Table 1. Expression of the glucose transporters (GLUT1, GLUT2, GLUT3, GLUT4 and GLUT8) and monocarboxylate transporters (MCT1, MCT2 and MCT4) in seminiferous tubular cells.
| Glucose transporters | Monocarboxylate transporters | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testicular cells | GLUT1 | GLUT2 | GLUT3 | GLUT4 | GLUT8 | MCT1 | MCT2 | MCT4 |
| Sertoli cells | + 46,47,59,58 | + 58 |
+ 47,58 |
- 58 |
+ 46 |
ND | ND | + 70-72 |
| Germ Cells | + 58 |
+ 58 |
+ 58 |
- 58 |
ND | + 69 |
+ 69 |
ND |
| Peritubular cells | + 58 |
+ 58 |
+ 58 |
- 58 |
ND | ND | ND | ND |
Legend: GLUT1: glucose transporter 1; GLUT2: glucose transporter 2; GLUT3: glucose transporter 3; GLUT4: glucose transporter 4; GLUT8: glucose transporter 8.; MCT1: monocarboxylate transporter 1; MCT2: monocarboxylate transporter 2; MCT4: monocarboxylate transporter 4; +: expression detected; - : expression not detected; ND : not determined; superscript numbers are references as indicated in references section.