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Gruber KA, Ji RL, Gallazzi F, Jiang S, Van Doren SR, Tao YX, Newton Northup J. Development of a Therapeutic Peptide for Cachexia Suggests a Platform Approach for Drug-like Peptides. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2022; 5:344-361. [PMID: 35592439 PMCID: PMC9112415 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.1c00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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During the development of a melanocortin (MC) peptide drug to treat the condition of cachexia (a hypermetabolic state producing lean body mass wasting), we were confronted with the need for peptide transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB): the MC-4 receptors (MC4Rs) for metabolic rate control are located in the hypothalamus, i.e., behind the BBB. Using the term "peptides with BBB transport", we screened the medical literature like a peptide library. This revealed numerous "hits"-peptides with BBB transport and/or oral activity. We noted several features common to most peptides in this class, including a dipeptide sequence of nonpolar residues, primary structure cyclization (whole or partial), and a Pro-aromatic motif usually within the cyclized region. Based on this, we designed an MC4R antagonist peptide, TCMCB07, that successfully treated many forms of cachexia. As part of our pharmacokinetic characterization of TCMCB07, we discovered that hepatobiliary extraction from blood accounted for a majority of the circulating peptide's excretion. Further screening of the literature revealed that TCMCB07 is a member of a long-forgotten peptide class, showing active transport by a multi-specific bile salt carrier. Bile salt transport peptides have predictable pharmacokinetics, including BBB transport, but rapid hepatic clearance inhibited their development as drugs. TCMCB07 shares the general characteristics of the bile salt peptide class but with a much longer half-life of hours, not minutes. A change in its C-terminal amino acid sequence slows hepatic clearance. This modification is transferable to other peptides in this class, suggesting a platform approach for producing drug-like peptides.
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- Kenneth A Gruber
- John M. Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, and Department of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States.,Tensive Controls, Inc., Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Interaction Core, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and NMR Core, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States`
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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Shim YY, Reaney MJT. Kinetic Interactions between Cyclolinopeptides and Immobilized Human Serum Albumin by Surface Plasmon Resonance. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2015; 63:1099-1106. [PMID: 25554104 DOI: 10.1021/jf504811x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cyclolinopeptides (CLs) are octa-, nona-, and decapeptides present in flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) that may have immunosuppressive and antitumor activities, but little is known of their pharmacokinetics. Human serum albumin (HSA), the most abundant blood protein, is an important mediator of organic solute flux, and hence when compounds bind this protein, it potentially affects both their availability and efficacy. Quantitative thermodynamic analysis of the interaction of compounds with HSA is important in the development of biomedical applications. A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor was utilized to reliably determine binding constants for several CLs with HSA. The maximum binding response of [1-9-NαC]-CLA/HSA was almost 20-fold higher than that of [1-8-NαC],[1-MetO]-CLE/HSA. Through analysis of an array of peptides, it was possible to correlate the impact of structural changes on CL binding. The oxidation of sulfur in methionine (Met) residues formed methionine S-oxide (MetO) and reduced binding significantly. Most strikingly, the further oxidation of MetO to S,S-dioxide (MetO2) produced CLs with stronger binding. The large impact on binding by relatively small modifications of methionine containing CLs suggested that small changes in methionine oxidation can disrupt hydrophobic interaction, the predominant intermolecular force stabilizing the complex between CLs and HSA. SPR binding studies may aid in understanding the fate of CLs after consumption of flaxseed or flaxseed products or the development of CLs as drugs or drug carriers.
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- Youn Young Shim
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada
- Prairie Tide Chemicals Inc., 102 Melville Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 0R1, Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada
- Prairie Tide Chemicals Inc., 102 Melville Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 0R1, Canada
- Guangdong Saskatchewan Oilseed Joint Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University , 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Ovadia O, Greenberg S, Laufer B, Gilon C, Hoffman A, Kessler H. Improvement of drug-like properties of peptides: the somatostatin paradigm. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2010; 5:655-71. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2010.493935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Ettore Benedetti
- Dipartimento delle Scienze Biologiche, Sezione Biostrutture and Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sui Peptidi Bioattivi, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80134 Napoli, Italy.
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Saviano G, Rossi F, Benedetti E, Pedone C, Mierke DF, Maione A, Zanotti G, Tancredi T, Saviano M. Structural consequences of metal complexation of cyclo[Pro-Phe-Phe-Ala-Xaa]2 decapeptides. Chemistry 2001; 7:1176-83. [PMID: 11322543 DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20010316)7:6<1176::aid-chem1176>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The conformational features of both free and Ca2+-complexed cyclo[Pro-Phe-Phe-Ala-Xaa]2 (with Xaa= Glu(OtBu), Lys(CIZ), Leu, and Ala) in solution have been determined by NMR spectroscopy and extensive distance-geometry calculations. The decapeptides are conformationally homogeneous in solution and show common structural features in their free and complexed forms. The structures of the free form contain only trans peptide bonds and are topologically similar to the structure of gramicidin-S, folded up in two antiparallel extended structures, stabilized by interstrand hydrogen bonds, and closed at both ends by two beta-turns. In contrast, the Ca2+-complexed peptides present two cis peptide bonds and are generally similar to those observed for the metal-complexed forms of antamanide and related analogues, folded into a saddle shape with two beta-turns. The Glu(OtBu)-, Leu-, and Lys(ClZ)-containing peptides examined here maintain the biological activity of the cyclolinopeptide A in their ability to competitively inhibit cholate uptake. The natural antamanide and cyclolinopeptide A are both able to inhibit the uptake of bile salts into hepatocytes. They share the same postulated active sequence Pro-Phe-Phe. Based on our structural results, we conclude that the ability to adopt a global conformation, characterized by a clear amphipathic separation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces, is an important feature for the functioning of this class of peptides.
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- G Saviano
- Facoltà di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Università degli Studi del Molise, Isernia, Italy.
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Rossi F, Saviano M, Di Talia P, Di Blasio B, Pedone C, Zanotti G, Mosca M, Saviano G, Tancredi T, Ziegler K, Benedetti E. Solution and solid state structure of an aib-containing cyclodecapeptide inhibiting the cholate uptake in hepatocytes. Biopolymers 2000; 40:465-78. [PMID: 9062069 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(1996)40:5<465::aid-bip4>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The conformational analysis of synthetic cyclodecapeptide c(Pro-Phe-phe-Aib-Leu)2 related to the cyclolinopeptide A, in the solid state and solution, has been carried out by x-ray diffraction and nmr spectroscopy. The structure of the monoclinic form obtained from methanol [a = 11.351 (5) A, b = 27.455 (2) A, c = 12.716 (8) A, beta = 99.65 (3) degrees; space group P2(1); Z = 2] shows the presence of six intramolecular NH...CO hydrogen bonds, with formation of four turns (three of type I and one of type III) and two C16 ring structures. All peptide units are trans. The solution structure, as found by nmr, indicates that, at room temperature, the peptide is conformationally homogeneous; the structure determined is perfectly symmetrical and topologically similar to that found in the solid state. The cyclodecapeptide exhibits similar biological activity to cyclolinopeptide A.
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- F Rossi
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
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Kothary PC, Kokudo N, Eckhauser FE, DelValle J, Raper SE. Preferential suppression of insulin-stimulated proliferation of cultured hepatocytes by somatostatin: evidence for receptor-mediated growth regulation. J Cell Biochem 1995; 59:258-65. [PMID: 8904319 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240590214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The role of somatostatin (SS-14) in the regulation of rat liver regeneration was examined by using thymidine incorporation into hepatocyte DNA labeled with tritiated thymidine, a nuclear-labeling index, and the binding of 125I-tyr11-SS-14 to hepatocytes isolated at various times after partial hepatectomy. The data demonstrated no suppressive effect of SS-14 on insulin and glucagon-stimulated thymidine incorporation into hepatocyte DNA as early as 2 h after partial hepatectomy. These data were substantiated by a nuclear labeling index studies. At 2 h, 125I-tyr11-SS-14 binding to its specific sites on isolated hepatocytes was undetectable. There was a time-dependent increase in binding of 125I-tyr11-SS-14 to hepatocytes obtained at various times after partial hepatectomy. There was a significant decrease in the number of binding sites after partial hepatectomy as determined by Scatchard analysis. The data were supported by autoradiography analysis of affinity labeled 125I-tyr11-SS-14-binding protein complex followed by SDS-PAGE. SS-14 also inhibited intracellular cAMP in hepatocytes obtained at 18 h after hepatectomy. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that SS-14 participates via its own receptor in the regulation of the liver regeneration.
