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. 1989 May 15;260(1):143–152. doi: 10.1042/bj2600143

Evidence that activation of 2-deoxy-D-glucose transport in rat thymocyte suspensions results from enhanced coupling between transport and hexokinase activity.

R J Naftalin 1, R J Rist 1
PMCID: PMC1138637  PMID: 2775177

Abstract

1. Suspensions of rat thymocytes accumulate free 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-dGlc) within the cytosol to a concentration approx. 25-fold above the external concentration. This active accumulation was enhanced by 40 nM-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (phorbol). 2. The Km for zero-trans uptake in control cells was 2.3 +/- 0.14 mM and Vmax. was 0.41 +/- 0.08 mumol/min per 10(10) cells (n = 6). In cells treated with phorbol (40 nM) the Km for zero-trans uptake was 1.2 +/- 0.13 mM and Vmax. 0.46 +/- 0.03 mumol/min per 10(10) cells (n = 6). The Km was decreased significantly by phorbol (P less than 0.01). 3. Phorbol-dependent activation of thymocytes delayed exit of free 2-dGlc into sugar-free solution and prevented exchange exit. Activation had no effect on 3-O-methyl D-glucoside (3-OMG) exit. 4. Coupling of 2-dGlc transport to hexokinase activity was determined by observing the effects of various concentrations of unlabelled cytosolic 2-dGlc on influx of labelled 2-dGlc into the hexose phosphate pool. In control cells this coupling was 0.81 +/- 0.02 and in phorbol-activated cells it was 0.92 +/- 0.01 (P less than 0.01). 5. The high-affinity inhibitor of hexokinase, mannoheptulose, inhibited uptake of 2-dGlc in both control and phorbol-treated cells. These data are consistent with a model for activation of sugar transport in which hexokinase activity is integrated with the sugar transporter at the endofacial surface. The results suggest that phorbol increases the degree of coupling transport with hexokinase activity, thereby leading to an increase in the rate of uptake of 2-dGlc, a decrease in exit of free 2-dGlc from the cytosol and an increase in free 2-dGlc accumulation.

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