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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Characterization of transport mechanisms and determinants critical for Na⁺-dependent P_i symport of the PiT family paralogs human PiT1 and PiT2

¹Department of Molecular Biology and ²Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus; ³August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen; ⁴Department of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen; ⁵NeuroSearch A/S, Ballerup; ⁶Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Aarhus; and ⁷Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Submitted 14 January 2006 ; accepted in final form 24 May 2006

The general phosphate need in mammalian cells is accommodated by members of the P_i transport (PiT) family (SLC20), which use either Na⁺ or H⁺ to mediate inorganic phosphate (P_i) symport. The mammalian PiT paralogs PiT1 and PiT2 are Na⁺-dependent P_i (NaP_i) transporters and are exploited by a group of retroviruses for cell entry. Human PiT1 and PiT2 were characterized by expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes with ³²P_i as a traceable P_i source. For PiT1, the Michaelis-Menten constant for P_i was determined as 322.5 ± 124.5 µM. PiT2 was analyzed for the first time and showed positive cooperativity in P_i uptake with a half-maximal activity constant for P_i of 163.5 ± 39.8 µM. PiT1- and PiT2-mediated Na⁺-dependent P_i uptake functions were not significantly affected by acidic and alkaline pH and displayed similar Na⁺ dependency patterns. However, only PiT2 was capable of Na⁺-independent P_i transport at acidic pH. Study of the impact of divalent cations Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ revealed that Ca²⁺ was important, but not critical, for NaP_i transport function of PiT proteins. To gain insight into the NaP_i cotransport function, we analyzed PiT2 and a PiT2 P_i transport knockout mutant using ²²Na⁺ as a traceable Na⁺ source. Na⁺ was transported by PiT2 even without P_i in the uptake medium and also when P_i transport function was knocked out. This is the first time decoupling of P_i from Na⁺ transport has been demonstrated for a PiT family member. Moreover, the results imply that putative transmembrane amino acids E⁵⁵ and E⁵⁷⁵ are responsible for linking P_i import to Na⁺ transport in PiT2.

inorganic phosphate transport; retroviral receptor; SLC20

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