Characterization of human glucose transporter (GLUT) 11 (encoded by SLC2A11), a novel sugar-transport facilitator specifically expressed in heart and skeletal muscle

2001 ◽  
Vol 359 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger DOEGE ◽  
Andreas BOCIANSKI ◽  
Andrea SCHEEPERS ◽  
Hubertus AXER ◽  
Jürgen ECKEL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Sugar Transporter ◽  
Transport Activity

Human GLUT11 (encoded by the solute carrier 2A11 gene, SLC2A11) is a novel sugar transporter which exhibits significant sequence similarity with the members of the GLUT family. The amino acid sequence deduced from its cDNAs predicts 12 putative membrane-spanning helices and all the motifs (sugar-transporter signatures) that have previously been shown to be essential for sugar-transport activity. The closest relative of GLUT11 is the fructose transporter GLUT5 (sharing 41.7% amino acid identity with GLUT11). The human GLUT11 gene (SLC2A11) consists of 12 exons and is located on chromosome 22q11.2. In human tissues, a 7.2kb transcript of GLUT11 was detected exclusively in heart and skeletal muscle. Transfection of COS-7 cells with GLUT11 cDNA significantly increased the glucose-transport activity reconstituted from membrane extracts as well as the specific binding of the sugar-transporter ligand cytochalasin B. In contrast to that of GLUT4, the glucose-transport activity of GLUT11 was markedly inhibited by fructose. It is concluded that GLUT11 is a novel, muscle-specific transport facilitator that is a member of the extended GLUT family of sugar/polyol-transport facilitators.

scholarly journals Activity and genomic organization of human glucose transporter 9 (GLUT9), a novel member of the family of sugar-transport facilitators predominantly expressed in brain and leucocytes

2000 ◽  
Vol 350 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger DOEGE ◽  
Andreas BOCIANSKI ◽  
Hans-Georg JOOST ◽  
Annette SCHÜRMANN
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Organic Anion ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Anion Transporters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Glucose Transporter 9

The GLUT9 gene encodes a cDNA which exhibits significant sequence similarity with members of the glucose transporter (GLUT) family. The gene is located on chromosome 9q34 and consists of 10 exons separated by short introns. The amino acid sequence deduced from its cDNA predicts 12 putative membrane-spanning helices and all the motifs (sugar-transporter signatures) that have previously been shown to be essential for transport activity. A striking characteristic of GLUT9 is the presence of two arginines in the putative helices 7 and 8 at positions where the organic anion transporters harbour basic residues. The next relative of GLUT9 is the glucose transporter GLUT8/GLUTX1 (44.8% amino acid identity with GLUT9). A 2.6-kb transcript of GLUT9 was detected in spleen, peripheral leucocytes and brain. Transfection of COS-7 cells with GLUT9 produced expression of a 46-kDa membrane protein which exhibited reconstitutable glucose-transport activity and low-affinity cytochalasin-B binding. It is concluded that GLUT9 is a novel member of the family of sugar-transport facilitators with a tissue-specific function.

Stimulation of glucose transport in skeletal muscle by hypoxia

1991 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 1593-1600 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Cartee ◽  
A. G. Douen ◽  
T. Ramlal ◽  
A. Klip ◽  
J. O. Holloszy
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Muscle Contraction ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Cytochalasin B ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Hindlimb Muscles ◽  
Stimulation Of

Hypoxia caused a progressive cytochalasin B-inhibitable increase in the rate of 3-O-methylglucose transport in rat epitrochlearis muscles to a level approximately six-fold above basal. Muscle ATP concentration was well maintained during hypoxia, and increased glucose transport activity was still present after 15 min of reoxygenation despite repletion of phosphocreatine. However, the increase in glucose transport activity completely reversed during a 180-min-long recovery in oxygenated medium. In perfused rat hindlimb muscles, hypoxia caused an increase in glucose transporters in the plasma membrane, suggesting that glucose transporter translocation plays a role in the stimulation of glucose transport by hypoxia. The maximal effects of hypoxia and insulin on glucose transport activity were additive, whereas the effects of exercise and hypoxia were not, providing evidence suggesting that hypoxia and exercise stimulate glucose transport by the same mechanism. Caffeine, at a concentration too low to cause muscle contraction or an increase in glucose transport by itself, markedly potentiated the effect of a submaximal hypoxic stimulus on sugar transport. Dantrolene significantly inhibited the hypoxia-induced increase in 3-O-methylglucose transport. These effects of caffeine and dantrolene suggest that Ca2+ plays a role in the stimulation of glucose transport by hypoxia.

