title: Sodium: a regulator of glucose uptake in virus-transformed and nontransformed cells.
abstract: Observations of cells transformed by the Bryan strain of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV-BH) suggested that the intracellular concentrations of sodium ion (Na+) may play a critical role in cellular metabolism. In an attempt to manipulate intracellular Na+, chick embryo cells were exposed to graded concentrations of Na+ in the cellular growth medium, and the effects on capacity for glucose uptake was examined. After incubation for six hours, the incorporation rate of 2-deoxyglucose (used as a substitute for glucose) was proportional to the external Na+ concentration over the range, 100 mM to 200 mM. Cells transformed by RSV-BH were less responsive than nontransformed cells to differences in Na+ at low concentrations. The changes were specifically dependent upon Na+, since K+, Li+, or choline + were ineffective as substitutes, and increasing the ionic strength above that of 120 mM Na+ was effective only when Na+ was the added cation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002794:Choline / Q000494:pharmacology; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D012964:Sodium; D005947:Glucose; D002794:Choline; D011188:Potassium