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Terachi M, Hirono C, Kitagawa M, Sugita M. The biphasic effect of extracellular glucose concentration on carbachol-induced fluid secretion from mouse submandibular glands. Eur J Oral Sci 2018; 126:197-205. [PMID: 29676804 DOI: 10.1111/eos.12417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cholinergic agonists evoke elevations of the cytoplasmic free-calcium concentration ([Ca2+ ]i ) to stimulate fluid secretion in salivary glands. Salivary flow rates are significantly reduced in diabetic patients. However, it remains elusive how salivary secretion is impaired in diabetes. Here, we used an ex vivo submandibular gland perfusion technique to characterize the dependency of salivary flow rates on extracellular glucose concentration and activities of glucose transporters expressed in the glands. The cholinergic agonist carbachol (CCh) induced sustained fluid secretion, the rates of which were modulated by the extracellular glucose concentration in a biphasic manner. Both lowering the extracellular glucose concentration to less than 2.5 mM and elevating it to higher than 5 mM resulted in decreased CCh-induced fluid secretion. The CCh-induced salivary flow was suppressed by phlorizin, an inhibitor of the sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) located basolaterally in submandibular acinar cells, which is altered at the protein expression level in diabetic animal models. Our data suggest that SGLT1-mediated glucose uptake in acinar cells is required to maintain the fluid secretion by sustaining Cl- secretion in real-time. High extracellular glucose levels may suppress the CCh-induced secretion of salivary fluid by altering the activities of ion channels and transporters downstream of [Ca2+ ]i signals.
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- Momomi Terachi
- Department of Physiology and Oral Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Oral Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Oral Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Oral Physiology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Shabala S, Bose J, Fuglsang AT, Pottosin I. On a quest for stress tolerance genes: membrane transporters in sensing and adapting to hostile soils. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:1015-31. [PMID: 26507891 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, and flooding severely limit food and fibre production and result in penalties of in excess of US$100 billion per annum to the agricultural sector. Improved abiotic stress tolerance to these environmental constraints via traditional or molecular breeding practices requires a good understanding of the physiological and molecular mechanisms behind roots sensing of hostile soils, as well as downstream signalling cascades to effectors mediating plant adaptive responses to the environment. In this review, we discuss some common mechanisms conferring plant tolerance to these three major abiotic stresses. Central to our discussion are: (i) the essentiality of membrane potential maintenance and ATP production/availability and its use for metabolic versus adaptive responses; (ii) reactive oxygen species and Ca(2+) 'signatures' mediating stress signalling; and (iii) cytosolic K(+) as the common denominator of plant adaptive responses. We discuss in detail how key plasma membrane and tonoplast transporters are regulated by various signalling molecules and processes observed in plants under stress conditions (e.g. changes in membrane potential; cytosolic pH and Ca(2+); reactive oxygen species; polyamines; abscisic acid) and how these stress-induced changes are related to expression and activity of specific ion transporters. The reported results are then discussed in the context of strategies for breeding crops with improved abiotic stress tolerance. We also discuss a classical trade-off between tolerance and yield, and possible avenues for resolving this dilemma.
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- Sergey Shabala
- School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia
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- School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, 28045 Colima, México
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Raja M, Puntheeranurak T, Gruber HJ, Hinterdorfer P, Kinne RKH. The role of transporter ectodomains in drug recognition and binding: phlorizin and the sodium–glucose cotransporter. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5md00572h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This article reviews the role of segments of SLCs located outside the plasma membrane bilayer (ectodomains) using the inhibition of SGLTs (SLC5 family) by the aromatic glucoside phlorizin as a model system.
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- M. Raja
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
- Dortmund
- Germany
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- Department of Biology
- Center of Nanoscience
- Faculty of Science
- Mahidol University
- Bangkok
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- Institute for Biophysics
- Christian Doppler Laboratory of Nanoscopic Methods in Biophysics
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz and Center for Advanced Bioanalysis GmbH (CBL)
- Linz
- Austria
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- Institute for Biophysics
- Christian Doppler Laboratory of Nanoscopic Methods in Biophysics
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz and Center for Advanced Bioanalysis GmbH (CBL)
- Linz
- Austria
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
- Dortmund
- Germany
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Raja M, Kinne RK. Identification of phlorizin binding domains in sodium-glucose cotransporter family: SGLT1 as a unique model system. Biochimie 2015; 115:187-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neundlinger I, Puntheeranurak T, Wildling L, Rankl C, Wang LX, Gruber HJ, Kinne RKH, Hinterdorfer P. Forces and dynamics of glucose and inhibitor binding to sodium glucose co-transporter SGLT1 studied by single molecule force spectroscopy. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21673-83. [PMID: 24962566 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.529875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Single molecule force spectroscopy was employed to investigate the dynamics of the sodium glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) upon substrate and inhibitor binding on the single molecule level. CHO cells stably expressing rbSGLT1 were probed by using atomic force microscopy tips carrying either thioglucose, 2'-aminoethyl β-d-glucopyranoside, or aminophlorizin. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains of different length and varying end groups were used as tether. Experiments were performed at 10, 25 and 37 °C to address different conformational states of SGLT1. Unbinding forces between ligands and SGLT1 were recorded at different loading rates by changing the retraction velocity, yielding binding probability, width of energy barrier of the binding pocket, and the kinetic off rate constant of the binding reaction. With increasing temperature, width of energy barrier and average life time increased for the interaction of SGLT1 with thioglucose (coupled via acrylamide to a long PEG) but decreased for aminophlorizin binding. The former indicates that in the membrane-bound SGLT1 the pathway to sugar translocation involves several steps with different temperature sensitivity. The latter suggests that also the aglucon binding sites for transport inhibitors have specific, temperature-sensitive conformations.
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- Isabel Neundlinger
- From the Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- From the Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University and Nanotec-MU Center of Excellence on Intelligent Materials and Systems, 272 Rama VI, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- From the Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Human Virology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, and
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- From the Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- From the Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, 4020 Linz, Austria,
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In vertebrates and invertebrates, morphological and functional features of gastrointestinal (GI) tracts generally reflect food chemistry, such as content of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and material(s) refractory to rapid digestion (e.g., cellulose). The expression of digestive enzymes and nutrient transporters approximately matches the dietary load of their respective substrates, with relatively modest excess capacity. Mechanisms explaining differences in hydrolase activity between populations and species include gene copy number variations and single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Transcriptional and posttranscriptional adjustments mediate phenotypic changes in the expression of hydrolases and transporters in response to dietary signals. Many species respond to higher food intake by flexibly increasing digestive compartment size. Fermentative processes by symbiotic microorganisms are important for cellulose degradation but are relatively slow, so animals that rely on those processes typically possess special enlarged compartment(s) to maintain a microbiota and other GI structures that slow digesta flow. The taxon richness of the gut microbiota, usually identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, is typically an order of magnitude greater in vertebrates than invertebrates, and the interspecific variation in microbial composition is strongly influenced by diet. Many of the nutrient transporters are orthologous across different animal phyla, though functional details may vary (e.g., glucose and amino acid transport with K+ rather than Na+ as a counter ion). Paracellular absorption is important in many birds. Natural toxins are ubiquitous in foods and may influence key features such as digesta transit, enzymatic breakdown, microbial fermentation, and absorption.
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- William H Karasov
- Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Raja M, Puntheeranurak T, Hinterdorfer P, Kinne R. SLC5 and SLC2 transporters in epithelia-cellular role and molecular mechanisms. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2012. [PMID: 23177983 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394316-3.00002-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Members of the SLC5 and SLC2 family are prominently involved in epithelial sugar transport. SGLT1 (sodium-glucose transporter) and SGLT2, as representatives of the former, mediate sodium-dependent uptake of sugars into intestinal and renal cells. GLUT2 (glucose transporter), as representative of the latter, facilitates the sodium-independent exit of sugars from cells. SGLT has played a major role in the formulation and experimental proof for the existence of sodium cotransport systems. Based on the sequence data and biochemical and biophysical analyses, the role of extramembranous loops in sugar and inhibitor binding can be delineated. Crystal structures and homology modeling of SGLT reveal that the sugar translocation involves operation of two hydrophobic gates and intermediate exofacial and endofacial occluded states of the carrier in an alternating access model. The same basic model is proposed for GLUT1. Studies on GLUT1 have pioneered the isolation of eukaryotic transporters by biochemical methods and the development of transport kinetics and transporter models. For GLUT1, results from extensive mutagenesis, cysteine substitution and accessibility studies can be incorporated into a homology model with a barrel-like structure in which accessibility to the extracellular and intracellular medium is altered by pinching movements of some of the helices. For SGLT1 and GLUT1, the extensive hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions between sugars and binding sites of the various intramembrane helices occur and lead to different substrate specificities and inhibitor affinities of the two transporters. A complex network of regulatory steps adapts the transport activity to the needs of the body.
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- Mobeen Raja
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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Recently, the idea has been developed to lower blood glucose blood glucose levels in diabetes by inhibiting sugar reabsorption sugar reabsorption in the kidney kidney . The main target is thereby the early proximal tubule proximal tubule where secondary active transport secondary active transport of the sugar is mediated by the sodium-D: -glucose D-glucose cotransporter SGLT2 SGLT2 . A model substance for the inhibitors inhibitors is the O-glucoside O-glucoside phlorizin phlorizin which inhibits transport transport competitively. Its binding to the transporter involves at least two different domains: an aglucone binding aglucone binding site at the transporter surface, involving extramembranous loops extramembraneous loops , and the sugar binding sugar binding /translocation site buried in a hydrophilic pocket of the transporter. The properties of these binding sites differ between SGLT2 and SGLT1 SGLT1 , which mediates sugar absorption sugar absorption in the intestine intestine . Various O-, C-, N- and S-glucosides have been synthesized with high affinity affinity and high specificity specificity for SGLT2 SGLT2 . Some of these glucosides are in clinical trials clinical trials and have been proven to successfully increase urinary glucose excretion urinary glucose excretion and to decrease blood sugar blood sugar levels without the danger of hypoglycaemia hypoglycaemia during fasting fasting in type 2 diabetes type 2 diabetes .
