The transport and metabolism of the uridine mononucleotides by rat jejunum in vitro.

AUTOR(ES)

Bronk, J R

RESUMO

1. Both uridine 3'-monophosphate (3'-UMP) and uridine 5'-monophosphate (5'-UMP) when perfused through the lumen of isolated rat jejunum gave rise to uracil as the only transported pyrimidine appearing in the serosal medium; neither the nucleotide nor the nucleoside could be detected in the serosal fluid. 2. There was a low level of the nucleoside, uridine, in the luminal fluid after the nucleotide had passed through the jejunal segment. Luminal nucleoside appearance was more marked from the 3' form of the nucleotide. 3. The hydrolysis of the nucleotides to the nucleoside form occurred via a brush-border membrane enzyme, which had the same maximal velocity (Vmax) for the two nucleotides (699 +/- 35 and 747 +/- 10 nmol min-1 (mg protein)-1 for 3'-UMP and 5'-UMP, respectively) but a different Michaelis constant (Km) so that 3'-UMP (Km = 58 +/- 3 microM) hydrolysis is favoured over 5'-UMP hydrolysis (Km = 108 +/- microM) at lower concentrations. 4. At 0.05 mM, luminal 3'-UMP gave rise to a higher rate of serosal uracil appearance than luminal 5'-UMP, but at higher luminal concentrations (0.1-0.2 mM) the rate of serosal uracil appearance was the same from both nucleotides. 5. The transmural transport of uracil from the uridine mononucleotides is discussed with reference to the metabolism and compartmentalization of the small intestine responsible for the appearance of the free pyrimidine in the serosal fluid.

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