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Endocrinology, Vol 132, 35-40, Copyright © 1993 by Endocrine Society

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Jejunal/kidney glucose transporter isoform (Glut-5) is expressed in the human blood-brain barrier

GJ Mantych, DE James and SU Devaskar
Division of Neonatology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.

The recently cloned Glut-5, glucose transporter isoform, is expressed in human jejunum and kidney. Employing previously characterized polyclonal antibodies directed towards the C-terminus region of the derived human Glut-5 peptide and Western blot analysis, a 50-55 kilodalton Glut-5 protein was detected in adult human brain homogenates. The amount of Glut-5 protein in brain was 4-fold lower when compared to the levels in adult kidney. Immunohistochemical analysis using cerebral and cerebellar sections demonstrated Glut-5 immunoreactivity in only some of the Glut-1 and factor VIII-positive brain microvascular endothelial cells, the intravascular red and white blood cells being negative. This selective localization pattern was confirmed by the 5-fold enrichment of Glut-5 vs. a 20-fold enrichment of Glut-1 in an isolated human cerebral cortical microvascular preparation, when compared to whole cerebral homogenates. We conclude that Glut-5 is localized in the endothelial cells of human brain microvasculature. Unlike other fructose using tissues, where Glut-5 may subserve the role of a fructose carrier, in brain where fructose is not used as a substrate, Glut-5 may transport glucose alone. This role of Glut-5 in conjunction with the previously characterized brain endothelial Glut-1 and Glut-3 needs further elucidation.


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