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- Rolf K H Kinne
- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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Tyagi NK, Puntheeranurak T, Raja M, Kumar A, Wimmer B, Neundlinger I, Gruber H, Hinterdorfer P, Kinne RK. A biophysical glance at the outer surface of the membrane transporter SGLT1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:1-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Revised: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wimmer B, Raja M, Hinterdorfer P, Gruber HJ, Kinne RKH. C-terminal Loop 13 of Na+/Glucose Cotransporter 1 Contains Both Stereospecific and Non-stereospecific Sugar Interaction Sites. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:983-91. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805082200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pérez V, Wherrett T, Shabala S, Muñiz J, Dobrovinskaya O, Pottosin I. Homeostatic control of slow vacuolar channels by luminal cations and evaluation of the channel-mediated tonoplast Ca2+ fluxes in situ. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:3845-55. [PMID: 18832189 PMCID: PMC2576637 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2008] [Revised: 08/05/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Ca(2+), Mg(2+), and K(+) activities in red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) vacuoles were evaluated using conventional ion-selective microelectrodes and, in the case of Ca(2+), by non-invasive ion flux measurements (MIFE) as well. The mean vacuolar Ca(2+) activity was approximately 0.2 mM. Modulation of the slow vacuolar (SV) channel voltage dependence by Ca(2+) in the absence and presence of other cations at their physiological concentrations was studied by patch-clamp in excised tonoplast patches. Lowering pH at the vacuolar side from 7.5 to 5.5 (at zero vacuolar Ca(2+)) did not affect the channel voltage dependence, but abolished sensitivity to luminal Ca(2+) within a physiological range of concentrations (0.1-1.0 mM). Aggregation of the physiological vacuolar Na(+) (60 mM) and Mg(2+) (8 mM) concentrations also results in the SV channel becoming almost insensitive to vacuolar Ca(2+) variation in a range from nanomoles to 0.1 mM. At physiological cation concentrations at the vacuolar side, cytosolic Ca(2+) activates the SV channel in a voltage-independent manner with K(d)=0.7-1.5 microM. Comparison of the vacuolar Ca(2+) fluxes measured by both the MIFE technique and from estimating the SV channel activity in attached patches, suggests that, at resting membrane potentials, even at elevated (20 microM) cytosolic Ca(2+), only 0.5% of SV channels are open. This mediates a Ca(2+) release of only a few pA per vacuole (approximately 0.1 pA per single SV channel). Overall, our data suggest that the release of Ca(2+) through SV channels makes little contribution to a global cytosolic Ca(2+) signal.
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- V. Pérez
- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Colima, 28045 Colima, Col., México
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- School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Tas7001, Australia
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- School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Tas7001, Australia
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Colima, 28045 Colima, Col., México
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Colima, 28045 Colima, Col., México
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Colima, 28045 Colima, Col., México
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Pajor AM, Randolph KM, Kerner SA, Smith CD. Inhibitor Binding in the Human Renal Low- and High-Affinity Na+/Glucose Cotransporters. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 324:985-91. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.129825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Tyagi NK, Kumar A, Goyal P, Pandey D, Siess W, Kinne RKH. d-Glucose-Recognition and Phlorizin-Binding Sites in Human Sodium/d-Glucose Cotransporter 1 (hSGLT1): A Tryptophan Scanning Study. Biochemistry 2007; 46:13616-28. [DOI: 10.1021/bi701193x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Navneet K. Tyagi
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany, and the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ludwig Maximilian University, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, Munich, 80336, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany, and the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ludwig Maximilian University, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, Munich, 80336, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany, and the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ludwig Maximilian University, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, Munich, 80336, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany, and the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ludwig Maximilian University, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, Munich, 80336, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany, and the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ludwig Maximilian University, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, Munich, 80336, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany, and the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Ludwig Maximilian University, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, Munich, 80336, Germany
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Kumar A, Tyagi NK, Arevalo E, Miller KW, Kinne RKH. A proteomic study of sodium/d-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1): Topology of loop 13 and coverage of other functionally important domains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:968-74. [PMID: 17588833 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2006] [Revised: 05/04/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In order to obtain further information about the structure and function of human sodium/D-glucose cotransporter 1 (hSGLT1), the recombinant protein was subjected, either after reconstitution into liposomes or in its free form, to proteolysis followed by nanoscale microcapillary liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The peptides released from SGLT1 proteoliposomes by trypsin bead digestion represented the early N-terminal, loop 7, and loop 9, supporting topology models that place these domains on the extracellular side of the protein. Trypsin bead digestion generated, however, also a number of peptides derived from loop 13 whose topology with regard to the membrane is hitherto a point of debate. Sequence coverage was provided from amino acids 559 to 644, suggesting that loop 13 is almost completely accessible at the extravesicular face of the proteoliposomes. These results support the notion that major parts of loop 13, essential for the interaction with transport inhibitors in vivo, are located extracellularly in intact cells. In-gel trypsin, chymotrypsin, and in particular trypsin/chymotrypsin digestion of recombinant SGLT1 in combination with LC-MS/MS provide extensive sequence coverage of the protein, including domains involved in sugar and inhibitor binding and potential phosphorylation sites. These studies demonstrate that proteomic analysis combined with mass spectrometry is a useful tool to characterize regions of SGLT1 that are important for its function and regulation.
