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. 1997 Jan 7;94(1):42–47. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.1.42

Table 1.

Effects of different GSH-related compounds on uncoupler-insensitive 109Cd uptake by vacuolar membrane vesicles purified from DTY165 and DTY167 cells

Compound 109Cd uptake, nmol/mg/10 min
DTY165
DTY167
− MgATP + MgATP − MgATP + MgATP
Cd2+ 5.8 ± 2.4 5.6 ± 1.5 4.3 ± 1.3 4.6 ± 2.1
Cd2+ + GSH 4.2 ± 1.2 37.4 ± 4.5 3.3 ± 1.1 8.3 ± 2.7
Cd2+ + GSSG 5.1 ± 3.2 3.8 ± 2.3
Cd2+ + GS-CH3 4.5 ± 1.9 3.7 ± 3.1
Cd2+ + Cys-Gly 5.6 ± 3.2 6.9 ± 1.4
Cd2+ + Cys 7.0 ± 1.2 3.9 ± 1.0
Cd2+ + Glu 5.7 ± 1.1 5.2 ± 1.3

GSH, oxidized glutathione (GSSG), S-methylglutathione (GS-CH3), cysteinylglycine, cysteine, and glutamate were added at concentrations of 1 mM. MgATP, 109CdSO4, and gramicidin-D were added at concentrations of 3 mM, 80 μM, and 5 μM, respectively. Values shown are means ± SE (n = 3–6).