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Transport-associated phosphorylation of 2-deoxy-D-glucose in Saccharomyces fragilis.

2-Deoxy-D-glucose transport and metabolism was studied in Saccharomyces fragilis. Inside the cells four phosphorylated and three non-phosphorylated derivatives were found and identified. Accumulation of phosphorylated 2-deoxyglucose derivatives was balanced by a concomitant decrease of cellular ATP, orthophosphate and polyphosphates. The free sugar was concentrated against a concentration gradient, contradiciting facilitated diffusion. Pulse labeling experiments revealed transport-associated phosphorylation. Theoretical considerations and analysis of the effects of iodoacetate showed that an intracellular hexokinase activity was not involved in 2-deoxyglucose phosphorylation, although this sugar is a good substrate for the enzyme in in vitro experiments.

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Metabolism and transport of galactose by rat intestine.

Intestinal uptake and metabolism of galactose were examined in everted jejunal rings from fasted adult rats using 0.2-28 mM sugar. After 60-min incubations, the total uptake (free tissue plus amount metabolized) of galactose ranged from 1.75 mumol/g at 0.2 mM to 21 mumol/g at 28 mM. Free tissue galactose was 17% of the former and 73% of the latter amount while that oxidized to 14CO2 represented only 6-16% of amount taken up. Compared to glucose, similar amounts of galactose are taken up at 0.2-2.0 mM, however, gllcose rtween 0.2 and 2 mM similar amounts of both sugars are metabolized, although a greater portion of the glucose is oxidized to 14CO2. Above 2.0 mM, 2-3 times more glucose is metabolized than galactose. Both uptake and metabolism showed saturability and kinetic analysis revealed two limbed Linweaver-Burk plots, suggesting operation of a high affinity low Km and a low affinity high Km system for sugar transport. In a series of in vivo studies, to assess the role of the intestine in the total body metabolism of galactose, 14C-labeled galactose injected intraperitoneally at a dose of either 50 or 300 mg into fasted normal, sham operated and enterectomized rats, no observable difference in 14CO2 production resulted in between the groups. It would thus appear that although extensive metabolism of galactose may take place in intestinal tissue in vitro, the intestine does not play a significant role in galactose disposition in vivo.

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Transport and phosphorylation of D-galactose in renal cortical cells.

An improved analytical procedure for the extraction and determination of total, free and phosphorylated tissue sugar is described. This method, employing ZnSO4 plus Ba(OH)2 for the precipitation of sugar phosphates, yields values identical with those obtained by the more laborious separation of free and phosphorylated sugar by ion-exchange chromatography. Erroneous values for free sugar due to the action of a Zn2+ -activated phosphatase and/or the lability to acids of some sugar phosphates, are avoided. Using this technique for the sudy of transport and phosphorylation of D-galactose in rabbit renal cortical slices and tissue extracts, it was found: 1. The cellular uptake of D-galactose was associated with the appearance of both free and phosphorylated sugar whether or not external Na+ was present. At 1 mM sugar, galactose was accumulated in the cells against a modest concentration gradient of 1.445 +/- 0.097 (n = 17). Galactose phosphate appeared in the cells considerably faster than free sugar under conditions of net uptake as well as of steady-state exchange (pulse-labelling). 2. Increasing saline pH (6-8) increased the cellular levels of sugar phosphate without affecting the steady-state values of free sugar. With tissue extracts, increasing pH also stimulated the activity of galactokinase and the dephosphorylation of galactose 1-phosphate by a Zn2+ -activated phosphatase. 3. 0.5 mM phlorizin inhibited the tissue uptake of galactose and its subsequent oxidation to CO2 only to a minor degree (30 and 10%, respectively). The absence of external Na+ further depressed the phlorizin effect. Preincubation of the tissue with phlorizin and subsequent washing in part abolished the inhibitory effect. The data suggest that a major portion of the galactose uptake by the tissue proceeds by a mechanism with a low affinity for phlorizin. 4. Efflux studies showed that the wash-out of free galactose from slices was associated with a net decrease of both free and phosphorylated tissue sugar. 5. The above results suggest the possibility that phosphorylation may represent a step in the Na+ -independent, phloretin-sensitive transfer of D-galactose across the antiluminal cell membrane. The participation of intracellular galactokinase and a Zn2+ -activated alkaline phosphatase in the maintenance of the steady state of free and phosphorylated galactose in the cells has been demonstrated.

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Transport and phosphorylation of 2-deoxy-D-galactase in renal cortical cells.

The transport and phosphorylation of 2-deoxy-D-[3H]galactose in rabbit renal cortical cells was studied. 1. The uptake of 2-deoxy-galactose by cortical slices is associated with an appearance of both free and phosphorylated sugar in the cells. At 1 mM external sugar the cells establish a steady-state gradient of free 2-deoxy-galactose of 3.97 +/- 0.15 (23 animals). 2. The acid-labile sugar phosphate accumulated in the tissue has been identified by a combination of paper and radio-chromatography, as well as on the basis of some of its chemical properties, as 2-deoxy-D-galactose 1-phosphate. Ice-cold trichloroacetic acid produces a decomposition of this compound. 3. Increasing external pH (6-8) brings about a decrease in the steady-state levels of both free and phosphorylated sugar in slices. On the other hand, increasing pH activates the phosphorylation of 2-deoxy-D-galactose by a crude kinase in a tissue extract. 4. Sugar phosphate accumulated in the cells is dephosphorylated by the action of a Zn2+ -activated phosphatase. 5. The efflux of 2-deoxy-D-galactose from the cells is rather slow compared with that found for D-galactose. The efflux is associated with some dephosphorylation of cellular sugar phosphate, and some loss of 2-deoxy-galactose phosphate into the wash-out medium takes place. 6. An inhibition analysis of the uptake of 2-deoxy-D-galactose by the slices indicates that the transport site is shared by D-galactose. The following points of interaction between the sugar molecule and the carrier are identified: C1-OH, C3-OH and C4-OH (both axial) and C6-OH. A (pyranose) ring structure is also essential. A close packing between the substrate and the carrier in the vicinity of C2 is indicated. 7. The data suggest that the above transport system is localized predominantly at the antiluminal (basolateral) face of the renal tubular cells. While the detailed mechanism of the actual transport step (i.e. active transport of the free sugar, or by the action of a phosphotransferase) is still unclear, the data present evidence that both galactokinase and a Zn2+ -activated phosphatase participate in the maintenance of an intracellular steady state of the transported sugar.

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Transport of 2-deoxy-D-galactose in Saccharomyces fragilis.

2-Deoxy-D-galactose (dGal) transport in Saccharomyces fragilis is characterized by energy requirement and accumulation of the free sugar against a concentration gradient, indicating active transport. Besides free sugar dGal-1-phosphate, UDP-dGal and a trehalose-like derivative were found inside the cells. The accumulation of the phosphorylated derivatives was balanced by a concomitant decrease of ATP, orthophosphate and polyphosphates. With pulse labeling experiments it could be shown that the free sugar is transported into the cells. This conclusion was supported by several other experimental results, e.g. the lack of correlation between the sugar transport parameters and the dGal phosphorylation capacity, and the countertransport of free dGal evoked by galactose in the medium. The typical differences between this active transport mechanism and the transport-associated phosphorylation system, described previously, are discussed.

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