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- Azad Kumar
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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Puntheeranurak T, Kasch M, Xia X, Hinterdorfer P, Kinne RKH. Three surface subdomains form the vestibule of the Na+/glucose cotransporter SGLT1. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:25222-30. [PMID: 17616521 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704190200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A combination of biophysical and biochemical approaches was employed to probe the topology, arrangement, and function of the large surface subdomains of SGLT1 in living cells. Using atomic force microscopy on the single molecule level, Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing SGLT1 were probed with atomic force microscopy tips carrying antibodies against epitopes of different subdomains. Specific single molecule recognition events were observed with antibodies against loop 6-7, loop 8-9, and loop 13-14, demonstrating the extracellular orientation of these subdomains. The addition of D-glucose in Na+-containing medium decreased the binding probability of the loop 8-9 antibody, suggesting a transport-related conformational change in the region between amino acids 339 and 356. Transport studies with mutants C345A, C351A, C355A, or C361S supported a role for these amino acids in determining the affinity of SGLT1 for D-glucose. MTSET, [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate and dithiothreitol inhibition patterns on alpha-methyl-glucoside uptake by COS-7 cells expressing C255A, C560A, or C608A suggested the presence of a disulfide bridge between Cys255 and Cys608. This assumption was corroborated by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry showing mass differences in peptides derived from transporters biotinylated in the absence and presence of dithiothreitol. These results indicate that loop 6-7 and loop 13-14 are connected by a disulfide bridge. This bridge brings also loop 8-9 into close vicinity with the former subdomains to create a vestibule for sugar binding.
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- Theeraporn Puntheeranurak
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, and Center of Excellence, National Nanotechnology Center at Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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Althoff T, Hentschel H, Luig J, Schütz H, Kasch M, Kinne RKH. Na+ -D-glucose cotransporter in the kidney of Leucoraja erinacea: molecular identification and intrarenal distribution. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 292:R2391-9. [PMID: 17322119 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00454.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Studies on membrane vesicles from the kidney of Leucoraja erinacea suggested the sole presence of a sodium-D-glucose cotransporter type 1 involved in renal D-glucose reabsorption. For molecular characterization of this transport system, an mRNA library was screened with primers directed against conserved regions of human sglt1. A cDNA was cloned whose nucleotide and derived amino acid sequence revealed high homology to sodium glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1). Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with the respective cRNA showed sodium-dependent high-affinity uptake of D-glucose. Many positions considered functionally essential for sodium glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) are also found in the skate protein. High conservation preferentially in transmembrane helices and small linking loops suggests early appearance and continued preservation of these regions. Larger loops, especially loop 13, which is associated with phlorizin binding, were more variable, as is the interaction with the specific inhibitor in various species. To study the intrarenal distribution of the transporter, a skate SGLT1-specific antibody was generated. In cryosections of skate kidney, various nephron segments could be differentiated by lectin staining. Immunoreaction with the antibody was observed in the proximal tubule segments PIa and PIIa, the early distal tubule, and the collecting tubule. Thus Leucoraja, in contrast to the mammalian kidney, employs only SGLT1 to reabsorb d-glucose in the early, as well as in the late segments of the proximal tubule and probably also in the late distal tubule (LDT). Thereby, it differs also partly from the kidney of the close relative Squalus acanthias, which uses SGLT2 in more distal proximal tubule segments but shows also expression in the later nephron parts.
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- Thorsten Althoff
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abteilung Epithelphysiologie, Dortmund, Germany
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Kumar A, Tyagi NK, Goyal P, Pandey D, Siess W, Kinne RKH. Sodium-Independent Low-Affinity d-Glucose Transport by Human Sodium/d-Glucose Cotransporter 1: Critical Role of Tryptophan 561. Biochemistry 2007; 46:2758-66. [PMID: 17288452 DOI: 10.1021/bi061696x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although there is no evidence of significant Na-independent glucose flux in tissues naturally expressing SGLT1, previous kinetic and biophysical studies suggest that sodium/d-glucose cotransporter 1 (hSGLT1) can facilitate sodium-independent d-glucose transport and may contain more than one sugar binding site. In this work, we analyze the kinetic properties and conformational states of isolated hSGLT1 reconstituted in liposomes by transport and fluorescence studies in the absence of sodium. In the transport studies with hSGLT1, significant sodium-independent phlorizin inhibitable alpha-methyl d-glucopyranoside (alpha-MDG) uptake was observed which amounted to approximately 20% of the uptake observed in the presence of a sodium gradient. The apparent affinity constant for alpha-MDG was thereby 3.4 +/- 0.5 mM, a value approximately 10-fold higher than that in the presence of sodium. In the absence of sodium, various sugars significantly decreased the intrinsic Trp fluorescence of hSGLT1 in proteoliposomes exhibiting the following sequence of affinities: alpha-MDG > d-glucose approximately d-galactose > 6-deoxy-d-glucose > 2-deoxy-d-glucose > d-allose. Furthermore, significant protection effects of d-glucose or phlorizin against potassium iodide, acrylamide, or trichloroethanol quenching were observed. To locate the Trps involved in this reaction, we generated mutants in which all Trps were sequentially substituted with Phe. None of the replacements significantly affected sodium-dependent uptake. Uptake in the absence of sodium and typical fluorescence changes depended, however, on the presence of Trp at position 561. This Trp residue is conserved in all known SGLT1 forms (except Vibrio parahaemolyticus SGLT) and all SGLT isoforms in humans (except hSGLT3). If all these data are taken into consideration, it seems that Trp-561 in hSGLT1 forms part of a low-affinity sodium-independent binding and/or translocation site for d-glucose. The rate of sodium-independent translocation via hSGLT1 seems, however, to be tightly regulated in the intact cell by yet unknown factors.
