Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1991-04-09

Intestinal glutathione transport system: a possible detoxication role.

M T Vincenzini, F Favilli, M Stio, T Iantomasi

Index: Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1073(3) , 571-9, (1991)

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Abstract

The epithelium of the small intestine act by the formation of GSH-S-conjugation, as a first line of defence against various ingested toxic chemicals. GSH and GSH-dependent enzymes are present in the gastrointestinal wall. We and others have characterized the GSH-specific transport systems in intestinal brush-border and in basolateral membrane vesicles, in which gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (gamma-GT) activity was inactivated by AT-125. In the present study we use inhibition experiments, kinetic studies, trans-stimulation of GSH uptake and HPLC determination to demonstrate (for the first time) that GSH and two GSH-S-conjugates (chosen as model compounds) share a common transport system. Plasma GSH-S-conjugates that may enter the intestinal cells via basolateral membrane, and GSH-S-conjugates that form in intestinal cells, may be eliminated directly by this GSH transporter across brush-border membranes or transported into lumen to the active site of gamma-GT; they are then further metabolized and excreted by various routes. This transport system may thus contribute to the intestinal detoxication role.

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