title: Detailed study of the different taurine uptake systems of colon LoVo MDR and non-MDR cell lines.
abstract: In human, physiological taurine requirement is partly dependent on nutrition. Study of the human carcinoma LoVo cells shows the presence of a high and a low affinity taurine uptake. Besides them, a diffusion system has been found. A detailed analysis of the properties of the three systems is presented. A comparison of LoVo chemosensitive cells, and LoVo chemoresistant (MDR) cells which overexpress the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein, shows that the only difference between the two cell types belong to the kinetic properties of the high and low affinity taurine uptake systems.
authors.affiliation: UPR 9003 du CNRS, Institut de Recherche Contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif, H pitaux Universitaires, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wersinger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rebel
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Lelong-Rebel
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D001692:Biological Transport; D002460:Cell Line; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013654:Taurine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D013654:Taurine