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Yamamoto Y, Ura K, Matsukawa T, Saita T, Shin M. Immunohistochemical Localization of Alogliptin, a DPP-4 Inhibitor, in Tissues of Normal and Type 2 Diabetes Model Rat. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2022; 55:185-192. [PMID: 36688140 PMCID: PMC9840470 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.22-00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We investigated the pharmacokinetics of alogliptin (AG) at the cell and tissue level in healthy Wistar rats and a type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat model. Immunohistochemistry of the renal tissue in these rats, post 1 hr of AG administration, showed that the signal was observed in the glomeruli, proximal tubule S3 segments, distal tubules, collecting ducts, and only in the brush border of the epithelial cells of the proximal tubule S1, S2 segments. After 6 hr of AG administration, the staining intensity of the regions other than the S3 segments was considerably reduced in Wistar rats, with no change observed in GK rats. At 24 hr, the staining intensity was considerably reduced, even in GK rats; however, the staining of the S3 segment remained unaltered in both. Hepatocytes in zone III of the hepatic lobule were more intensely stained than those in zone I in Wistar rats at 1 hr. However, almost no staining was observed in the hepatocytes of GK rats at 1 hr. Complete loss of signal was observed in the hepatocytes of the Wistar rats after 6 hr. This study revealed that the pharmacokinetics of AG in GK rats are different from those in Wistar rats.
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- Yutaro Yamamoto
- Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4–22–1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860–0082, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4–22–1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860–0082, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4–22–1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860–0082, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4–22–1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860–0082, Japan
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- Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4–22–1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860–0082, Japan
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Aroankins TS, Murali SK, Fenton RA, Wu Q. The Hydrogen-Coupled Oligopeptide Membrane Cotransporter Pept2 is SUMOylated in Kidney Distal Convoluted Tubule Cells. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:790606. [PMID: 34881291 PMCID: PMC8646034 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.790606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Protein post-translational modification by the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier (SUMO) on lysine residues is a reversible process highly important for transcription and protein stability. In the kidney, SUMOylation appears to be important for the cellular response to aldosterone. Therefore, in this study, we generated a SUMOylation profile of the aldosterone-sensitive kidney distal convoluted tubule (DCT) as a basis for understanding SUMOylation events in this cell type. Using mass spectrometry-based proteomics, 1037 SUMO1 and 552 SUMO2 sites, corresponding to 546 SUMO1 and 356 SUMO2 proteins, were identified from a modified mouse kidney DCT cell line (mpkDCT). SUMOylation of the renal hydrogen-coupled oligopeptide and drug co-transporter (Pept2) at one site (K139) was found to be highly regulated by aldosterone. Using immunolabelling of mouse kidney sections Pept2 was localized to DCT cells in vivo. Aldosterone stimulation of mpkDCT cell lines expressing wild-type Pept2 or mutant K139R-Pept2, post-transcriptionally increased Pept2 expression up to four-fold. Aldosterone decreased wild-type Pept2 abundance in the apical membrane domain of mpkDCT cells, but this response was absent in K139R-Pept2 expressing cells. In summary, we have generated a SUMOylation landscape of the mouse DCT and determined that SUMOylation plays an important role in the physiological regulation of Pept2 trafficking by aldosterone.
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- Takwa S Aroankins
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Prasad N, Singh H, Jaiswal A, Chaturvedi S, Agarwal V. Overexpression of P-glycoprotein and MRP-1 are pharmacogenomic biomarkers to determine steroid resistant phenotype in childhood idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2021; 21:566-573. [PMID: 34011975 DOI: 10.1038/s41397-021-00233-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Steroid remains the keystone therapy for Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (NS). Besides genetic factors and histological changes, pharmacogenomic factors also affect the steroid response. The upregulation of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP-1) modulate the pharmacokinetics of steroids and may contribute to steroid resistance. Flow-cytometric analysis of P-gp, MRP-1 expression and functional activity on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was carried out in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) (n = 171, male 103, mean age = 8.54 ± 4.3); and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) (n = 83, male 43, mean age = 7.43 ± 4.6) patients. The genotypings of MDR-1 gene were carried out using PCR-RFLP. We observed that the percentage expression of P-gp (10.01 ± 2.09 and 3.79 ± 1.13, p < 0.001); and MRP-1 (15.91 ± 3.99 and 7.40 ± 2.33, p < 0.001) on lymphocyte gated population were significantly higher in SRNS than that of SSNS. The functional activity of P-gp and MRP-1 was also significantly escalated in SRNS as compared to SSNS (68.10 ± 13.35 and 28.93 ± 7.57, p < 0.001); (72.13 ± 8.34 and 31.56 ± 8.65, p < 0.001) respectively. AUC-ROC curve analysis revealed that P-gp and MRP-1 expression with a cut-off value of 7.13% and 9.62% predicted SRNS with the sensitivity of 90% and 80.7%; and specificity 90% and 80%, respectively. Moreover, MDR-1 homozygous mutant TT+AA for G2677T/A (rs2032582) was significantly associated with SRNS (p = 0.025, OR = 2.86 CI = 1.14-7.14). The expression of P-gp (9.68 ± 4.99 v/s 5.88 ± 3.38, p = 0.002) was significantly higher in the patients of homozygous mutant alleles compared to wildtype GG. The increased expression and functionality of P-gp and MRP-1 contribute to steroid resistance, and MDR-1 homozygous mutant G2677T/A promotes steroid resistance by inducing P-gp expression in NS.
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- Narayan Prasad
- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
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- Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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Poulsen SB, Cheng L, Penton D, Kortenoeven MLA, Matchkov VV, Loffing J, Little R, Murali SK, Fenton RA. Activation of the kidney sodium chloride cotransporter by the β2-adrenergic receptor agonist salbutamol increases blood pressure. Kidney Int 2021; 100:321-335. [PMID: 33940111 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride-cotransporter (NCC) in the kidney distal convoluted tubule (DCT) plays an essential role in sodium and potassium homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate that NCC activity is increased by the β2-adrenoceptor agonist salbutamol, a drug prevalently used to treat asthma. Relative to β1-adrenergic receptors, the β2-adrenergic receptors were greatly enriched in mouse DCT cells. In mice, administration of salbutamol increased NCC phosphorylation (indicating increased activity) within 30 minutes but also caused hypokalemia, which also increases NCC phosphorylation. In ex vivo kidney slices and isolated tubules, salbutamol increased NCC phosphorylation in the pharmacologically relevant range of 0.01-10 μM, an effect observed after 15 minutes and maintained at 60 minutes. Inhibition of the inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir) 4.1 or the downstream with-no-lysine kinases (WNKs) and STE20/SPS1-related proline alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) pathway greatly attenuated, but did not prevent, salbutamol-induced NCC phosphorylation. Salbutamol increased cAMP in tubules, kidney slices and mpkDCT cells (model of DCT). Phosphoproteomics indicated that protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) was a key upstream regulator of salbutamol effects. A role for PP1 and the PP1 inhibitor 1 (I1) was confirmed in tubules using inhibitors of PP1 or kidney slices from I1 knockout mice. On normal and high salt diets, salbutamol infusion increased systolic blood pressure, but this increase was normalized by thiazide suggesting a role for NCC. Thus, β2-adrenergic receptor signaling modulates NCC activity via I1/PP1 and WNK-dependent pathways, and chronic salbutamol administration may be a risk factor for hypertension.
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- Søren B Poulsen
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark.
