Tyrosine transport in winter flounder intestine: Interaction with Na sup + -K sup + -2Cl sup minus cotransport

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · American Journal of Physiology; (USA)

OSTI ID:5084712

Musch, M W; McConnell, F M; Goldstein, L; Field, M ^[1]

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1. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (USA) Columbia Univ., New York, NY (USA) Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury, ME (USA)

Tyrosine absorption across the brush border of the intestinal epithelium of the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus was studied in Ussing chambers modified to determine early rates of uptake. At 0.1 mM tyrosine, the 4-min rate of uptake (influx) of tyrosine across the brush border averaged 37.5 nmol{center dot}cm{sup {minus}2}{center dot}h{sup {minus}1}. Omission of Na decreased influx by 60%, indicting that tyrosine influx occurs, at least in part, by a Na-coupled process. Ouabain inhibited influx by 80%. Inhibition of brush border Na{sup +}-K{sup +}-2Cl{sup {minus}} cotransport by bumetanide, 8-bromo-cyclic GMP, or Cl replacement stimulated tyrosine influx 2.5- to 4-fold. However, atriopeptin III, which also inhibits Na{sup +}-K{sup +}-2Cl{sup {minus}} cotransport, did not stimulate tyrosine influx. Cyclic AMP, which does not appear to inhibit ion cotransport, did not stimulate tyrosine influx. Both cyclic GMP and bumetanide also stimulated the net mucosa-to-serosa tyrosine flux (43 and 29%, respectively) and increased the cellular concentration of tyrosine by 50%. Thus tyrosine's influx is increased to a greater extent than is its transmural flux or its cellular concentration, suggesting that the main change occurs at the brush border and represents large increases in both influx and efflux of tyrosine across this membrane.

• OSTI ID: 5084712
• Journal Information: American Journal of Physiology; (USA), Vol. 253:2; ISSN 0002-9513
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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