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1 Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Goteborg University, Perinatal Center, Goteborg, Sweden
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sara.roos{at}fysiologi.gu.se.
Transplacental transfer is the fetus' primary source of taurine, an essential amino acid during fetal life. In intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) placental transport capacity of taurine is reduced and fetal taurine levels are decreased. We characterized the protein expression of the taurine transporter (TAUT) in human placenta using immunocytochemistry and Western blotting, tested the hypothesis that placental protein expression of TAUT is reduced in IUGR, and investigated TAUT regulation by measuring the sodium-dependent taurine uptake in primary villous fragments after 1 h incubation with different effectors. TAUT was primarily localized in the syncytiotrophoblast microvillous plasma membrane (MVM). TAUT was detected as a single 70-kDa band and MVM TAUT expression was unaltered in IUGR. The PKC activator PMA and the NO donor 3-morpholinosydnonimine decreased TAUT activity (P<0.05, n=7-15). However, none of the tested hormones, e.g. leptin and GH, altered TAUT activity significantly. PKC-activity measured in MVM from control and IUGR placentas was not different. In conclusion, syncytiotrophoblast TAUT is strongly polarized to the maternalfacing plasma membrane. MVM TAUT expression is unaltered in IUGR suggesting that the reduced MVM taurine transport in IUGR is due to changes in transporter activity. NO release downregulates placental TAUT activity and it has previously been shown that IUGR is associated with increased fetoplacental NO levels. NO may therefore play an important role in downregulating MVM TAUT activity in IUGR.
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