title: Lactate transport in cultured glial cells.
abstract: Uptake of L-lactate was investigated with a radioactive tracer method in cultured rat glioma cells and in astroglia-rich primary cultures derived from rat brain. In the glioma cells, a saturable component of uptake was identified with half-maximal uptake occurring at 1.0 +/- 0.4 mM lactate. In addition, a non-saturable component dominated the uptake at high concentrations of lactate. In astroglia-rich primary cultures, no saturable component of uptake could be detected in the concentration range studied (0.1-15 mM). In conclusion, lactate uptake at physiological concentrations is predominantly mediated in the glioma cells by a carrier-dependent process, whereas in astroglial cells, simple diffusion appears to be the dominant way of lactate transport.
authors.affiliation: Physiologisch-chemisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dringen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wiesinger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hamprecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000494:pharmacology; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D011773:Pyruvates; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid