title: Differential localization of organic cation transporters rOCT1 and rOCT2 in the basolateral membrane of rat kidney proximal tubules.
abstract: Organic cation transporters play an important role in the secretion of cationic drugs as well as endogenous cationic metabolites in the renal tubules. Immunoblotting showed the presence of organic cation transporter proteins, rOCT1 and rOCT2, in the rat kidney. By immunofluorescence microscopy, rOCT1 was shown to be concentrated in the proximal tubules in the renal cortex. rOCT2, on the other hand, was rich in the proximal tubules in the outer stripe of the outer medulla. Confocal microscopy revealed that both rOCT1 and rOCT2 were localized to the basolateral membranes of these tubule cells. These findings directly show that rOCT1 and rOCT2 are basolateral membrane proteins and are differentially distributed along the proximal tubules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugawara-Yokoo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Urakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujikura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000166:cytology*; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D027701:Organic Cation Transport Proteins; D027702:Organic Cation Transporter 1; D000075102:Organic Cation Transporter 2; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D027701:Organic Cation Transport Proteins; D027702:Organic Cation Transporter 1; D000075102:Organic Cation Transporter 2; C100590:Slc22a2 protein, rat