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Olde Hanhof CJA, Yousef Yengej FA, Rookmaaker MB, Verhaar MC, van der Wijst J, Hoenderop JG. Modeling Distal Convoluted Tubule (Patho)Physiology: An Overview of Past Developments and an Outlook Toward the Future. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2021; 27:200-212. [PMID: 33544049 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2020.0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The kidneys are essential for maintaining electrolyte homeostasis. Blood electrolyte composition is controlled by active reabsorption and secretion processes in dedicated segments of the kidney tubule. Specifically, the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and connecting tubule are important for regulating the final excretion of sodium, magnesium, and calcium. Studies unravelling the specific function of these segments have greatly improved our understanding of DCT (patho)physiology. Over the years, experimental models used to study the DCT have changed and the field has advanced from early dissection studies with rats and rabbits to the use of various transgenic mouse models. Developments in dissection techniques and cell culture methods have resulted in immortalized mouse DCT cell lines and made it possible to specifically obtain DCT fragments for ex vivo studies. However, we still do not fully understand the complex (patho)physiology of this segment and there is need for advanced human DCT models. Recently, kidney organoids and tubuloids have emerged as new complex cell models that provide excellent opportunities for physiological studies, disease modeling, drug discovery, and even personalized medicine in the future. This review presents an overview of cell models used to study the DCT and provides an outlook on kidney organoids and tubuloids as model for DCT (patho)physiology. Impact statement This study provides a detailed overview of past and future developments on cell models used to study kidney (patho)physiology and specifically the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) segment. Hereby, we highlight the need for an advanced human cell model of this segment and summarize recent advances in the field of kidney organoids and tubuloids with a focus on DCT properties. The findings reported in this review are significant for future developments toward an advanced human model of the DCT that will help to increase our understanding of DCT (patho)physiology.
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- Charlotte J A Olde Hanhof
- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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The sodium/proton exchanger NHA2 regulates blood pressure through a WNK4-NCC dependent pathway in the kidney. Kidney Int 2020; 99:350-363. [PMID: 32956652 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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NHA2 is a sodium/proton exchanger associated with arterial hypertension in humans, but the role of NHA2 in kidney function and blood pressure homeostasis is currently unknown. Here we show that NHA2 localizes almost exclusively to distal convoluted tubules in the kidney. NHA2 knock-out mice displayed reduced blood pressure, normocalcemic hypocalciuria and an attenuated response to the thiazide diuretic hydrochlorothiazide. Phosphorylation of the thiazide-sensitive sodium/chloride cotransporter NCC and its upstream activating kinase Ste20/SPS1-related proline/alanine rich kinase (SPAK), as well as the abundance of with no lysine kinase 4 (WNK4), were significantly reduced in the kidneys of NHA2 knock-out mice. In vitro experiments recapitulated these findings and revealed increased WNK4 ubiquitylation and enhanced proteasomal WNK4 degradation upon loss of NHA2. The effect of NHA2 on WNK4 stability was dependent from the ubiquitylation pathway protein Kelch-like 3 (KLHL3). More specifically, loss of NHA2 selectively attenuated KLHL3 phosphorylation and blunted protein kinase A- and protein kinase C-mediated decrease of WNK4 degradation. Phenotype analysis of NHA2/NCC double knock-out mice supported the notion that NHA2 affects blood pressure homeostasis by a kidney-specific and NCC-dependent mechanism. Thus, our data show that NHA2 as a critical component of the WNK4-NCC pathway and is a novel regulator of blood pressure homeostasis in the kidney.
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Gordon WE, Espinoza JA, Leerberg DM, Yelon D, Hamdoun A. Xenobiotic transporter activity in zebrafish embryo ionocytes. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 212:88-97. [PMID: 31077970 PMCID: PMC6561644 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ionocytes are specialized cells in the epidermis of embryonic zebrafish (Danio rerio) that play important roles in ion homeostasis and have functional similarities to mammalian renal cells. Here, we examined whether these cells might also share another functional similarity with renal cells, which is the presence of efflux transporter activities useful for elimination of toxic small molecules. Xenobiotic transporters (XTs), including the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) family, are a major defense mechanism against diffusible toxic molecules in aquatic embryos, including zebrafish, but their activity in the ionocytes has not previously been studied. Using fluorescent small molecule substrates of XT, we observed that specific populations of ionocytes uptake and efflux fluorescent small molecules in a manner consistent with active transport. We specifically identified a P-gp/ABCB1 inhibitor-sensitive efflux activity in the H+-ATPase-rich (HR) ionocytes, and show that these cells exhibit enriched expression of the ABCB gene, abcb5. The results extend our understanding of the functional significance of zebrafish ionocytes and indicate that these cells could play an important role in protection of the fish embryo from harmful small molecules.
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- Wei E Gordon
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Ahn-Jarvis JH, Parihar A, Doseff AI. Dietary Flavonoids for Immunoregulation and Cancer: Food Design for Targeting Disease. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:E202. [PMID: 31261915 PMCID: PMC6680729 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8070202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Flavonoids, one of the most abundant phytochemicals in a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, have been recognized as possessing anti-proliferative, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and estrogenic activities. Numerous cellular and animal-based studies show that flavonoids can function as antioxidants by preventing DNA damage and scavenging reactive oxygen radicals, inhibiting formation of DNA adducts, enhancing DNA repair, interfering with chemical damage by induction of Phase II enzymes, and modifying signaling pathways. Recent evidence also shows their ability to regulate the immune system. However, findings from clinical trials have been mixed with no clear consensus on dose, frequency, or type of flavonoids best suited to elicit many of the beneficial effects. Delivery of these bioactive compounds to their biological targets through "targeted designed" food processing strategies is critical to reach effective concentration in vivo. Thus, the identification of novel approaches that optimize flavonoid bioavailability is essential for their successful clinical application. In this review, we discuss the relevance of increasing flavonoid bioavailability, by agricultural engineering and "targeted food design" in the context of the immune system and cancer.
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- Department of Science, Bellingham Technical College, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University, MI, 48864, USA.
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Cheng L, Poulsen SB, Wu Q, Esteva-Font C, Olesen ETB, Peng L, Olde B, Leeb-Lundberg LMF, Pisitkun T, Rieg T, Dimke H, Fenton RA. Rapid Aldosterone-Mediated Signaling in the DCT Increases Activity of the Thiazide-Sensitive NaCl Cotransporter. J Am Soc Nephrol 2019; 30:1454-1470. [PMID: 31253651 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018101025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The NaCl cotransporter NCC in the kidney distal convoluted tubule (DCT) regulates urinary NaCl excretion and BP. Aldosterone increases NaCl reabsorption via NCC over the long-term by altering gene expression. But the acute effects of aldosterone in the DCT are less well understood. METHODS Proteomics, bioinformatics, and cell biology approaches were combined with animal models and gene-targeted mice. RESULTS Aldosterone significantly increases NCC activity within minutes in vivo or ex vivo. These effects were independent of transcription and translation, but were absent in the presence of high potassium. In vitro, aldosterone rapidly increased intracellular cAMP and inositol phosphate accumulation, and altered phosphorylation of various kinases/kinase substrates within the MAPK/ERK, PI3K/AKT, and cAMP/PKA pathways. Inhibiting GPR30, a membrane-associated receptor, limited aldosterone's effects on NCC activity ex vivo, and NCC phosphorylation was reduced in GPR30 knockout mice. Phosphoproteomics, network analysis, and in vitro studies determined that aldosterone activates EGFR-dependent signaling. The EGFR immunolocalized to the DCT and EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibition decreased NCC activity ex vivo and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Aldosterone acutely activates NCC to modulate renal NaCl excretion.
