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  • Title: Renal transport of monocarboxylic acids. Heterogeneity of lactate-transport systems along the proximal tubule.
    Author: Jørgensen KE, Sheikh MI.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1984 Nov 01; 223(3):803-7. PubMed ID: 6508742.
    Abstract:
    The characteristics of D- and L-lactate transport in luminal-membrane vesicles derived from whole cortex, from the pars convoluta and from the pars recta of rabbit kidney proximal tubule were studied. It was found that uptake of both isomers in vesicles from whole cortex occurred by means of dual electrogenic transport systems, namely a low-affinity system and a high-affinity system. Uptake of both isomers in vesicles from the pars recta was strictly Na+-dependent and is mediated via a single high-affinity common transport system. Vesicles from the pars convoluta contained a cation-dependent but Na+-unspecific low-affinity common transport system for these compounds. The physiological importance of this system is briefly discussed.
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