Creatine synthesis and exchanges between brain cells: What can be learned from human creatine deficiencies and various experimental models?
Amino Acids
; 48(8): 1877-95, 2016 08.
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ABSTRACT
While it has long been thought that most of cerebral creatine is of peripheral origin, the last 20 years has provided evidence that the creatine synthetic pathway (AGAT and GAMT enzymes) is expressed in the brain together with the creatine transporter (SLC6A8). It has also been shown that SLC6A8 is expressed by microcapillary endothelial cells at the blood-brain barrier, but is absent from surrounding astrocytes, raising the concept that the blood-brain barrier has a limited permeability for peripheral creatine. The first creatine deficiency syndrome in humans was also discovered 20 years ago (GAMT deficiency), followed later by AGAT and SLC6A8 deficiencies, all three diseases being characterized by creatine deficiency in the CNS and essentially affecting the brain. By reviewing the numerous and latest experimental studies addressing creatine transport and synthesis in the CNS, as well as the clinical and biochemical characteristics of creatine-deficient patients, our aim was to delineate a clearer view of the roles of the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers in the transport of creatine and guanidinoacetate between periphery and CNS, and on the intracerebral synthesis and transport of creatine. This review also addresses the question of guanidinoacetate toxicity for brain cells, as probably found under GAMT deficiency.
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Capilares
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Barrera Hematoencefálica
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Creatina
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Encefalopatías Metabólicas Innatas
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Discapacidad Intelectual Ligada al Cromosoma X
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Células Endoteliales
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Guanidinoacetato N-Metiltransferasa
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Proteínas de Transporte de Neurotransmisores en la Membrana Plasmática
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Amidinotransferasas
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Prognostic_studies
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En
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Amino Acids
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BIOQUIMICA
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2016
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Article
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Suiza