Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Online ISSN : 1347-5215
Print ISSN : 0918-6158
ISSN-L : 0918-6158
Transport Mechanism of Anthracycline Derivatives in Rat Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes : Uptake and Efflux of Pirarubicin
長澤 一樹野見山 聖子大西 憲明横山 照由岩川 精吾奥村 勝彦
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1994 年 17 巻 5 号 p. 696-700

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The characteristics of pirarubicin transport have been investigated in polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated from rats. The uptake of pirarubicin by leukocytes was time-, temperature- and concentration-dependent with the maximum velocity (Vmax) of 4.84 nmol/5×106 cells/min and the Michaelis constant (Km) of 13.4μM. The uptake depended on the extracellular pH, indicating that the molecular form of pirarubicin is more permeable than its ionic form and/or that the transporter of pirarubicin has optimal pH range. When the intracellular space was changed by increasing the medium osmolarity with sucrose, the uptake was altered by osmolarity changes and it appeared that about 27% of the drug was bound to the membrane surface. The initial uptake was inhibited by the metabolic inhibitors rotenone, 2, 4-dinitrophenol and sodium cyanide. Pirarubicin accumulation in the intracellular glucose-depleted cells diminished significantly compared with that in normal cells. The efflux of pirarubicin from leukocytes was also temperature-dependent and inhibited by a metabolic inhibitor. These results indicate that a specific mechanism is concerned in the transport of pirarubicin in polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

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