title: Cationic amino acid transporter mRNA expression in rat kidney and liver.
abstract: Expression of rat cationic amino acid transporter 2 (r-CAT-2) mRNA was studied in kidney and liver using Northern blot analysis and nonradioactive in situ hybridization with a probe identifying both the r-CAT-2alpha and -2beta splice variants. Expression of r-CAT-2 mRNA was higher in the liver than in the kidney. Within the kidney, r-CAT-2 mRNA was more abundant in the outer and inner medulla than in the cortex. In the liver lobule, the intensity of the hybridization signal in hepatocytes decreased between the portal area and the central vein. In the kidney, hybridization signals were detected in parietal cells of Bowman's capsule, various tubule cells of outer and inner medulla, in endothelial and interstitial cells of inner medulla, and in papillary epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Munich, Germany. A.Burger@physiol.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burger-Kentischer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neuhofer
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002412:Cations / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D026923:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic; D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002412:Cations; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger