Stereospecificity of High-and Low-Affinity Transport of Choline Analogues into Rat Cortical Synaptosomes |
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Authors: | S S G Ferguson M Diksic B Collier |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. |
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Abstract: | The present experiments used methylcholines to examine the stereoselectivity of choline transport into rat synaptosomes. R(+)-alpha-methylcholine and S(+)-beta-methylcholine were significantly better inhibitors of the high-affinity choline transport system than were their enantiomers. Although both enantiomers of alpha- and of beta-methylcholine inhibited 3H]choline transport, only R(+)-alpha-methylcholine and S(+)-beta-methylcholine could be transported by the high-affinity choline uptake mechanism. Therefore, we conclude that the chiral requirements for recognition of and for transport by the high-affinity transporter are clearly different. In addition to high-affinity choline transport, Na(+)-independent low-affinity transport was measured. This process transported R(+)-alpha-methylcholine, but not S(-)-alpha-methylcholine; however, it showed no stereoselectivity for the enantiomers of beta-methylcholine. Thus, high- and low-affinity choline transport mechanisms exhibit distinct differences in their substrate selectivities. We suggest that the stereoselective properties of choline transport might present a unique opportunity to study choline uptake and metabolism. |
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Keywords: | Choline analogues Stereoselectivity Choline transport Enantiomers |
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