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. 1992 Aug 15;286(Pt 1):103–110. doi: 10.1042/bj2860103

L-tryptophan uptake by segment-specific membrane vesicles from the proximal tubule of rabbit kidney.

H Jessen 1, M I Sheikh 1
PMCID: PMC1133024  PMID: 1520258

Abstract

1. The mechanism of the renal transport of L-tryptophan by basolateral and luminal membrane vesicles prepared from either the pars convoluta or the pars recta of the rabbit proximal tubule was studied. The uptake of L-tryptophan by basolateral membrane vesicles from the pars convoluta was found to be an Na(+)-dependent transport event. The Na(+)-conditional influx of the amino acid was stimulated in the presence of an inwardly directed H+ gradient. Lowering the pH without an H+ gradient had no effect, indicating that L-tryptophan is co-transported with H+. 3. On the other hand, no transient accumulation of L-tryptophan was observed in the presence or absence of Na+ in basolateral membrane vesicles from the pars recta. 4. In luminal membrane vesicles from the pars recta, the transient Na(+)-dependent accumulation of L-tryptophan occurred via a dual transport system. In addition, an inwardly directed H+ gradient could drive the uphill transport of L-tryptophan into these vesicles in both the presence and the absence of an Na+ gradient. 5. By contrast, the uptake of L-tryptophan by luminal membrane vesicles from the pars convoluta was a strictly Na(+)-dependent and electrogenic transport process, mediated by a single transport component. 6. Investigation of the coupling ratio in luminal membrane vesicles suggested that 1 Na+:1 L-tryptophan are co-transported in the pars convoluta. In the pars recta, examination of the stoichiometry indicated that approx. 1 H+ and 2 Na+ (high affinity) or 1 Na+ (low affinity) are involved in the uptake of L-tryptophan.

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