title: Efficacy of glucose, ouabain and an aldose reductase inhibitor on 2-[3H] myo-inositol uptake by human, rat and rabbit erythrocytes.
abstract: Myo-inositol uptake by erythrocytes from humans, rabbits and rats was studied with an isotope technique. In human erythrocytes, the inhibitory effect on myo-inositol uptake was stronger with glucose than with ouabain. However, an aldose reductase inhibitor (ONO-2235, 100 microM) or insulin (200 microU/ml) failed to correct the decrease in myo-inositol uptake in packed RBC, produced by either 10 mM glucose or 2mM ouabain. Ten mM ouabain had an inhibitory effect on myo-inositol uptake in all species, but an inhibitory effect was not observed with 20 mM glucose in rabbit erythrocytes. The results suggest that myo-inositol uptake by erythrocytes may be dependent on the active transport system via sodium-ATPase and that erythrocytes may not be a suitable model to monitor the possible effect of an aldose reductase inhibitor on myo-inositol concentrations in other tissues concerned with diabetic complications.
mesh_terms: D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D007294:Inositol; D010042:Ouabain; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase; D005947:Glucose