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Facilitative glucose transporter Glut1 is actively excluded from rod outer segments.

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2010-11-01
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Gospe, Sidney M
Baker, Sheila A
Arshavsky, Vadim Y
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Abstract
Photoreceptors are among the most metabolically active cells in the body, relying on both oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis to satisfy their high energy needs. Local glycolysis is thought to be particularly crucial in supporting the function of the photoreceptor's light-sensitive outer segment compartment, which is devoid of mitochondria. Accordingly, it has been commonly accepted that the facilitative glucose transporter Glut1 responsible for glucose entry into photoreceptors is localized in part to the outer segment plasma membrane. However, we now demonstrate that Glut1 is entirely absent from the rod outer segment and is actively excluded from this compartment by targeting information present in its cytosolic C-terminal tail. Our data indicate that glucose metabolized in the outer segment must first enter through other parts of the photoreceptor cell. Consequently, the entire energy supply of the outer segment is dependent on diffusion of energy-rich substrates through the thin connecting cilium that links this compartment to the rest of the cell.
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Journal article
Subject
Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Facilitated Diffusion
Glucose
Glucose Transporter Type 1
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Photoreceptor Connecting Cilium
Protein Engineering
Protein Sorting Signals
Protein Transport
Rats
Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner Segment
Rod Cell Outer Segment
Sequence Deletion
Transgenes
Xenopus laevis
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4190
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10.1242/jcs.072389
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Gospe, Sidney M; Baker, Sheila A; & Arshavsky, Vadim Y (2010). Facilitative glucose transporter Glut1 is actively excluded from rod outer segments. J Cell Sci, 123(Pt 21). pp. 3639-3644. 10.1242/jcs.072389. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4190.
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Arshavsky

Vadim Y Arshavsky

Helena Rubinstein Foundation Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Research conducted in our laboratory is dedicated to understanding how vision is performed on the molecular level. Our most mature direction addresses the function of rod and cone photoreceptors, which are sensory neurons responsible for the detection and primary processing of information entering the eye in the form of photons. Photoreceptors respond to capturing photons by generating electrical signals transmitted to the secondary neurons in the retina and, ultimately, to the brain. Our wor
Gospe

Sidney Maloch Gospe III

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Dr. Gospe joined Duke Ophthalmology on August 1, 2017 following his neuro-ophthalmology fellowship training at Duke. His research interests center on developing novel genetic mouse models of severe mitochondrial dysfunction in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and other retinal neurons in order to recapitulate the RGC degeneration seen in human optic neuropathies and the poorly understood pigmentary retinopathy that may accompany these diseases. Mitochondria are the powerhouse o
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