SNAT2 silencing prevents the osmotic induction of transport system A and hinders cell recovery from hypertonic stress
- Bevilacqua, Elena
- Bussolati, Ovidio
- Dall’Asta, Valeria
- Gaccioli, Francesca
- Sala, Roberto
- Gazzola, Gian C.
- Franchi-Gazzola, Renata
Publication date
June 2005
DOI Publisher
Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. ISSN
0014-5793 Citation count (estimate)
20Abstract
AbstractUnder hypertonic conditions the induction of SLC38A2/SNAT2 leads to the stimulation of transport system A and to the increase in the cell content of amino acids. In hypertonically stressed human fibroblasts transfection with two siRNAs for SNAT2 suppressed the increase in SNAT2 mRNA and the stimulation of system A transport activity. Under the same condition, the expansion of the intracellular amino acid pool was significantly lowered and cell volume recovery markedly delayed. It is concluded that the up-regulation of SNAT2 is essential for the rapid restoration of cell volume after hypertonic stress
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