Transport of neutral and cationic amino acids across the brush-border membrane of the rabbit ileum

1985 ◽  
Vol 83 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Munck
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Rabbit Ileum ◽  
Cationic Amino Acids

Na+-independent transport of bipolar and cationic amino acids across the luminal membrane of the small intestine

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (4) ◽  
pp. R1060-R1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Munck ◽  
L. K. Munck
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Present System ◽  
Rabbit Ileum ◽  
Beta Alanine ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Cationic Amino Acids

The role of sodium in transport of bipolar and cationic amino acids and their interactions were examined in vitro by measuring unidirectional influx across the brush-border membrane of intact rat jejunal and rabbit ileal epithelia. The chloride-dependent and beta-alanine inhibitable B(0,+) present in rabbit ileum was blocked by combining inhibition by beta-alanine with Na(+)- or Cl(-)-free conditions. Under these conditions, lysine influx across the brush-border membrane is Na+ independent. All Na+-independent influx of cationic and bipolar amino acids is by a system b(0,+) equivalent in the brush-border membrane of both species, where a system y+ is not present. System b(0,+) is shown to be a potent exchanger of intracellular leucine for extracellular lysine and of intracellular lysine for extracellular leucine. The model used to explain leucine stimulation of mucosa to serosa lysine transport can explain Na+ dependence of net lysine absorption. On the assumption that b(0,+) in situ, like the transporter induced by retroperitoneal brown adipose tissue in Xenopus laevi oocytes, acts as an obligatory exchanger, this model can also explain the effects of lysine on short-circuit current and net transport of sodium and the effect on transport capacity by preincubation at Na+-free conditions.

scholarly journals Dicarboxylic Amino Acid Influx across Brush Border of Rabbit Ileum

1970 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 621-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley G. Schultz ◽  
Lorna Yu-Tu ◽  
Osvaldo O. Alvarez ◽  
Peter F. Curran
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Competitive Inhibition ◽  
Binary Complex ◽  
Rabbit Ileum ◽  
Dicarboxylic Amino Acid ◽  
Rabbit Intestine ◽  
Cationic Amino Acids ◽  
The Stability

Glutamate and aspartate influxes across the brush border of rabbit intestine are saturable processes that are subject to competitive inhibition and are markedly influenced by the Na concentration in the mucosal solution. Lowering the Na concentration increases the amino acid concentration needed to elicit a half-maximal influx but does not significantly affect the maximal influx. The interaction between Na and anionic amino acid influx can be described by the same kinetic model that has been applied to the influxes of neutral amino acids and lysine. Comparison of the kinetic parameters for anionic, neutral, and cationic amino acids suggests that amino acid charge influences (a) the stability of the binary (amino acid-site) complex and (b) the affinity of this binary complex for the subsequent binding of Na. A mechanistic interpretation of these interactions is proposed.

Potential differences influence amino acid/Na+ symport rates in larval Manduca sexta midgut brush-border membrane vesicles.

1994 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
R Parthasarathy ◽  
W R Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Manduca Sexta ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Half Saturation Constant

The time-dependent fluorescence intensity of an intravesicular potential-sensitive dye was used to probe the real-time kinetics of potential difference (PD)-dependent amino acid/Na+ symport at pH9 into brush-border membrane vesicles obtained from larval Manduca sexta midgut. Neutral amino acids (alanine, proline) are symported at higher rates as the vesicles are hyperpolarized. The symport rates of acidic (glutamate) and basic (arginine) amino acids are almost PD-independent. The half-saturation constant of alanine is PD-independent between -108 and -78 mV, although the maximal symport velocity increases by half as the voltage is increased. Amino acid throughput is evidently enhanced as the relatively high transmembrane PDs (> 150 mV, lumen positive) measured in vivo are approached. The half-saturation concentrations of Na+ were in the range 15-40 mmol l-1 for most of the amino acids examined and increased with voltage for alanine. The Vmax observed as a function of cation or amino acid concentration increased as the vesicle was hyperpolarized in the case of leucine and alanine. The data support the hypothesis that carrier and substrates are at equilibrium inasmuch as substrate translocation seems to be the rate-determining step of symport.

Expression of Na+-d-glucose cotransporter in brush-border membrane of the chicken intestine

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (2) ◽  
pp. R627-R631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carles Garriga ◽  
Nativitat Rovira ◽  
Miquel Moretó ◽  
Joana M. Planas
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Western Blot ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Synthetic Peptide ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Dependent Transport

We have studied the expression of Na+-d-glucose cotransporter in brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) of chicken enterocytes to correlate the changes in the apical Na+-dependent transport with the changes in the amounts of transporter determined by Western blot analysis. Two different rabbit polyclonal antibodies were used simultaneously. The antibody raised against amino acids 564–575 of the deduced amino acid sequence of rabbit intestinal SGLT-1 ( antibody 1) specifically detects a single 75-kDa band in the three segments, and this band disappeared when the antibody was preabsorbed with the antigenic peptide. The antibody raised against the synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 402–420 of the same protein ( antibody 2) only reacts with jejunal and ileal samples, but no signal is found in BBMVs of rectum. Only when antibody 1 was used was there a linear correlation between the maximal transport rates of hexoses in BBMVs and the relative protein amounts determined by Western blot. These results indicate that the Na+-d-glucose cotransport in the jejunum, the ileum, and the rectum of chickens is due to an SGLT-1 type protein.

Role of rat intestinal brush-border membrane angiotensin-converting enzyme in dietary protein digestion

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (6) ◽  
pp. G781-G786 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yoshioka ◽  
R. H. Erickson ◽  
J. F. Woodley ◽  
R. Gulli ◽  
D. Guan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Dietary Protein ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Converting Enzyme ◽  
Intestinal Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Intestinal Brush Border

The role of rat intestinal angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE; E.C 3.4.15.1) in the digestion and absorption of dietary protein was investigated. Enzyme activity was associated with the brush-border membrane fraction, with the highest activity in the proximal to midregion of the small intestine. Preliminary enzyme characterization studies were carried out using purified brush-border membrane preparations. When a variety of N-blocked synthetic peptides were used as potential substrates for ACE, activity was highest with those containing proline at the carboxy terminal position. The hydrolytic rates observed with these prolyl peptides were comparable to those observed when major digestive peptidases of the brush-border membrane such as aminopeptidase N and dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV were assayed. When isolated rat jejunum was perfused in vivo with solutions of Bz-Gly-Ala-Pro, the dipeptide Ala-Pro was the main hydrolytic product detected in the perfusates. Absorption rates of the constituent amino acids, alanine and proline, depended on the concentration of peptide perfused. Captopril, an active site specific ACE inhibitor, significantly inhibited hydrolysis and absorption of constituent amino acids from Bz-Gly-Ala-Pro. These results show that intestinal brush-border membrane ACE functions as a digestive peptidase in addition to its role as a regulator of biologically active peptides in other tissues.

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