Uptake of L- and D-alanine by a brackish-water Bivalve, Corbicula japonica, with special reference to their transport pathways and the salinity effect
Uptake of L- and D-alanine by a brackish-water Bivalve, Corbicula japonica, with special reference to their transport pathways and the salinity effect
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咸水双壳类蚬对 L- 和 D-丙氨酸的吸收,特别是它们的运输途径和盐度效应
DOI:
10.1002/jez.1402630103
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
Ayumu Yamada
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作者:
O. Matsushima;Ayumu Yamada
The uptake of L- and D-alanine by intact animals or isolated gills of a brackish-water bivalve, Corbicula japonica, was investigated in relation to their transport pathways and the possible physiological roles. The animals took up L-alanine at concentrations as low as 10 μM. Both the net transport and the influx were strongly affected by external salinity; animals acclimated to fresh water showed much lower rates of net transport and influx than did animals acclimated to 250 mOsm. Patterns of accumulation of 14C-L-alanine in different tissues of intact animals revealed that the gill was the principal site for the transport of the amino acid. Influx of both 14C-L- and 14C-D-alanine into isolated gills was inhibited by α-neutral amino acids, but not by α-acidic or β-amino acids; all α-neutral amino acids examined (glycine, L-glutamine, L-leucine, L-valine, and even D- and L-alanine) inhibited the influx of D-alanine more strongly than the influx of L-alanine. Kinetic analysis of the influx indicated that D- and L-alanine were transported via the same carrier(s), but that the carrier(s) had a higher affinity for L-alanine than for D-alanine. The transport mechanism appears to play a significant role in the net uptake of D- and L-alanine or in the re-uptake of the amino acids diffused from the integument according to the ambient concentrations of the substrates. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.