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Neutral amino acid transporter ASCT2 displays substrate-induced Na+ exchange and a substrate-gated anion conductance.

ABSTRACT: The neutral amino acid transporter ASCT2 mediates electroneutral obligatory antiport but at the same time requires Na(+) for its function. To elucidate the mechanism, ASCT2 was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and transport was analysed by flux studies and two-electrode voltage clamp recordings. Flux studies with (22)NaCl indicated that the uptake of one molecule of glutamine or alanine is accompanied by the uptake of four to seven Na(+) ions. Similarly to the transport of amino acids, the Na(+) uptake was mediated by an obligatory Na(+) exchange mechanism that depended on the presence of amino acids but was not stoichiometrically coupled to the amino acid transport. Other cations could not replace Na(+) in this transport mechanism. When NaCl was replaced by NaSCN in the transport buffer, the superfusion of oocytes with amino acid substrates resulted in large inward currents, indicating the presence of a substrate-gated anion channel in the ASCT2 transporter. The K(m) for glutamine derived from these experiments is in good agreement with the K(m) derived from flux studies; it varied between 40 and 90 microM at holding potentials of -60 and -20 mV respectively. The permeability of the substrate-gated anion conductance decreased in the order SCN(-)>>NO(3)(-)>I(-)>Cl(-) and also required the presence of Na(+).

SUBMITTER: Broer A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1220903 | biostudies-other | 2000 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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