Abstract
Initial rates of Na(+)-dependent L-glutamic and D-aspartic acid uptake were determined at various substrate concentrations using a fast sampling, rapid filtration apparatus, and the resulting data were analyzed by nonlinear computer fitting to various transport models. At pH 6.0, L-glutamic acid transport was best accounted for by the presence of both high (Km = 61 microM) and low (Km = 7.0 mM) affinity pathways, whereas D-aspartic acid transport was restricted to a single high affinity route (Km = 80 microM). Excess D-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine served to isolate L-glutamic acid flux through the remaining low and high affinity systems, respectively. Inhibition studies of other amino acids and analogs allowed us to identify the high affinity pathway as the X-AG system and the low affinity one as the intestinal NBB system. The pH dependences of the high and low affinity pathways of L-glutamic acid transport also allowed us to establish some relationship between the NBB and the more classical ASC system. Finally, these studies also revealed a heterotropic activation of the intestinal X-AG transport system by all neutral amino acids but glycine through an apparent activation of Vmax.
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