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- Lei Cheng
- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Unit of Drug Target Discovery, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Unit of Drug Target Discovery, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.,Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; and.,Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- InterPrET Center, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark;
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The intestinal lining faces a constant assault from harmful gut contents. A study by Chee and colleagues in this issue of Developmental Cell describes how a population of myofibroblasts resists these threats and boosts regeneration of the intestinal epithelium.
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Zhang Q, Feng Y, Kennedy D. Multidrug-resistant cancer cells and cancer stem cells hijack cellular systems to circumvent systemic therapies, can natural products reverse this? Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:777-801. [PMID: 27622244 PMCID: PMC11107623 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2362-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chemotherapy is one of the most effective and broadly used approaches for cancer management and many modern regimes can eliminate the bulk of the cancer cells. However, recurrence and metastasis still remain a major obstacle leading to the failure of systemic cancer treatments. Therefore, to improve the long-term eradication of cancer, the cellular and molecular pathways that provide targets which play crucial roles in drug resistance should be identified and characterised. Multidrug resistance (MDR) and the existence of tumor-initiating cells, also referred to as cancer stem cells (CSCs), are two major contributors to the failure of chemotherapy. MDR describes cancer cells that become resistant to structurally and functionally unrelated anti-cancer agents. CSCs are a small population of cells within cancer cells with the capacity of self-renewal, tumor metastasis, and cell differentiation. CSCs are also believed to be associated with chemoresistance. Thus, MDR and CSCs are the greatest challenges for cancer chemotherapy. A significant effort has been made to identify agents that specifically target MDR cells and CSCs. Consequently, some agents derived from nature have been developed with a view that they may overcome MDR and/or target CSCs. In this review, natural products-targeting MDR cancer cells and CSCs are summarized and clustered by their targets in different signaling pathways.
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- Qian Zhang
- School of Natural Sciences, Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia.
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Roggenbeck BA, Banerjee M, Leslie EM. Cellular arsenic transport pathways in mammals. J Environ Sci (China) 2016; 49:38-58. [PMID: 28007179 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Natural contamination of drinking water with arsenic results in the exposure of millions of people world-wide to unacceptable levels of this metalloid. This is a serious global health problem because arsenic is a Group 1 (proven) human carcinogen and chronic exposure is known to cause skin, lung, and bladder tumors. Furthermore, arsenic exposure can result in a myriad of other adverse health effects including diseases of the cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, reproductive, and endocrine systems. In addition to chronic environmental exposure to arsenic, arsenic trioxide is approved for the clinical treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia, and is in clinical trials for other hematological malignancies as well as solid tumors. Considerable inter-individual variability in susceptibility to arsenic-induced disease and toxicity exists, and the reasons for such differences are incompletely understood. Transport pathways that influence the cellular uptake and export of arsenic contribute to regulating its cellular, tissue, and ultimately body levels. In the current review, membrane proteins (including phosphate transporters, aquaglyceroporin channels, solute carrier proteins, and ATP-binding cassette transporters) shown experimentally to contribute to the passage of inorganic, methylated, and/or glutathionylated arsenic species across cellular membranes are discussed. Furthermore, what is known about arsenic transporters in organs involved in absorption, distribution, and metabolism and how transport pathways contribute to arsenic elimination are described.
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- Barbara A Roggenbeck
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada; Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada.
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Renal drug transporters and their significance in drug-drug interactions. Acta Pharm Sin B 2016; 6:363-373. [PMID: 27709005 PMCID: PMC5045553 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The kidney is a vital organ for the elimination of therapeutic drugs and their metabolites. Renal drug transporters, which are primarily located in the renal proximal tubules, play an important role in tubular secretion and reabsorption of drug molecules in the kidney. Tubular secretion is characterized by high clearance capacities, broad substrate specificities, and distinct charge selectivity for organic cations and anions. In the past two decades, substantial progress has been made in understanding the roles of transporters in drug disposition, efficacy, toxicity and drug-drug interactions (DDIs). In the kidney, several transporters are involved in renal handling of organic cation (OC) and organic anion (OA) drugs. These transporters are increasingly recognized as the target for clinically significant DDIs. This review focuses on the functional characteristics of major human renal drug transporters and their involvement in clinically significant DDIs.
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Key Words
- ABC, ATP-binding cassette
- ATP, adenosine triphosphate
- AUC, area under the plasma concentration curve
- BBB, blood–brain barrier
- CHO, Chinese hamster ovary
- CL, plasma clearance
- CLR, renal clearance
- Cmax, maximum plasma concentration
- DDIs, drug–drug interactions
- Drug–drug interactions
- FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- GSH, glutathione
- HEK, human embryonic kidney
- IC50, half maximal inhibitory concentration
- ITC, International Transporter Consortium
- Ki, inhibitory constant
- MATE, multidrug and toxin extrusion protein
- MPP+, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridimium
- MRP, multidrug resistance-associated protein
- MSD, membrane-spanning domain
- MW, molecular weight
- NBD, nucleotide-binding domain
- NME, new molecular entity
- NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Nephrotoxicity
- OA, organic anion
- OAT or Oat, organic anion transporters
- OATP or Oatp, organic anion-transporting peptide
- OC, organic cation
- OCT or Oct, organic cation transporter
- OCTN, Organic zwitterions/cation transporters
- Organic anions
- Organic cations
- P-gp, P-glycoprotein
- PAH, p-aminohippurate
- Renal drug transporters
- SLC, solute carrier
- SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism
- TEA, tetraethylammonium
- TMD, transmembrane domain
- URAT, urate transporter
- fe, fraction of the absorbed dose excreted unchanged in urine
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A Systems Level Analysis of Vasopressin-mediated Signaling Networks in Kidney Distal Convoluted Tubule Cells. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12829. [PMID: 26239621 PMCID: PMC4523861 DOI: 10.1038/srep12829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The kidney distal convoluted tubule (DCT) plays an essential role in maintaining body sodium balance and blood pressure. The major sodium reabsorption pathway in the DCT is the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC), whose functions can be modulated by the hormone vasopressin (VP) acting via uncharacterized signaling cascades. Here we use a systems biology approach centered on stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) based quantitative phosphoproteomics of cultured mouse DCT cells to map global changes in protein phosphorylation upon acute treatment with a VP type II receptor agonist 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP). 6330 unique proteins, containing 12333 different phosphorylation sites were identified. 185 sites were altered in abundance following dDAVP. Basophilic motifs were preferential targets for upregulated sites upon dDAVP stimulation, whereas proline-directed motifs were prominent for downregulated sites. Kinase prediction indicated that dDAVP increased AGC and CAMK kinase families’ activities and decreased activity of CDK and MAPK families. Network analysis implicated phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase or CAMKK dependent pathways in VP-mediated signaling; pharmacological inhibition of which significantly reduced dDAVP induced increases in phosphorylated NCC at an activating site. In conclusion, this study identifies unique VP signaling cascades in DCT cells that may be important for regulating blood pressure.
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Small molecule membrane transporters in the mammalian podocyte: a pathogenic and therapeutic target. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:21366-80. [PMID: 25411800 PMCID: PMC4264230 DOI: 10.3390/ijms151121366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The intriguingly complex glomerular podocyte has been a recent object of intense study. Researchers have sought to understand its role in the pathogenesis of common proteinuric diseases such as minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerular sclerosis. In particular, considerable effort has been directed towards the anatomic and functional barrier to macromolecular filtration provided by the secondary foot processes, but little attention has been paid to the potential of podocytes to handle plasma proteins beyond the specialization of the slit diaphragm. Renal membrane transporters in the proximal tubule have been extensively studied for decades, particularly in relation to drug metabolism and elimination. Recently, uptake and efflux transporters for small organic molecules have also been found in the glomerular podocyte, and we and others have found that these transporters can engage not only common pharmaceuticals but also injurious endogenous and exogenous agents. We have also found that the activity of podocyte transporters can be manipulated to inhibit pathogen uptake and efflux. It is conceivable that podocyte transporters may play a role in disease pathogenesis and may be a target for future drug development.
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Moes AD, Hesselink DA, Zietse R, van Schaik RHN, van Gelder T, Hoorn EJ. Calcineurin inhibitors and hypertension: a role for pharmacogenetics? Pharmacogenomics 2014; 15:1243-51. [DOI: 10.2217/pgs.14.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Hypertension is a common side effect of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), which are drugs used to prevent rejection after transplantation. Hypertension after kidney transplantation has been associated with earlier graft failure and higher cardiovascular mortality in the recipient. Recent data indicate that enzymes and transporters involved in CNI pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, including CYP3A5, ABCB1, WNK4 and SPAK, are also associated with salt-sensitive hypertension. These insights raise the question whether polymorphisms in the genes encoding these proteins increase the risk of CNI-induced hypertension. Predicting who is at risk for CNI-induced hypertension may be useful for when selecting specific interventions, including dietary salt restriction, thiazide diuretics or a CNI-free immunosuppressive regimen. This review aims to explore the pharmacogenetics of CNI-induced hypertension, highlighting the knowns and unknowns.
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- Arthur D Moes
- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040 – Room H-438, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040 – Room H-438, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040 – Room H-438, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040 – Room H-438, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040 – Room H-438, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Multidrug resistance presents one of the most important causes of cancer treatment failure. Numerous in vitro and in vivo data have made it clear that multidrug resistance is frequently caused by enhanced expression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABC transporters are membrane-bound proteins involved in cellular defense mechanisms, namely, in outward transport of xenobiotics and physiological substrates. Their function thus prevents toxicity as carcinogenesis on one hand but may contribute to the resistance of tumor cells to a number of drugs including chemotherapeutics on the other. Within 48 members of the human ABC superfamily there are several multidrug resistance-associated transporters. Due to the well documented susceptibility of numerous drugs to efflux via ABC transporters it is highly desirable to assess the status of ABC transporters for individualization of treatment by their substrates. The multidrug resistance associated protein 1 (MRP1) encoded by ABCC1 gene is one of the most studied ABC transporters. Despite the fact that its structure and functions have already been explored in detail, there are significant gaps in knowledge which preclude clinical applications. Tissue-specific patterns of expression and broad genetic variability make ABCC1/MRP1 an optimal candidate for use as a marker or member of multi-marker panel for prediction of chemotherapy resistance. The purpose of this review was to summarize investigations about associations of gene and protein expression and genetic variability with prognosis and therapy outcome of major cancers. Major advances in the knowledge have been identified and future research directions are highlighted.
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- Tereza Kunická
- Department of Toxicogenomics, National Institute of Public Health , Prague , Czech Republic
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Rosenbaek LL, Kortenoeven MLA, Aroankins TS, Fenton RA. Phosphorylation decreases ubiquitylation of the thiazide-sensitive cotransporter NCC and subsequent clathrin-mediated endocytosis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:13347-61. [PMID: 24668812 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.543710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter, NCC, is the major NaCl transport protein in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT). The transport activity of NCC can be regulated by phosphorylation, but knowledge of modulation of NCC trafficking by phosphorylation is limited. In this study, we generated novel tetracycline-inducible Madin-Darby canine kidney type I (MDCKI) cell lines expressing NCC to examine the role of NCC phosphorylation and ubiquitylation on NCC endocytosis. In MDCKI-NCC cells, NCC was highly glycosylated at molecular weights consistent with NCC monomers and dimers. NCC constitutively cycles to the apical plasma membrane of MDCKI-NCC cells, with 20-30% of the membrane pool of NCC internalized within 30 min. The use of dynasore, PitStop2, methyl-β-cyclodextrin, nystatin, and filipin (specific inhibitors of either clathrin-dependent or -independent endocytosis) demonstrated that NCC is internalized via a clathrin-mediated pathway. Reduction of endocytosis resulted in greater levels of NCC in the plasma membrane. Immunogold electron microscopy confirmed the association of NCC with the clathrin-mediated internalization pathway in rat DCT cells. Compared with controls, inducing phosphorylation of NCC via low chloride treatment or mimicking phosphorylation by replacing Thr-53, Thr-58, and Ser-71 residues with Asp resulted in increased membrane abundance and reduced rates of NCC internalization. NCC ubiquitylation was lowest in the conditions with greatest NCC phosphorylation, thus providing a mechanism for the reduced endocytosis. In conclusion, our data support a model where NCC is constitutively cycled to the plasma membrane, and upon stimulation, it can be phosphorylated to both increase NCC activity and decrease NCC endocytosis, together increasing NaCl transport in the DCT.
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- Lena L Rosenbaek
- From the Department of Biomedicine and Center for Interactions of Proteins in Epithelial Transport, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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Exploiting nanotechnology to overcome tumor drug resistance: Challenges and opportunities. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2013; 65:1731-47. [PMID: 24036273 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tumor cells develop resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs through multiple mechanisms. Overexpression of efflux transporters is an important source of drug resistance. Efflux transporters such as P-glycoprotein reduce intracellular drug accumulation and compromise drug efficacy. Various nanoparticle-based approaches have been investigated to overcome efflux-mediated resistance. These include the use of formulation excipients that inhibit transporter activity and co-delivery of the anticancer drug with a specific inhibitor of transporter function or expression. However, the effectiveness of nanoparticles can be diminished by poor transport in the tumor tissue. Hence, adjunct therapies that improve the intratumoral distribution of nanoparticles may be vital to the successful application of nanotechnology to overcome tumor drug resistance. This review discusses the mechanisms of tumor drug resistance and highlights the opportunities and challenges in the use of nanoparticles to improve the efficacy of anticancer drugs against resistant tumors.
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Intestinal drug transporters: an overview. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2013; 65:1340-56. [PMID: 23041352 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Revised: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The importance of drug transporters as one of the determinants of pharmacokinetics has become increasingly evident. While much research has been conducted focusing the role of drug transporters in the liver and kidney less is known about the importance of uptake and efflux transporters identified in the intestine. Over the past years the effects of intestinal transporters have been studied using in vivo models, in situ organ perfusions, in vitro tissue preparations and cell lines. This review aims to describe up to date findings regarding the importance of intestinal transporters on drug absorption and bioavailability, highlighting areas in need of further research. Wu and Benet proposed a Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS) that allows the prediction of transporter effects on the drug disposition of orally administered drugs. This review also discusses BDDCS predictions with respect to the role of intestinal transporters and intestinal transporter-metabolizing enzyme interplay on oral drug pharmacokinetics.
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Stacy AE, Jansson PJ, Richardson DR. Molecular Pharmacology of ABCG2 and Its Role in Chemoresistance. Mol Pharmacol 2013; 84:655-69. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.113.088609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Fonseca LM, Alvarez AB, Rodrigues RC, Santos DHF, Lopes AG, Capella MAM. ABCC1 is related to the protection of the distal nephron against hyperosmolality and high sodium environment: possible implications for cancer chemotherapy. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68049. [PMID: 23840808 PMCID: PMC3695945 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Aims Glutathione (GSH) plays an important role in protecting cells against oxidative damage. ABCC1 protein transports GSH. Although this protein is largely studied in cancer, due to multidrug resistance phenotype, its role in the tubular cells of the kidney is unknown. The goal of this study was to find out whether ABCC1 has a role in protecting cells from the distal nephron against the stress caused by high medullar osmolality. Main Methods MA104 cells were treated with high concentrations of sodium chloride, urea, or both to raise the osmolality of the culture medium. Cell viability was accessed by MTT and trypan blue assays. ABCC1 expression and extrusion of carboxi-fluorescein (CF), a fluorescent ABCC1 substrate, were measured by flow cytometry. Key Findings Incubation of MA104 cells in a high sodium concentration medium resulted in changes in cell granularity and altered expression and activity of ABCC1. Urea did not alter ABCC1 expression or activity, but reversed the observed NaCl effects. High sodium concentrations also had a negative effect on cell viability and urea also protected cells against this effect. Significance Our findings demonstrate that ABCC1 plays a significant role in the protection of kidney epithelial cells against the stress caused by high sodium environment present in renal medulla.
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- Leonardo M. Fonseca
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Kainz KP, Krenn L, Erdem Z, Kaehlig H, Zehl M, Bursch W, Berger W, Marian B. 2-deprenyl-rheediaxanthone B isolated from Metaxya rostrata induces active cell death in colorectal tumor cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e65745. [PMID: 23776538 PMCID: PMC3679105 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Metaxya rostrata C. Presl (Metaxyaceae) is a common tree fern in Central and South America that is used for the treatment of intestinal ulcers and tumours in ethnic medicine. Using a bioactivity-guided strategy 2-deprenyl-rheediaxanthone B (XB) has been isolated as one of the active principles in this plant. XB induced loss of cell viability in colorectal cancer cell lines at IC50 concentrations of 11-23 µM. This was caused by both accumulation of cells in the G2- and S-phase as well as by induction of active cell death in a time and concentration-dependent manner. Cells exposed to XB were incapable of undergoing regular mitosis due to down-regulation of FoxM1 and absence of chromosome condensation. The apoptosis-related proteins Bcl2 and Bclxl were up-regulated so that Caspase 3 was not activated and classical apoptosis was not observed. However, XB triggered damage pathways down-stream of ATR and activated Caspase 2 causing cell death by a mechanism similar to mitotic catastrophe. Our observations are the first to show the cytotoxic activity of 2-deprenyl-rheediaxanthone B and indicate that XB is an interesting new lead compound for cancer therapy that merits further development.
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- Kerstin P. Kainz
- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
- University of Vienna, Department of Pharmacognosy, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Department of Pharmacognosy, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Department of Organic Chemistry, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Department of Pharmacognosy, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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Tiwari AK, Zhang R, Gallo JM. Overlapping functions of ABC transporters in topotecan disposition as determined in gene knockout mouse models. Mol Cancer Ther 2013; 12:1343-55. [PMID: 23635651 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-13-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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It is established that efflux transporters of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily can affect the pharmacokinetics of drugs through mechanisms pertaining to drug absorption, elimination, and distribution. To characterize the role of multiple transporters in topotecan's pharmacokinetics, total (lactone+carboxylate) and lactone forms were measured by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) in plasma, bile, urine, and feces following intravenous administration at doses of 1 and 4 mg/kg to eight mouse strains: C57BL/6 [wild-type (WT)], Abcb1(-/-), Abcc2(-/-), Abcc4(-/-), Abcg2(-/-), Abcc2;Abcb1(-/-), Abcc2;Abcg2(-/-), and Abcc4;Abcg2(-/-). Compared with WT mice and at both dose levels, the plasma areas under the curve for topotecan lactone were not significantly different in the Abcc2(-/-), Abcc4(-/-), and Abcb1(-/-) strains, whereas significant differences were found in Abcg2(-/-), Abcc2;Abcb1(-/-) (only at the high dose), Abcc4;Abcg2(-/-), and Abcc2;Abcg2(-/-) mice and ranged from 2.1- to 3.3-fold higher. Consistent with these changes, the fecal and biliary excretion of topotecan was reduced, whereas renal elimination was elevated in Abcg2(-/-)-based strains. Similarly, the Abcc2;Abcb1(-/-) strain also had elevated renal elimination and reduced fecal excretion of topotecan lactone. This was more pronounced at the 4 mg/kg dose level, suggesting possible saturation of Abcg2. The Abcc4 transporter was found not to be a major determinant of topotecan pharmacokinetics. It is concluded that Abcg2 has the most significant effect on topotecan elimination, whereas both Abcb1 and Abcc2 have overlapping functions with Abcg2. As such it is relevant to examine how polymorphisms in these transporters influence topotecan activity in patients and whether coadministration of transport modulators could positively affect efficacy without increasing toxicity.
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- Amit K Tiwari
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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The limitations of renal epithelial cell line HK-2 as a model of drug transporter expression and function in the proximal tubule. Pflugers Arch 2012; 464:601-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1163-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rosenbaek LL, Assentoft M, Pedersen NB, MacAulay N, Fenton RA. Characterization of a novel phosphorylation site in the sodium-chloride cotransporter, NCC. J Physiol 2012; 590:6121-39. [PMID: 22966159 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.240986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The sodium-chloride cotransporter, NCC, is essential for renal electrolyte balance. NCC function can be modulated by protein phosphorylation. In this study, we characterized the role and physiological regulation of a novel phosphorylation site in NCC at Ser124 (S124). Novel phospho-specific antibodies targeting pS124-NCC demonstrated a band of 160 kDa in the kidney cortex, but not medulla, which was preabsorbed by a corresponding phosphorylated peptide. Confocal microscopy with kidney tubule segment-specific markers localized pS124-NCC to all distal convoluted tubule cells. Double immunogold electron microscopy demonstrated that pS124-NCC co-localized with total NCC in the apical plasma membrane of distal convoluted tubule cells and intracellular vesicles. Acute treatment of Munich-Wistar rats or vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro rats with the vasopressin type 2 receptor-specific agonist dDAVP significantly increased pS124-NCC abundance, with no changes in total NCC plasma membrane abundance. pS124-NCC levels also increased in abundance in rats after stimulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system by dietary low sodium intake. In contrast to other NCC phosphorylation sites, the STE20/SPS1-related proline-alanine-rich kinase and oxidative stress-response kinases (SPAK and OSR1) were not able to phosphorylate NCC at S124. Protein kinase arrays identified multiple kinases that were able to bind to the region surrounding S124. Four of these kinases (IRAK2, CDK6/Cyclin D1, NLK and mTOR/FRAP) showed weak but significant phosphorylation activity at S124. In oocytes, (36)Cl uptake studies combined with biochemical analysis showed decreased activity of plasma membrane-associated NCC when replacing S124 with alanine (A) or aspartic acid (D). In novel tetracycline-inducible MDCKII-NCC cell lines, S124A and S124D mutants were able to traffic to the plasma membrane similarly to wildtype NCC.
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- L L Rosenbaek
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Vitamin B(12) (B(12); also known as cobalamin) is a cofactor in many metabolic processes; deficiency of this vitamin is associated with megaloblastic anaemia and various neurological disorders. In contrast to many prokaryotes, humans and other mammals are unable to synthesize B(12). Instead, a sophisticated pathway for specific uptake and transport of this molecule has evolved. Failure in the gastrointestinal part of this pathway is the most common cause of nondietary-induced B(12) deficiency disease. However, although less frequent, defects in cellular processing and further downstream steps in the transport pathway are also known culprits of functional B(12) deficiency. Biochemical and genetic approaches have identified novel proteins in the B(12) transport pathway--now known to involve more than 15 gene products--delineating a coherent pathway for B(12) trafficking from food to the body's cells. Some of these gene products are specifically dedicated to B(12) transport, whereas others embrace additional roles, which explains the heterogeneity in the clinical picture of the many genetic disorders causing B(12) deficiency. This Review describes basic and clinical features of this multistep pathway with emphasis on gastrointestinal transport of B(12) and its importance in clinical medicine.
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Sivils JC, Ancrum TM, Bain LJ. LOSS of Mrp1 alters detoxification enzyme expression in a tissue- and hormonal-status-specific manner. J Appl Toxicol 2012; 33:766-73. [PMID: 22522787 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2011] [Revised: 12/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The multidrug resistance-associated protein1 (MRP1/ABCC1) is a member of the ABCC transporter subfamily that mediates the efflux of pharmaceuticals, xenobiotics and steroid hormones, typically as glutathione, glucuronide or sulfate conjugates. Since loss of one transporter can be compensated by increasing the expression of other transporters and conjugation enzymes, we sought to examine compensatory changes in phase I, II and III enzyme expression in extrahepatic tissues, including the kidney, lungs and small intestine of intact or castrated Mrp1(-/-) male mice. In the kidney, the expression of several P450s, sulfotransferase 1a1 (Sult), glucuronosyltransferases (Ugt) and Mrps2-4, were significantly changed owing to castration alone. The only time genotype mattered was between the castrated FVB and Mrp1 knockout mice. In contrast, expression of the Ugts, Sult 1a1 and Mrp3 in the lungs was significantly downregulated in the Mrp1 knockout mice, so based exclusively on genotype. In the small intestine, there were interactions between steroid hormone levels and genotype, as the expression differences were only found in mice lacking Mrp1, and were changed between intact and castrated animals. The mechanism behind this pattern of expression may be to due to Nrf2 regulation, as its expression mirrors that of the phase II and phase III enzymes. These results indicate that compensatory responses owing to the loss of Mrp1 vary dramatically, depending on the particular tissue. This information will aid in the understanding of how drug uptake, disposition and elimination can be influenced by both hormone status and the presence and magnitude of transporter expression.
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- Jeffrey C Sivils
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79910, USA
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Fardel O, Kolasa E, Le Vee M. Environmental chemicals as substrates, inhibitors or inducers of drug transporters: implication for toxicokinetics, toxicity and pharmacokinetics. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2011; 8:29-46. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2012.637918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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de Waart DR, van de Wetering K, Kunne C, Duijst S, Paulusma CC, Oude Elferink RPJ. Oral Availability of Cefadroxil Depends on ABCC3 and ABCC4. Drug Metab Dispos 2011; 40:515-21. [DOI: 10.1124/dmd.111.041731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Han X, Nabb DL, Russell MH, Kennedy GL, Rickard RW. Renal elimination of perfluorocarboxylates (PFCAs). Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 25:35-46. [PMID: 21985250 DOI: 10.1021/tx200363w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sex-, species-, and chain length-dependent renal elimination is the hallmark of mammalian elimination of perfluorocarboxylates (PFCAs) and has been extensively studied for almost 30 years. In this review, toxicokinetic data of PFCAs (chain lengths ranging from 4 to 10) in different species are compared with an emphasis on their relevance to renal elimination. PFCAs vary in their affinities to bind to serum albumins in plasma, which is an important factor in determining the renal clearance of PFCAs. PFCA-albumin binding has been well characterized and is summarized in this review. The mechanism of the sex-, species-, and chain length-dependent renal PFCA elimination is a research area that has gained continuous interest since the beginning of toxicological studies of PFCAs. It is now recognized that organic anion transport proteins play a key role in PFCA renal tubular reabsorption, a process that is sex-, species-, and chain length-dependent. Recent studies on the identification of PFCA renal transport proteins and characterization of their transport kinetics have greatly improved our understanding of the PFCA renal transport mechanism at the molecular level. A mathematical representation of this renal tubular reabsorption mechanism has been incorporated in physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA). Improvement of PBPK models in the future will require more accurate and quantitative characterization of renal transport pathways of PFCAs. To that end, a basolateral membrane efflux pathway for the reabsorption of PFCAs in the kidney is discussed in this review, which could provide a future research direction toward a better understanding of the mechanisms of PFCA renal elimination.
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- DuPont Haskell Global Centers for Health and Environmental Sciences, Newark, Delaware 19714, United States.
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Qiang Z, Ye Z, Hauck C, Murphy PA, McCoy JA, Widrlechner MP, Reddy MB, Hendrich S. Permeability of rosmarinic acid in Prunella vulgaris and ursolic acid in Salvia officinalis extracts across Caco-2 cell monolayers. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2011; 137:1107-12. [PMID: 21798330 PMCID: PMC3202029 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Revised: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Rosmarinic acid (RA), a caffeic acid-related compound found in high concentrations in Prunella vulgaris (self-heal), and ursolic acid (UA), a pentacyclic triterpene acid concentrated in Salvia officinalis (sage), have been traditionally used to treat inflammation in the mouth, and may also be beneficial for gastrointestinal health in general. AIM OF THE STUDY To investigate the permeabilities of RA and UA as pure compounds and in Prunella vulgaris and Salvia officinalis ethanol extracts across human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cell monolayers. MATERIALS AND METHODS The permeabilities and phase II biotransformation of RA and UA as pure compounds and in herbal extracts were compared using Caco-2 cells with HPLC detection. RESULTS The apparent permeability coefficient (P(app)) for RA and RA in Prunella vulgaris extracts was 0.2 ± 0.05 × 10(-6)cm/s, significantly increased to 0.9 ± 0.2 × 10(-6)cm/s after β-glucuronidase/sulfatase treatment. P(app) for UA and UA in Salvia officinalis extract was 2.7 ± 0.3 × 10(-6)cm/s and 2.3 ± 0.5 × 10(-6)cm/s before and after β-glucuronidase/sulfatase treatment, respectively. Neither compound was affected in permeability by the herbal extract matrix. CONCLUSION RA and UA in herbal extracts had similar uptake as that found using the pure compounds, which may simplify the prediction of compound efficacy, but the apparent lack of intestinal glucuronidation/sulfation of UA is likely to further enhance the bioavailability of that compound compared with RA.
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
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Quezada C, Alarcón S, Cárcamo JG, Yáñez A, Casanello P, Sobrevia L, San Martín R. Increased expression of the multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) in kidney glomeruli of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Biol Chem 2011; 392:529-37. [DOI: 10.1515/bc.2011.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Oxidative stress has been linked to the podocytopathy, mes-angial expansion and progression of diabetic nephropathy. The major cell defence mechanism against oxidative stress is reduced glutathione (GSH). Some ABC transporters have been shown to extrude GSH, oxidised glutathione or their conjugates out of the cell, thus implying a role for these transporters in GSH homeostasis. We found a remarkable expression of mRNA for multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRP/ABCC) 1, 3, 4 and 5 in rat glomeruli. Three weeks after induction of diabetes in glomeruli of streptozotocin-treated rats, we observed a decline in reduced GSH levels and an increase in the expression and activity of MRP1 (ABCC1). These lower GSH levels were improved by ex vivo treatment with pharmacological inhibitors of MRP1 activity (MK571). We conclude that increased activity of MRP1 in diabetic glomeruli is correlated with an inadequate adaptive response to oxidative stress.
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Tydén E, Bjornstrom H, Tjälve H, Larsson P. Expression and localization of BCRP, MRP1 and MRP2 in intestines, liver and kidney in horse. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2011; 33:332-40. [PMID: 20646193 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2009.01140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The gene and protein expression and the cellular localization of the ABC transport proteins breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2) have been examined in the intestines, liver and kidney in horse. High gene and protein expression of BCRP and MRP2 were found in the small intestines, with cellular localization in the apical membranes of the enterocytes. In the liver, MRP2 was present in the bile canalicular membranes of the hepatocytes, whereas BCRP was localized in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes in the peripheral parts of the liver lobuli. In the kidney both BCRP and MRP2 were predominantly present in the distal tubuli and in the loops of Henle. In most tissues, the gene and protein expression of MRP1 were much lower than for BCRP and MRP2. Immunostaining of MRP1 was detectable only in the intestines and with localization in the cytoplasm of enterocytes in the caecum and colon and in the cells of serous acini of Brunner's glands in the duodenum and the upper jejunum. The latter cells were also stained for BCRP, but not for MRP2. Many drugs used in horse are substrates for one or more of the ABC transport proteins. These transporters may therefore have important functions for oral bioavailability, distribution and excretion of substrate compounds in horse.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Division of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Jemnitz K, Heredi-Szabo K, Janossy J, Ioja E, Vereczkey L, Krajcsi P. ABCC2/Abcc2: a multispecific transporter with dominant excretory functions. Drug Metab Rev 2010; 42:402-36. [PMID: 20082599 DOI: 10.3109/03602530903491741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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ABCC2/Abcc2 (MRP2/Mrp2) is expressed at major physiological barriers, such as the canalicular membrane of liver cells, kidney proximal tubule epithelial cells, enterocytes of the small and large intestine, and syncytiotrophoblast of the placenta. ABCC2/Abcc2 always localizes in the apical membranes. Although ABCC2/Abcc2 transports a variety of amphiphilic anions that belong to different classes of molecules, such as endogenous compounds (e.g., bilirubin-glucuronides), drugs, toxic chemicals, nutraceuticals, and their conjugates, it displays a preference for phase II conjugates. Phenotypically, the most obvious consequence of mutations in ABCC2 that lead to Dubin-Johnson syndrome is conjugate hyperbilirubinemia. ABCC2/Abcc2 harbors multiple binding sites and displays complex transport kinetics.
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- Katalin Jemnitz
- Chemical Research Center, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, HAS, Budapest, Hungary
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The effects of excipients on transporter mediated absorption. Int J Pharm 2010; 393:17-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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SIVILS JEFFREYC, GONZALEZ IVEN, BAIN LISAJ. Mice lacking Mrp1 have reduced testicular steroid hormone levels and alterations in steroid biosynthetic enzymes. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 167:51-9. [PMID: 20178799 PMCID: PMC2862834 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1/ABCC1) is a member of the ABC active transporter family that can transport several steroid hormone conjugates, including 17beta-estradiol glucuronide, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), and estrone 3-sulfate. The present study investigated the role that MRP1 plays in maintaining proper hormone levels in the serum and testes. Serum and testicular steroid hormone levels were examined in both wild-type mice and Mrp1 null mice. Serum testosterone levels were reduced 5-fold in mice lacking Mrp1, while testicular androstenedione, testosterone, estradiol, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) were significantly reduced by 1.7- to 4.5-fold in Mrp1 knockout mice. Investigating the mechanisms responsible for the reduction in steroid hormones in Mrp1-/- mice revealed no differences in the expression or activity of enzymes that inactivate steroids, the sulfotransferases or glucuronosyltransferases. However, steroid biosynthetic enzyme levels in the testes were altered. Cyp17 protein levels were increased by 1.6-fold, while Cyp17 activity using progesterone as a substrate was also increased by 1.4- to 2.0-fold in mice lacking Mrp1. Additionally, the ratio of 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase to 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, and steroidogenic factor 1 to 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase were significantly increased in the testes of Mrp1-/- mice. These results indicate that Mrp1-/- mice have lowered steroid hormones levels, and suggests that upregulation of steroid biosynthetic enzymes may be an attempt to maintain proper steroid hormone homeostasis.
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- JEFFREY C. SIVILS
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
- Address correspondence to: Lisa Bain, Clemson University, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634. Phone: 1-864-656-5050; FAX: 1-864- 656-0435;
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Klaassen CD, Aleksunes LM. Xenobiotic, bile acid, and cholesterol transporters: function and regulation. Pharmacol Rev 2010; 62:1-96. [PMID: 20103563 PMCID: PMC2835398 DOI: 10.1124/pr.109.002014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 558] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Transporters influence the disposition of chemicals within the body by participating in absorption, distribution, and elimination. Transporters of the solute carrier family (SLC) comprise a variety of proteins, including organic cation transporters (OCT) 1 to 3, organic cation/carnitine transporters (OCTN) 1 to 3, organic anion transporters (OAT) 1 to 7, various organic anion transporting polypeptide isoforms, sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide, apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter, peptide transporters (PEPT) 1 and 2, concentrative nucleoside transporters (CNT) 1 to 3, equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) 1 to 3, and multidrug and toxin extrusion transporters (MATE) 1 and 2, which mediate the uptake (except MATEs) of organic anions and cations as well as peptides and nucleosides. Efflux transporters of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily, such as ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), multidrug resistance proteins (MDR) 1 and 2, bile salt export pump, multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRP) 1 to 9, breast cancer resistance protein, and ATP-binding cassette subfamily G members 5 and 8, are responsible for the unidirectional export of endogenous and exogenous substances. Other efflux transporters [ATPase copper-transporting beta polypeptide (ATP7B) and ATPase class I type 8B member 1 (ATP8B1) as well as organic solute transporters (OST) alpha and beta] also play major roles in the transport of some endogenous chemicals across biological membranes. This review article provides a comprehensive overview of these transporters (both rodent and human) with regard to tissue distribution, subcellular localization, and substrate preferences. Because uptake and efflux transporters are expressed in multiple cell types, the roles of transporters in a variety of tissues, including the liver, kidneys, intestine, brain, heart, placenta, mammary glands, immune cells, and testes are discussed. Attention is also placed upon a variety of regulatory factors that influence transporter expression and function, including transcriptional activation and post-translational modifications as well as subcellular trafficking. Sex differences, ontogeny, and pharmacological and toxicological regulation of transporters are also addressed. Transporters are important transmembrane proteins that mediate the cellular entry and exit of a wide range of substrates throughout the body and thereby play important roles in human physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and toxicology.
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- Curtis D Klaassen
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160-7417, USA.
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Yokooji T, Murakami T, Yumoto R, Nagai J, Takano M. Site-specific bidirectional efflux of 2,4-dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione, a substrate of multidrug resistance-associated proteins, in rat intestine and Caco-2 cells. J Pharm Pharmacol 2010; 59:513-20. [PMID: 17430634 DOI: 10.1211/jpp.59.4.0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The site-specific function of multidrug-resistance-associated proteins (MRPs), especially MRP2 and MRP3, was examined in rat intestine and human colon adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells. The MRP function was evaluated pharmacokinetically by measuring the efflux transport of 2,4-dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione (DNP-SG), an MRP substrate, after application of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB), a precursor of DNP-SG. The expression of rat and human MRP2 and MRP3 was analysed by Western blotting. The rat jejunum exhibited a higher apical MRP2 and a lower basolateral MRP3 expression than ileum. In accordance with the expression level, DNP-SG efflux to the mucosal surface was significantly greater in jejunum, while serosal efflux was greater in ileum. Site-specific bidirectional efflux of DNP-SG was also observed in in-vivo studies, in which portal and femoral plasma levels and biliary excretion rate of DNP-SG were significantly higher when CDNB was administered to ileum. Caco-2 cells also showed a bidirectional efflux of DNP-SG. Probenecid, an MRP inhibitor, significantly suppressed the mucosal efflux in jejunum and serosal efflux in ileum. In contrast, probenecid significantly suppressed both apical and basolateral efflux of DNP-SG in Caco-2 cells, though the inhibition was of small magnitude. In conclusion, the efflux of DNP-SG from enterocytes mediated by MRPs exhibited a significant regional difference in rat intestine, indicating possible variability in intestinal bioavailabilities of MRP substrates, depending on their absorption sites along the intestine.
