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The specificity of pyrimidine nucleoside transport and metabolism by rat jejunum in vitro.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2778735     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
1. 5-Methyluridine perfused through the lumen of isolated loops of rat jejunum gave rise to serosal thymine as the major species transported across the epithelial layer; no serosal 5-methyluridine was detected. 2. At 0.1 mM-luminal 5-methyluridine there was enhanced transmural transport of thymine (P less than 0.001) when compared with either 0.1 mM-thymine or 0.1 mM-thymidine as the luminal substrate for thymine transport. 3. At low luminal concentrations (0.025 mM) thymine was a significantly better substrate (P less than 0.001) for the transport of the free pyrimidine than either of the two nucleosides (thymidine or 5-methyluridine). 4. Luminal deoxyuridine gave rise to uracil as the major species appearing in the serosal secretion. High luminal concentrations of deoxyuridine (0.5 and 1.0 mM) gave rise to low levels of the nucleoside in the serosal fluid. 5. As a consequence of the specificity of the mucosal phosphorolysis the ribonucleosides are favoured over the deoxyribonucleosides as substrates for transmural pyrimidine transport.
Authors:
J R Bronk; J G Hastewell
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of physiology     Volume:  408     ISSN:  0022-3751     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Physiol. (Lond.)     Publication Date:  1989 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-10-25     Completed Date:  1989-10-25     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0266262     Medline TA:  J Physiol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  405-11     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of York.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Biological Transport, Active
Deoxyuridine / metabolism
Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
Jejunum / metabolism*
Male
Pyrimidine Nucleosides / metabolism*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Thymidine / metabolism
Thymine / metabolism
Uracil / metabolism
Uridine / analogs & derivatives,  metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Pyrimidine Nucleosides; 1463-10-1/ribothymidine; 50-89-5/Thymidine; 58-96-8/Uridine; 65-71-4/Thymine; 66-22-8/Uracil; 951-78-0/Deoxyuridine
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