title: Changes in inositol transport during DMSO-induced differentiation of HL60 cells towards neutrophils.
abstract: [3H]Inositol uptake by HL60 cells was measured during DMSO-induced differentiation towards neutrophils. The values for Km (53.2 microM) and Vmax (5.3 pmol/min per 10(6) cells) obtained for control HL60 cells are in good agreement with previously published figures for this cell line. Inositol transport into HL60 cells was an active, saturable and specific process which was unaffected by extracellular glucose concentrations. Inositol transport rates changed during DMSO-induced differentiation of HL60 cells towards neutrophils. An increase in inositol transport rates occurred during the first 4 days of exposure to 0.9% DMSO and was concommitant with the period leading to growth arrest and prior to the acquisition of the differentiated phenotype. These changes preceded the rise in intracellular inositol concentration from 10.9 to 132.7 microM seen between day 1 and day 5. After 4 days exposure to DMSO the rate of inositol transport fell to a value of 3.2 +/- 0.3 pmol/min per 10(6) cells at day 7, this was accompanied by a small reduction in intracellular inositol from a peak value of 132.7 to 112 microM. The inositol transport rate, thus, appears to closely accompany changes in the intracellular concentration of inositol. Inositol transport in human peripheral blood neutrophils was an order of magnitude slower than the value for uninduced HL60 cells, but the Km for inositol transport was similar in both cell types and was unchanged during HL60 differentiation. This suggests that changes in inositol transport rate are achieved by the modulation of a commonly expressed inositol transporter, one consequence of which is the alteration of intracellular inositol concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bunce
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lord
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Michell
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D007294:Inositol; D005947:Glucose; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide