title: Platelet glutathione transport: characteristics and evidence for regulation by intraplatelet thiol status.
abstract: The present study demonstrates the carrier-mediated uptake of intact glutathione (GSH) by human platelets. Platelet GSH uptake was characterized as being Na+ independent and saturable. The KM, apparent and Vmax, apparent for GSH uptake in platelet plasma membrane vesicles were 28.0 +/- 8.4 microM and 263.5 +/- 28.5 pmol/min per mg protein, respectively. The transport was inhibited by GSH analogs and enhanced by KCl-induced membrane depolarization. GSH transport may be regulated by the intracellular thiol status, since the depletion of intraplatelet GSH with 100 microM 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) increased GSH uptake by approximately 40%. The KM, apparent and Vmax, apparent for GSH uptake in intact platelets changed from 99.5 +/- 15 microM and 42 +/- 7.5 pmol/min per 10(9) platelets, respectively, to 33.7 +/- 6.7 microM and 21.5 +/- 6.9 pmol/min per 10(9) platelets, respectively, on reducing intraplatelet GSH with 100 microM CDNB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mutus
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D005978:Glutathione