Uptake of leucine and alanine by cultured cerebral capillary endothelial cells |
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Authors: | C C W Hughes P L Lantos |
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Institution: | Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Pure cultures of rat cerebral capillary endothelium have been used to study the A- and L-systems of amino acid transport. Leucine is taken up by a non-concentrative mechanism that can be saturated, and competivively inhibited by phenylalanine. Uptake is rapid, with equilibiration apparent 3–min (al experiments performed at 37 °C). The KM for transport was 83 μM ± 26(mean ±S.E.M.., n = 3 which is in good agreement with recent vi vivo report using unanesthtissed rats. Alanine was transported by a saturable, concentrative mechanism. Dependence on Na+ -ions was demonstrated by lack of specific uptake in Na+ -ffree buffer and reduced uptake after preincubation in ouabain — Na+, K+ -ATPase inhibitor. The KM was 325 μM ±88 (mean ± S.E.M., n = 3). The finding ac an active A-system transporter in vitro suggests that the cells may have lost the polarity they demonstrate in vivo. The relevance of these findings to transport of nutrients nd drugs across the blood-brain barrier is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Brain endothelium Cell culture Amino acid transport Bloodbrain barrier |
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