title: Transport mechanisms of nucleosides and the derivative, 6-mercaptopurine riboside across rate intestinal brush-border membranes.
abstract: Na+ -driven nucleoside transport processes across rat intestinal brush-border membrane vesicles were investigated. 6-Mercaptopurine riboside (6-MPR), an analogue of purine-nucleoside such as adenosine and inosine, was recognized by its purine- and pyrimidine-nucleosides transport system, but their nucleobases did not entirely inhibit the 6-MPR transport. The analysis according to the Hill equation of the curve of Na+ activation of 6-MPR uptake was consistent with the notion of a Na+/6-MPR coupling stoichiometry of 1:1. The expressed transport activities of adenosine, uridine, and 6-MPR were Na+ -dependent and saturable, and their affinity constants (Km value) obtained by Eadie-Hofstee analysis were approx. 20, 15 and 100 microM. Moreover, the uptake of radiolabeled adenosine and uridine was trans-stimulated by 6-MPR inside vesicles in the absence of an inwardly directed Na+ gradient. On the other hand, uridine did not exhibit any inhibitory effects on the uptake of adenosine despite the fact that adenosine was a potent inhibitor of uridine uptake by intestinal brush-border membrane vesicles. These differences in the inhibition may be explained by the multiplicity of the nucleoside transport systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iseki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Naasani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D027981:Symporters; D013868:Thioinosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D027981:Symporters; C073034:sodium-nucleoside cotransporter; D013868:Thioinosine; D012964:Sodium; D000241:Adenosine; D014529:Uridine