Small-molecule activator of glutamate transporter EAAT2 translation provides neuroprotection

Q Kong, LC Chang, K Takahashi, Q Liu… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Glial glutamate transporter EAAT2 plays a major role in glutamate clearance in synaptic
clefts. Several lines of evidence indicate that strategies designed to increase EAAT2 …

Glutamate transporter EAAT2: a new target for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

CLG Lin, Q Kong, GD Cuny… - Future medicinal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Glutamate is the primary excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter in the CNS. The
concentration of glutamate in the synaptic cleft is tightly controlled by interplay between …

Novel positive allosteric modulators of glutamate transport have neuroprotective properties in an in vitro excitotoxic model

RM Falcucci, R Wertz, JL Green, O Meucci… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dysfunction of excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of various neurological disorders, such as stroke, brain trauma, epilepsy, and …

Current approaches to enhance glutamate transporter function and expression

ACK Fontana - Journal of neurochemistry, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract l‐glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS and has a
central role in a variety of brain functions. The termination of glutamate neurotransmission by …

Identification of translational activators of glial glutamate transporter EAAT2 through cell-based high-throughput screening: an approach to prevent excitotoxicity

CK Colton, Q Kong, L Lai, MX Zhu… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Excitotoxicity has been implicated as the mechanism of neuronal damage resulting from
acute insults such as stroke, epilepsy, and trauma, as well as during the progression of adult …

Harmine, a natural beta-carboline alkaloid, upregulates astroglial glutamate transporter expression

Y Li, R Sattler, EJ Yang, A Nunes, Y Ayukawa… - …, 2011 - Elsevier
Glutamate is the predominant excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter in the mammalian
central nervous system (CNS). Glutamate transporter EAAT2/GLT-1 is the physiologically …

Glutamate transporter EAAT2: regulation, function, and potential as a therapeutic target for neurological and psychiatric disease

K Takahashi, JB Foster, CLG Lin - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.
Excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2) is primarily responsible for clearance of …

Role of excitatory amino acid transporter‐2 (EAAT2) and glutamate in neurodegeneration: opportunities for developing novel therapeutics

K Kim, SG Lee, TP Kegelman, ZZ Su… - Journal of cellular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Glutamate is an essential excitatory neurotransmitter regulating brain functions. Excitatory
amino acid transporter (EAAT)‐2 is one of the major glutamate transporters expressed …

Restored glial glutamate transporter EAAT2 function as a potential therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease

K Takahashi, Q Kong, Y Lin, N Stouffer… - Journal of experimental …, 2015 - rupress.org
Glutamatergic systems play a critical role in cognitive functions and are known to be
defective in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Previous literature has indicated that glial …

Identification of novel allosteric modulators of glutamate transporter EAAT2

S Kortagere, OV Mortensen, J Xia… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dysfunction of excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of various neurological disorders, such as stroke, brain trauma, epilepsy, and …