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Faria A, Pestana D, Teixeira D, Couraud PO, Romero I, Weksler B, de Freitas V, Mateus N, Calhau C. Insights into the putative catechin and epicatechin transport across blood-brain barrier. Food Funct 2010; 2:39-44. [PMID: 21773584 DOI: 10.1039/c0fo00100g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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UNLABELLED The identification of mechanisms associated with phenolic neuroprotection is delayed due to a lack of information regarding the ability of phenolic compounds to enter the central nervous system (CNS). The aim of this work was to evaluate the transmembrane transport of catechin and epicatechin across blood-brain barrier (BBB). Two BBB cell lines, RBE-4 cells (immortalized cell line of rat capillary cerebral endothelial cells) and hCMEC/D3 (immortalized human cerebral microvessel endothelial cell line), were used. HPLC-DAD/MS was used to detect these compounds and their metabolites in the studied samples. The metabolites of the tested flavan-3-ols were synthesized to be used as standards. Catechin and epicatechin could cross both cells in a time-dependent manner. This transport was stereoselective (epicatechin ≫ catechin), involving one or more stereoselective entities. Additionally, these cells were capable of metabolizing these compounds, particularly by conjugation with glucuronic acid, since this metabolite was detected in the basolateral media. Several studies suggest that blood levels of catechin and epicatechin are far below the levels used in this study and that these compounds appeared mainly as methyl, sulfate and glucuronide metabolites. Nevertheless, the information obtained by this study is valuable for the new insights about flavan-3-ols transport. IN CONCLUSION (i) catechin and epicatechin are capable of crossing the BBB; (ii) a stereoselective process was involved in the passage of these compounds across BBB cells; (iii) these endothelial cells have enzymes capable of metabolizing these compounds.
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- Ana Faria
- Department of Biochemistry (U38-FCT), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Al. Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
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Colabufo NA, Berardi F, Cantore M, Contino M, Inglese C, Niso M, Perrone R. Perspectives of P-Glycoprotein Modulating Agents in Oncology and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Pharmaceutical, Biological, and Diagnostic Potentials. J Med Chem 2009; 53:1883-97. [DOI: 10.1021/jm900743c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Nicola Antonio Colabufo
- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Universitá degli Studi di Bari, Facoltá di Farmacia, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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Bartels AL, van Berckel BNM, Lubberink M, Luurtsema G, Lammertsma AA, Leenders KL. Blood-brain barrier P-glycoprotein function is not impaired in early Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2008; 14:505-8. [PMID: 18325822 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2007] [Revised: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The cause of Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown. Genetic susceptibility and exposure to environmental toxins contribute to specific neuronal loss in PD. Decreased blood-brain barrier (BBB) P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux function has been proposed as a possible causative link between toxin exposure and PD neurodegeneration. In the present study BBB P-gp function was investigated in vivo in 10 early stage PD patients and 8 healthy control subjects using (R)-[(11)C]-verapamil and PET. Cerebral volume of distribution (V(d)) of verapamil was used as measure of P-gp function. Both region of interest (ROI) analysis and voxel analysis using statistical parametric mapping (SPM) were performed to assess regional brain P-gp function. In addition, MDR1 genetic polymorphism was assessed. In the present study, a larger variation in V(d) of (R)-[(11)C]-verapamil was seen in the PD group as compared to the control group. However, decreased BBB P-gp function in early stage PD patients could not be confirmed.
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- A L Bartels
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Liou HH, Hsu HJ, Tsai YF, Shih CY, Chang YC, Lin CJ. Interaction between nicotine and MPTP/MPP+ in rat brain endothelial cells. Life Sci 2007; 81:664-72. [PMID: 17689566 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2007] [Revised: 06/21/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To examine the interaction between nicotine and MPTP/MPP+ in the blood-brain barrier, cellular uptake of MPTP and MPP+ was studied in the presence of nicotine and several compounds, including MPTP/MPP+ analogs and a specific inhibitor of organic cation transporter (OCT) in an adult rat brain microvascular endothelial cell line (ARBEC). The kinetic properties of the uptake of MPTP, MPP+, and nicotine were also examined. In addition, a microdialysis study was performed to evaluate the in vivo effect of nicotine (i.p.) on extracellular levels of MPTP and MPP+ in the brain after intravenous administration of MPTP. The results showed that uptake of MPTP, MPP+, and nicotine was partly mediated by a carrier system that was sensitive to decynium22, a specific OCT inhibitor. RT-PCR showed the presence of OCT1 mRNA in ARBEC. Capacity for uptake of MPTP and nicotine was much higher than that for MPP+ (Km and Vm values of 10.94+/-1.44 microM and 0.049+/-0.007 pmol/mg s, respectively, for MPP+, compared to values of 35.75+/-0.85 microM and 40.95+/-3.56 pmol/mg s for MPTP and 25.29+/-6.44 microM and 51.15+/-14.18 pmol/mg s for nicotine). In addition, nicotine competitively inhibited the uptake of both MPTP and MPP+, with inhibition constants (Ki) of 328 microM and 210 microM, respectively. In vivo microdialysis results showed that nicotine significantly reduced brain extracellular levels of MPTP in the first 30 min (507.4+/-8.5 ng/ml vs. 637.9+/-30.8 ng/ml with and without nicotine pre-treatment, respectively), but did not have significant effect on those of MPP+. In conclusion, nicotine can inhibit in vitro cellular uptake and in vivo transfer of MPTP across the blood-brain barrier, which can be mediated by multiple pathways including OCT1.
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- Horng-Huei Liou
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, and Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ciarimboli G, Schlatter E. Regulation of organic cation transport. Pflugers Arch 2004; 449:423-41. [PMID: 15688244 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-004-1355-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2004] [Accepted: 09/27/2004] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Transport of organic cations (OC) is important for the recycling of endogenous OC and also a necessary step for detoxification of exogenous OC in the body. Even though the identification and characterisation of numerous OC transporters in recent years has allowed the elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying OC transport, elucidation of the regulation of this transport is just beginning. This review summarises the general properties of OC transport and then analyses the literature on the regulation of these processes. Studies on short- and long-term regulation of OC transport are considered separately. Important aspects of short-term regulation have been clarified and the regulatory pathways of several OC transporters have been characterised. Short-term regulation appears to be transporter subtype-, tissue- and species-dependent and to involve transporter phosphorylation. Transporter phosphorylation may alter the affinity for substrates or/and expression on the plasma membrane. Even though several studies have shown long-term regulation of OC transport, the pathophysiological meaning of these changes are not well understood. In this case, regulation seems to be subtype-, tissue- and gender-specific. Further research is necessary to clarify this important issue of regulation of OC transport.
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- Giuliano Ciarimboli
- Experimentelle Nephrologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik D, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Domagkstrasse 3a, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Friedrich A, Prasad PD, Freyer D, Ganapathy V, Brust P. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the OCTN2 transporter at the RBE4 cells, an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier. Brain Res 2003; 968:69-79. [PMID: 12644265 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)04271-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The transport of L-carnitine (4-N-trimethylamino-3-hydroxybutyric acid), a compound known to be transported by the organic cation transporter/carnitine transporter OCTN2, was studied in immortalized rat brain endothelial cells (RBE4). The cells were found to take up L-carnitine by a sodium-dependent process. This uptake process was saturable with an apparent Michaelis-Menten constant for L-carnitine of 54+/-10 microM and a maximal velocity of 215+/-35 pmol/mg protein/h. Besides L-carnitine, the cells also took up acetyl-L-carnitine and propionyl-L-carnitine in a sodium-dependent manner and TEA in a sodium-independent manner. RT-PCR with primers specific for the rat OCTN2 transporter revealed the existence of OCTN2 mRNA in RBE4 cells. Screening of a cDNA library from RBE4 cells with rat OCTN2 cDNA as a probe identified a positive clone which showed, when expressed in HeLa cells, the functional characteristics of OCTN2. The HeLa cells expressing the RBE4 OCTN2 cDNA showed a sixfold increase in L-carnitine uptake and a fourfold increase in TEA uptake in a sodium-containing buffer. Typical inhibitors for organic cation transporters (e.g. MPP(+) or TEA) showed an inhibitory effect on the transport of L-carnitine and TEA into the transfected cells. Similarly, unlabeled L-carnitine inhibited the transport of [3H]-L-carnitine and [14C]TEA in transfected HeLa cells. It is concluded that RBE4 cells, a widely used in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), express the organic cation/carnitine transporter OCTN2.
