Abstract
The transport of taurine into membrane vesicles prepared from neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells 108CC5 was studied. A great part of the taurine uptake by the membrane preparation is due to the transport into an osmotically sensitive space of membrane vesicles. Taurine uptake by membrane vesicles is an active transport driven by the concentration gradient of Na+ across the membrane (outside concentration greater than inside). The Km value of 36 microM for Na+-dependent taurine uptake indicates a high-affinity transport system. The rate of taurine transport by the membrane vesicles is enhanced by the K+ gradient (inside concentration greater than outside) and the K+ ionophore valinomycin. Taurine transport is inhibited by several structural analogs of taurine: hypotaurine, beta-alanine, and taurocyamine. All these results indicate that the taurine transport system of the membrane vesicles displays properties almost identical to those of intact neuroblastoma X glioma hybrid cells.
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