Glucose transporter GLUT12-functional characterization in Xenopus laevis oocytes. 2003

Suzanne Rogers, and Jenalle D Chandler, and Alison L Clarke, and Steven Petrou, and James D Best
Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Vic., Australia. s.rogers@medicine.unimelb.edu.au

We have recently identified and cloned the cDNA of a new member of the glucose transporter family that has been designated GLUT12. GLUT12 possesses the structural features critical to facilitative transport of glucose but the key to understanding the possible physiological roles of this novel protein requires analysis of functional glucose transport. In the current study, we have utilized the Xenopus laevis oocyte expression system to assay transport of the glucose analog 2-deoxy-D-glucose and characterize the glucose transport properties and hexose affinities of GLUT12. Our results demonstrate that GLUT12 facilitates transport of glucose with an apparent preferential substrate affinity for glucose over other hexoses assayed. The results are significant to understanding the potential role and importance of GLUT12 in insulin-sensitive tissues and also cells with high glucose utilization such as cancer cells.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009004 Monosaccharide Transport Proteins A large group of membrane transport proteins that shuttle MONOSACCHARIDES across CELL MEMBRANES. Hexose Transport Proteins,Band 4.5 Preactin,Erythrocyte Band 4.5 Protein,Glucose Transport-Inducing Protein,Hexose Transporter,4.5 Preactin, Band,Glucose Transport Inducing Protein,Preactin, Band 4.5,Proteins, Monosaccharide Transport,Transport Proteins, Hexose,Transport Proteins, Monosaccharide,Transport-Inducing Protein, Glucose
D009124 Muscle Proteins The protein constituents of muscle, the major ones being ACTINS and MYOSINS. More than a dozen accessory proteins exist including TROPONIN; TROPOMYOSIN; and DYSTROPHIN. Muscle Protein,Protein, Muscle,Proteins, Muscle
D009865 Oocytes Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM). Ovocytes,Oocyte,Ovocyte
D005947 Glucose A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement. Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001692 Biological Transport The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments. Transport, Biological,Biologic Transport,Transport, Biologic
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities
D014982 Xenopus laevis The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed "frog" (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals. Platanna,X. laevis,Platannas,X. laevi
D051246 Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative A family of monosaccharide transport proteins characterized by 12 membrane spanning helices. They facilitate passive diffusion of GLUCOSE across the CELL MEMBRANE. GLUT Proteins,Glucose Transport Protein,Glucose Transport Facilitators,Glucose Transporter,SLC2A Proteins
D051275 Glucose Transporter Type 4 A glucose transport protein found in mature MUSCLE CELLS and ADIPOCYTES. It promotes transport of glucose from the BLOOD into target TISSUES. The inactive form of the protein is localized in CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES. In response to INSULIN, it is translocated to the PLASMA MEMBRANE where it facilitates glucose uptake. GLUT-4 Protein,GLUT4 Protein,Insulin-Responsive Glucose Transporter,SLC2A4 Protein,Solute Carrier Family 2, Facilitated Glucose Transporter, Member 4 Protein,GLUT 4 Protein,Glucose Transporter, Insulin-Responsive,Insulin Responsive Glucose Transporter

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