RGD Reference Report - OCTN2-mediated transport of carnitine in isolated Sertoli cells. - Rat Genome Database

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OCTN2-mediated transport of carnitine in isolated Sertoli cells.

Authors: Kobayashi, D  Goto, A  Maeda, T  Nezu, J  Tsuji, A  Tamai, I 
Citation: Kobayashi D, etal., Reproduction. 2005 Jun;129(6):729-36.
RGD ID: 1643142
Pubmed: PMID:15923388   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1530/rep.1.00507   (Journal Full-text)

Carnitine is extensively accumulated in epididymis. Carnitine is also accumulated in testis at higher concentration than in the plasma and is used in spite of the presence of the blood-testis barrier. In this study, we examined the characteristics of carnitine transport in primary-cultured rat Sertoli cells, which constitute a part of the blood-testis barrier. Uptake of [3H]carnitine (11.4 nM) from the basal side of Sertoli cells was Na+-dependent and was significantly decreased in the presence of 10 microM (48.0 +/- 7.4% of control) or 100 microM unlabeled carnitine (14.6 +/- 5.7% of control). Furthermore, the uptake was significantly inhibited in the presence of 100 microM acetyl-L-carnitine, 100 microM gamma-butyrobetaine or 500 microM quinidine. In RT-PCR analysis, the high-affinity carnitine transporter OCTN2 was detected in rat whole testis tissue and primary-cultured Sertoli cells. In contrast, the low-affinity carnitine transporter ATB(0,+) was detected in rat whole testis tissue, but not in primary cultured Sertoli cells. These results demonstrate that OCTN2 mediates carnitine supply to Sertoli cells from the circulation.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
carnitine transport  IDA 1643142sodium-dependentRGD 

Molecular Function
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
carnitine transmembrane transporter activity  IDA 1643142sodium-dependentRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Slc22a5  (solute carrier family 22 member 5)


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