title: Expression of sodium-dependent purine nucleoside carrier (SPNT) mRNA correlates with nucleoside transport activity in rat liver.
abstract: The expression of sodium-dependent purine nucleoside transport (SPNT) mRNA has been studied in physiological situations in which Na+-dependent nucleoside uptake in plasma membrane vesicles from rat liver was induced. Sodium-dependent uridine transport rates were induced in genetically obese Zucker rats, during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, and under euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. A PCR-generated fragment, based on a published SPNT sequence cloned from rat liver, was used as a probe in Northern blot analysis. We show that the hepatic mRNA levels of the putative sodium-dependent transport system SPNT correlate with the sodium-dependent uridine transport rates in plasma membrane vesicles from rat liver. These results suggest that the induction of the sodium-dependent nucleoside transport expressed in liver parenchymal cells involves regulation of SPNT gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Felipe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrer-Martínez
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Casado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pastor-Anglada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011684:Purine Nucleosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011684:Purine Nucleosides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C065171:cif nucleoside transporter; D012964:Sodium