title: Expression of the putative membrane fatty acid transporter (FAT) in taste buds of the circumvallate papillae in rats.
abstract: The putative membrane fatty acid transporter (FAT) protein and its mRNA, originally expressed in adipose tissue, were found in the tongue of rats. Northern blot analysis showed a significant expression of FAT mRNA in the epithelial layer of circumvallate papillae. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that immunoreactivity for FAT is specifically localized in the apical part of taste bud cells, possibly gustatory cells, in the circumvallate papillae.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Culture, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuwatari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuruta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fushiki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D018955:CD36 Antigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins