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The effect of folate status on the uptake of physiologically relevant compounds by Caco-2 cells
- Source :
- European journal of pharmacology. 640(1-3)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of folate status on the uptake of several physiologically relevant substances by Caco-2 cells. For this, Caco-2 cells cultured in high-folate conditions (HF) and low-folate conditions (LF) were compared. Growth rates of HF and LF Caco-2 cells were similar. However, proliferation rate of LF cells was greater than that of HF cells during the first 2 days of culture and slightly smaller thereafter, viability of LF cells was greater than that of HF cells, and apoptosis index was similar in both cell cultures. We verified that in LF cells, comparatively to HF cells: (1) uptake of [3H]folic acid is upregulated, via an increase in the Vmax of uptake; (2) uptake of [3H]deoxy-glucose, [3H]O-methyl-glucose and [3H]1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) is downregulated, via a decrease in the Vmax of uptake; additionally, a reduction in Km was observed for [3H]O-methyl-glucose; (3) uptake of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine and [14C]butyrate is not changed; and (4) the steady-state mRNA levels of the folic acid transporters RFC (reduced folate carrier), PCFT (proton-coupled folate transporter) and FRα (folate receptor α), of the organic cation transporter OCT1 (organic cation transporter type 1), of the glucose transporter GLUT2 (facilitative glucose transporter type 2) and of the butyrate transporter MCT1 (monocarboxylate transporter type 1) were decreased. In conclusion, folate deficiency produces substrate-specific changes in the uptake of bioactive compounds by Caco-2 cells. Moreover, these changes are associated with alterations in the mRNA levels of specific transporters for these compounds.
- Subjects :
- 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
Serotonin
Cell Survival
Apoptosis
Butyrate
Folic Acid Deficiency
Folic Acid
Humans
RNA, Messenger
Cell Proliferation
Pharmacology
Monocarboxylate transporter
Organic cation transport proteins
biology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Glucose transporter
Transporter
Biological Transport
Butyrates
Glucose
Biochemistry
Gene Expression Regulation
Folate receptor
biology.protein
GLUT2
Caco-2 Cells
Folic Acid Transporters
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18790712
- Volume :
- 640
- Issue :
- 1-3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European journal of pharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....683f578c28483cb4e21c8d4a2f77ecf9