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Cyclosporin A: drug treatment in vivo affects the kinetics of [14C]glucose transport in Hymenolepis microstoma in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. M. Wastling  and
L. H. Chappell
J. M. Wastling
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, Scotland
L. H. Chappell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, Scotland
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Summary

The transport of [14C]glucose by Hymenolepis microstoma in vitro following in vivo treatment with cyclosporin A (CsA) was determined over a range of concentrations. For untreated (control) worms glucose uptake showed saturation kinetics with a small diffusion component. Estimates of the maximum velocity of glucose uptake (Vmax) and the affinity of substrate for the glucose transporter (Kt) revealed that untreated 8-day-old worms had a Vmax twice that of 15-day-old worms and that younger worms had a lower Kt. An inverse relationship was demonstrated between log10 worm weight and the rate of uptake of [14C]glucose, reflecting the relatively greater number of glucose transporters due to the larger surface area: volume ratio of smaller worms. Treatment of H. microstoma with CsA in vivo significantly increased the diffusion component of glucose uptake in vitro. Parasites from drug-treated mice had a significantly lower Vmax for glucose uptake than size-matched controls. The affinity of glucose for its transporter in CsA-treated worms (Kt) was not significantly different from size-matched controls. Both juvenile and adult worms underwent transient depletion in total glycogen content after CsA treatment in vivo. The data confirm that CsA treatment in vivo disrupts the functional integrity of the worm tegument, one facet of which is impaired acquisition of glucose.

Keywords

cyclosporin AHymenolepis microstomaglucose transportsaturation kineticsmembrane permeability
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 108 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 223 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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