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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Water traverses the plasma membranes of some eukaryotic cells faster than can be explained by the water permeability of their lipid bilayers. This has led to a search for a water channel. Our previous work identified glucose transporters as candidates for such a channel. We report here that Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with mRNA encoding the brain/Hep G2, adult skeletal muscle/adipocyte, or liver forms of the glucose transporter exhibit an osmotic water permeability of their plasma membranes larger than that of untreated oocytes. The osmotic water permeability component attributable to glucose transporters increased an average of 4.8-fold in the injected oocytes. These studies provide direct evidence that the facilitative, sodium-independent mammalian glucose transporters serve as membrane water channels.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3244-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Glucose transporters serve as water channels.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't