19F NMR study of the uptake of 2'-fluoro-5-methyl-beta-L-arabinofuranosyluracil in erythrocytes: evidence of transport by facilitated and nonfacilitated pathways

Biochemical Pharmacology
A S XuR E London

Abstract

The 19F NMR resonances of intra- and extracellular 2'-fluoro-5-methyl-beta-L-arabinofuranosyluracil (L-FMAU) in suspensions of human erythrocytes are well resolved. This phenomenon allows its transport behavior to be monitored in a 19F NMR time-course experiment. The rate of L-FMAU uptake at 25 degrees in a suspension containing L-FMAU at an initial extracellular concentration of 4 mM was 7.6 +/- 1.0 x 10(-7) pmol cell(-1) sec(-1) (N = 5). Concentration-dependent uptake studies of L-FMAU indicate the existence of both saturable and nonsaturable transport mechanisms, with a Km for the saturable uptake of approximately 1 mM. Although the transport of L-FMAU at 25 degrees was inhibited significantly (54-65%) by nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBTI) and dipyridamole, consistent with the participation of the nucleoside transporter, these inhibitors did not achieve complete blockage of L-FMAU uptake. The participation of the nucleobase transporter in L-FMAU uptake was ruled out by the absence of competition with uracil uptake, and by the lack of inhibition by papaverine. In addition, the NBTI-insensitive uptake of L-FMAU was not affected by pretreatment of the cells with the sulfhydryl reagent, p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid (pCMBS). How...Continue Reading

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