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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 255: C822-C827, 1988;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 255, Issue 6 C822-C827, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Carrier-mediated transport of pyroglutamyl-histidine in renal brush border membrane vesicles

H. A. Skopicki, K. Fisher, D. Zikos, G. Flouret, R. Bloch, S. Kubillus and D. R. Peterson
Department of Physiology, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Illinois.

These studies were performed to determine if a transmembrane carrier for pyroglutamyl-histidine (pGlu-His) is present in the luminal membrane of renal proximal tubular cells. Previous studies have suggested the intact transepithelial transport of pGlu-His, a dipeptide formed by the hydrolysis of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone by enzymes associated with the brush border in the proximal nephron. With the use of a renal brush border membrane vesicle preparation, pGlu-His showed H+-stimulated, Na-independent, saturable transport into an osmotically active space. High-pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of both the intravesicular and extravesicular fluids indicated intact uptake of the dipeptide. The transport constant (Kt) and Vmax for pGlu-His transport were 9.3 X 10(-8) M and 6.1 X 10(-12) mol.mg-1.min-1, respectively. Transport of pGlu-His was not inhibited by the dipeptides glycyl-proline, glycyl-sarcosine, and N-beta-alanyl-L-histidine, which have been previously shown to be transported into renal brush border vesicles via a single, low-affinity, high-capacity, Na-independent, and H+-stimulated peptide carrier. In addition, the gamma-glutamyl-containing peptides gamma-glutamyl-histidine and N(N-L-gamma-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl)glycine and the tripeptide pyroglutamyl-histidyl-prolinamide were without an inhibitory effect. In contrast, transport of pGlu-His was inhibited by the dipeptide pyroglutamyl-alanine. This study demonstrates the existence of a high-affinity, low-capacity H+ cotransport system for pGlu-His in the proximal tubular luminal plasmalemma, which appears to be specific for pyroglutamyl-containing dipeptides. The data indicate that multiple dipeptide carriers are present in the proximal nephron.


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