title: Carrier-mediated transport of pyroglutamyl-histidine in renal brush border membrane vesicles.
abstract: These studies were performed to determine if a transmembrane carrier for pyroglutamyl-histidine (pGlu-His) is present in the luminal membrane of renal proximal tubular cells. Previous studies have suggested the intact transepithelial transport of pGlu-His, a dipeptide formed by the hydrolysis of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone by enzymes associated with the brush border in the proximal nephron. With the use of a renal brush border membrane vesicle preparation, pGlu-His showed H+-stimulated, Na-independent, saturable transport into an osmotically active space. High-pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of both the intravesicular and extravesicular fluids indicated intact uptake of the dipeptide. The transport constant (Kt) and Vmax for pGlu-His transport were 9.3 X 10(-8) M and 6.1 X 10(-12) mol.mg-1.min-1, respectively. Transport of pGlu-His was not inhibited by the dipeptides glycyl-proline, glycyl-sarcosine, and N-beta-alanyl-L-histidine, which have been previously shown to be transported into renal brush border vesicles via a single, low-affinity, high-capacity, Na-independent, and H+-stimulated peptide carrier. In addition, the gamma-glutamyl-containing peptides gamma-glutamyl-histidine and N(N-L-gamma-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl)glycine and the tripeptide pyroglutamyl-histidyl-prolinamide were without an inhibitory effect. In contrast, transport of pGlu-His was inhibited by the dipeptide pyroglutamyl-alanine. This study demonstrates the existence of a high-affinity, low-capacity H+ cotransport system for pGlu-His in the proximal tubular luminal plasmalemma, which appears to be specific for pyroglutamyl-containing dipeptides. The data indicate that multiple dipeptide carriers are present in the proximal nephron.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Illinois.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Skopicki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zikos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flouret
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubillus
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008871:Microvilli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011817:Rabbits; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D009842:Oligopeptides; C058050:pyroglutamylhistidine; D012964:Sodium; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid