EXPRESSION OF THE PUTATIVE MEMBRANE FATTY-ACID TRANSPORTER (FAT) IN TASTE-BUDS OF THE CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE IN RATS

Authors
FUKUWATARI T KAWADA T TSURUTA M HIRAOKA T IWANAGA T SUGIMOTO E FUSHIKI T
Citation
T. Fukuwatari et al., EXPRESSION OF THE PUTATIVE MEMBRANE FATTY-ACID TRANSPORTER (FAT) IN TASTE-BUDS OF THE CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE IN RATS, FEBS letters, 414(2), 1997, pp. 461-464
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
414
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
461 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1997)414:2<461:EOTPMF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The putative membrane fatty acid transporter (FAT) protein and its mRN A, originally expressed in adipose tissue, were found in the tongue of rats. Northern blot analysis showed a significant expression of FAT m RNA in the epithelial layer of circumvallate papillae. Immunohistochem ical staining revealed that immunoreactivity for FAT is specifically l ocalized in the apical part of taste bud cells, possibly gustatory cel ls, in the circumvallate papillae. (C) 1997 Federation of European Bio chemical Societies.