Abstract
The serotonin transporter (5HTT) is the molecule responsible for the high-affinity reuptake of 5HT from the synaptic cleft. Mice lacking the 5HTT exhibit highly elevated extracellular concentrations of 5HT. We assessed whether the glutathione detoxification system is altered in 5HTT-deficient mice. While levels of reduced and oxidized glutathione were unchanged, glutathione metabolising enzymes showed a differential pattern of modulation. Glutathione peroxidase was reduced in frontal cortex, brainstem, and cerebellum of 5HTT-deficient mice, though not to a statistically significant extent, while a putative isoform of the detoxifying enzyme glutathione-S-transferase pi was decreased in a number of brain regions, especially in brainstem. At the level of the DNA, we found an increase of oxidative DNA adducts in the hippocampus of 5HTT-deficient mice. Given the importance of the hippocampus in learning and memory, this may be the most important neurochemical consequence of the absence of the 5HTT.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 557-565 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Neural Transmission |
Volume | 109 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- DNA oxidation
- Glutathione
- Knockout
- Mouse
- Serotonin transporter
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)