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The eicosanoids that are produced within the cell are immediately transported into the extracellular compartment, as they are cytotoxic \cite{Pompeia2002}. The transport systems relevant to each eicosanoid have not yet been fully characterised, therefore an ATP-binding cassette transporter has been assumed as the method of transportation across the cellular membrane for reactions 22-43. To model this we have used reversible the Michaelis Menten equation once more. The regeneration of ATP will be taken into account in the equilibrium constants. As there is no known data about the eicosanoid selectivity of the transporter, the Michaelis Menten constant (Km) and catalytic activity (kcat) are currently the same for each substrate.  
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When a cell produces eicosanoids they are immediately transported into the extracellular compartment, as they are cytotoxic \cite{Pompeia2002}. An ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter has been assumed as the method of transportation across the cellular membrane for reactions 22-43.  
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An ABC transporter was assumed as the export transporter of lipids because it is widely reported as transporting organic molecules (ref). Due to the increased amount of free energy provided by the ATP hydrolysis reaction, the transporter is able to relocate molecules against a concentration gradient. The model only contains an inward facing transporter, although in reality there is also an outward facing variant.
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In the literature a prostaglandin transporter is reported (Schuster2015), but due to the lack of kinetic analysis of the transporter, the ABC transporter was modelled. We assume that rate of transportation across the membrane may be similar between transporters, however once specific transporter kinetics become available, the model will be updated.  
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The rate law was designed to encompass the basic principles of an ATP transporter, e.g. the consumption of the internal lipid is directly proportional to amount of transporters. The ratio of substrate and product describes how the gradient would affect the rate of transportation, for example if the concentration of the external lipid equalled that of the internal, transportation would cease. The final term in the equation is the driving force for the transportation, calculated using Gibbs free energy of ATP hydrolysis, the gas constant, temperature and the concentrations of ATP and ADP. As the reformation of ATP is considerably faster than the lipid transporter the ratio was assumed to remain constant.  
  
Lipids are reported to be exported out of cells via an ATP binding cassette transporter. This process occurs against a concentration gradient; therefore hydrolysis of ATP is required to overcome the thermodynamic barrier.
 
  
  
  
 
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== Reaction ==
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Revision as of 17:38, 4 November 2016

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When a cell produces eicosanoids they are immediately transported into the extracellular compartment, as they are cytotoxic \cite{Pompeia2002}. An ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter has been assumed as the method of transportation across the cellular membrane for reactions 22-43.

An ABC transporter was assumed as the export transporter of lipids because it is widely reported as transporting organic molecules (ref). Due to the increased amount of free energy provided by the ATP hydrolysis reaction, the transporter is able to relocate molecules against a concentration gradient. The model only contains an inward facing transporter, although in reality there is also an outward facing variant.

In the literature a prostaglandin transporter is reported (Schuster2015), but due to the lack of kinetic analysis of the transporter, the ABC transporter was modelled. We assume that rate of transportation across the membrane may be similar between transporters, however once specific transporter kinetics become available, the model will be updated.

The rate law was designed to encompass the basic principles of an ATP transporter, e.g. the consumption of the internal lipid is directly proportional to amount of transporters. The ratio of substrate and product describes how the gradient would affect the rate of transportation, for example if the concentration of the external lipid equalled that of the internal, transportation would cease. The final term in the equation is the driving force for the transportation, calculated using Gibbs free energy of ATP hydrolysis, the gas constant, temperature and the concentrations of ATP and ADP. As the reformation of ATP is considerably faster than the lipid transporter the ratio was assumed to remain constant.



Reaction

Chemical equation

 Intracellular Lipid + 2ATP + 2H2O \rightleftharpoons Extracellular Lipid + 2ADP + 2Pi + 2H(+)

Rate equation

Parameters

Michaelis-Menten Constants
Value Units Species Notes Reference
0.0109 ± 0.00391 mM Human Substrate: LTC4

pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant MRP2, using 4mM MgATP and 5g of isolated membranes.

[1]
0.0000366 ± 0.0000038 mM Human Substrate LTC4, 37 °C, 4 mM ATP, [2]
5.3E-3 ± 2.6E-3 mM Human 4 mM ATP, 37°C, 5–10 ml of membrane vesicle suspension (30

mg protein).

[3]
Turnover Number
Value Units Species Notes Reference
11.34 per minute Human Substrate: ATP [1]
Vmax ***
Value Units Species Notes Reference
0.00019 ± 1.96e-5 mmol/min/mg protein Human Substrate: LTC4

pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant MRP2, using 4mM MgATP and 5g of isolated membranes.

[1]
1.25e-7 ± 1.2e-8 mmol/min/mg Human Substrate LTC4, 37 °C, 4 mM ATP, [2]
2.02e-8 ± 5.9e-9 mmol/mg/min Human 4 mM ATP, 37°C, 5–10 ml of membrane vesicle suspension (30

mg protein).

[3]

References

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