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Characterization of glucose transport by bovine retinal capillary pericytes in culture
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Characterization of glucose transport by bovine retinal capillary pericytes in culture

Weiye Li, Lawrence S. Chan, Mahin Khatami and John H. Rockey
Experimental eye research, v 41(2), pp 191-199
1985
PMID: 3905422

Abstract

culture glucose retinal capillary pericytes transport
The transport of d-glucose and its non-metabolizable analog, 3- o-methyl- d-glucose (3- o-MG), by cultured bovine retinal capillary pericytes was characterized. A preference for d-glucose over l-glucose uptake by pericytes indicated a stereospecific process. The 3- o-MG transport appeated to follow complex kinetics. At low substrate concentrations, 3- o-MG transport had an apparent K m of 1·53 m m and a V max of 0·50 nmol (μg DNA) −1 min −1 at 37°C. A reduced extracellular sodium concentration, energy poisons, and exogenous insulin did not significantly influence 3- o-MG uptake. Inhibition of the uptake or efflux of 3- o-MG by cytochalasin B or phloretin, respectively, and the demonstration of a ‘counter transport’ phenomenon showed that 3- o-MG transport by retinal capillary pericytes in culture was a carrier-mediated process.

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