VMaT 2 (vesicular monoamine transporter 2)

Monoamine transporter in the membrane of small synaptic vesicles

References SySy VMaT 2 antibodies

Stahl K, Mylonakou MN, Skare Ø, Amiry-Moghaddam M & Torp R (2011). Cytoprotective effects of growth factors: BDNF more potent than GDNF in an organotypic culture model of Parkinson's disease. Brain Research 1378: 105-18. IHC

Brunk I, Blex C, Sanchis-Segura C, Sternberg J, Perreau-Lenz S, Bilbao A, Hörtnagl H, Baron J, Juranek J, Laube G, Birnbaumer L, Spanagel R & Ahnert-Hilger G (2008). Deletion of Go2alpha abolishes cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization by disturbing the striatal dopamine system. FASEB Journal 22: 3736-46. WB

Brunk I, Blex C, Rachakonda S, Höltje M, Winter S, Pahner I, Walther DJ & Ahnert-Hilger G. (2006). The first luminal domain of vesicular monoamine transporters mediates G-protein-dependent regulation of transmitter uptake. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281: 33373-85. WB, ICC

General references VMaT 2

Jakobsen AM, Andersson P, Saglik G, Andersson E, Kolby L, Erickson JD, Forssell-Aronsson E, Wangberg B, Ahlman H & Nilsson O (2001). Differential expression of vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT) 1 and 2 in gastrointestinal endocrine tumours. Journal of Pathology 195: 463-72.

Holtje M, von Jagow B, Pahner I, Lautenschlager M, Hortnagl H, Nurnberg B, Jahn R & Ahnert-Hilger G (2000). The neuronal monoamine transporter VMAT2 is regulated by the trimeric GTPase Go(2). Journal of Neuroscience 20: 2131-41.

Colliver TL, Pyott SJ, Achalabun M & Ewing AG (2000). VMAT-Mediated changes in quantal size and vesicular volume. Journal of Neuroscience 20: 5276-82.

Nirenberg MJ, Chan J, Liu Y, Edwards RH & Pickel VM (1997). Vesicular monoamine transporter-2: immunogold localization in striatal axons and terminals. Synapse. 26: 194-8.

Nirenberg MJ, Liu Y, Peter D, Edwards RH Pickel VM (1995). The vesicular monoamine transporter 2 is present in small synaptic vesicles and preferentially localizes to large dense core vesicles in rat solitary tract nuclei. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 92:8773-7.

Liu Y, Schweitzer ES, Nirenberg MJ, Pickel VM, Evans CJ & Edwards RH (1994). Preferential localization of a vesicular monoamine transporter to dense core vesicles in PC12 cells. Journal of Cell Biology 127: 1419-33.