Selective up-regulation of system a transporter mRNA in diabetic liver.
Selective up-regulation of system a transporter mRNA in diabetic liver.
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.2001.6281
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发表时间:
2002-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
H. Varoqui;J. Erickson
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作者:
H. Varoqui;J. Erickson
The transport of alanine by system A is an important source of carbons for the synthesis of glucose in the liver. Here, we show that the mRNA encoding the ubiquitously expressed isoform of the rat system A transporter (SAT2) is dramatically increased in liver following streptozotocin-induced diabetes. This increase in SAT2 mRNA is intensified in the gluconeogenic periportal hepatocytes and also in hepatocytes surrounding the central vein. SAT3, the more abundant system A mRNA isoform present in liver, is restricted to perivenous hepatocytes and is also increased following this treatment but to a much lesser extent than SAT2 mRNA. SN1, an abundant system N mRNA isoform expressed in both perivenous and periportal hepatocytes, is not affected by streptozotocin treatment. A pharmacological dose of glucagon also increased both SAT2 and SAT3 mRNA levels in liver while SN1 mRNA levels remained unaffected. These results indicate that the increase in system A activity observed in liver following experimentally induced diabetes or glucagon treatment is due to the selective increase in mRNAs encoding system A transporters.