Organic anion transporter OAT1 is involved in renal handling of citrulline
Organic anion transporter OAT1 is involved in renal handling of citrulline
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DOI:
10.1152/ajprenal.90662.2008
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发表时间:
2009-07-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Tamai, Ikumi
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作者:
Nakakariya, Masanori;Shima, Yoichiro;Tamai, Ikumi
Nakakariya M, Shima Y, Shirasaka Y, Mitsuoka K, Nakanishi T, Tamai I. Organic anion transporter OAT1 is involved in renal handling of citrulline. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 297: F71-F79, 2009. First published April 29, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.90662.2008.-Because citrulline plasma concentration is elevated in kidney failure, citrulline could be a biomarker of renal insufficiency, although the mechanism regulating its disposition in the kidney has not been clarified. In rat kidney slices, citrulline uptake was apparently Na+ dependent, saturable with K-m 556 mu M, and significantly inhibited by anionic (PAH) and cationic ( TEA) compounds, but not by probenecid at 1 mM. Preincubation of kidney slices with glutarate increased citrulline uptake, while such an increase was not observed after preincubation of the slices in Na+-free buffer. This result suggested that a sodium-dependent dicarboxylate cotransporter is involved in citrulline uptake by rat kidney slices. In studies using transporter-overexpressing cells, human organic anion transporter 1 ( OAT1) and rat Oat1 exhibited citrulline transport activity with Km values of 238 and 373 mu M, respectively, while other OATs and organic cation transporters (OCTs) did not transport citrulline. Based on the relative activity factor method, the contribution of rat Oat1 to the overall uptake of citrulline in rat kidney slices was similar to 70%. Moreover, the interaction among citrulline, PAH, and probenecid uptakes via rat Oat1 suggested that there are multiple functional sites on Oat1 and that the citrulline site may be distinct from the PAH and probenecid site. Thus OAT1/Oat1 appears to be one of the major contributors to renal basolateral uptake of citrulline, and impaired activities of these transporters may contribute substantially to the increase in plasma citrulline in renal failure. Accordingly, citrulline may be useful for diagnosis of kidney function as is creatinine.