Functional differences in nucleoside and nucleobase transporters expressed on the rabbit corneal epithelial cell line (SIRC) and isolated rabbit cornea
Journal Title: The AAPS Journal - Year 2003, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of nucleoside/nucleobase transporters on the Statens Seruminstitut rabbit corneal (SIRC) epithelial cell line and to evaluate SIRC as an in vitro screening tool for delineating the mechanism of corneal permeation of nucleoside analogs. SIRC cells (passages 410–425) were used to study uptake of [3H]thymidine, [3H]adenine, and [3H]ganciclovir. Transport of [3H]adenine and [3H]ganciclovir was studied across isolated rabbit cornea. Uptake and transport studies were performed for 2 minutes and 120 minutes, respectively, at 34°C. Thymidine uptake by SIRC displayed saturable kinetics (Km=595.9±80.4μM, and Vmax=289.5±17.2 pmol/min/mg protein). Uptake was inhibited by both purine and pyrimidine nucleosides but not by nucleobases. [3H]thymidine uptake was sodium and energy independent but was inhibited by nitrobenzylthioinosine at nanomolar concentrations. Adenine uptake by SIRC consisted of a saturable component (Km=14.4±2.3μM, Vmax=0.4±0.04 nmol/min/mg protein) and a nonsaturable component. Uptake of adenine was inhibited by purine nucleobases but not by the nucleosides or pyrimidine nucleobases and was independent of sodium, energy, and nitrobenzylthioinosine. [3H]ganciclovir uptake involved a carrier-mediated component and was inhibited by the purine nucleobases but not by the nucleosides or pyrimidine nucleobases. However, transport of [3H]adenine across the isolated rabbit cornea was not inhibited by unlabeled adenine. Further, corneal permeability of ganciclovir across a 100-fold concentration range remained constant, indicating that ganciclovir permeates the cornea primarily by passive diffusion. Nucleoside and nucleobase transporters on rabbit cornea and corneal epithelial cell line, SIRC, are functionally different, undermining the utility of the SIRC cell line as an in vitro screening tool for elucidating the corneal permeation mechanism of nucleoside analogs.
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Soumyajit Majumdar, Giridhar S. Tirucherai, Dhanajay Pal, Ashim K. Mitra
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