Abstract
Effects of sodium ions (Na+) and metabolic inhibitors on cadmium (Cd) uptake were investigated in LLC-PK1 cells derived from pig kidney under the nontoxic conditions of Cd. The inoculated cells became confluent on day 7 after the logarithmic growth phase. The initial uptake of Cd (1-60 microM) by the confluent cells (day 7) was assayed. The relationship between the Cd uptake at 37 degrees C and Cd concentration was nonlinear, but the relationship at 4 degrees C was linear. Subtraction of the Cd uptake at 4 degrees C from that at 37 degrees C showed a saturable uptake against the Cd concentration. By the Eadie-Hofstee analysis of saturable uptake, Km and Vmax were 24.6 microM and 164 pmol Cd/mg protein/min, respectively. The uptake of Cd by the cells was significantly decreased by ouabain and the metabolic inhibitors, and by the replacement of Na+ with potassium or choline ion in the incubation medium. These results suggest that Cd is incorporated into the confluent LLC-PK1 cells not only by simple diffusion but also by the carrier-mediated transport involved in Na(+)- and energy-dependent process(es).
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