Reversal of enhanced muscle glucose transport after exercise: roles of insulin and glucose

1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (5) ◽  
pp. E685-E691 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Gulve ◽  
G. D. Cartee ◽  
J. R. Zierath ◽  
V. M. Corpus ◽  
J. O. Holloszy
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Insulin Sensitivity ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Exercise Induced ◽  
Muscle Glucose Transport

Exercise stimulates insulin-independent glucose transport in skeletal muscle and also increases the sensitivity of the glucose transport process in muscle to insulin. A previous study [D. A. Young, H. Wallberg-Henriksson, M. D. Sleeper, and J. O. Holloszy. Am. J. Physiol. 253 (Endocrinol. Metab. 16): E331–E335, 1987] showed that the exercise-induced increase in glucose transport activity disappears rapidly when rat epitrochlearis muscles are incubated for 3 h in vitro in the absence of insulin and that 7.5 microU/ml insulin in the incubation medium apparently slowed the loss of enhanced sugar transport. We examined whether addition of insulin several hours after exercise increases glucose transport to the same extent as continuous insulin exposure. Addition of 7.5 microU/ml insulin 2.5 h after exercise (when glucose transport has returned to basal levels) increased sugar transport to the same level as that which resulted from continuous insulin exposure. This finding provides evidence for an increase in insulin sensitivity rather than a slowing of reversal of the exercise-induced increase in insulin-independent glucose transport activity. Glucose transport was enhanced only at submaximal, not at maximal, insulin concentrations. Exposure to a high concentration of glucose and a low insulin concentration reduced the exercise-induced increase in insulin-sensitive glucose transport. Incubation with a high concentration of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) did not alter the increase in insulin sensitivity, even though a large amount of 2-DG entered the muscle and was phosphorylated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals Insulin-sensitive regulation of glucose transport and GLUT4 translocation in skeletal muscle of GLUT1 transgenic mice

1998 ◽  
Vol 337 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garret J. ETGEN ◽  
William J. ZAVADOSKI ◽  
Geoffrey D. HOLMAN ◽  
E. Michael GIBBS
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Transgenic Mice ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Hind Limb ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Glut4 Translocation ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Fast Twitch Muscle ◽  
Fast Twitch

Skeletal muscle glucose transport was examined in transgenic mice overexpressing the glucose transporter GLUT1 using both the isolated incubated-muscle preparation and the hind-limb perfusion technique. In the absence of insulin, 2-deoxy-d-glucose uptake was increased ∼ 3–8-fold in isolated fast-twitch muscles of GLUT1 transgenic mice compared with non-transgenic siblings. Similarly, basal glucose transport activity was increased ∼ 4–14-fold in perfused fast-twitch muscles of transgenic mice. In non-transgenic mice insulin accelerated glucose transport activity ∼ 2–3-fold in isolated muscles and to a much greater extent (∼ 7–20-fold) in perfused hind-limb preparations. The observed effect of insulin on glucose transport in transgenic muscle was similarly dependent upon the technique used for measurement, as insulin had no effect on isolated fast-twitch muscle from transgenic mice, but significantly enhanced glucose transport in perfused fast-twitch muscle from transgenic mice to ∼ 50–75% of the magnitude of the increase observed in non-transgenic mice. Cell-surface glucose transporter content was assessed via 2-N-4-(l-azi-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)benzoyl-1,3-bis-(d -mannos-4-yloxy)-2-propylamine photolabelling methodology in both isolated and perfused extensor digitorum longus (EDL). Cell-surface GLUT1 was enhanced by as much as 70-fold in both isolated and perfused EDL of transgenic mice. Insulin did not alter cell-surface GLUT1 in either transgenic or non-transgenic mice. Basal levels of cell-surface GLUT4, measured in either isolated or perfused EDL, were similar in transgenic and non-transgenic mice. Interestingly, insulin enhanced cell-surface GLUT4 ∼ 2-fold in isolated EDL and ∼ 6-fold in perfused EDL of both transgenic and non-transgenic mice. In summary, these results reveal differences between isolated muscle and perfused hind-limb techniques, with the latter method showing a more robust responsiveness to insulin. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that muscle overexpressing GLUT1 has normal insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation and the ability to augment glucose-transport activity above the elevated basal rates.

scholarly journals Transmembrane segments 1, 5, 7 and 8 are required for high-affinity glucose transport by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hxt2 transporter

2003 ◽  
Vol 372 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiko KASAHARA ◽  
Michihiro KASAHARA
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Amino Acid Identity ◽  
Major Facilitator Superfamily ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Transmembrane Segments ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Yeast Transformants ◽  
Major Facilitator

Hxt2 is a high-affinity facilitative glucose transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and belongs to the major facilitator superfamily. Hxt1 shares ≈ 70% amino acid identity with Hxt2 in its transmembrane segments (TMs) and inter-TM loops, but transports d-glucose with an affinity about one-tenth of that of Hxt2. To determine which TMs of Hxt2 are important for high-affinity glucose transport, we constructed chimaeras of Hxt2 and Hxt1 by randomly replacing each of the 12 TMs of Hxt2 with the corresponding segment of Hxt1, for a total of 4096 different transporters. Among > 20000 yeast transformants screened, 39 different clones were selected by plate assays of high-affinity glucose-transport activity and sequenced. With only two exceptions, the selected chimaeras contained Hxt2 TMs 1, 5, 7 and 8. We then constructed chimaeras corresponding to all 16 possible combinations of Hxt2 TMs 1, 5, 7 and 8. Only one chimaera, namely that containing all four Hxt2 TMs, exhibited transport activity comparable with that of Hxt2. The Km and Vmax values for d-glucose transport, and the substrate specificity of this chimaera were almost identical with those of Hxt2. These results indicate that TMs 1, 5, 7 and 8 are necessary for exhibiting high-affinity glucose-transport activity of Hxt2.

scholarly journals Glucose transport and GLUT4 protein distribution in skeletal muscle of GLUT4 transgenic mice

1996 ◽  
Vol 313 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph T. BROZINICK ◽  
Benedict B. YASPELKIS ◽  
Cindy M. WILSON ◽  
Kristen E. GRANT ◽  
E. Michael GIBBS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Glucose Metabolism ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Protein Distribution ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Insulin Stimulation ◽  
Hind Limbs

The aim of the present investigation was to determine whether the subcellular distribution and insulin-stimulated translocation of the GLUT4 isoform of the glucose transporter are affected when GLUT4 is overexpressed in mouse skeletal muscle, and if the overexpression of GLUT4 alters maximal insulin-stimulated glucose transport and metabolism. Rates of glucose transport and metabolism were assessed by hind-limb perfusion in GLUT4 transgenic (TG) mice and non-transgenic (NTG) controls. Glucose-transport activity was determined under basal (no insulin), submaximal (0.2 m-unit/ml) and maximal (10 m-units/ ml) insulin conditions using a perfusate containing 8 mM 3-O-methyl-D-glucose. Glucose metabolism was quantified by perfusing the hind limbs for 25 min with a perfusate containing 8 mM glucose and 10 m-units/ml insulin. Under basal conditions, there was no difference in muscle glucose transport between TG (1.10±0.10 μmol/h per g; mean±S.E.M.) and NTG (0.93±0.16 μmol/h per g) mice. However, TG mice displayed significantly greater glucose-transport activity during submaximal (4.42±0.49 compared with 2.69±0.33 μmol/h per g) and maximal (11.68±1.13 compared with 7.53±0.80 μmol/h per g) insulin stimulation. Nevertheless, overexpression of the GLUT4 protein did not alter maximal rates of glucose metabolism. Membrane purification revealed that, under basal conditions, plasma-membrane (~ 12-fold) and intracellular-membrane (~ 4-fold) GLUT4 protein concentrations were greater in TG than NTG mice. Submaximal insulin stimulation did not increase plasma-membrane GLUT4 protein concentration whereas maximal insulin stimulation increased this protein in both NTG (4.1-fold) and TG (2.6-fold) mice. These results suggest that the increase in insulin-stimulated glucose transport following overexpression of the GLUT4 protein is limited by factors other than the plasma-membrane GLUT4 protein concentration. Furthermore, GLUT4 overexpression is not coupled to glucose-metabolic capacity.

scholarly journals Regulation of cell surface GLUT4 in skeletal muscle of transgenic mice

