TABLE 5

Effect of potential inhibitors on [3H]GlySar uptake in P. pastoris cells expressing different mammalian species of Pept1 gene

Data are expressed as means ± S.E. (n = 3). The results were vector-subtracted and are shown as a percentage of control (buffer).

Inhibitory CompoundYeast Transformant
pPIC3.5K-hPept1pPIC3.5K-mPept1pPIC3.5K-rPept1
Control100 ± 28100 ± 7100 ± 10
Glycine130 ± 17104 ± 691.5 ± 6.4
l-Histidine122 ± 13103 ± 6113 ± 8
GlyPro3.9 ± 1.7*1.9 ± 1.0*0.6 ± 0.3*
Cefadroxil6.4 ± 13.7*16.7 ± 1.7*23.1 ± 1.2*
Cephradine23.2 ± 5.4*9.8 ± 0.7*23.4 ± 1.8*
Cefazolin81.1 ± 2.687.4 ± 0.793.7 ± 6.3
Cephalothin84.8 ± 3.385.0 ± 4.6119 ± 1
Cephapirin100 ± 1483.7 ± 6.3122 ± 5
Acyclovir114 ± 899.8 ± 5.6109 ± 10
Valacyclovir3.5 ± 3.3*4.5 ± 1.1*5.5 ± 0.5*
SITS127 ± 1286.1 ± 3.6107 ± 10
TEA113 ± 983.7 ± 2.094.8 ± 5.4
Elacridar100 ± 689.3 ± 3.6119 ± 3
  • * p ≤ 0.001 compared with control. GlySar was studied at 5.0 μM and the potential inhibitors at 10 mM.