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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 261: G1030-G1036, 1991;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 6 1030-G1036, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Neutral amino acid transport by isolated small intestinal cells from guinea pigs

J. R. Del Castillo and R. Muniz
Laboratorio de Fisiologia Gastrointestinal Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela.

Neutral amino acid transport was examined by using isolated enterocytes. Cells transport L-alanine by at least three different mechanisms: two Na(+)-dependent systems (A and ASC) and one Na(+)-independent mechanism (system L), in addition to passive entry. System A was characterized acterized by measuring the Na(+)-dependent alpha-(methylamino)isobutyric acid (MeAIB) uptake. Na(+)-dependent MeAIB uptake was concentrative and saturable. Vmax was obtained at 80mM Na+ in the incubation medium and Kt app for Na+ was 21.5 mM. Kt app for MeAIB was 6.75 +/- 0.37 mM and the Vmax was 14.2 +/- 0.3 nmol.mg-1.min-1. System ASC was studied by evaluating the Na(+)-dependent L-alanine uptake, insensitive to MeAIB and inhibitable by L-serine and L-cysteine. Uptake by this mechanism was also concentrative and saturable. Maximal uptake was obtained with 80 mM Na+ in the incubation medium and Kt app for Na+ was 29.7 mM. Kt app for L-alanine was 7.02 +/- 0.61 mM and Vmax was 5.44 +/- 0.19 nmol.mg-1.min-1. The Na(+)-independent system L was studied by measuring cycloleucine uptake in Na(+)-free medium. It had a saturable and a nonsaturable component. Only the saturable component was concentrative; it was inhibited by 2-amino-2-norbornanecarboxylic acid and was capable of mediating exchange diffusion. Kt app for cycloleucine was 4.05 +/- 0.72 mM and the Vmax was 31.9 +/- 1.3 nmol.mg-1.min-1. These results confirm the existence of Na(+)-dependent systems A and ASC and Na(+)-independent system L in isolated enterocytes.


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