Role of aralar, the mitochondrial transporter of aspartate-glutamate, in brain N-acetylaspartate formation and Ca2+ signaling in neuronal mitochondria
✍ Scribed by Jorgina Satrústegui; Laura Contreras; Milagros Ramos; Patricia Marmol; Araceli del Arco; Takeyori Saheki; Beatriz Pardo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Aralar, the Ca^2+^‐dependent mitochondrial aspartate‐glutamate carrier expressed in brain and skeletal muscle, is a member of the malate–aspartate NADH shuttle. Disrupting the gene for aralar, SLC25a12, in mice has enabled the discovery of two new roles of this carrier. On the one hand, it is required for synthesis of brain aspartate and N‐acetylaspartate, a neuron‐born metabolite that supplies acetate for myelin lipid synthesis; and on the other, it is essential for the transmission of small Ca^2+^ signals to mitochondria via an increase in mitochondrial NADH. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.