An endogenous monocarboxylate transport in Xenopus laevis oocytes |
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Authors: | Tosco M Orsenigo M N Gastaldi G Faelli A |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milano, Italy. marisa.tosco@unimi.it |
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Abstract: | We investigated the existence of an endogenous system for lactate transport in Xenopus laevis oocytes. (36)Cl-uptake studies excluded the involvement of a DIDS-sensitive anion antiporter as a possible pathway for lactate movement. L-[(14)C]lactate uptake was unaffected by superimposed pH gradients, stimulated by the presence of Na(+) in the incubating solution, and severely reduced by the monocarboxylate transporter inhibitor p-chloromercuribenzenesulphonate (pCMBS). Transport exhibited a broad cation specificity and was cis inhibited by other monocarboxylates, mostly by pyruvate. These results suggest that lactate uptake is mediated mainly by a transporter and that the preferred anion is pyruvate. [(14)C]pyruvate uptake exhibited the same pattern of functional properties evidenced for L-lactate. Kinetic parameters were calculated for both monocarboxylates, and a higher affinity for pyruvate was revealed. Various inhibitors of monocarboxylate transporters reduced significantly pyruvate uptake. These studies demonstrate that Xenopus laevis oocytes possess a monocarboxylate transport system that shares some functional features with the members of the mammalian monocarboxylate cotransporters family, but, in the meanwhile, exhibits some particular properties, mainly concerning cation specificity. |
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