AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 6 1314-G1320, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Sodium-dependent nucleoside transport in the human intestinal brush-border membrane

S. D. Patil and J. D. Unadkat
Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.

The objective of the study was to determine the identity and kinetic characteristics of nucleoside transporters present in the brush-border membrane of the human jejunum. With use of brush-border membrane vesicles, uptake of [3H]uridine was stimulated two- to threefold by an inwardly directed Na+ gradient and was inhibited by both 100 microM thymidine and 100 microM guanosine nucleosides, which serve as model substrates for purine (N1, cif) and pyrimidine (N2, cit) transporters, respectively. [3H]thymidine and [3H]guanosine transport exhibited an overshoot phenomenon only in the presence of a Na+ gradient. Na(+)-thymidine uptake was inhibited by 100 microM cytidine or thymidine but not by guanosine, inosine, formycin B, or hypoxanthine. [3H]guanosine uptake was inhibited by 100 microM inosine, guanosine, or formycin B but not by thymidine or cytidine. Both adenosine and uridine inhibited uptake of [3H]thymidine and [3H]guanosine to a similar extent, indicating that both N1, cif and N2, cit Na(+)-nucleoside transporters are expressed in human jejunum. Enhanced uptake of Na(+)-thymidine by an inside-negative potential difference generated by K+ and valinomycin provides evidence that nucleoside transport is rheogenic, involving net transfer of a positive charge. The Hill coefficient was unity for all three substrates, indicating a Na(+)-nucleoside coupling stoichiometry of 1:1. At saturating Na+ concentration (150 mM) the kinetic parameters (n = 3-4) Michaelis-Menten constant and maximum velocity for uridine, thymidine, and guanosine uptake were 4.15 +/- 1.79, 2.74 +/- 0.58, 12.02 +/- 1.34 microM and 25.93 +/- 7.38, 16.10 +/- 3.64, 63.92 +/- 10.23 pmol.mg-1.10 s-1, respectively. These results suggest that, in contrast to the human kidney that expresses the N4 nucleoside transporter, the human jejunum expresses both N1 and N2 Na(+)-nucleoside transporters.

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