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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 259: G504-G510, 1990;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 3 504-G510, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Sodium-adenosine cotransport in brush-border membranes from rabbit ileum

S. L. Betcher, J. N. Forrest Jr, R. G. Knickelbein and J. W. Dobbins
Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

To determine the mechanism(s) of transcellular adenosine transport in epithelial tissues that possess an adenosine receptor response, we studied [3H]adenosine uptake using vesicles prepared from isolated brush-border and basolateral membranes of the rabbit ileum. In the presence of the adenosine deaminase inhibitor deoxycoformycin uptake of [3H]adenosine into brush-border membrane vesicles is stimulated fivefold by an inwardly directed Na gradient. Na-dependent [3H]adenosine uptake is enhanced and concentrative under conditions that increase inside negativity of vesicles, thus providing evidence for an electrogenic carrier. Na-dependent adenosine uptake is a saturable function of adenosine concentration with a Michaelis-Menten constant of 17.3 +/- 7.1 microM and maximum transport rate of 216.9 +/- 20.2 pmol.min-1.mg protein-1. Both uridine and inosine inhibit [3H]adenosine uptake, suggesting that the Na-dependent transporter has broad substrate specificity for both purine and pyrimidine ribonucleosides. Na-dependent adenosine uptake is inhibited by dipyridamole but is insensitive to 6-(4-nitrobenzyl)thio-9-beta-D-ribofuranosylpurine. We conclude that adenosine is transported across ileal brush-border membranes by a Na-ribonucleoside cotransport system. In contrast, adenosine uptake in basolateral membranes is not stimulated by a Na gradient. These studies show asymmetry in the distribution of transport systems for adenosine in polarized intestinal epithelia.


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