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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Uptake of D-alanine against a concentration gradient has been shown to occur with isolated luminal-membrane vesicles from pars convoluta or pars recta of rabbit proximal tubule. Renal D-alanine transport systems, displaying the following characteristics, were shown: (1) In vesicles from pars convoluta, the uptake of D-alanine was mediated by both Na+-dependent and Na+-independent transport processes. It was found that an inwardly directed H+-gradient could drive the transport of D-alanine into the vesicles both in the presence and absence of Na+. Thus, in addition to Na+, the transport of D-alanine is influenced by the H+-gradient. (2) In vesicles from pars recta, the transient accumulation of D-alanine was strictly dependent on Na+, since no 'overshoot' was ever observed in the absence of Na+. Although the Na+-dependent uptake of D-alanine was stimulated at acid pH, H+ did not substitute for Na+, as it apparently does in pars convoluta, but instead potentiated the Na+ effect. (3) Addition of L-alanine to vesicle preparations, both from pars convoluta and from pars recta, specifically inhibited renal uptake of D-alanine. A comparison between the transport characteristics of D- and L-alanine indicated that these two isomers of alanine probably share common transport systems located along the proximal tubule of rabbit kidney.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
942
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Characteristics of D-alanine transport by luminal membrane vesicles from pars convoluta and pars recta of rabbit proximal tubule.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't