title: Electrogenicity of Na(+)-coupled bile acid transporters.
abstract: The Na(+)-bile acid cotransporters NTCP and ASBT are largely responsible for the Na(+)-dependent bile acid uptake in hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells, respectively. This review discusses the experimental methods available for demonstrating electrogenicity and examines the accumulating evidence that coupled transport by each of these bile acid transporters is electrogenic. The evidence includes measurements of transport-associated currents by patch clamp electrophysiological techniques, as well as direct measurement of fluorescent bile acid transport rates in whole cell patch clamped, voltage clamped cells. The results support a Na+:bile acid coupling stoichiometry of 2:1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0641, USA. sweinman@utmb.edu
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Weinman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D027981:Symporters
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent; D027981:Symporters; C071908:sodium-bile acid cotransporter; D012964:Sodium