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l-tryptophan uptake by segment-specific membrane vesicles from the proximal tubule of rabbit kidney
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| Zeitschriftentitel: | Biochemical Journal |
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| Personen und Körperschaften: | , |
| In: | Biochemical Journal, 286, 1992, 1, S. 103-110 |
| Format: | E-Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Portland Press Ltd.
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| Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p>1. The mechanism of the renal transport of L-tryptophan by basolateral and luminal membrane vesicles prepared from either the pars convoluta or the pars recta of the rabbit proximal tubule was studied. The uptake of L-tryptophan by basolateral membrane vesicles from the pars convoluta was found to be an Na(+)-dependent transport event. The Na(+)-conditional influx of the amino acid was stimulated in the presence of an inwardly directed H+ gradient. Lowering the pH without an H+ gradient had no effect, indicating that L-tryptophan is co-transported with H+. 3. On the other hand, no transient accumulation of L-tryptophan was observed in the presence or absence of Na+ in basolateral membrane vesicles from the pars recta. 4. In luminal membrane vesicles from the pars recta, the transient Na(+)-dependent accumulation of L-tryptophan occurred via a dual transport system. In addition, an inwardly directed H+ gradient could drive the uphill transport of L-tryptophan into these vesicles in both the presence and the absence of an Na+ gradient. 5. By contrast, the uptake of L-tryptophan by luminal membrane vesicles from the pars convoluta was a strictly Na(+)-dependent and electrogenic transport process, mediated by a single transport component. 6. Investigation of the coupling ratio in luminal membrane vesicles suggested that 1 Na+:1 L-tryptophan are co-transported in the pars convoluta. In the pars recta, examination of the stoichiometry indicated that approx. 1 H+ and 2 Na+ (high affinity) or 1 Na+ (low affinity) are involved in the uptake of L-tryptophan.</jats:p> |
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| Umfang: | 103-110 |
| ISSN: |
0264-6021
1470-8728 |
| DOI: | 10.1042/bj2860103 |