Subcellular immunolocalisation of fatty acid translocase (FAT)/CD36 in human type-1 and type-2 skeletal muscle fibres.

Limited information exists about the putative role and expression in human skeletal muscle cells of the 88-kDa integral membrane protein fatty acid translocase (FAT), highly homologous to the human leucocyte differentiation factor CD36. Therefore, we investigated in healthy male individuals the muscle (m. vastus lateralis) fibre type specific expression and subcellular localisation of FAT/CD36.