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Our results showed<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>H-RF uptake by \u03b2-TC-6 cells is Na<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>independent, cis inhibited by RF-related compounds, trans stimulated by unlabeled RF, and saturable as a function of concentration (apparent K<jats:sub>m<\/jats:sub>of 0.17 \u00b1 0.02 \u03bcM). The latter findings suggest involvement of a carrier-mediated process. Similarly, RF uptake by primary mouse and human pancreatic islets was via carrier-mediated process. RF transporters 1, 2, and 3 (RFVT-1, -3, and -2) were all expressed in mouse and human pancreatic \u03b2-cells\/islets, with RFVT-1 being the predominant transporter expressed in the mouse and RFVT-3 in the human. Specific knockdown of RFVT-1 with gene-specific small interfering RNA leads to a significant inhibition in RF uptake by \u03b2-TC-6 cells. RF uptake by \u03b2-TC-6 cells was also found to be adaptively upregulated in RF deficiency via a transcriptional mechanism(s). Also, the process appears to be under the regulation of a Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\/calmodulin-mediated regulatory pathway. Results of these studies demonstrate, for the first time, the involvement of a carrier-mediated process for RF uptake by mouse and human pancreatic \u03b2-cells\/islets. 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