PMID- 17664347 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071016 LR - 20181113 IS - 0022-1295 (Print) IS - 1540-7748 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1295 (Linking) VI - 130 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Aug TI - Enzymatic suppression of the membrane conductance associated with the glutamine transporter SNAT3 expressed in Xenopus oocytes by carbonic anhydrase II. PG - 203-15 AB - The transport activity of the glutamine/neutral amino acid transporter SNAT3 (former SN1, SLC38A3), expressed in oocytes of the frog Xenopus laevis is associated with a non-stoichiometrical membrane conductance selective for Na(+) and/or H(+) (Schneider, H.P., S. Broer, A. Broer, and J.W. Deitmer. 2007. J. Biol. Chem. 282:3788-3798). When we expressed SNAT3 in frog oocytes, the glutamine-induced membrane conductance was suppressed, when carbonic anhydrase isoform II (CAII) had been injected into the oocytes. Transport of substrate, however, was not affected by CAII. The reduction of the membrane conductance by CAII was dependent on the presence of CO(2)/HCO(3)(-), and could be reversed by blocking the catalytic activity of CAII by ethoxyzolamide (10 microM). Coexpression of wild-type CAII or a N-terminal CAII mutant with SNAT3 also reduced the SNAT3- associated membrane conductance. The catalytically inactive CAII mutant V143Y coexpressed in oocytes did not affect SNAT3-associated membrane conductance. Our results reveal a new type of interaction between CAII and a transporter-associated cation conductance, and support the hypothesis that the transport of substrate and the non-stoichiometrical ion conductance are independent of each other. This study also emphasizes the importance of carbonic anhydrase activity and the presence of CO(2)-bicarbonate buffers for membrane transport processes. FAU - Weise, Alexandra AU - Weise A AD - Abteilung fur Allgemeine Zoologie, FB Biologie, Universitaet Kaiserslautern, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany. FAU - Becker, Holger M AU - Becker HM FAU - Deitmer, Joachim W AU - Deitmer JW LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Gen Physiol JT - The Journal of general physiology JID - 2985110R RN - 0 (Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral) RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (system N protein 1) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase II) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport/drug effects/physiology MH - Carbonic Anhydrase II/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cattle MH - Electrophysiology MH - Escherichia coli MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Isoenzymes/genetics/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Membrane Potentials/drug effects/*physiology MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Oocytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Rats MH - Xenopus laevis PMC - PMC2151638 EDAT- 2007/08/01 09:00 MHDA- 2007/10/17 09:00 PMCR- 2008/02/01 CRDT- 2007/08/01 09:00 PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/10/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jgp.200709809 [pii] AID - 200709809 [pii] AID - 10.1085/jgp.200709809 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Gen Physiol. 2007 Aug;130(2):203-15. doi: 10.1085/jgp.200709809.