title: Cotransport of 2-methyl-aminoisobutyric acid and chloride in rabbit small intestine.
abstract: This article examines the nature of the Cl- dependence of the rabbit intestinal imino acid carrier using 2-methyl-aminoisobutyric acid (MeAIB) as substrate for measuring influx across the luminal membrane of rabbit distal ileum. Reduction of mucosal Cl- concentration from 140 to 6 mM successively increased the concentration at which MeAIB influx is half-maximal from 3.6 +/- 0.2 (SD) to 21.0 +/- 3.7 mM. Maximal influx of MeAIB was unchanged. Measured at 70 mM Cl-, MeAIB induced a Cl- influx across the brush-border membrane (delta JClmc) of 5.01 +/- 0.65 mumol.cm-2 x h-1 (SE, n = 16; 45%), and an identical Cl(-)-independent influx of leucine induced a delta JClmc of 1.82 +/- 0.52 mumol.cm-2 x h-1 (SE, n = 12; 16%) (P < 0.001). At 24 mM Cl-, delta JClmc induced by leucine did not differ significantly from zero, whereas the effect of MeAIB was maintained. The ratio between Na+ influx across brush-border membrane (delta JNamc) and the Na(+)-dependent flux measured at 140 mM Cl- was 2.4 +/- 0.7 (n = 8) for MeAIB, 1.4 +/- 0.4 (n = 10) for leucine, and 1.1 +/- 0.2 (n = 13) for D-glucose. The Hill coefficient of Na+ activation (+/- SD) in distal ileum was 0.82 +/- 0.19 for leucine and 1.14 +/- 0.03 for D-glucose. A Hill coefficient of 1.60 +/- 0.05 was obtained for D-glucose in the jejunum. Concentrations of MeAIB and D-glucose, chosen to given equal delta JNamc, induced a 40 and 21% increment of JClmc (P < 0.05), respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Munck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007082:Ileum / Q000502:physiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008871:Microvilli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015091:beta-Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D015091:beta-Alanine; C012924:2,2-dimethyl-beta-alanine; D012964:Sodium; D007930:Leucine