PMID- 27860283 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170622 LR - 20220317 IS - 1742-4658 (Electronic) IS - 1742-464X (Linking) VI - 284 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Jan TI - Integration of a 'proton antenna' facilitates transport activity of the monocarboxylate transporter MCT4. PG - 149-162 LID - 10.1111/febs.13964 [doi] AB - Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) mediate the proton-coupled transport of high-energy metabolites like lactate and pyruvate and are expressed in nearly every mammalian tissue. We have shown previously that transport activity of MCT4 is enhanced by carbonic anhydrase II (CAII), which has been suggested to function as a 'proton antenna' for the transporter. In the present study, we tested whether creation of an endogenous proton antenna by introduction of a cluster of histidine residues into the C-terminal tail of MCT4 (MCT4-6xHis) could facilitate MCT4 transport activity when heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Our results show that integration of six histidines into the C-terminal tail does indeed increase transport activity of MCT4 to the same extent as did coexpression of MCT4-WT with CAII. Transport activity of MCT4-6xHis could be further enhanced by coexpression with extracellular CAIV, but not with intracellular CAII. Injection of an antibody against the histidine cluster into MCT4-expressing oocytes decreased transport activity of MCT4-6xHis, while leaving activity of MCT4-WT unaltered. Taken together, these findings suggest that transport activity of the proton-coupled monocarboxylate transporter MCT4 can be facilitated by integration of an endogenous proton antenna into the transporter's C-terminal tail. CI - (c) 2016 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. FAU - Noor, Sina Ibne AU - Noor SI AD - Division of General Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. FAU - Pouyssegur, Jacques AU - Pouyssegur J AD - Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM), Monaco. AD - Institute for Research on Cancer & Aging (IRCAN), INSERM, Centre A. Lacassagne, CNRS, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France. FAU - Deitmer, Joachim W AU - Deitmer JW AD - Division of General Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. FAU - Becker, Holger M AU - Becker HM AD - Division of General Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161207 PL - England TA - FEBS J JT - The FEBS journal JID - 101229646 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (His-His-His-His-His-His) RN - 0 (Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters) RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Protons) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Slc16a3 protein, rat) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 4QD397987E (Histidine) RN - 8558G7RUTR (Pyruvic Acid) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase II) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase IV) RN - EC 4.2.1.1 (CA4 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/pharmacology MH - Biological Transport/drug effects MH - Carbonic Anhydrase II/genetics/*metabolism MH - Carbonic Anhydrase IV/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression MH - Histidine/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Lactic Acid/metabolism MH - Microinjections MH - Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters/genetics/*metabolism MH - Muscle Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Oligopeptides/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Oocytes/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Protein Engineering MH - *Protons MH - Pyruvic Acid/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Xenopus laevis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Xenopus oocytes OT - ion-selective microelectrodes OT - proton-collecting antenna OT - transport metabolon EDAT- 2016/11/20 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/24 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/19 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/09/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/11/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/febs.13964 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS J. 2017 Jan;284(1):149-162. doi: 10.1111/febs.13964. Epub 2016 Dec 7.