title: Involvement of sialic acid in high-affinity binding of quaternary ammonium compounds by brush border membrane from rat intestine.
abstract: As one approach to clarify the absorption mechanisms of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), their binding characteristics have been studied using brush border membrane vesicles isolated from rat small intestine and liposomes composed of phospholipid and GM3 ganglioside. The binding of propantheline was significantly decreased when the vesicles were pretreated with neuraminidase. Propantheline and methochlorpromazine bound to the liposomes, the binding for the latter drug being significantly greater than that for propantheline. When GM3, isolated from rat small intestine, was incorporated into the liposomes their binding capacity for both drugs increased significantly. It is suggested that the binding of QACs to the lipid layer and sialic acid play a role in the high binding of drugs to the intestinal brush border membrane. Furthermore, a sensitive and reproducible high-performance liquid chromatographic method for sialic acid has been developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iseki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003956:Dialysis; D005679:G(M3) Ganglioside / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008081:Liposomes / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism*; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D011413:Propantheline / Q000378:metabolism; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005679:G(M3) Ganglioside; D008081:Liposomes; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D012794:Sialic Acids; D011413:Propantheline; C008392:methochlorpromazine; D009439:Neuraminidase; D002746:Chlorpromazine