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Publication : Molecular identification and functional characterization of the human colonic thiamine pyrophosphate transporter.

First Author  Nabokina SM Year  2014
Journal  J Biol Chem Volume  289
Issue  7 Pages  4405-16
PubMed ID  24379411 Mgi Jnum  J:241471
Mgi Id  MGI:5902675 Doi  10.1074/jbc.M113.528257
Citation  Nabokina SM, et al. (2014) Molecular identification and functional characterization of the human colonic thiamine pyrophosphate transporter. J Biol Chem 289(7):4405-16
abstractText  Colonic microbiota synthesize a considerable amount of thiamine in the form of thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP). Recent functional studies from our laboratory have shown the existence of a specific, high-affinity, and regulated carrier-mediated uptake system for TPP in human colonocytes. Nothing, however, is known about the molecular identity of this system. Here we report on the molecular identification of the colonic TPP uptake system as the product of the SLC44A4 gene. We cloned the cDNA of SLC44A4 from human colonic epithelial NCM460 cells, which, upon expression in ARPE19 cells, led to a significant (p < 0.01, >5-fold) induction in [(3)H]TPP uptake. Uptake by the induced system was also found to be temperature- and energy-dependent; Na(+)-independent, slightly higher at acidic buffer pH, and highly sensitive to protonophores; saturable as a function of TPP concentration, with an apparent Km of 0.17 +/- 0.064 muM; and highly specific for TPP and not affected by free thiamine, thiamine monophosphate, or choline. Expression of the human TPP transporter was found to be high in the colon and negligible in the small intestine. A cell surface biotinylation assay and live cell confocal imaging studies showed the human TPP transporter protein to be expressed at the apical membrane domain of polarized epithelia. These results show, for the first time, the molecular identification and characterization of a specific and high-affinity TPP uptake system in human colonocytes. The findings further support the hypothesis that the microbiota-generated TPP is absorbable and could contribute toward host thiamine homeostasis, especially toward cellular nutrition of colonocytes.
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