PMID: 2498864Mar 1, 1989Paper

Methyl mercury uptake across bovine brain capillary endothelial cells in vitro: the role of amino acids

Pharmacology & Toxicology
M Aschner, Thomas W Clarkson

Abstract

Previous studies in the rat in vivo have demonstrated that co-injection of methyl mercury (MeHg) with L-cysteine into the common carotid artery enhances brain Hg levels following a single capillary pass through the CNS vasculature. In order to elucidate the relationship between MeHg transport and the neutral amino acid transport carrier system, regulatory aspects of MeHg transport across the bovine blood-brain barrier were investigated in isolated brain microvessel preparations. Following 1 hour co-incubations of 203Hg-MeHgCl with 0.1 mM L-cysteine at 37 degrees, 203Hg uptake by suspended microvessels was significantly increased (P less than 0.05) compared with controls. This enhanced capillary uptake of 203Hg was abolished by co-incubations of microvessels with 0.1 mM L-cysteine-L-methionine, or 0.1 mM L-cysteine plus AT-125 (alpha S, 5S)-alpha-amino-3-chloro-4,5-dihydro-5-isoxazolacetic acid), an irreversible inhibitor of gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase. One hr co-incubations of bovine capillaries with 203Hg-MeHgCl and 0.1 mM D-cysteine at 37 degrees or 0.1 mM L-cysteine at 0 degrees did not increase rat of 203Hg uptake compare with controls. These results indicate that L-cysteine enhances the rate of capillary MeHg uptake. The...Continue Reading

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