Table 1

Kinetic parameters for uptake of enalapril by isolated rat hepatocytes

ExperimentKm1-aVmax1-a
μM nmol/min/106 cells
Whole liver cells with sodium (n = 5)344  ± 521-b 11.0  ± 1.5
Whole liver cells without sodium (n = 4)446  ± 17911.6  ± 4.2
Periportal cells with sodium (n = 4)461  ± 1179.5  ± 2.0
Perivenous cells with sodium (n = 4)441  ± 5010.4  ± 2.0
ANOVANS1-c NS

The weighting scheme of 1/(observation)2 was optimal, and was used for fitting with the program Scientist (v.2; Micromath Scientific Software, Salt Lake City, Utah)

  • 1-a Kinetic constants obtained from fitting to a single saturable component model (eq. 1)

  • 1-b S.D. of the mean

  • 1-c Not significant (P > .05)