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Endogenousd-glucose transport in oocytes ofXenopus laevis

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Endogenous glucose uptake by the oocytes ofXenopus laevis consists of two distinct components: one that is independent of extracellular Na+, and the other one that represents Na+-glucose cotransport. The latter shows similar characteristics as 2 Na+-1 glucose cotransport of epithelial cells: The similarities include the dependencies on external concentrations of Na+, glucose, and phlorizin, and on pH. As in epithelial cells, the glucose uptake in oocytes can also be stimulated by lanthanides. Both the electrogenic cotransport and the inhibition by phlorizin are voltage-dependent; the data are compatible with the assumption that the membrane potential acts as a driving force for the reaction cycle of the transport process. In particular, hyperpolarization seems to stimulat transport by recruitment of substrate binding sites to the outer membrane surface. The results described pertain to oocytes arrested in the prophase of the first meiotic division; maturation of the oocytes leads to a downregulation of both the Na+-independent and the Na+-dependent transport systems. The effect on the Na+-dependent cotransport is the consequence of a change of driving force due to membrane depolarization associated with the maturation process.

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Weber, W.M., Schwarz, W. & Passow, H. Endogenousd-glucose transport in oocytes ofXenopus laevis . J. Membrain Biol. 111, 93–102 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01869212

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