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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-18
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A gene family encoding many Na(+)- and Cl(-)-dependent organic solute cotransporters has recently been recognized. Among the cotransporters that have been characterized are those for neurotransmitters, amino acids, and organic osmolytes. Using polymerase chain reaction and mRNA derived from renal cortex, we isolated a new member of this gene family, ROSIT, a renal osmotic stress-induced transporter. The cDNA is 2,354 bp long with an open reading frame of 1,845 bp. The 615 deduced amino sequence shows ROSIT to be most clearly related to two orphan cDNAs of this family isolated from brain. Northern analysis showed the mRNA is normally expressed in renal cortex but not in brain, heart, colon, liver, stomach, or skeletal muscle. Moreover, hypernatremic rats displayed a marked increase in mRNA levels in renal cortex, renal outer medulla, and perhaps intestine. Heterologous expression of the cRNA in Xenopus laevis oocytes failed to reveal the function of this gene product when analyzed with isotope fluxes or electrophysiological measurements using a wide variety of organic solutes. Although its function remains unknown, ROSIT is likely to be involved in kidney reclamation of an organic osmolyte or osmolyte precursor required for adaptation to hypertonic stress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
F688-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Kidney Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Kidney Medulla, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Models, Structural, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Sodium Chloride Symporters, pubmed-meshheading:7943364-Symporters
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular characterization of ROSIT, a renal osmotic stress-induced Na(+)-Cl(-)-organic solute cotransporter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't