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. 1975 Apr;72(4):1431–1435. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.4.1431

Role of epithelial architecture and intracellular metabolism in proline uptake and transtubular reclamation in PRO/re mouse kidney.

C R Scriver, R R McInnes, F Mohyuddin
PMCID: PMC432549  PMID: 1055415

Abstract

The homozygous PRO/Re mouse has less than 1 percent of the very high proline oxidase activity that characterizes normal kidney cortex. In PRO/Re mouse the endogenous proline concentration is eight times normal in plasma and four times normal in kidney cortex cell, but 50 times normal in urine. The integrity of the membrane transport systems for proline uptake at the antiluminal surface of absorbing epithelium is retained in PRO/Re kidney, as determined by the slice method. Clearance studies in vivo under steady-state conditions indicate that the integrity of the luminal uptake system shared by glycine and proline, and serving proline absorption, is also intact. The exaggerated renal clearance of proline in PRO/Re mice (50 times normal) is explained when its raised intracellular concentration, caused by impaired proline oxidation, is considered. Backflux into urine flowing down the nephron will occur under these conditions, thus impairing net reclamation of proline in PRO/Re kidney. The findings reveal that membrane transport and intracellular metabolism of a substrate are, indeed, independent functions, but that metabolism of a substance can influence its transcellular transport.

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