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Characteristics of taurine transport in rat hepatocytes in primary culture
Author(s) -
Ohkuma Seitaro,
Tamura Junichi,
Kuriyama Kinya,
Mukainaka Teruo
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
cell biochemistry and function
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1099-0844
pISSN - 0263-6484
DOI - 10.1002/cbf.290020204
Subject(s) - taurine , hypotaurine , ouabain , hepatocyte , sodium , dinitrophenol , biochemistry , chemistry , primary culture , biophysics , biology , in vitro , amino acid , organic chemistry
Characteristics of taurine transport in rat hepatocytes maintained in primary culture for 24 h (cultured hepatocytes) have been investigated. The uptake of [ 3 H] taurine by cultured hepatocytes at 2°C was unsaturable, whereas that at 37°C consisted of unsaturable and saturable processes. The saturable transport system was sodium‐dependent and consisted of two processes with low and with high affinities. The latter process ( K m , 76.9 μ M ; V max , 0.256 nmole/mg protein/min; activation energy ( E A ), 37.8 kcal mol −1 ) was competitively inhibited by 2,4‐dinitrophenol and ouabain, as well as by taurine analogues such as hypotaurine and guanidinoethyl sulphonate. The V max and E A values found in cultured hepatocytes at 37°C were 6.0 and 6.8 times higher than those found in freshly isolated hepatocytes. These results indicate that taurine transport in hepatocytes in primary culture consisted of unsaturable, and saturable, sodium and energy‐dependent carrier‐mediated transport processes, respectively. The facilitation of the latter transport system by primary culture of hepatocytes is also suggested.