D-Glucose transport

S] + K )] for the hexokinase-catalyzed phosphorylation reactions of 2DG and D-glucose, respectively [S (substrate) + E (enzyme) — ES— -I- P (product)]. This constant (LC) accounts for the ratio of the arteriovenous extraction fraction (by transport and phosphorylation) of 2DG to that of D-glucose (LC= 1) under steady-state conditions. This concept can be directly applied to the case of 2DFG by employing the LC (-0.5) for 2DFG. 

Although cytochalasin B normally functions as a reversible inhibitor of glucose transport, upon exposure to ultraviolet light a small proportion of the bound cytochalasin B molecules become covalently linked to the transporter protein [128-130]. Photolabelling is inhibitable by D-glucose and other transported sugars but not by... 

The effects of D-glucose observed in vivo are not well reproduced in vitro. Madara [203] reported that cytoskeletal contraction and enhanced paracellular permeability were observed only in an in situ perfusion preparation and not in an isolated tissue preparation. Although its in vivo effect was not tested, 25 mM D-glucose, an effective concentration in the jejunum [47], failed to enhance the in vitro transport of sotalol (log PC = -0.62), atenolol (log PC = 0.16), or nadolol (log PC = 0.93) across the isolated conjunctiva [213], For a similar reason and possibly due to the absence of a Na+-glucose cotransporter in the cornea, 25 mM D-glucose was ineffective in increasing the corneal transport of these three drugs. 

Shanahan, M.F., Wadzinski, B.E., Lowndes, J.M., and Ruoho, A.E. (1985) Photoaffinity labeling of the human erythrocyte monosaccharide transporter with an aryl azide derivative of D-glucose. J. Biol. Chem. 260, 10897-10900. 

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