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- P C Kothary
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0714, USA
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Petzinger E. Transport of organic anions in the liver. An update on bile acid, fatty acid, monocarboxylate, anionic amino acid, cholephilic organic anion, and anionic drug transport. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 123:47-211. [PMID: 8209137 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0030903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- E Petzinger
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Giessen, Germany
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Seeberger A, Ziegler K. Hepatocellular uptake of peptides--II. Interactions between hydrophilic linear renin-inhibiting peptides and transport systems for endogenous substrates in liver cells. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 45:917-25. [PMID: 8452567 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90177-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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To define the endogenous transport system responsible for the hepatocellular uptake of hydrophilic linear peptides, interactions between the cationic renin-inhibitor, [5(4-amino-piperidyl-1-carbonyl-L-2,6[3H]phenyl-alanyl-beta-alanyl(4S- amino-3S-hydroxy-5-cyclo-hexyl)-pentan-carbonyl-L-isoleucyl-ami nom ethyl-4-amino-2-methyl-pyrimidine-citrat] (code number EMD 56133; EMD, E. Merck, Darmstadt) and substrates of endogenous transport systems of liver cells were studied in isolated rat hepatocytes. EMD 56133 competitively inhibited the uptake of ouabain (Ki = 75 microM) and vice versa (Ki = 200 microM). In contrast, the sodium-dependent as well as the sodium-independent uptake of cholate and the total uptake of taurocholate were non-competitively blocked, whereas EMD 56133 decreased the uptake of the cyclosomatostatin 008 in an uncompetitive manner. EMD 56133 did not interfere with transport systems for monovalent organic cations, amino acids and long chain fatty acids. The uptake of rifampicin, however, was increased in the presence of EMD 56133. The transport of EMD 56133 was non-competitively inhibited by cholate (Ki = 126 microM) and taurocholate (Ki = 44 microM), and uncompetitively inhibited by the linear peptide EMD 51921. In contrast, the uncharged compound ouabain (Ki = 200 microM) and the bivalent organic cation d-tubocurarine (Ki = 370 microM) competitively inhibited the uptake of the renin inhibitor. Several substrates of other endogenous transport systems (e.g. bilirubin, cyclopeptides, monovalent cations, dipeptides, amino acids, fatty acids, hexoses) did not interfere with the transport of EMD 56133. Our results suggest that transport systems for bivalent organic cations or uncharged compounds (ouabain) are able to eliminate the linear hydrophilic peptide tested.
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- A Seeberger
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Meijer DKF, Ziegler K. Mechanisms for the Hepatic Clearance of Oligopeptides and Proteins. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2898-2_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Raper SE, Kothary PC, DelValle J. Identification and partial characterization of a somatostatin-14 binding protein on rat liver plasma membranes. Hepatology 1992; 16:433-9. [PMID: 1353473 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840160223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Binding of somatostatin-14 to rat liver plasma membranes was characterized with 125-labeled[tyr11] somatostatin-14. Binding at 24 degrees C reached a plateau at 50 min and was reversible by synthetic somatostatin-14. Scatchard analysis revealed a single class of binding sites (affinity constant = 2.4 +/- 0.2 nmol/L, binding capacity = 148 +/- 0.02 fmol/mg protein). Specificity for somatostatin-14 was demonstrated by the inhibition of 125I-[tyr11]somatostatin-14 binding by biologically active somatostatin analogs but not by a biologically inactive somatostatin analog or unrelated peptides. The radioiodinated binding site complex could be cross-linked with disuccinimidyl suberate. Analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel autoradiography revealed a 70,000-Da band. Dithiothreitol, a reducing reagent, did not alter the mobility of the band, and the band could be abolished in the presence of 10 mumol/L synthetic somatostatin-14. Covalently cross-linked, iodinated binding protein complexes could be solubilized by the nonreducing detergents Zwittergent 3-12 and 3-([3-cholamidopropyl] diethylammonio)-1-propanesulfonic acid (CHAPS). Solubilized complex bound to wheat-germ agglutinin-agarose columns and was eluted by N,N',N"-triacetylchitotriose. Binding to wheat-germ agglutinin agarose columns was lost after pretreatment with endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase F. Binding studies with liver plasma membranes, 125I-labeled[tyrosine11]somatostatin-14 and guanine nucleotides showed inhibition of binding in the presence of guanine nucleotides. These results indicate that the purified rat liver plasma membranes contain a specific binding protein for somatostatin-14, the binding protein appears to be glycosylated and somatostatin-14 binding to rat liver plasma membranes may be regulated by G proteins.
