Thiamin uptake by rat isolated enterocytes: relationship between transport and phosphorylation
Abstract:
The membrane and intracellular steps of thiamin (T) uptake were studied in rat isolated enterocytes. The membrane step was investigated by using enterocytes deenergized with 25 microM rotenone and a short (30 s) incubation time, while the intracellular metabolic step was assessed by using normoenergized (normal) cells incubated for a longer (30 min) time. Evaluation of Km, Jmax and KD (apparent passive permeability coefficient) values, at 30 s incubation, indicated that deenergization slightly reduced both the affinity and the capacity of the saturable component of T uptake, as well as the capacity of the non-saturable component. At 30 min incubation, deenergization suppressed completely the saturable component, without affecting the non-saturable component. Comparison of the Km and Jmax values of the saturable components in normoenergized enterocytes at 30 s and 30 min indicated that intracellular metabolic phosphorylation is probably the event responsible for the active process involved in T uptake.
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