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. 1978 Sep 15;174(3):951–958. doi: 10.1042/bj1740951

Taurocholate–sodium co-transport by brush-border membrane vesicles isolated from rat ileum

Heinrich Lücke 1, Gertraud Stange 1, Rolf Kinne 1, Heini Murer 1
PMCID: PMC1186000  PMID: 581553

Abstract

Uptake of taurocholate into brush-border membrane vesicles isolated from rat small intestine by a Ca2+ -precipitation method was investigated by using a rapid-filtration technique. Uptake of taurocholate by ileal brush-border membranes consisted of three phenomena: binding to the outside of the vesicles, transfer across the vesicle membrane and binding to the intravesicular compartment. The transport of taurocholate across the brush-border membranes was stimulated in the presence of Na+ compared with the presence of K+; stimulation was about 11-fold in the presence of a NaCl gradient (Nao>Nai), where the subscripts refer to `outside' and `inside' respectively, and 4-fold under equilibrium conditions for Na+ (Nao=Nai). In the presence of a Na+ gradient a typical `overshoot' phenomenon was observed. Membranes preloaded with unlabelled taurocholate showed an accelerated entry of labelled taurocholate (tracer exchange) in the presence of Na+ compared with the presence of K+. The stimulation by Na+ was observed only in membrane preparations from the ileum. Addition of monactin, an ionophore for univalent cations, decreased the Na+-gradient-driven taurocholate uptake. The Na+-dependent taurocholate transport showed saturation kinetics and the phenomenon of counterflow and was inhibited by glycocholate. Other cations such as Li+, Rb+ and Cs+ could not replace Na+ in its stimulatory action. When the electrical potential difference across the vesicle membrane was altered by establishing different diffusion potentials (anion replacement; K+ gradient±valinomycin) a more-negative potential inside stimulated Na+-dependent taurocholate transport. These data demonstrate the presence of a rheogenic (potential sensitive) Na+–taurocholate co-transport system in ileal brush-border membranes and support the hypothesis that the reabsorption of bile acids in the ileum is a secondary active uptake.

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