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. 1995 Dec 15;312(Pt 3):863–870. doi: 10.1042/bj3120863

The 4F2hc surface antigen is necessary for expression of system L-like neutral amino acid-transport activity in C6-BU-1 rat glioma cells: evidence from expression studies in Xenopus laevis oocytes.

S Bröer 1, A Bröer 1, B Hamprecht 1
PMCID: PMC1136194  PMID: 8554532

Abstract

Mammalian cells possess a variety of amino acid-transport systems with overlapping substrate specificity. System L is one of the major amino acid-transport systems in all non-epithelial cells. Its molecular structure is not known. To clone the neutral amino acid-transporter system L, we followed an expression cloning strategy using Xenopus laevis oocytes. A cDNA library derived from C6-BU-1 rat glioma cells was used as a source, because high expression of system L activity could be demonstrated with polyadenylated RNA isolated from these cells, when injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes [Bröer, Bröer and Hamprecht (1994) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1192, 95-100]. A single clone (ILAT) was identified, the sense cRNA of which, on injection into Xenopus laevis oocytes, stimulated sodium-independent isoleucine transport by about 100-fold. Further characterization revealed that transport of cationic amino acids was also stimulated. Sequencing of the cDNA showed that the identified clone is the heavy chain of the rat 4F2 surface antigen, a marker of tumour cells and activated lymphocytes. Uptake of neutral and cationic amino acids was not stimulated by the presence of Na+ ions. Antisense cRNA transcribed from this clone or antisense oligonucleotides, when co-injected with polyadenylated RNA from C6-BU-1 rat glioma cells, completely suppressed system L-like isoleucine-transport activity. We conclude that ILAT is necessary for expression of system L-like amino acid-transport activity by polyadenylated RNA from C6-BU-1 rat glioma cells.

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