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- S E Raper
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0331
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Elsner R, Ziegler K. Radiation inactivation of multispecific transport systems for bile acids and xenobiotics in basolateral rat liver plasma membrane vesicles. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50162-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ziegler K, Sänger U. Binding proteins for linear renin-inhibiting peptides in basolateral plasma membranes of rat liver. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1103:219-28. [PMID: 1543706 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(92)90090-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A linear hydrophobic peptide, (Code no. EMD 55068), a synthetic renin-antagonist, competitively inhibits the uptake of taurocholate and of another linear peptide (EMD 51921) but not of oleic acid, serine or thiamin hydrochloride into isolated rat liver cells. EMD 55068 was attached to a gel matrix at a position that is not involved in the protein ligand interaction. The gel matrix used did not interact nonspecifically with solubilized proteins from rat liver. The quantity of bound ligand was determined to be 3.6 mg/ml of gel matrix. In the fraction of EDTA extracted hydrophilic membrane-associated proteins, no binding proteins were detected. Affinity chromatography of integral plasma membrane proteins resulted in four protein bands with molecular masses of 46, 49, 53 and 56 kDa in SDS-PAGE. In contrast, solubilized plasma membrane proteins from AS-30D ascites hepatoma cells, which are unable to transport bile acids and linear peptides, did not bind specifically to the affinity matrix.
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- K Ziegler
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
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Burwen SJ, Schmucker DL, Jones AL. Subcellular and molecular mechanisms of bile secretion. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1992; 135:269-313. [PMID: 1618608 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62043-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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One of the liver's principal functions is the formation of bile, which is requisite for digestion of fat and elimination of detoxified drugs and metabolites. Bile is a complex fluid made up of water, electrolytes, bile acids, pigments, proteins, lipids, and a multitude of chemical breakdown products. In this review, we have summarized the source of various biliary components, the route by which they end up in bile, including the underlying subcellular and molecular mechanisms, and their contribution to bile formation. One of the reasons why bile formation is so complex is that there are many mechanisms with overlapping substrate specificities, i.e., many biochemically unrelated biliary constituents share common transport mechanisms. Additionally, biliary constituents may reach bile by more than one pathway. Some biliary components are critical for bile formation; others are of minor significance for bile formation but play a major physiological role. The major driving force for bile formation is the uptake and transcellular transport of bile salts by hepatocytes. The energy for bile formation comes from the sodium gradient created by the basolateral Na+/K(+)-ATPase, to which bile salt transport is coupled. The secretory pathway for bile salts involves uptake at the basolateral surface of the hepatocyte, vectorial transcellular movement, and transport across the canalicular membrane into the canalicular lumen. Hydrophilic bile salts are taken up via a sodium-dependent, saturable, carrier-mediated process coupled to the Na+/K(+)-ATPase. This uptake mechanism is also shared by other substrates, such as electroneutral lipids, cyclic oligopeptides, and a wide variety of drugs. Hydrophobic bile acids are taken up by a sodium-independent facilitated carrier-mediated mechanism in common with other organic ions, including sulfated bile acids, sulfobromophthalein, bilirubin, glutathione, and glucuronides, or by nonsaturable passive diffusion. Two major carrier proteins have been identified on the hepatocyte basolateral membrane: a 48-kDa protein that appears to be involved with Na(+)-dependent bile salt uptake, and a 54-kDa protein, thought to be associated with Na(+)-independent bile salt uptake. The intracellular transport of bile salts may involve cytosolic carrier proteins, of which several have been identified. Some evidence suggests a vesicular transport mechanism for bile salts. Since bile acids clearly do not enter the cell by endocytosis, formation of transport vesicles must be a more distal event in the transcellular translocation process. Some bile salts appear to be transported within the same unilamellar vesicles that are involved in the secretion of cholesterol and phospholipid.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- S J Burwen
- Cell Biology and Aging Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121
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Petzinger E, Honscha W, Schenk A, Föllmann W, Deutscher J, Zierold K, Kinne RK. Photoaffinity labeling of plasma membrane proteins involved in the transport of loop diuretics into hepatocytes. Eur J Pharmacol 1991; 208:53-65. [PMID: 1936129 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(91)90051-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To identify proteins involved in the hepatocellular uptake of loop diuretics, [3H]bumetanide was photoactivated by light flash in the presence of either intact isolated rat hepatocytes, rat liver basolateral plasma membranes or integral membrane proteins extracted from the basolateral plasma membranes. Proteins of 52-54, 48, 33, 27, 25 and 23 kDa in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gel electrophoresis were radiolabeled on intact hepatocytes. On liver basolateral plasma membranes a 50-52 kDa protein was the most intensely labeled protein. After separation into integral and associated membrane proteins by extraction with Triton X-114, radioactive labeling was only found in integral membrane proteins with a molecular weight of 50-52 kDa. Photoactivated bumetanide irreversibly inhibited the hepatocellular uptake of cholate, taurocholate but not of serine. Binding proteins for photoactivated bumetanide were absent on AS 30-D ascites hepatoma cells. Labeling of all proteins was sodium dependent in intact hepatocytes but was sodium independent in plasma membranes. Labeling was prevented by non-labeled bumetanide and by the loop diuretics piretanide and furosemide. Labeling protection was further achieved with organic anions such as bromosulfophthalein, rifampicin, probenecid and by the bile acids taurocholate, deoxycholate and dehydrocholate. The radiolabeled proteins did not belong to the bumetanide-sensitive NaCl/KCl co-transport system which apparently does not occur in intact isolated rat hepatocytes.
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- E Petzinger
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Giessen, F.R.G
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Ziegler K, Lins W, Frimmer M. Hepatocellular transport of cyclosomatostatins: evidence for a carrier system related to the multispecific bile acid transporter. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1061:287-96. [PMID: 1705441 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(91)90294-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The uptake of the cyclopeptide c(Phe-Thr-Lys-Trp-Phe-D-Pro) (008), an analog of somatostatin with retro sequence, was studied in isolated hepatocytes. 008 is taken up by hepatocytes in a concentration-, time-, energy- and temperature- dependent manner. Since 008 is hydrophobic, it binds rapidly to liver cells. This is evident by the positive intercept at the gamma-axis in the uptake curves. At higher concentrations, a minor part of the transport occurs by diffusion at a rate of 8.307.10(-6) cm/s. This part of diffusion is measured at 4 degrees C and can be subtracted from the uptake at 37 degrees C resulting in the carrier mediated part of uptake which is saturable. Kinetic parameters for the saturable part of uptake are Km 1.5 microM and Vmax 40.0 pmol/mg per min. The transport is decreased in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of metabolic inhibitors. Uptake is accelerated at temperatures above 20 degrees C. The activation energy was determined to be 30.77 kJ/mol. The membrane potential and not a sodium gradient is the main driving force for 008 transport. Cholate (a typical substrate of the multispecific bile acid transporter) and taurocholate are mutual competitive inhibitors of 008 uptake. Phalloidin, antamanide and iodipamide, typical foreign substrates of the transporter, interfere with the uptake of 008. AS 30D ascites hepatoma cells, known to be unable to transport bile acids, phalloidin and iodipamide, are also unfit to transport 008. Interestingly, sulfobromophthalein (BSP) but not rifampicin, both foreign substrates of the bilirubin carrier, inhibits the transport of 008 in a competitive manner.
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- K Ziegler
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Justus-Liebig Universität, Giessen, F.R.G
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Kost LJ, Gores GJ, Sayles JM, Miller LJ, Lemasters JJ, Herman B, LaRusso NF. Lack of metabolic effects of cholecystokinin on hepatocytes. Hepatology 1990; 12:301-5. [PMID: 2391069 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840120218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We previously reported that the liver was the major organ that extracts small, biologically active, circulating forms of cholecystokinin. Although our work indicated extensive degradation of cholecystokinin extracted from plasma during its transit across the hepatocyte, it was unclear whether cholecystokinin might also have a physiological effect on this cell before its intracellular degradation. Therefore we tested the hypothesis that cholecystokinin has a direct biological effect on hepatocytes. Using freshly isolated or cultured hepatocytes, we studied whether cholecystokinin-octapeptide alters protein synthesis, affects amino acid transport or influences cytosolic free calcium concentrations. Using liver slices, we also determined the effect of cholecystokinin-octapeptide on cyclic nucleotide levels. Cholecystokinin-octapeptide, up to a concentration of 1 mumol/L, had no effect on the incorporation of radiolabeled amino acids into total hepatocyte protein; in contrast, comparable molar amounts of insulin stimulated protein synthesis by as much as 37% (ED50 = 1.5 x 10(-10) mol/L). Although insulin and glucagon stimulated the transport into hepatocytes of 14C-alpha-aminoisobutyric acid, a nonmetabolizable amino acid analog, cholecystokinin-octapeptide had no affect Cholecystokinin-octapeptide also did not affect either the concentration of calcium in individual hepatocytes, as measured by digitized video microscopy using Fura-2, or the levels of cyclic AMP or cyclic GMP in liver slices. Our results show that cholecystokinin has no effect on protein synthesis, on amino acid transport or on hepatocyte calcium and cyclic nucleotide levels. These and our previous data suggest that the primary outcome of hepatic extraction of cholecystokinin is hormone degradation.
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- L J Kost
- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN 55905
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Hunter EB, Powers SP, Kost LJ, Pinon DI, Miller LJ, LaRusso NF. Physicochemical determinants in hepatic extraction of small peptides. Hepatology 1990; 12:76-82. [PMID: 2373488 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840120113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Although the liver is known to extract amino acids and organic anions by well-characterized transport systems, the factors that regulate the hepatic uptake of small, circulating peptides are poorly understood. We previously reported that cholecystokinin octapeptide, a biologically active form of cholecystokinin, is efficiently cleared by the liver and that uptake depends on its carboxyl-terminal tetrapeptide (Trp-Met-Asp-PheNH2). Here we further define the physicochemical determinants for hepatic clearance of cholecystokinin. A series of 13 tetrapeptides, including eight analogs of the carboxyl-terminal tetrapeptide of cholecystokinin-8 with different charges, hydrophobicity and amino-acid sequences, were prepared by solid-phase synthesis, purified by high-performance liquid chromatography and characterized by amino-acid analysis and mass spectrometry. Radioiodination was performed by oxidative or nonoxidative techniques. Hydrophobicity of individual radiolabeled peptides was calculated using published hydrophobicity data or measured directly by determining their partition between octanol and aqueous triethylammonium acetate. First-pass hepatic extraction of radiolabeled peptides was determined with a nonrecirculating, isolated, perfused rat liver model. First-pass hepatic extraction of injected, labeled peptides varied from 4% to 86% and correlated significantly (r = 0.85; p less than 0.0002) with hydrophobicity. Hydrophobic peptides with positive, neutral or negative charges were avidly extracted (30% to 86%) by the liver; first-pass clearance of hydrophobic peptides with similar charges varied with amino-acid sequence. In contrast, the first-pass hepatic extraction of positively or negatively charged hydrophilic tetrapeptides was negligible (less than 10%). These results suggest that hydrophobicity and amino-acid sequence--but not anionic or cationic nature--are the major determinants of hepatic extraction of cholecystokinin, and perhaps other small, circulating peptides.
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Affiliation(s)
- E B Hunter
- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Mayo Medical School, Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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