Abstract
Long term and acute effects of glucose on myo-inositol (MI) uptake were studied in primary cultures of bovine retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. RPE cells were grown under low (5 mM) or high (20, 40, or 50 mM) glucose levels in the growth medium for up to 18 days. The concentrative capacity of confluent RPE cells to accululate [3H]MI (10 microM) was reduced up to 41% as the glucose concentration in the growth medium increased. When the growth medium glucose was switched from 5 to 40 mM, or vice versa, the capacity of cells to accumulate MI was reversed. Treatment of cells grown in 40 or 50 mM glucose with 0.1 mM Sorbinil (an aldose reductase inhibitor) minimally reversed the ability of cells to accumulate MI. RPE cells, grown in 5 mM glucose, were incubated with 10-60 mM D-glucose or its nonmetabolizable analogues (acute effect). Kinetics of MI uptake inhibition by alpha-methyl glucose according to Dixon plots were characteristic of competitive inhibition (Ki = 28 mM). MI uptake was strongly inhibited by phlorizin. The ability of RPE cells to bind 5 microM [3H]phlorizin also was reduced by increased glucose levels in the growth medium. These studies indicated that MI and glucose shared the same transporter system. Glucose in the incubation medium directly interfered with MI binding to the transporter. High glucose feeding of the cells also down-regulated the transporter density. The uptake and function of solutes such as MI in tissues that operate on the glucose carrier system may be severely impaired in diabetes.
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