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- Azad Kumar
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Puntheeranurak T, Wildling L, Gruber HJ, Kinne RKH, Hinterdorfer P. Ligands on the string: single-molecule AFM studies on the interaction of antibodies and substrates with the Na+-glucose co-transporter SGLT1 in living cells. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:2960-7. [PMID: 16787940 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to probe topology, conformational changes and initial substratecarrier interactions of Na+-glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) in living cells on a single-molecule level. By scanning SGLT1-transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with AFM tips carrying an epitope-specific antibody directed against the extramembranous C-terminal loop 13, significant recognition events could be detected. Specificity was confirmed by the absence of events in nontransfected CHO cells and by the use of free antigen and free antibody superfusion. Thus, contrary to computer predictions on SGLT1 topology, loop 13 seems to be part of the extracellular surface of the transporter. Binding probability of the antibody decreased upon addition of phlorizin, a specific inhibitor of SGLT1, suggesting a considerable conformational change of loop 13 when the inhibitor occludes the sugar translocation pathway. Using an AFM tip carrying 1-thio-D-glucose, direct evidence could be obtained that in the presence of Na+ a sugarbinding site appears on the transporter surface. The binding site accepts the sugar residue of the glucoside phlorizin, free D-glucose, and D-galactose, but not free Lglucose and probably represents the first of several selectivity filters of the transporter. This work demonstrates the potential of AFM to study the presence and dynamics of plasma membrane transporters in intact cells on the single molecule level.
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- Theeraporn Puntheeranurak
- Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria
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Nagata K, Hata Y. Substrate specificity of a chimera made from Xenopus SGLT1-like protein and rabbit SGLT1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:747-54. [PMID: 16792998 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2005] [Revised: 05/02/2006] [Accepted: 05/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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To characterize the sugar translocation pathway of Na(+)/glucose cotransporter type 1 (SGLT1), a chimera was made by substituting the extracellular loop between transmembrane domain (TM) 12 and TM13 of Xenopus SGLT1-like protein (xSGLT1L) with the homologous region of rabbit SGLT1. The chimera was expressed in Xenopus oocytes and its transport activity was measured by the two-microelectrode voltage-clamp method. The substrate specificity of the chimera was different from those of xSGLT1L and SGLT1. In addition the chimera's apparent Michaelis-Menten constant (K(m)) for myo-inositol, 0.06 mM, was about one fourth of that of xSGLT1L, 0.25 mM, while the chimera's apparent K(m) for d-glucose, 0.8 mM, was about one eighth of that of xSGLT1L, 6.3 mM. Our results suggest that the extracellular loop between TM12 and TM13 participates in the sugar transport of SGLT1.
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- Katsumi Nagata
- Department of Biomedical Science, Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Biofunction, Tottori University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nishimachi 86, Yonago 683-8503, Japan.
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Althoff T, Hentschel H, Luig J, Schütz H, Kasch M, Kinne RKH. Na+-d-glucose cotransporter in the kidney ofSqualus acanthias: molecular identification and intrarenal distribution. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R1094-104. [PMID: 16306165 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00334.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Using primers against conserved regions of mammalian Na+-d-glucose cotransporters (SGLT), a cDNA was cloned from the kidney of spiny dogfish shark ( Squalus acanthias). On the basis of comparison of amino acid sequence, membrane topology, and putative glycosylation and phosphorylation sites, the cDNA could be shown to belong to the family of sglt genes. Indeed, Na+-dependent d-glucose uptake could be demonstrated after expression of the gene in Xenopus laevis oocytes. In a dendrogram, the SGLT from shark kidney has a high homology to the mammalian SGLT2. Computer analysis revealed that the elasmobranch protein is most similar to the mammalian proteins in the transmembrane regions and contains already all the amino acids identified to be functionally important, suggesting early conservation during evolution. Extramembraneous loops show larger variations. This holds especially for loop 13, which has been implied as a phlorizin-binding domain. Antibodies were generated and the intrarenal distribution of the SGLT was studied in cryosections. In parallel, the nephron segments were identified by lectins. Positive immunoreactions were found in the proximal tubule in the early parts PIa and PIb and the late segment PIIb. The large PIIa segment of the proximal tubule showed no reaction. In contrast to the mammalian kidney also the late distal tubule, the collecting tubule, and the collecting duct showed immunoreactivity. The molecular information confirms previous vesicle studies in which a low affinity SGLT with a low stoichiometry has been observed and supports the notion of a similarity of the shark kidney SGLT to the mammalian SGLT2. Despite its presence in the late parts of the nephron, the absence of SGLT in the major part of the proximal tubule, the relatively low affinity, and in particular the low stoichiometry might explain the lack of a Tmfor d-glucose in the shark kidney.
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- Thorsten Althoff
- Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Abteilung Epithelphysiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Gagnon DG, Holt A, Bourgeois F, Wallendorff B, Coady MJ, Lapointe JY. Membrane topology of loop 13-14 of the Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1): a SCAM and fluorescent labelling study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2005; 1712:173-84. [PMID: 15904891 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2005] [Revised: 03/29/2005] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The accessibility of the hydrophilic loop between putative transmembrane segments XIII and XIV of the Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) was studied in Xenopus oocytes, using the substituted cysteine accessibility method (SCAM) and fluorescent labelling. Fifteen cysteine mutants between positions 565 and 664 yielded cotransport currents of similar amplitude than the wild-type SGLT1 (wtSGLT1). Extracellular, membrane-impermeant MTSES(-) and MTSET(+) had no effect on either cotransport or Na+ leak currents of wtSGLT1 but 9 mutants were affected by MTSES and/or MTSET. We also performed fluorescent labelling on SGLT1 mutants, using tetramethylrhodamine-5-maleimide and showed that positions 586, 588 and 624 were accessible. As amino acids 604 to 610 in SGLT1 have been proposed to form part of a phlorizin (Pz) binding site, we measured the K(i)(Pz) and K(m)(alphaMG) for wtSGLT1 and for cysteine mutants at positions 588, 605-608 and 625. Although mutants A605C, Y606C and D607C had slightly higher K(i)(Pz) values than wtSGLT1 with minimal changes in K(m)((alpha)MG), the effects were modest and do not support the original hypothesis. We conclude that the large, hydrophilic loop near the carboxyl terminus of SGLT1 is thus accessible to the external solution but does not appear to play a major part in the binding of phlorizin.
