Diurnal expression and function of peptide transporter 1 (PEPT1).
BACKGROUND
Protein is absorbed primarily as di/tripeptides, which are transported into the enterocyte exclusively by H(+)/peptide cotransporter 1 (PEPT1). Diurnal changes in expression and function of several other mucosal transporters occur in rat. Diurnal variations in mRNA, protein, and transport function of PEPT1 occur in rat duodenum and jejunum, but not in ileum.


METHODS
Mucosal levels of mRNA and protein were determined at 9 AM, 3 PM, 9 PM, and 3 AM (n=6 each) by real time RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively, in rats maintained in a 12-h light/dark room [light 6 AM to 6 PM]; transporter-mediated uptake of dipeptide (Gly-Sar) was also measured by everted sleeve technique.


RESULTS
mRNA transcripts of PEPT1 and Gly-Sar uptake varied diurnally in duodenum and jejunum (peak at 3 PM, P<0.05), but not in ileum; maximal uptake was in jejunum. V(max) (nmol/cm/min) was greater at 3 PM and 9 PM compared with 9 AM (3 PM versus 9 AM: 104 versus 62 in duodenum, and 185 versus 101 in jejunum; P<0.03); K(m) was unchanged across time points or locations. Protein levels varied minimally in jejunum and ileum with peaks at 9 PM and 3 AM.


CONCLUSIONS
Gene expression and transport function of PEPT1 vary diurnally in duodenum and jejunum in temporal association with nocturnal feeding of rats.
Qandeel
Hisham G
HG
Gastroenterology Research Unit and Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Duenes
Judith A
JA
Zheng
Ye
Y
Sarr
Michael G
MG
D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D000074011:Peptide Transporter 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D027981:Symporters / Q000378:metabolism*
D004151:Dipeptides; D000074011:Peptide Transporter 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C489940:Slc15a1 protein, rat; D027981:Symporters; C004194:glycylsarcosine