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Research ArticleABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION

Nucleoside Transport at the Blood-Testis Barrier Studied with Primary-Cultured Sertoli Cells

Ryo Kato, Tomoji Maeda, Toshihiro Akaike and Ikumi Tamai
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 2005, 312 (2) 601-608; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.104.073387
Ryo Kato
Department of Molecular Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan (R.K., T.M., I.T.); and Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan (R.K., T.A.)
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Tomoji Maeda
Department of Molecular Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan (R.K., T.M., I.T.); and Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan (R.K., T.A.)
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Toshihiro Akaike
Department of Molecular Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan (R.K., T.M., I.T.); and Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan (R.K., T.A.)
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Ikumi Tamai
Department of Molecular Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan (R.K., T.M., I.T.); and Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan (R.K., T.A.)
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Nucleosides are essential for nucleotide synthesis in testicular spermatogenesis. In the present study, the mechanism of the supply of nucleosides to the testicular system across the blood-testis barrier was studied using primary-cultured Sertoli cells from rats and TM4 cells from mice. Uptake of uridine by these cells was time- and concentration-dependent. Uridine uptake was decreased under Na+-free conditions, and the system was presumed to be high affinity, indicating an Na+-dependent concentrative nucleoside transporter (CNT) is involved. On the other hand, nitrobenzylthioinosine, a potent inhibitor of Na+-independent equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs), inhibited uridine uptake by the Sertoli cells in a concentration-dependent manner. Expression of nucleoside transporters ENT1, ENT2, ENT3, CNT1, CNT2, and CNT3 was detected in Sertoli cells by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis. Inhibition studies of the uptake of uridine by various nucleosides both in the presence and absence of Na+ indicated that the most of those expressed nucleoside transporters, ENTs and CNTs, are involved functionally. These results demonstrated that Sertoli cells are equipped with multiple nucleoside transport systems, including ENT1, ENT2, and CNTs, to provide nucleosides for spermatogenesis.

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Nucleoside Transport at the Blood-Testis Barrier Studied with Primary-Cultured Sertoli Cells

Ryo Kato, Tomoji Maeda, Toshihiro Akaike and Ikumi Tamai
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 2005, 312 (2) 601-608; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.104.073387

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Nucleoside Transport at the Blood-Testis Barrier Studied with Primary-Cultured Sertoli Cells

Ryo Kato, Tomoji Maeda, Toshihiro Akaike and Ikumi Tamai
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 2005, 312 (2) 601-608; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.104.073387
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