TY - JOUR
T1 - Transport of D-serine via the amino acid transporter ATB0,+ expressed in the colon
AU - Hatanaka, Takahiro
AU - Huang, Wei
AU - Nakanishi, Takeo
AU - Bridges, Christy C.
AU - Ganapathy, Vadivel
AU - Smith, Sylvia B
AU - Prasad, Puttur D
AU - Ganapathy, Vadivel
AU - Ganapathy, Malliga E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant GM54122 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Company, Japan.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - D-Serine, synthesized endogenously in the brain, is an important modulator of glutamatergic neurotransmission. Since colonic bacteria produce D-serine, we asked the question whether there are transport mechanisms in the colon that might make this exogenously produced D-serine available to the host. Here we identify for the first time an amino acid transporter in the intestine for high-affinity active transport of D-serine. This transporter, called ATB0,+, is a Na+- and Cl−-coupled transporter for L-enantiomers of neutral and cationic amino acids. Here we demonstrate that ATB0,+ is also capable of mediating the Na+- and Cl−-coupled transport of D-serine. The affinity of ATB0,+ for L-serine and D-serine is similar, the Kt value for the two enantiomers being ∼150 μM. In addition to D-serine, ATB0,+ transports D-alanine, D-methionine, D-leucine, and D-tryptophan. However, several other neutral and cationic amino acids that are transportable substrates for ATB0,+ as L-enantiomers are not transported when presented as D-enantiomers. ATB0,+ is expressed in the intestinal tract, interestingly not in the proximal intestine but in the distal intestine. Expression is most predominant in the colon where the transporter is localized to the luminal membrane of colonocytes, making this transporter uniquely suitable for absorption of bacteria-derived D-serine.
AB - D-Serine, synthesized endogenously in the brain, is an important modulator of glutamatergic neurotransmission. Since colonic bacteria produce D-serine, we asked the question whether there are transport mechanisms in the colon that might make this exogenously produced D-serine available to the host. Here we identify for the first time an amino acid transporter in the intestine for high-affinity active transport of D-serine. This transporter, called ATB0,+, is a Na+- and Cl−-coupled transporter for L-enantiomers of neutral and cationic amino acids. Here we demonstrate that ATB0,+ is also capable of mediating the Na+- and Cl−-coupled transport of D-serine. The affinity of ATB0,+ for L-serine and D-serine is similar, the Kt value for the two enantiomers being ∼150 μM. In addition to D-serine, ATB0,+ transports D-alanine, D-methionine, D-leucine, and D-tryptophan. However, several other neutral and cationic amino acids that are transportable substrates for ATB0,+ as L-enantiomers are not transported when presented as D-enantiomers. ATB0,+ is expressed in the intestinal tract, interestingly not in the proximal intestine but in the distal intestine. Expression is most predominant in the colon where the transporter is localized to the luminal membrane of colonocytes, making this transporter uniquely suitable for absorption of bacteria-derived D-serine.
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U2 - 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6441
DO - 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6441
M3 - Article
C2 - 11846403
AN - SCOPUS:0036293871
SN - 0006-291X
VL - 291
SP - 291
EP - 295
JO - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
JF - Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
IS - 2
ER -