cDNA sequence and tissue distribution of canine Na-dependent neutral amino acid transporter 2 (ASCT 2).
A full-length cDNA sequence of canine Na-dependent neutral amino acid transporter (ASCT2) and its distribution were determined. The sequence was 2,090 bp long and was predicted to encode 544 amino acid polypeptides. The amino acid sequence deduced from canine ASCT2 showed 90% similarity to that of humans and mice. Northern blot analysis revealed ASCT2 expression in the kidney, heart, lung and muscles, and Western blot analysis using anti-human ASCT2 antiserum detected the bands at 60 and 65 kDa in membrane protein of the lung. RT-PCR analysis revealed ASCT2 expression in all the tissues examined.
Research Institute of Biosciences, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252–5201, Japan. ochiaih@azabu-u.ac.jp
Hideharu
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Ochiai
Ken
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Onda
Kikumi
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Ogihara
Yuko
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Naya
Hiroki
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Sugiyama
Takuya
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Maruo
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D026962:Amino Acid Transport System ASC / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D040461:Gene Components; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
D026962:Amino Acid Transport System ASC; D018076:DNA, Complementary