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- Dominique G Gagnon
- Groupe d'étude des protéines membranaires (GEPROM), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Raja MM, Kinne RKH. Interaction of C-Terminal Loop 13 of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 with Lipid Bilayers. Biochemistry 2005; 44:9123-9. [PMID: 15966736 DOI: 10.1021/bi050323d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have previously shown that C-terminal loop 13 of SGLT1 acts as a major binding domain for the aglucon residues of d-glucose transport inhibitors, phlorizin (Raja, M. M., Tyagi, N. K., and Kinne, R. K. H. (2003) Phlorizin Recognition in a C-terminal Fragment of SGLT1 Studied by Tryptophan Scanning and Affinity Labeling, J. Biol. Chem. 278, 49154-49163) and alkyl glucosides (Raja, M. M., Kipp, H., and Kinne, R. K. H. (2004) C-Terminus Loop 13 of Na(+) Glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 Contains a Binding Site for Alkyl Glucosides, Biochemistry 43, 10944-10951). Topology of this loop with regard to the membrane lipids is hitherto a point of debate. Here we report on in vitro incorporation studies using fluorescence of Trp mutants of loop 13 to determine the position of various parts of the loop with the lipid bilayer. Six single Trp mutants were prepared as described in previous studies (Raja et al., 2003) and subsequently incorporated into DOPC:DOPG (60:40% molar ratio) lipid vesicles. Upon addition of the phospholipids only one mutant, R601W, exhibited no change in the fluorescence intensities, position of maxima, or acrylamide accessibility. Mutants Q581W, E621W, and L630W exhibited the most pronounced blue shifts (3-6 nm) and protection against acrylamide, suggesting a position of these segments within the lipid bilayer. This assumption was confirmed by the result that the fluorescence of only these mutants was quenched by doxyl spin membrane embedded labels in the 5- or 12-positions of the acyl side chain of phospholipids. The other parts of the peptide appear to remain outside of the lipid vesicles. Trp-591 and Trp-611 showed, although to a different extent, increase in fluorescence, blue shift of maxima, and decrease in acrylamide accessibility but no interaction with the spin-labeled phospholipids. This suggests changes in the conformation of the peptide itself. These conformation changes are probably induced by the interaction of an adjacent lysine rich region of the peptide with the negatively charged DOPG, since in the absence of this lipid no incorporation of loop 13 into the bilayer is observed. Trypsin cleavage experiments of loop 13 in proteoliposomes yield a peptide containing amino acid residues 603 to 614, confirming that this part of the loop is accessible at the extravesicular face of the membranes. The studies show that at least in the in vitro system the part of loop 13 essential for the interaction with the transport inhibitors is located extracellularly, making a similar arrangement in the intact SGLT1 probable.
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- M Mobeen Raja
- Department of Epithelial Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Díez-Sampedro A, Loo DDF, Wright EM, Zampighi GA, Hirayama BA. Coupled Sodium/Glucose Cotransport by SGLT1 Requires a Negative Charge at Position 454. Biochemistry 2004; 43:13175-84. [PMID: 15476411 DOI: 10.1021/bi048652d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Na(+)/glucose cotransport by SGLT1 is a tightly coupled process that is driven by the Na(+) electrochemical gradient across the plasma membrane. We have previously proposed that SGLT1 contains separate Na(+)- and glucose-binding domains, that A166 (in the Na(+) domain) is close to D454 (in the sugar domain), and that interactions between these residues influence sugar specificity and transport. We have now expressed the mutant D454C in Xenopus laevis oocytes and examined the role of charge on residue 454 by replacing the Asp with Cys or His, and by chemical mutation of D454C with alkylating reagents of different charge (MTSES(-), MTSET(+), MMTS(0), MTSHE(0), and iodoacetate(-)). Functional properties were examined by measuring sugar transport and cotransporter currents. In addition, D454C was labeled with fluorescent dyes and the fluorescence of the labeled transporter was recorded as a function of voltage and ligand concentration. The data shows that (1) aspartate 454 is critically important for the normal trafficking of the protein to the plasma membrane; (2) there were marked changes in the functional properties of D454C, i.e., a reduction in turnover number and a loss of voltage sensitivity, although there were no alterations in sugar selectivity or sugar and Na(+) affinity; (3) a negative charge on residue 454 increased Na(+) and sugar transport with a normal stoichiometry of 2 Na(+):1 sugar. A positive charge on residue 454, in contrast, uncoupled Na(+) and sugar transport, indicating the importance of the negative charge in the coordination of the cotransport mechanism.
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- Ana Díez-Sampedro
- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095-1751, USA
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Smith KM, Ng AML, Yao SYM, Labedz KA, Knaus EE, Wiebe LI, Cass CE, Baldwin SA, Chen XZ, Karpinski E, Young JD. Electrophysiological characterization of a recombinant human Na+-coupled nucleoside transporter (hCNT1) produced in Xenopus oocytes. J Physiol 2004; 558:807-23. [PMID: 15194733 PMCID: PMC1665023 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.068189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Human concentrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hCNT1) mediates active transport of nucleosides and anticancer and antiviral nucleoside drugs across cell membranes by coupling influx to the movement of Na(+) down its electrochemical gradient. The two-microelectrode voltage-clamp technique was used to measure steady-state and presteady-state currents of recombinant hCNT1 produced in Xenopus oocytes. Transport was electrogenic, phloridzin sensitive and specific for pyrimidine nucleosides and adenosine. Nucleoside analogues that induced inwardly directed Na(+) currents included the anticancer drugs 5-fluorouridine, 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine, cladribine and cytarabine, the antiviral drugs zidovudine and zalcitabine, and the novel thymidine mimics 1-(2-deoxy-beta-d-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5-methylbenzene and 1-(2-deoxy-beta-d-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5-iodobenzene. Apparent K(m) values for 5-fluorouridine, 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine and zidovudine were 18, 15 and 450 microm, respectively. hCNT1 was Na(+) specific, and the kinetics of steady-state uridine-evoked Na(+) currents were consistent with an ordered simultaneous transport model in which Na(+) binds first followed by uridine. Membrane potential influenced both ion binding and carrier translocation. The Na(+)-nucleoside coupling stoichiometry, determined directly by comparing the uridine-induced inward charge movement to [(14)C]uridine uptake was 1: 1. hCNT1 presteady-state currents were used to determine the fraction of the membrane field sensed by Na(+) (61%), the valency of the movable charge (-0.81) and the average number of transporters present in the oocyte plasma membrane (6.8 x 10(10) per cell). The hCNT1 turnover rate at -50 mV was 9.6 molecules of uridine transported per second.
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- Kyla M Smith
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, 7-55 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Xia X, Lin CT, Wang G, Fang H. Binding of phlorizin to the C-terminal loop 13 of the Na(+)/glucose cotransporter does not depend on the [560-608] disulfide bond. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 425:58-64. [PMID: 15081894 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2004] [Revised: 02/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The disulfide bonds of the Na(+)/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) are believed to participate in the binding of the transport inhibitor phlorizin. Here, we investigated the role of the [560-608] disulfide bond on the phlorizin-binding function of the C-terminal loop 13 of SGLT1 using 3-iodoacetamidophlorizin (3-IAP) as a probe. The reactivity of 3-IAP to the fully reduced loop 13 was competitively inhibited by phlorizin, as evident from the MALDI mass spectra. It indicates that the disulfide bond is not mandatory for phlorizin binding. CD and equilibrium unfolding studies showed that the secondary structure and conformation stability of loop 13 were not affected by removing the disulfide bond. Furthermore, we generated a series of loop 13 mutants to assess the contribution of the disulfide bond to phlorizin binding. A positive correlation between the stability and phlorizin affinity of the mutant proteins was observed, implying that the protein stability, rather than the disulfide bond, is relevant to the phlorizin-binding function of loop 13.
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- Xiaobing Xia
- Beijing Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 10039, PR China.
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Xia X, Wang G, Fang H. Role of hydration in the conformational transitions between unliganded and liganded forms of loop 13 of the Na+/glucose cotransporter 1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 315:1018-24. [PMID: 14985114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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SGLT1 as a Na+/glucose cotransporter is inhibited by phlorizin, a phloretin 2'-glucoside that has strong interactions with the C-terminal loop 13 (residues 541-638). Here we investigated the effect of a partial substitution of glycerol for water in the medium on the stability and phlorizin-binding function of loop 13 using fluorescence spectroscopy. Increasing the glycerol concentration promoted an increase in the stability of the protein to urea. The ability of loop 13 to expose hydrophobic surface promoted by phlorizin binding was partially lost in the presence of glycerol (20%). Glycerol also led to a decrease in the phlorizin affinity of loop 13 in solution. Approximately 15 molecules of water were taken up to cover additional surface area (137.7+/-27.9A(2)) upon formation of the loop 13-phlorizin complex. Together these results demonstrate quantitatively that the stability and phlorizin affinity of loop 13 are critically dependent on protein hydration.
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- Xiaobing Xia
- Beijing Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing 100039, PR China.
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Raja MM, Tyagi NK, Kinne RKH. Phlorizin recognition in a C-terminal fragment of SGLT1 studied by tryptophan scanning and affinity labeling. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:49154-63. [PMID: 12954647 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306881200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SGLT1 as a sodium/glucose cotransporter is strongly inhibited by phlorizin, a phloretin 2'-glucoside that has strong interactions with the C-terminal loop 13. We have examined phlorizin recognition by the protein by site-directed single Trp scanning mutagenesis experiments. Six mutants (Q581W, E591W, R601W, D611W, E621W, and L630W) of truncated loop 13 (amino acids 564-638) were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Changes in Trp quenching and positions of the emission maxima were determined after addition of phlorizin. D611W displayed the largest quenching of 80%, followed by R601W (67%). It also exhibited the maximum red shift in Trp fluorescence ( approximately 14 nm), indicating an exposure of this region to a more hydrophilic environment. Titration experiments performed for each mutant showed a similar affinity for all mutants, except for D611W, which exhibited a significantly lower affinity (Kd approximately 54 microm). Also the maximum change in the collisional quenching constant by acrylamide was noted for D611W (KSV = 11 m-1 in the absence of phlorizin and 55 m-1 in its presence). Similar results were obtained with phloretin. CD measurements and computer modeling revealed that D611W is positioned in a random coil situated between two alpha-helical segments. By combining gel electrophoresis, enzymatic fragmentation, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry, we also analyzed truncated loop 13 photolabeled with 3-azidophlorizin. The attachment site of the ortho-position of aromatic ring B of phlorizin was localized to Arg-602. Taken together, these data indicate that phlorizin binding elicits changes in conformation leading to a less ordered state of loop 13. Modeling suggests an interaction of the 4- and 6-OH groups of aromatic ring A of phlorizin with the region between amino acids 606 and 611 and an interaction of ring B at or around amino acid 602. Phloretin seems to interact with the same region of the protein.
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- M Mobeen Raja
- Department of Epithelial Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Tyagi NK, Kinne RKH. Synthesis of photoaffinity probes [2′-iodo-4′-(3′′-trifluoromethyldiazirinyl)phenoxy]-d-glucopyranoside and [(4′-benzoyl)phenoxy]-d-glucopyranoside for the identification of sugar-binding and phlorizin-binding sites in the sodium/d-glucose cotransporter protein. Anal Biochem 2003; 323:74-83. [PMID: 14622961 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2003.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In this paper we describe the synthesis and photochemical and biochemical properties of two new photoaffinity probes designed for studies on the structure-function relationship of the sodium D-glucose cotransporter (SGLT1). The two probes are [2(')-iodo-4(')-(3(")-trifluoromethyldiazirinyl)phenoxy]-D-glucopyranoside (TIPDG), a mimic for the phenyl glucopyranoside arbutin which is transported by SGLT1 with a very high affinity, and [(4(')-benzoyl)phenoxy]-D-glucopyranoside (BzG), a model compound for phlorizin, the most potent competitive inhibitor of sugar translocation by SGLT1. Both photoaffinity probes TIPDG (lambda(max)=358 nm) and BzG (lambda(max)=293 nm) can be activated at 350-360 nm, avoiding protein-damaging wavelengths. In inhibitor studies on sodium-dependent D-glucose uptake into rabbit intestinal brush border membrane vesicles TIPDG and BzG showed a fully competitive inhibition with regard to the sugar with respective K(i) values of 22+/-5 microM for TIPDG and 12+/-2 microM for BzG. These K(i) values are comparable to those of their parent compounds arbutin (25+/-6 microM) and phlorizin (8+/-1 microM). To further test the potential of TIPDG and BzG as photoaffinity probes, truncated loop 13 protein, supposed to be part of the substrate recognition site of SGLT1, was exposed to TIPDG and BzG in solution. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis demonstrated that TIPDG and BzG successfully labeled the protein. These preliminary results suggest that both photoaffinity probes are promising tools for the study of the structure-function relationship of SGLT1 and other SGLT1 family transporter proteins.
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- Navneet Kumar Tyagi
- Department II. Epithelial Cell Physiology, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn Str. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Xia X, Lin JT, Kinne RKH. Binding of phlorizin to the isolated C-terminal extramembranous loop of the Na+/glucose cotransporter assessed by intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. Biochemistry 2003; 42:6115-20. [PMID: 12755613 DOI: 10.1021/bi020695b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Phlorizin, a phloretin 2'-glucoside, is a potent inhibitor of the Na(+)/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1). On the basis of transport studies in intact cells, a binding site for phlorizin was suggested in the region between amino acids 604-610 of the C-terminal loop 13. To further investigate phlorizin binding titration experiments of the intrinsic Trp fluorescence of isolated wild-type loop 13 and two mutated loops (Y604K and G609K) were carried out. Phlorizin (135 microM) produced approximately 40% quenching of the fluorescence of wild-type loop 13; quenching could also be observed with the two mutated loops. The apparent K(d) was lowest for the wild-type loop 13 (K(d) approximately 23 microM), followed by mutant G609K (57 microM) and mutant Y604K (70 microM). Binding of phlorizin was further confirmed by a decrease of the accessibility of loop 13 to the collisional quencher acrylamide. The interaction involves the aromatic moiety of the aglucone since phloretin (the aglucone of phlorizin) showed almost the same effects as phlorizin, while d-glucose did not. MALDI-TOF experiments revealed that loop 13 contained a disulfide bond between Cys 560 and Cys 608 that is very important for phlorizin-dependent fluorescence quenching. These studies provide direct evidence that loop 13 is a site (important amino acids including 604-609) for the molecular interaction between SGLT1 and phlorizin. They confirm that the aglucone part of the glucoside is responsible for this interaction.
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- Xiaobing Xia
- Department of Epithelial Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Members of the sodium/substrate symporter family (SSSF, TC 2.A.21) catalyze the uptake of a wide variety of solutes including sugars, proline, pantothenate, and iodide into cells of pro- and eukaryotic origin. Extensive analyses of the topology of different SSSF proteins suggest an arrangement of 13 transmembrane domains as a common topological motif. Regions involved in sodium and/or substrate binding were identified. Furthermore, protein chemical and spectroscopic studies reveal ligand-induced structural alterations which are consistent with close interactions between the sites of sodium and substrate binding, thereby supporting an ordered binding mechanism for transport.
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- Heinrich Jung
- Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, D-49069, Osnabrück, Germany.
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