Abstract
The recently cloned NaPi-IIb cotransporter is an apical membrane protein that is involved in the absorption of phosphate in the intestine. To expedite functional and structural studies, the human intestinal NaPi-IIb cotransporter was stably expressed in hamster fibroblast (PS120) cells. The hNaPi-IIb cDNA stably transfected cells exhibited a 1.8-fold higher sodium-dependent phosphate uptake than vector DNA transfected cells, and had a Km for Pi of ∼106 μM and a Km for Na+ of ∼34 mM. The hNaPi-IIb cotransporter was also expressed in Xenopus oocytes and it exhibited a Km for Pi of ∼113 μM and a Km for Na+ of ∼65 mM. The hNaPi-IIb cotransporter expressed in both PS120 cells and oocytes was inhibited by high external pH. Furthermore, the phosphate uptake mediated by the hNaPi-IIb cotransporter was inhibited by 5 mM phosphonoformic acid (PFA), 1 mM arsenate and 100 nM phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). These results demonstrate that the human intestinal NaPi-IIb cotransporter is functional when expressed in hamster fibroblasts, and that this model system may be useful in the future to identify NaPi-IIb cotransporter-specific inhibitors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-105 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes |
Volume | 1567 |
Issue number | SUPPL. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 23 2002 |
Keywords
- PS120 cell
- Type IIb sodium-phosphate cotransporter
- Xenopus oocyte
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology