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Query: EC:3.6.3.44 (
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Generation of bile flow is a regulated, ATP-dependent process and depends on the coordinated action of a number of transporter proteins in the sinusoidal and canalicular domains of the hepatocyte. Dysfunction of any of these proteins leads to retention of substrates, with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia or cholestasis as a result. In recent years many of the transport proteins involved in bile formation have been identified, cloned, and functionally characterized. The hepatocyte sinusoidal membrane contains transport proteins for the hepatic uptake of organic anions and cations and for the uptake of bile acids. The multispecific organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) mediates the hepatic uptake of organic anions and a variety of organic amphiphilic compounds, including organic cations. The organic cation transporter
OCT1
more specifically transports small organic cations. NTCP is the Na(+)-bile acid cotransporting protein that mediates the hepatic uptake of bile acids. The canalicular transport proteins are able to transport endogenous and exogenous metabolites into the bile against steep concentration gradients. Most of these transporters are members of the large ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily, and their transport function directly depends on the hydrolysis of Mg2+/ATP. At least five ABC transporter proteins have been characterized so far: 1) the human multidrug resistance protein MDR1 mediates the excretion of hydrophobic, mostly cationic, metabolites; 2) MDR3 is involved in phosphatidylcholine secretion; 3) the canalicular bile acid transporter cBAT mediates secretion of monovalent bile salts and provides the molecular basis of bile acid-dependent bile flow; 4) SPGP, product of the
P-glycoprotein
sister gene, is exclusively expressed in the liver but its function is currently unknown; and 5) the human multidrug resistance protein MRP2 mediates the excretion of multivalent anionic conjugates.
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PMID:Molecular aspects of hepatobiliary transport. 922 63
The polyspecific drug transporter
OCT1
is a plasma transmembrane protein involved in the uptake of cationic drugs into hepatocytes. In order to determine whether hepatic
OCT1
levels, like those of the other cationic drug transporter
P-glycoprotein
, may be altered during hepatocarcinogenesis, we have investigated
OCT1
expression and activity in rat liver carcinoma cells. Similar levels of
OCT1
mRNAs were evident in both normal liver and diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinomas by Northern blot analysis. In contrast, five hepatoma cell lines (Fao, Faza, H5, HTC and RHC1) showed either a decrease or an absence of
OCT1
expression compared to normal hepatocytes; these hepatoma cells also displayed lower intracellular accumulation of tetraethylammonium (TEA), a well-known substrate for
OCT1
. However, among the hepatoma cell lines, the well-differentiated Fao cell line was found to retain substantial levels of
OCT1
expression and of intracellular TEA uptake. Therefore, these data provide the first evidence that
OCT1
expression is well-preserved in chemically-induced rat malignant neoplastic liver lesions, whereas it is either decreased or undetectable in hepatoma cell lines, which may be related to the loss of various liver functions usually occurring in these cell lines.
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PMID:Differential expression of the polyspecific drug transporter OCT1 in rat hepatocarcinoma cells. 958 71
1. Two in vivo models, in the rat, were used to investigate, in the presence of different substrates, the overall and net intestinal elimination of ciprofloxacin: an open-intestinal perfusion model and an intestinal loop model respectively. 2. In the presence of quinidine, verapamil and cyclosporin (substrates of the
P-glycoprotein
(
P-gp
)), plasma AUCs of ciprofloxacin were 1.5 - 2 fold increased, while biliary clearance (1.5 - 2 fold), intestinal overall and net clearances (2 - 4 fold and 1.5 - 8 fold respectively) decreased. The weak effect obtained with cyclosporin as compared to verapamil and especially quinidine, suggests, for ciprofloxacin, the existence of transport systems distinct from the
P-gp
, as the
OCT1
transporter which could be inhibited by quinidine. 3. With cephalexin and azlocillin, two beta-lactam antibiotics, plasma AUCs of ciprofloxacin increased and biliary and intestinal overall clearances decreased in a similar fashion (1.3 - 2 fold), suggesting the involvement of organic anion and/or cation transporters. 4. In the presence of structural analogues, the effect was dependent on the compound administered: Sparfloxacin had no effect on intestinal clearance of ciprofloxacin. In contrast, with pefloxacin, overall intestinal clearance of ciprofloxacin was decreased and net intestinal clearance increased. 5. The specificity of ciprofloxacin intestinal transport appears to be different from
P-gp
as outlined by the lack of competition with sparfloxacin, a
P-gp
substrate. Ciprofloxacin intestinal elimination seems to be mediated by organic anion and/or cation transporters and a mechanism sensitive to quinidine and verapamil.
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PMID:Active intestinal elimination of ciprofloxacin in rats: modulation by different substrates. 1045 32
We found previously that expression of multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) 3 is induced in a mutant rat strain (Eisai hyperbilirubinemic rats) whose canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (cMOAT/MRP2) function is hereditarily defective and in normal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats after ligation of the common bile duct. In the present study, the inducible nature of MRP3 was examined, using Northern and Western blot analyses, in comparison with that of other secondary active [Na(+)-taurocholic acid cotransporting polypeptide (Ntcp), organic anion transporting polypeptide 1 (oatp1), and organic cation transporter (
OCT1
)] and primary active [
P-glycoprotein
(
P-gp
), cMOAT/MRP2, and MRP6] transporters. alpha-Naphthylisothiocyanate treatment and common bile duct ligation induced expression of
P-gp
and MRP3, whereas expression of Ntcp, oatp1, and
OCT1
was reduced by the same treatment. Although expression of MRP3 was also induced by administration of phenobarbital, that of cMOAT/MRP2, MRP1, and MRP6 was not affected by any of these treatments. Moreover, the mRNA level of MRP3, but not that of
P-gp
, was increased in SD rats after administration of bilirubin and in Gunn rats whose hepatic bilirubin concentration is elevated because of a defect in the expression of UDP-glucuronosyl transferase. However, the MRP3 protein level was not affected by bilirubin administration. Although the increased MRP3 mRNA level was associated with the increased concentration of bilirubin and/or its glucuronides in mutant rats and in SD rats that had undergone common bile duct ligation or alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate treatment, we must assume that factor(s) other than these physiological substances are also involved in the increased protein level of MRP3.
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PMID:Characterization of inducible nature of MRP3 in rat liver. 1071 64
Modulation of hepatic disposition of MPTP could influence susceptibility to its neurotoxicity. Therefore, we studied hepatocellular transport of MPTP in the perfused rat liver and isolated rat hepatocytes. The perfused liver extensively extracted MPTP. Amiloride and tubocurarine, inhibitors of
OCT1
, increased MPTP recovery (253 +/- 78 and 283 +/- 64%, respectively) and reduced PS(influx) (0.69 +/- 0.36 to 0.27 +/- 0.11, and 0.97 +/- 0.50 to 0.23 +/- 0.05 ml/s/g, respectively).
P-glycoprotein
inhibitor, daunomycin, and Oatp 1 & 2 inhibitor, rifamycin, had no effect. In isolated hepatocytes, amiloride and tubocurarine increased hepatic uptake of MPTP (23 +/- 12 and 6 +/- 2%, respectively). Daunomycin reduced MPTP uptake by 22 +/- 8% and rifamycin had no effect. Only a small proportion of MPTP is taken up into hepatocytes by transporters; however, modulation of these transport mechanisms will influence systemic bioavailability.
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PMID:Cell membrane transport of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in the liver and systemic bioavailability. 1170 89
The membrane transport processes of drugs are critical issues to determine their absorption, distribution and elimination. Recently, various drug transporters have been identified and characterized. The enterocyte peptide transporter PEPT1 mediates the absorption of peptide-like drugs including beta-lactam antibiotics as well as valacyclovir lacking peptide bond. In the kidney, the basolateral organic anion transporters (OAT1, OAT3) and cation transporters (
OCT1
, OCT2) mediate renal distribution of hydrophilic anionic and cationic drugs, respectively. The brush-border type OAT-K1/K2 were suggested to be a target transporter for methotrexate-leucovorine rescue therapy. The ATP-driven efflux pump
P-glycoprotein
appeared to be an interaction site between digoxin and clarithromycin or itraconazole in the kidney. In addition, the intestinal
P-glycoprotein
was suggested to act as an absorptive barrier for tacrolimus in recipients of liver and small bowel transplantation.
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PMID:[Molecular mechanisms on drug transporters in the drug absorption and disposition]. 1180 41
To determine the transport mechanism of sulpiride in an in vitro model of the human intestine, we investigated the transepithelial transport of this agent in Caco-2 cells. The transepithelial transport and intracellular accumulation of sulpiride were measured using Caco-2 cell monolayers cultured on a permeable membrane. The transepithelial transport of sulpiride in Caco-2 cells showed temperature dependence, and the transport was enhanced at weakly acidic pH on the apical side. These results demonstrate that the transepithelial transport of sulpiride is carrier mediated. To identify the drug transporter species that take part in the transepithelial transport of sulpiride, we examined the effects with the addition and preloading with specific substrates and inhibitors of various drug transporters. The results obtained from these examinations indicated that the apical-to-basolateral transport of sulpiride is mediated by the peptide transporter PEPT1, organic cation transporters OCTN1 and OCTN2 on the apical membrane, and the basolateral peptide transporter on the basolateral membrane. The basolateral-to-apical transport is mediated by the basolateral peptide transporter and organic cation transporter
OCT1
on the basolateral membrane and by
P-glycoprotein
on the apical membrane. A decrease in the absorption of sulpiride may occur in coadministration protocols involving PEPT1-, OCTN1-, and OCTN2-transported drugs. Coadministration using the
P-glycoprotein
-transported drugs, in contrast, may enhance the absorption of sulpiride.
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PMID:Studies on intestinal absorption of sulpiride (2): transepithelial transport of sulpiride across the human intestinal cell line Caco-2. 1239 92
Membrane transport proteins play a major role in hepato-biliary secretion of xenobiotics. Some of them, especially OATPs and
OCT1
, are present at the vascular pole of hepatocytes and mediate uptake of xenobiotics into parenchymal liver cells from blood whereas others, such as
P-glycoprotein
and MRP2, are ABC transporters present at the canalicular domain of hepatocytes and responsible for the transmembrane passage into bile of drugs or their metabolites. Many endogenous or exogenous factors, including drug metabolizing enzyme inducers, alter expression of hepatic transporters whose activity can moreover be inhibited by various structurally-unrelated compounds. Such changes of expression and/or activity of membrane transport proteins may contribute to some drug interactions.
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PMID:[Drug membrane transporters in the liver: regulation of their expression and activity]. 1251 3
The influence of the secretion process on the absorption of ciprofloxacin, grepafloxacin and sparfloxacin has been evaluated by means of inhibition studies. Two well known
P-glycoprotein
inhibitors (cyclosporine, verapamil), a mixed inhibitor of
P-glycoprotein
and the organic cation transporter
OCT1
(quinidine) and a well established MRP substrate (p-aminohipuric acid) have been selected in order to distinguish the possible carriers implicated. An in situ rat gut perfusion model and CACO-2 permeability studies are used. Both methods suggest the involvement of several types of efflux transporters for every fluoroquinolone. The relevance of the secretory pathway depends on the intrinsic permeability of the quinolone. The in vitro model seems to be more suitable for discriminating mechanisms underlying the absorption process, while in situ studies are less sensitive to inhibition studies.
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PMID:Transintestinal secretion of ciprofloxacin, grepafloxacin and sparfloxacin: in vitro and in situ inhibition studies. 1263 4
Functional expression of both sinusoidal and canalicular hepatic drug transporters was investigated in the highly differentiated human hepatoma HepaRG cell line and also, for comparison, in primary human hepatocytes and in the hepatoma HepG2 cell line. Using RT-qPCR assays, differentiated HepaRG cells were found to display a pattern of transporter expression close to that found in primary human hepatocytes, i.e. they exhibit substantial mRNA levels of the influx transporters
OCT1
, OATP-B, OATP-C and NTCP, and of the secretion transporters MRP2, MRP3, BSEP and
P-glycoprotein
. By contrast, expression of influx transporters was not present or very weak in HepG2 cells. Drug transport assays allowed to detect functional activities of
OCT1
, OATPs/OAT2, NTCP, MRPs and
P-glycoprotein
in differentiated HepaRG cells as in primary human hepatocytes whereas HepG2 cells only showed notable MRP and
P-glycoprotein
activities. In addition, expression of canalicular transporters in HepaRG cells was found to be up-regulated by known inducers of transporters such as rifampicin, phenobarbital and chenodeoxycholate acting on
P-glycoprotein
, MRP2 and BSEP, respectively. HepaRG cells thus exhibit functional expression of both sinusoidal and canalicular drug transporters and have retained regulatory pathways controlling transporter levels. These data, associated with the known high expression of drug metabolizing enzymes in HepaRG cells, highlight the interest of such hepatoma cells for analysing hepatic drug detoxification pathways.
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PMID:Functional expression of sinusoidal and canalicular hepatic drug transporters in the differentiated human hepatoma HepaRG cell line. 1648 78
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