title: Sugar transport and glut transporter expression in a variety of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) chronically infected target cell lines.
abstract: In this study, sugar transport and the cellular content of the human Glut 1 and 3 glucose transporters were ascertained in uninfected and chronically HIV-infected Jurkat and H9 cell lines (T-cell lines) and U937 cells (a promonocytic cell line). Sugar transport was determined by monitoring 2-deoxy glucose uptake (2DG) and glut transporter content was determined by Western analysis. Although 'acute' HIV infection of H9 cells led to increased cellular transport activity and Glut 3 transporter content, chronic HIV infection exhibited no significant differences in sugar transport in any of the cell types investigated whether log or stationary phase cultures were employed. When uninfected and chronically HIV-infected cell lines were compared, all cell lines expressed the Glut 1 transporter, however, significant differences in Glut 1 transporter content were not observed. The Glut 3 transporter which could only be detected in the H9 cell line exhibited no differences in Glut 3 content in uninfected or chronically HIV-infected cells (2.1 +/- 0.6 versus 3.8 +/- 2.1 x 10(-3) arbitrary units/microgram protein). A trend towards lower amino acid uptake was seen in the chronically HIV-infected cells but this was not significantly different from uninfected cell cultures. The data indicate that: (1) glucose transport and the Glut 1 and 3 transporters are not increased in cells chronically infected with HIV-1 and (2) the expression of the Glut 3 sugar transporters is not the same in all target cells.
authors.affiliation: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que., Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colby-Germinario
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wainberg
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Germinario
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; D051274:Glucose Transporter Type 3; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000378:metabolism*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020298:U937 Cells
chemical_list: D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; D051274:Glucose Transporter Type 3; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C495677:SLC2A1 protein, human; C495687:SLC2A3 protein, human; D003847:Deoxyglucose