The transport of L-arginine has been characterized in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO). In the absence of Na+ the influx of the amino acid decreased. Both in the presence and in the absence of Na+ L-arginine influx was trans-stimulated and cis-inhibited by cationic amino acids. The amino acid entered CHO cells through an apparently non saturable mechanism and a single saturable agency whose Km increased in the absence of Na+. These results indicate that the agency devoted to transport cationic amino acids in CHO cells resembles system y+, the Na+-independent route that transports cationic amino acids in a number of mammalian models, although its activity is lowered by the replacement of extracellular sodium.

The transport of L-arginine in Chinese hamster ovary cells / Rotoli, Bianca Maria; Bussolati, Ovidio; Dall'Asta, Valeria; Gazzola, Gc. - In: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0006-291X. - 164:(1989), pp. 1093-1098.

The transport of L-arginine in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

ROTOLI, Bianca Maria;BUSSOLATI, Ovidio;DALL'ASTA, Valeria;
1989-01-01

Abstract

The transport of L-arginine has been characterized in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO). In the absence of Na+ the influx of the amino acid decreased. Both in the presence and in the absence of Na+ L-arginine influx was trans-stimulated and cis-inhibited by cationic amino acids. The amino acid entered CHO cells through an apparently non saturable mechanism and a single saturable agency whose Km increased in the absence of Na+. These results indicate that the agency devoted to transport cationic amino acids in CHO cells resembles system y+, the Na+-independent route that transports cationic amino acids in a number of mammalian models, although its activity is lowered by the replacement of extracellular sodium.
1989
The transport of L-arginine in Chinese hamster ovary cells / Rotoli, Bianca Maria; Bussolati, Ovidio; Dall'Asta, Valeria; Gazzola, Gc. - In: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0006-291X. - 164:(1989), pp. 1093-1098.
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