L-Methionine Placental Uptake: Characterization and Modulation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Araújo JR (Author) FMUP; Correia Branco, A (Author) Other; ramalho, c (Author) FMUP; Gonçalves P (Author) FMUP; Pinho, MJ (Author) Other; Elisa Keating (Author) FMUP; Martel, F (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Reproductive Sciences

Vol. 20

Pages: 1492-1507

ISSN: 1933-7191

Publisher: SAGE

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Authenticus ID: P-008-C18

DOI: 10.1177/1933719113488442

Abstract (EN): Our aim was to investigate the influence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and GDM-associated conditions upon the placental uptake of C-14-l-methionine (C-14-l-Met). The C-14-l-Met uptake by human trophoblasts (TBs) obtained from normal pregnancies (normal trophoblast [NTB] cells) is mainly system l-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1 [L])-mediated, although a small contribution of system y(+)LAT2 is also present. Comparison of C-14-l-Met uptake by NTB and by human TBs obtained from GDM pregnancies (diabetic trophoblast [DTB] cells) reveals similar kinetics, but a contribution of systems A, LAT2, and b(0+) and a greater contribution of system y(+)LAT1 appears to exist in DTB cells. Short-term exposure to insulin and long-term exposure to high glucose, tumor necrosis factor-, and leptin decrease C-14-l-Met uptake in a human TB (Bewo) cell line. The effect of leptin was dependent upon phosphoinositide 3-kinase, extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK/MEK 1/2), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. In conclusion, GDM does not quantitatively alter C-14-l-Met placental uptake, although it changes the nature of transporters involved in that process.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16