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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS
Institute of Physiology and Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Submitted 16 February 2007 ; accepted in final form 28 April 2007
Members of the SLC20 family or type III Na+-coupled Pi cotransporters (PiT-1, PiT-2) are ubiquitously expressed in mammalian tissue and are thought to perform a housekeeping function for intracellular Pi homeostasis. Previous studies have shown that PiT-1 and PiT-2 mediate electrogenic Pi cotransport when expressed in Xenopus oocytes, but only limited kinetic characterizations were made. To address this shortcoming, we performed a detailed analysis of SLC20 transport function. Three SLC20 clones (Xenopus PiT-1, human PiT-1, and human PiT-2) were expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Each clone gave robust Na+-dependent 32Pi uptake, but only Xenopus PiT-1 showed sufficient activity for complete kinetic characterization by using two-electrode voltage clamp and radionuclide uptake. Transport activity was also documented with Li+ substituted for Na+. The dependence of the Pi-induced current on Pi concentration was Michaelian, and the dependence on Na+ concentration indicated weak cooperativity. The dependence on external pH was unique: the apparent Pi affinity constant showed a minimum in the pH range 6.2–6.8 of 
0.05 mM and increased to 0.2 mM at pH 5.0 and pH 8.0. Xenopus PiT-1 stoichiometry was determined by dual 22Na-32Pi uptake and suggested a 2:1 Na+:Pi stoichiometry. A correlation of 32Pi uptake and net charge movement indicated one charge translocation per Pi. Changes in oocyte surface pH were consistent with transport of monovalent Pi. On the basis of the kinetics of substrate interdependence, we propose an ordered binding scheme of Na+:H2PO4–:Na+. Significantly, in contrast to type II Na+-Pi cotransporters, the transport inhibitor phosphonoformic acid did not inhibit PiT-1 or PiT-2 activity.
Na+-Pi cotransport; two-electrode voltage clamp; surface pH electrode; SLC20; retroviral receptor
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