title: Characteristics of glucose transport in neuronal cells and astrocytes from rat brain in primary culture.
abstract: Glucose transport systems in cultured neuronal cells and astrocytes of rats were characterized by measuring the uptake of 2-deoxy-D-[3H]glucose ([3H]2-DG) into the cells. Various sugars inhibited 2-DG uptake by neuronal cells and astrocytes similarly, a finding indicating that the substrate specificities of the transporters in the two types of cells were almost the same. However, the Km values for 2-DG of neuronal cells and astrocytes were 1.7 and 0.36 mM, respectively. The uptake of 2-DG was strongly inhibited by cytochalasin B. Nucleosides, such as adenosine, inosine, and uridine, inhibited 2-DG uptake competitively in both neuronal cells and astrocytes. The uptake by both types of cells were also inhibited by forskolin, but not by cyclic AMP, an observation suggesting that forskolin bound directly to the transporters to cause inhibition. Its inhibition was competitive in astrocytes and noncompetitive in neuronal cells. Astrocytes contained a glucose transporter with a subunit molecular weight of 45K, as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after photoaffinity labeling using [3H]cytochalasin B as a probe.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D008627:Mercuric Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010693:Phloretin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010695:Phlorhizin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009705:Nucleosides; D005576:Colforsin; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D010695:Phlorhizin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000241:Adenosine; D010693:Phloretin