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XB-ART-44153
Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2011 Jan 01;266:632-6. doi: 10.2133/dmpk.dmpk-11-nt-053.
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Carnitine precursor γ-butyrobetaine is a novel substrate of the Na(+)- and Cl(-)-dependent GABA transporter Gat2.

Nakanishi T , Fukuyama Y , Fujita M , Shirasaka Y , Tamai I .


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To study transport of the carnitine precursor gamma-butyrobetaine (GBB) by rat liver-specific GABA transporter 2 (rGat2), we measured the uptake of deuterated GBB (d(3)-GBB) by Xenopus oocytes expressing rGat2. rGat2-mediated d(3)-GBB uptake was Na(+) and Cl(-) dependent, and was saturable with a K(m) value of 70.6 ± 34.8 µM. In carnitine transporter Octn2-deficient Jvs mice, mRNA expression of mGat3, the mouse ortholog of GAT2, decreased in liver, but increased in brain, while mRNA expression of mBbox1, which hydroxylates GBB to carnitine, increased in kidney and brain. These results indicate that GAT2 plays a role in transmembrane transport of GBB.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: slc22a5 slc6a13