title: A high-throughput assay for rat liver golgi and Saccharomyces cerevisiae-expressed murine CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid transport proteins.
abstract: Rat liver Golgi and Saccharomyces cerevisiae-expressed CMP-Neu5Ac transport protein were reconstituted in phosphatidylcholine liposomes and transport of CMP-Neu5Ac into these proteoliposomes was determined. The separation of transported substrate from free substrate was performed using Multiscreen minicolumns loaded with Sephadex G-50 resin (fine). The CMP-Neu5Ac transport characteristics of the rat liver Golgi and S. cerevisiae-expressed transporters, determined using this separation system, were very similar to those previously reported. Inhibition studies, utilizing the above procedure, revealed that the main structural features required for recognition of glycosyl nucleosides by the rat liver Golgi CMP-Neu5Ac transport protein were the nature of the nucleoside base and the anomeric configuration of the associated carbohydrate. In general, pyrimidine-based glycosyl nucleosides were found to inhibit transport to a far greater extent than purine-based glycosyl nucleosides, an observation that is in good agreement with previous reports. These results indicate that the reconstitution procedure, in conjunction with Multiscreen minicolumns, is an effective high-throughput method for the determination of CMP-Neu5Ac transport.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomolecular Science and Drug Discovery, Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus), PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre, Queensland, 9726, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tiralongo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Danylec
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerardy-Schahn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Itzstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003569:Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008081:Liposomes; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000378:metabolism; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008081:Liposomes; D009705:Nucleosides; D009711:Nucleotides; D003569:Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid