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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 69, Issue 8, Pages 1257-1262Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.02.005
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erythrocyte; cGMP; ABC transporter; multidrug-resistance associated protein; membrane vesicles; MRP4
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Human erythrocytes produce cGMP that can be eliminated by phosphodiesterases or active efflux transporters. The efflux can be studied under controlled conditions as ATP-dependent uptake into inside-out membrane vesicles. However, widely differing values for the transport rates have been reported. We have here examined factors that influence the uptake rates measured and thus may explain these discrepancies. Both the ionic composition of the buffer used during uptake and the mode of vesicle preparation were found to affect the observed transport rates. Furthermore it was apparent that different blood donors expressed on their erythrocytes different amounts of both MRP4 and MRP5, transporters that have been putatively linked to cGMP efflux across erythrocyte membranes. These differences in expression were reflected in differences in rates of cGMP uptake into inside-out erythrocyte membrane vesicles. Calculations based on the transport rates observed using vesicles suggest that efflux may be the principal means for eliminating cGMP from human erythrocytes. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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