Intestinal Brush Border Transport Mechanism of 5-Fluorouracil in Rats

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The intestinal transport mechanism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was investigated in the intestinal everted sacs and brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) of rats. In the everted sacs, the initial uptake of 5-FU was apparently Na^+-dependent, in terms of the inhibition of the uptake by replacing the Na^+ in the medium with K^+, and also concentration-dependent in the presence of Na^+, with a maximum transport rate of 0.74±0.24 nmol/min/cm and a Michaelis constant of 0.025±0.018 mM. Passive transport was also significant, with a membrane permeability clearance of 5.9±0.6μl/min/cm. The uptake of 5-FU was inhibited by pyrimidines (uracil and thymine) and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a metabolic inhibitor, but not by purines (adenine and guanine), pyrimidine nucleosides (thymidine and uridine), L-alanine or D-glucose. These results suggest the involvement of carrier-mediated transport specific to pyrimidines in intestinal 5-FU transport, and this appeared to satisfy the criteria of Na^+-dependent secondary active transport. However, in BBMVs, 5-FU uptake was independent of Na^+, minimally dependent on concentration and not inhibited by thymine, though slightly inhibited by uracil. 5-FU uptake was also independent of pH, outward HCO^-_3 gradient and valinomycin-induced K^+ diffusion potential. Thus, the carrier-mediated transport of 5-FU, or presumably pyrimidines, may require some other factors, which are yet to be identified, in addition to Na^+. Alternatively, Na^+ may not be prerequisite, and something else may be required in the absence of K^+, as suggested from an additional result in everted sacs that the replacement of NaCl in the medium with mannitol failed to inhibit 5-FU uptake.
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1996-01-15

Intestinal Brush Border Transport Mechanism of 5-Fluorouracil in Rats

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