Contrasting changes in transport of glycine vs proline at fertilization and during preimplantation development of mouse embryos

Conference · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5727339

Haghighat, N; Van Winkle, L J

Na/sup +/ dependent glycine transport decreased steadily during cleavage of mouse embryos and then increased dramatically upon formation of early blastocysts (approx. 80 h post coitus), while proline uptake increased several-fold upon fertilization of eggs and then decreased through the blastocyst stage. V/sub max/ and K/sub m/ values for Gly transport in unfertilized eggs, 8-cell embryos and blastocysts were 9.5, 4.0 and 20 fmol. (egg or embryo)/sup -1/ min/sup -1/ and 93, 94 and 30 ..mu..M, respectively. Gly transport in 2-cell embryos was Cl-dependent and sigmoidally related to the (Na/sup +/), whereas Cl/sup -/-dependent Gly uptake was linearly related to (Na/sup +/) in blastocysts. Uptake of 1.0 ..mu..M (/sup 3/H)Gly in cleavage stages was inhibited by 10 mM sarcosine but not by Glu, Ser, or Lys and only weakly by MeAIB, BCO and pipecolate, whereas BCO, Ser, Lys, Pipecolate, Ala and Leu strongly inhibited transport in blastocysts; and Lys inhibition was unequivocally competitive (K/sub i/ approx. 70 ..mu..M). Na/sup +/-dependent uptake of 0.9 ..mu..M L-(/sup 3/H)Pro was inhibited strongly by only pipecolate in unfertilized eggs, but MeAIB and BCO were also strong inhibitors in zygotes. Fertilization was also accompanied by an increase in the V/sub max/ (0.9 vs 6.7 fmol. cell/sup -1/ min/sup -1/) and K/sub m/ (66 vs 230 ..mu..m) values for proline transport. This appears to be the first report of a change in amino acid transport upon fertilization of mammalian eggs, although transport of several amino acids increases dramatically in sea urchin zygotes.

• Research Organization: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, IL
• OSTI ID: 5727339
• Report Number(s): CONF-870644-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 46:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
AMINES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
ANIONS
AZOLES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
EGGS
EMBRYOS
FERTILIZATION
GLYCINE
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INHIBITION
IONS
MAMMALS
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
MICE
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PROLINE
PYRROLES
PYRROLIDINES
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
RODENTS
SARCOSINE
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES