ISSN:
1471-4159
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
Abstract: A passage of choline from blood to brain and vice versa has been demonstrated in vivo. Because of the presence of the blood-brain barrier, such passage takes place necessarily through endothelial cells. To get a better understanding of this phenomenon, the choline transport properties of cerebral capillary endothelial cells have been studied in vitro. Bovine endothelial cells in culture were able to incorporate [3H]choline by a carrier-mediated mechanism. Nonlinear regression analysis of the uptake curves suggested the presence of two transport components in cells preincubated in the absence of choline. One component showed a Km of 7.59 ± 0.8 μM and a maximum capacity of 142.7 ± 9.4 pmol/2 min/mg of protein, and the other one was not saturable within the concentration range used (1–100 μM). When cells were preincubated in the presence of choline, a single saturable component was observed with a Km of 18.5 ± 0.6 μM and a maximum capacity of 452.4 ± 42 pmol/2 min/mg of protein. [3H]Choline uptake by endothelial cells was temperature dependent and was inhibited by the choline analogs hemicholinium-3, deanol, and AF64A. The presence of ouabain or 2,4-dinitrophenol did not affect the [3H]choline transport capacity of endothelial cells. Replacement of sodium by lithium and cell depolarization by potassium partially inhibited choline uptake. When cells had been preincubated without choline, recently transported [3H]choline was readily phosphorylated and incorporated into cytidine-5′-diphosphocholine and phospholipids; however, under steady-state conditions most (63%) accumulated [3H]choline was not metabolized within 1 h. Only part of the labelled intracellular free choline was transported back into the incubation medium. Because of their special location, transport properties, and metabolism, cerebral capillary endothelial cells may provide a gating mechanism that can contribute to the physiological control of choline concentration in the brain extracellular fluid.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb01193.x
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