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. 1993 Jun;465:57–72. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019666

Mechanisms of zinc transport into pig small intestine brush-border membrane vesicles.

F Tacnet 1, F Lauthier 1, P Ripoche 1
PMCID: PMC1175419  PMID: 8229851

Abstract

1. The purpose of the present work was to examine certain membrane transport mechanisms likely to carry zinc across the brush-border membrane of pig small intestine, isolated in a vesicular form. 2. In initial velocity conditions, saturation kinetics revealed a great effect of pH on zinc transport: optimal conditions were observed with an intravesicular pH of around 6.6 with or without a H+ gradient; however, this did not allow us to conclude the existence of a neutral exchange between Zn2+ and H+ ions. 3. By measuring 36Cl uptakes, the presence of the Cl(-)-HCO3- or Cl(-)-OH-antiporter with typical 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (DIDS) sensitivity was detected in vesicles; zinc did not alter this anionic exchange activity. A 65Zn time course, performed in conditions identical with those for 36Cl uptake, was DIDS insensitive and was greatly inhibited by an outward OH- gradient. This could argue against a transport of zinc as a complex with Cl- and HCO3- through the anion antiporter. 4. When external Cl- and HCO3- were replaced by SCN-, able to form a Zn(SCN)4(2-) complex, we observed a stimulating effect of outward HCO3- gradients on 65Zn uptake but neither DIDS nor diphenylamine-2-carboxylate (DPC) inhibited the transport in these conditions. This suggested that the intestinal anion antiporter was not a major route for zinc reabsorption. 5. The tripeptide Gly-Gly-His at low concentrations stimulated 65Zn uptake, then inhibited it in a dose-dependent manner either in the presence of an inward H+ gradient or in the presence of a membrane potential 'negative inside' or in both situations. These conditions are necessary for the active transport of the peptide and this strongly suggests that zinc can be transported as a [Gly-Gly-His-Zn] complex, utilizing the peptide carrier system.

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