J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 24, 15750-15757, Aug, 1991

Expression and cyclic AMP-dependent regulation of a high affinity serotonin transporter in the human placental choriocarcinoma cell line (JAR)

DR Cool, FH Leibach, VK Bhalla, VB Mahesh and V Ganapathy
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100.

The JAR human placental choriocarcinoma cell line transports serotonin, accumulating the monoamine inside the cell against a concentration gradient. The transport is energized by an NaCl gradient. Tricyclic (imipramine and desipramine) and non-tricyclic (paroxetine and fluoxetine) antidepressants inhibit the transporter markedly, but reserpine and 5-hydroxytryptophan do not. Ouabain, gramicidin, and nigericin, which reduce or abolish the transmembrane Na+ gradient, and phloridzin, which interferes with glucose transport into the cells, inhibit the transport. Preincubation of the cells with glucose-free medium also causes similar inhibition. The activity of the serotonin transporter in this cell line is stimulated in response to overnight (16-h) incubation with increasing concentrations of cholera toxin (0.1- 1,000 ng/ml). Under these conditions the stimulation is maximal at 10 ng/ml cholera toxin (3.1 +/- 0.2-fold). Cholera toxin increases the cAMP content of these cells by several hundredfold within 2 h. Isobutylmethylxanthine (100 microM), dibutyryl cAMP (100 microM), and forskolin (100 microM) mimic the action of cholera toxin, eliciting a 1.6-2.5-fold stimulation of the serotonin transporter activity. The stimulatory effect of cholera toxin is antagonized significantly by simultaneous incubation of the cells with 50 microM N-(2-aminoethyl)-5- isoquinolinesulfonamide, a protein kinase inhibitor. The effect of cholera toxin on serotonin transport is specific because, under similar conditions, cholera toxin inhibits 3-O-methyl-D-glucose transport and does not influence taurine transport in this cell line. There is also no significant change in the protein content of the cells after cholera toxin treatment. Kinetic analysis reveals that cholera toxin causes an increase in the maximal velocity (7.89 +/- 0.67 to 17.55 +/- 1.06 pmol/mg of protein/5 min) and a decrease in the Michaelis-Menten constant (0.52 +/- 0.09 to 0.29 +/- 0.04 microM). These data show that the JAR human placental choriocarcinoma cell line expresses a high affinity serotonin transporter that is sensitive to inhibition by antidepressants and that the activity of the transporter is under cAMP- dependent regulation.
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