title: The influence of a new compound, PATP, on glucose transport in the isolated fat cell.
abstract: A newly synthesized compound, N-(4-pyridylcarbonyl amino) 1, 2, 3, 6 tetrahydropyridine (PATP) was earlier found to elevate the blood glucose level in rats. This suggested that the compound might be accomplishing this by blocking glucose transport into tissue cells. This hypothesis has now been examined in the isolated fat cell system using a modification of the method to improve the accuracy of measurements made. This study indicated that PATP is a competitive inhibitor of glucose transport and metabolism (KI = 0.89 mM) but could not unequivocally prove that the effect was on transporter action alone. That the compounds action was at this level, however was shown by its ability to inhibit the uptake of the transported but non-metabolized sugar, 3-0-methyl glucose (KI = 3 mM). PATP is a nonphenolic inhibitor of glucose transport unrelated in structure to the sugar or to another more potent inhibitor, phloretin.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005947:Glucose / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D011725:Pyridines; C045797:N-(4-pyridylcarbonylamino)-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D005947:Glucose