Molecular identification and physiological role of brain-type prostaglandin transporter

  • 細谷, 健一 (Principal Investigator)
  • 赤沼, 伸乙 (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))
  • 酒井, 秀紀 (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))
  • 立川, 正憲 (Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha))

Project Details

Abstract

Our in vivo and in vitro studies revealed that PGD_2 and PGE_2, which are major prostaglandins in the brain, were eliminated from rat cerebroventricle across the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier(BCSFB). To examine the involvement of brain-type prostaglandin transporter(PGT-Br) in this elimination process, PGT-Br-expressing Xenopus Laevis oocytes were established. The PGD_2 uptake activity into PGT-Br-expressing oocytes was high, but not significantly altered, compared with water-injected oocytes
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2009/01/012011/12/31

Funding

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: ¥18,330,000.00

Keywords

  • クリアランス
  • トランスポーター
  • プロスタグランジン
  • 有機アニオン輸送担体
  • 脳・神経
  • 脳脊髄液
  • 脳関門
  • 血液脳脊髄液関門