title: Adenosine transport in bovine chromaffin cells in culture.
abstract: Bovine adrenal chromaffin cells in culture have a high capacity and affinity for adenosine uptake with Vmax = 14 +/- 2.4 pmol/10(6) cells/min (133 pmol/mg of protein/min) and Km = 1 +/- 0.2 microM. Transport studies, at short time periods, in recently isolated chromaffin cells have Vmax = 15 pmol/10(6) cells/min and Km = 1.1 microM in ATP-depleted cells. Endogenous levels of the various purine nucleosides and bases were determined by high pressure liquid chromatography, with adenosine (3 +/- 1 nmol/10(6) cells), inosine (5.3 +/- 1.2 nmol/10(6) cells), and hypoxanthine (2.1 +/- 0.8 nmol/10(6) cells) being the purine metabolites found in the highest concentration. Taking into account the intracellular water, endogenous levels of 2.1, 3.8, and 1.5 mM, respectively, were obtained. Radioactively labeled adenosine inside the cell underwent enzymatic transformations, producing inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and nucleotides, with their appearance and distribution being a function of the incubation time. When nicotine was used as a secretagogue, the adenosine transformed into the nucleotide pool was released, reaching 18 +/- 8% of the total adenosine found in the nucleotides. Dipyridamole, extensively used clinically, was a strong inhibitor for the adenosine uptake into these cells, with Ki = 5 +/- 0.5 nM and noncompetitive kinetically.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Miras-Portugal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rotllan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aunis
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology; D018738:Hexamethonium; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011687:Purines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds; D011687:Purines; D018738:Hexamethonium; D004176:Dipyridamole; D009538:Nicotine; D000241:Adenosine