PMID- 21636576 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110928 LR - 20231105 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 286 IP - 30 DP - 2011 Jul 29 TI - Impaired nutrient signaling and body weight control in a Na+ neutral amino acid cotransporter (Slc6a19)-deficient mouse. PG - 26638-51 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.241323 [doi] AB - Amino acid uptake in the intestine and kidney is mediated by a variety of amino acid transporters. To understand the role of epithelial neutral amino acid uptake in whole body homeostasis, we analyzed mice lacking the apical broad-spectrum neutral (0) amino acid transporter B(0)AT1 (Slc6a19). A general neutral aminoaciduria was observed similar to human Hartnup disorder which is caused by mutations in SLC6A19. Na(+)-dependent uptake of neutral amino acids into the intestine and renal brush-border membrane vesicles was abolished. No compensatory increase of peptide transport or other neutral amino acid transporters was detected. Mice lacking B(0)AT1 showed a reduced body weight. When adapted to a standard 20% protein diet, B(0)AT1-deficient mice lost body weight rapidly on diets containing 6 or 40% protein. Secretion of insulin in response to food ingestion after fasting was blunted. In the intestine, amino acid signaling to the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway was reduced, whereas the GCN2/ATF4 stress response pathway was activated, indicating amino acid deprivation in epithelial cells. The results demonstrate that epithelial amino acid uptake is essential for optimal growth and body weight regulation. FAU - Broer, Angelika AU - Broer A AD - Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia. Stefan.broer@anu.edu.au FAU - Juelich, Torsten AU - Juelich T FAU - Vanslambrouck, Jessica M AU - Vanslambrouck JM FAU - Tietze, Nadine AU - Tietze N FAU - Solomon, Peter S AU - Solomon PS FAU - Holst, Jeff AU - Holst J FAU - Bailey, Charles G AU - Bailey CG FAU - Rasko, John E J AU - Rasko JE FAU - Broer, Stefan AU - Broer S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110602 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral) RN - 0 (Atf4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Dietary Proteins) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (SLC6A19 protein, mouse) RN - 145891-90-3 (Activating Transcription Factor 4) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Eif2ak4 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 4/genetics/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Body Weight/*physiology MH - Dietary Proteins MH - Eating/*physiology MH - Epithelial Cells/*metabolism MH - Hartnup Disease/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Insulin/genetics/metabolism MH - Insulin Secretion MH - Mice MH - Mice, Mutant Strains MH - Mutation MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3143628 EDAT- 2011/06/04 06:00 MHDA- 2011/09/29 06:00 CRDT- 2011/06/04 06:00 PHST- 2011/06/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/09/29 06:00 [medline] AID - S0021-9258(19)48485-8 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.241323 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 29;286(30):26638-51. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.241323. Epub 2011 Jun 2.