N-terminal protein sequence analysis of the rabbit erythrocyte lactate transporter suggests identity with the cloned monocarboxylate transport protein MCT1

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An improved purification for the rabbit erythrocyte lactate transporter, using aminoethyl-Sepharose chromatography, is described. The process of purification of the 40-50 kDa transporter, labelled with 4,4′-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2′-disulphonate (DIDS), was followed by Western blotting with anti-DIDS antibodies [Poole, R. C. and Halestrap, A. P. (1992) Biochem. J. 283, 855-862]. Fractions highly-enriched in transporter were further purified by SDS/PAGE and the 40-50 kDa DIDS-labelled polypeptide was subjected to N-terminal protein sequencing. This analysis identified the first 16 amino acids of the protein. With the exception of one conservative substitution, this protein sequence is identical to the N-terminal protein sequence predicted from a cDNA isolated from Chinese hamster ovary cells that encode a monocarboxylate transporter, MCT1 [Kim Garcia, C., Goldstein, J. L., Pathak, R. K., Anderson, R. G. W. and Brown, M. S. (1994) Cell 76, 865-873]. This observation, along with similarities in functional properties, leads us to conclude that lactate transport in rabbit erythrocytes is mediated by the MCT1 monocarboxylate transporter isoform.