title: Effects of some chlorinated sugar derivatives on the hexose transport system of the blood/brain barrier.
abstract: The inhibition of D-glucose transport into brain by several hexose analogues has been investigated in adult anaesthetized rats. D-Glucose was transported with apparent Vmax. = 1.22 mumol/g per min, Km = 11.12 mM and Kd = 0.008 ml/g per min. 6-Chloro-6-deoxyglucose was transported with corresponding values of Vmax. = 1.33 mumol/g per min, Km = 5.5 mM and Kd = 0.0155 ml/g per min and inhibited D-glucose transport with apparent Ki = 3.01 mM. 6-Chloro-6-deoxymannose, 6-chloro-6-deoxygalactose and 6-tosyl-6-deoxygalactose also inhibited D-glucose transport, but 6-chloro-6-deoxyfructose was without effect. The results were consistent with a model for glucose transport at the blood/brain interface that involves a hydrophobic site on the transport protein at or near the 6-position of bound glucose.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects*; D002713:Chlorine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006601:Hexoses / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D006601:Hexoses; D002713:Chlorine; D005947:Glucose