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Adaptive regulation of intestinal folate uptake: effect of dietary folate deficiency. 2000

H M Said, and N Chatterjee, and R U Haq, and V S Subramanian, and A Ortiz, and L H Matherly, and F M Sirotnak, and C Halsted, and S A Rubin
University of California Irvine-Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Program, Long Beach 90822, USA. hmsaid@uci.edu

Folate is an essential micronutrient that, in mammals, must be obtained from exogenous sources via intestinal absorption. Previous studies have characterized different aspects of the mechanism of the intestinal folate uptake process. Much less, however, is known about regulation of this process. In this study, we examined the effect of dietary folate deficiency on intestinal folate uptake using the rat as an animal model. The results showed that dietary folate deficiency leads to a significant (P < 0.01) and specific upregulation in the transepithelial transport of folic acid. The upregulation in transepithelial folate transport 1) was found to be due to an induction in carrier-mediated folate uptake across the brush-border membrane (BBM) and was mediated via a significant (P < 0.01) increase in the maximal velocity but not the apparent Michaelis constant of the uptake process, 2) was associated with a marked increase in the steady-state mRNA level of reduced folate carrier-1 and in the level of the expressed protein at the intestinal BBM, and 3) was associated with a marked (>10-fold) increase in the activity of the intestinal BBM form of folate hydrolase. Results of this study demonstrate, for the first time, that dietary folate deficiency leads to a marked upregulation in intestinal folate uptake and in the activity of folate hydrolase. Furthermore, the upregulation in folate uptake is associated with an increase in mRNA and protein levels of folate carrier, suggesting possible involvement of a transcriptional regulatory mechanism(s) in the upregulation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007408 Intestinal Absorption Uptake of substances through the lining of the INTESTINES. Absorption, Intestinal
D007413 Intestinal Mucosa Lining of the INTESTINES, consisting of an inner EPITHELIUM, a middle LAMINA PROPRIA, and an outer MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. In the SMALL INTESTINE, the mucosa is characterized by a series of folds and abundance of absorptive cells (ENTEROCYTES) with MICROVILLI. Intestinal Epithelium,Intestinal Glands,Epithelium, Intestinal,Gland, Intestinal,Glands, Intestinal,Intestinal Gland,Mucosa, Intestinal
D008297 Male Males
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D011623 gamma-Glutamyl Hydrolase Catalyzes the hydrolysis of pteroylpolyglutamic acids in gamma linkage to pterolylmonoglutamic acid and free glutamic acid. EC 3.4.19.9. Conjugase,Folate Conjugase,Folyl Conjugate Synthetase,Pteroyl Polyglutamate Hydrolase,Carboxypeptidase G,Carboxypeptidase G1,Carboxypeptidase G2,Folacin Conjugase,Folate Hydrolyzing Enzyme,Folyl Poly-gamma-Glutamate Carboxypeptidase,Folyl Polyglutamate Cleavage Enzyme,Folylpolyglutamate Hydrolase,gamma Glutamyl Hydrolase
D011956 Receptors, Cell Surface Cell surface proteins that bind signalling molecules external to the cell with high affinity and convert this extracellular event into one or more intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell (From Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, pp693-5). Cell surface receptors, unlike enzymes, do not chemically alter their ligands. Cell Surface Receptor,Cell Surface Receptors,Hormone Receptors, Cell Surface,Receptors, Endogenous Substances,Cell Surface Hormone Receptors,Endogenous Substances Receptors,Receptor, Cell Surface,Surface Receptor, Cell
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D002352 Carrier Proteins Proteins that bind or transport specific substances in the blood, within the cell, or across cell membranes. Binding Proteins,Carrier Protein,Transport Protein,Transport Proteins,Binding Protein,Protein, Carrier,Proteins, Carrier
D004195 Disease Models, Animal Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases. Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D005492 Folic Acid A member of the vitamin B family that stimulates the hematopoietic system. It is present in the liver and kidney and is found in mushrooms, spinach, yeast, green leaves, and grasses (POACEAE). Folic acid is used in the treatment and prevention of folate deficiencies and megaloblastic anemia. Pteroylglutamic Acid,Vitamin M,Folacin,Folate,Folic Acid, (D)-Isomer,Folic Acid, (DL)-Isomer,Folic Acid, Calcium Salt (1:1),Folic Acid, Monopotassium Salt,Folic Acid, Monosodium Salt,Folic Acid, Potassium Salt,Folic Acid, Sodium Salt,Folvite,Vitamin B9,B9, Vitamin

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