1997 ◽  
Vol 321 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph T. BROZINICK ◽  
Scott C. McCOID ◽  
Thomas H. REYNOLDS ◽  
Cindy M. WILSON ◽  
Ralph W. STEVENSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Muscle Membrane ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Hindlimb Muscles ◽  
Subcellular Membrane ◽  
Glucose Transporter Glut4

Marked overexpression of the glucose transporter GLUT4 in skeletal muscle membrane fractions of GLUT4 transgenic (TG) mice is accompanied by disproportionately small increases in basal and insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity. Thus we have assessed cell surface GLUT4 by photolabelling with the membrane-impermeant reagent 2-N-[4-(1-azi-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)benzoyl]-1,3-bis(d-mannos-4-yloxy)-2-propylamine (ATB-BMPA) and measured the corresponding glucose transport activity using 2-deoxyglucose in isolated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from non-transgenic (NTG) and GLUT4 TG mice in the absence and presence of 13.3 nM (2000 µ-units/ml) insulin, without or with hypoxia as a model of muscle contraction. TG mice displayed elevated rates of glucose transport activity under basal and insulin-stimulated conditions, and in the presence of insulin plus hypoxia, compared with NTG mice. Photoaffinity labelling of cell surface GLUT4 indicated corresponding elevations in plasma membrane GLUT4 in the basal and insulin-stimulated states, and with insulin plus hypoxia, but no difference in cell surface GLUT4 during hypoxia stimulation. Subcellular fractionation of hindlimb muscles confirmed the previously observed 3-fold overexpression of GLUT4 in the TG compared with the NTG mice. These results suggest that: (1) alterations in glucose transport activity which occur with GLUT4 overexpression in EDL muscles are directly related to cell surface GLUT4 content, regardless of the levels observed in the corresponding subcellular membrane fractions, (2) while overexpression of GLUT4 influences both basal and insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity, the response to hypoxia/contraction-stimulated glucose transport is unchanged, and (3) subcellular fractionation provides little insight into the subcellular trafficking of GLUT4, and whatever relationship is demonstrated in EDL muscles from NTG mice is disrupted on GLUT4 overexpression.

Dietary and developmental regulation of intestinal sugar transport

2001 ◽  
Vol 360 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronaldo P. FERRARIS
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intestinal Lumen ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Cellular Mechanisms

The Na+-dependent glucose transporter SGLT1 and the facilitated fructose transporter GLUT5 absorb sugars from the intestinal lumen across the brush-border membrane into the cells. The activity of these transport systems is known to be regulated primarily by diet and development. The cloning of these transporters has led to a surge of studies on cellular mechanisms regulating intestinal sugar transport. However, the small intestine can be a difficult organ to study, because its cells are continuously differentiating along the villus, and because the function of absorptive cells depends on both their state of maturity and their location along the villus axis. In this review, I describe the typical patterns of regulation of transport activity by dietary carbohydrate, Na+ and fibre, how these patterns are influenced by circadian rhythms, and how they vary in different species and during development. I then describe the molecular mechanisms underlying these regulatory patterns. The expression of these transporters is tightly linked to the villus architecture; hence, I also review the regulatory processes occurring along the crypt-villus axis. Regulation of glucose transport by diet may involve increased transcription of SGLT1 mainly in crypt cells. As cells migrate to the villus, the mRNA is degraded, and transporter proteins are then inserted into the membrane, leading to increases in glucose transport about a day after an increase in carbohydrate levels. In the SGLT1 model, transport activity in villus cells cannot be modulated by diet. In contrast, GLUT5 regulation by the diet seems to involve de novo synthesis of GLUT5 mRNA synthesis and protein in cells lining the villus, leading to increases in fructose transport a few hours after consumption of diets containing fructose. In the GLUT5 model, transport activity can be reprogrammed in mature enterocytes lining the villus column. Innovative experimental approaches are needed to increase our understanding of sugar transport regulation in the small intestine. I close by suggesting specific areas of research that may yield important information about this interesting, but difficult, topic.

Glucose as regulator of glucose transport activity and glucose-transporter mRNA in hamster beta-cell line

Diabetes ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 592-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Inagaki ◽  
K. Yasuda ◽  
G. Inoue ◽  
Y. Okamoto ◽  
H. Yano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beta Cell ◽  
Cell Line ◽  
Glucose Transport ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Transport Activity ◽  
Beta Cell Line ◽  
Glucose Transporter Mrna
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