Abstract
Isolated alveolar type II epithelial cells (granular pneumocytes) from rat lung accumulate free choline against a concentration gradient by an energy-dependent saturable transport process with apparent Km approximately 18 microM. In order to evaluate the structural requirements for choline transport by these cells, the inhibition of the initial rate of cellular uptake of [3H]choline (5 microM) by its analogue was measured. There was no significant inhibition of substrate uptake by analogues lacking an amino group while the presence of a quaternary nitrogen was most effective. N,N'-dimethylethanolamine (apparent Ki, 7 microM) and n-decylcholine (apparent Ki, 0.5 microM) were potent competitive inhibitors of choline transport. Substitution of the hydroxyl group in choline greatly diminished the inhibitory effect; fluorocholine, thiocholine, betaine, and betaine aldehyde showed little or no inhibition. This requirement for a hydroxyl group raises the possibility of hydrogen bonding of choline with the transport protein. The choline transport system in granular pneumocytes appears to differ from that in synaptosomes by the lower affinity of the carrier for substrate and for hemicholinium-3 and from that in erythrocytes by the role of the hydroxyl in the substrate molecule. The availability of inhibitory analogues for choline transport will facilitate isolation and study of the granular pneumocyte choline transport protein.
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