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Martel F, Keating E. Uptake of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) by the JAR human placental choriocarcinoma cell line: comparison with 5-hydroxytryptamine. Placenta 2003; 24:361-9. [PMID: 12657510 DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The aim of this work was to characterize the uptake of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)) in the JAR human choriocarcinoma cell line. As JAR cells, as well as the placenta, express the neuronal serotonin transporter (SERT), a comparison between the uptake of (3)H-MPP(+) and (3)H-serotonin ((3)H-5HT) was made. Specific uptake of (3)H-MPP(+) (0.2 microM ) was temperature-, Na(+)- and potential-dependent. 5HT and MPP(+) reduced (3)H-MPP(+) specific uptake (for 5HT, its IC(50) was found to be 4 microM ). The SERT inhibitors desipramine and fluoxetine also inhibited (3)H-MPP(+) specific uptake (with IC(50)s of 189 and 0.92 microM, respectively). The inhibitors of the extraneuronal monoamine transporter (EMT) and of the organic cation transporter type 2 (OCT2), corticosterone and decynium22, had no effect on (3)H-MPP(+) specific uptake, but cyanine863 concentration-dependently reduced it (with an IC(50) of 23 microM ). Specific uptake of (3)H-5HT (0.2 microM ) by JAR cells was temperature-, Na(+)- and potential-dependent. 5HT, MPP(+), desipramine and fluoxetine concentration-dependently inhibited (3)H-5HT specific uptake (with IC(50)s of 1.9 microM, 50 microM, 0.17 microM and 0.046 microM, respectively). Corticosterone showed no effect, but decynium22 and cyanine863 significantly reduced(3) H-5HT specific uptake. For cyanine863, its IC(50) was found to be 11 microM. In conclusion, the results suggest that: (1) uptake of (3)H-5HT by JAR cells occurs exclusively through SERT; (2) uptake of(3) H-MPP(+) by JAR cells involves SERT and also another transporter; (3) neither EMT nor OCT2 are functionally present in JAR cells.
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- F Martel
- Department of Biochemistry (U38-FCT), Faculty of Medicine, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
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Martel F, Keating E, Azevedo I. Effect of P-glycoprotein modulators on the human extraneuronal monoamine transporter. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 422:31-7. [PMID: 11430910 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01055-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of P-glycoprotein modulators on human extraneuronal monoamine transporter (EMT)-mediated transport. The experiments were performed using a cell line from human embryonic kidney (HEK293 cells) stably transfected with pcDNA3hEMT (293(hEMT)), or with pcDNA3 alone (293(control)). Of the P-glycoprotein modulators tested, rhodamine123, verapamil and daunomycin concentration-dependently inhibited EMT-mediated uptake of [3H]1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ([3H]MPP(+)). The corresponding IC(50)'s were found to be 3.6, 37 and 130 microM, respectively. By contrast, vinblastine, digitoxin and cyclosporine A were devoid of effect. The endogenous organic cation tyramine, but not choline, inhibited EMT-mediated transport (IC(50) of 468 microM). Moreover, L-arginine and L-histidine (up to 1 mM) did not affect [3H]MPP(+) uptake. Finally, MPP(+) and tyramine trans-stimulated [3H]MPP(+) uptake, but rhodamine123 had no effect, and verapamil and daunomycin trans-inhibited [3H]MPP(+) uptake. In conclusion, this study shows that several cationic modulators of P-glycoprotein inhibit EMT-mediated transport. As a consequence, the interaction of P-glycoprotein modulators with EMT must be taken into account, and the consequences of this interaction must not be forgotten when using such drugs in vivo.
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- F Martel
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
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