescence decrease benea...Continue Reading

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