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- Tomoharu Yokooji
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Yokooji T, Murakami T, Ogawa K, Yumoto R, Nagai J, Takano M. Modulation of intestinal transport of 2,4-dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione, a multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 substrate, by bilirubin treatment in rats. J Pharm Pharmacol 2010; 57:579-85. [PMID: 15901347 DOI: 10.1211/0022357056019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The effect of bilirubin treatment on intestinal transport of 2,4-dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione (DNP-SG), a substrate of multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2), after application of 1-chloro-2, 4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB), a precursor of DNP-SG, was examined in rat intestine by the in-vitro everted sac, in-situ re-circulating perfusion, and in-situ loop methods. CDNB was taken up rapidly by jejunum and ileum, and the consequent intestinal efflux of DNP-SG, a glutathione conjugated metabolite of CDNB, was significantly higher in jejunum than in ileum in the in-situ and in-vitro studies. Co-administration of bilirubin (100 μM), as well as probenecid (1 mM) or ciclosporin (100 μM), with CDNB decreased the DNP-SG efflux in jejunum significantly, but not in ileum. The suppression of DNP-SG efflux in jejunum was also observed after intravenous administration of bilirubin (85.5 μmol kg−1), in which plasma bilirubin glucuronide levels were approximately 100 μM. In the in-vitro metabolism study, bilirubin exerted no significant effect on CDNB metabolism in the intestinal S9 fraction (supernatant of 9000 g). These results suggested that the diseased states accompanied with hyperbilirubinaemia might have increased the intestinal absorption, or oral bioavailability, of MRP2 substrates by suppressing MRP2 function at the proximal intestinal region.
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- Tomoharu Yokooji
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Chang XB. Molecular mechanism of ATP-dependent solute transport by multidrug resistance-associated protein 1. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 596:223-49. [PMID: 19949927 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-416-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Millions of new cancer patients are diagnosed each year and over half of these patients die from this devastating disease. Thus, cancer causes a major public health problem worldwide. Chemotherapy remains the principal mode to treat many metastatic cancers. However, occurrence of cellular multidrug resistance (MDR) prevents efficient killing of cancer cells, leading to chemotherapeutic treatment failure. Over-expression of ATP-binding cassette transporters, such as P-glycoprotein, breast cancer resistance protein and/or multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1), confers an acquired MDR due to their capabilities of transporting a broad range of chemically diverse anticancer drugs across the cell membrane barrier. In this review, the molecular mechanism of ATP-dependent solute transport by MRP1 will be addressed.
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- Xiu-bao Chang
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
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Kitamura Y, Kusuhara H, Sugiyama Y. Functional characterization of multidrug resistance-associated protein 3 (mrp3/abcc3) in the basolateral efflux of glucuronide conjugates in the mouse small intestine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2009; 332:659-66. [PMID: 19889793 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.109.156943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The intestine expresses metabolic enzymes and transporters and functions as a barrier to orally administered xenobiotics. This study aimed to examine the importance of multidrug resistance-associated protein 3 (Mrp3/Abcc3) in the serosal efflux of glucuronide conjugates formed in the intestine using wild-type and Mrp3(-/-) mice. The everted sacs of the intestine were incubated with 4-methylumbelliferone (4MU), and the efflux rates of intracellularly formed glucuronide conjugate of 4MU (4MUG) into the mucosal and serosal sides were determined. The permeability-surface area product across the serosal membrane (PS(serosal)) of 4MUG in wild-type mice was greatest in the duodenum followed by the jejunum, ileum, and colon. The corresponding parameters were significantly reduced in Mrp3(-/-) mice (approximately 33% of that in wild-type mice) except for the colon where the PS(serosal) of 4MUG was similar between wild-type and Mrp3(-/-) mice. There was no difference in the PS(mucosal) of 4MUG in whole segments of the intestine between wild-type and Mrp3(-/-) mice. In addition to 4MUG, the PS(serosal) of the glucuronide conjugates of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN-38) and acetaminophen in the jejunal everted sacs were also significantly reduced in Mrp3(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice. There was no difference in the mRNA and protein expression of efflux transporters between wild-type and Mrp3(-/-) mice. These results suggest that Mrp3 plays major roles in the efflux transport of various glucuronide conjugates from the enterocytes to the portal blood in the small intestine together with unknown transporter(s), but the contribution of Mrp3 to the basolateral efflux of 4MUG was negligible in the colon.
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- Yoshiaki Kitamura
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Oostendorp RL, Beijnen JH, Schellens JH. The biological and clinical role of drug transporters at the intestinal barrier. Cancer Treat Rev 2009; 35:137-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2008.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Revised: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 09/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kato S, Ito K, Kato Y, Wakayama T, Kubo Y, Iseki S, Tsuji A. Involvement of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 in intestinal toxicity of methotrexate. Pharm Res 2009; 26:1467-76. [PMID: 19288182 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-009-9858-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Methotrexate (MTX) causes dose-limiting gastrointestinal toxicity due to exposure of intestinal tissues, and is a substrate of the multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) 1. Here we examine the involvement of MRP1, which is reported to be highly expressed in the proliferative crypt compartment of the small intestine, in the gastrointestinal toxicity of MTX. METHODS MTX was intraperitoneally administered to mrp1 gene knockout (mrp1 ((-/-))) and wild-type (mrp1 ((+/+))) mice. Body weight, food and water intake were monitored, intestinal histological studies and pharmacokinetics of MTX were examined. RESULTS mrp1 ((-/-)) mice more severely decreased body weight, food and water intake than mrp1 ((+/+)) mice. Almost complete loss of villi throughout the small intestine in mrp1 ((-/-)) mice was observed, whereas the damage was only partial in mrp1 ((+/+)) mice. Plasma concentration and biliary excretion profiles of MTX were similar in mrp1 ((-/-)) and mrp1 ((+/+)) mice, though accumulation of MTX in immature proliferative cells isolated from mrp1 ((-/-)) mice was much higher compared to mrp1 ((+/+)) mice. Immunostaining revealed localization of Mrp1 in plasma membrane of the intestinal crypt compartment in mrp1 ((+/+)) mice, but not in mrp1 ((-/-)) mice. CONCLUSION Mrp1 determines the exposure of proliferative cells in the small intestine to MTX, followed by gastrointestinal toxicity.
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- Sayaka Kato
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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van de Water FM, Masereeuw R, Russel FGM. Function and Regulation of Multidrug Resistance Proteins (MRPs) in the Renal Elimination of Organic Anions. Drug Metab Rev 2008; 37:443-71. [PMID: 16257830 DOI: 10.1080/03602530500205275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The reabsorptive and excretory capacity of the kidney has an important influence on the systemic concentration of drugs. Multidrug resistance proteins (MRP/ABCC) expressed in the kidney play a critical role in the tubular efflux of a wide variety of drugs and toxicants, and, in particular, of their negatively charged phase II metabolites. Nine structurally and functionally related MRP family members have been identified (MRP1-9), which differ from each other by their localization, expression levels, and substrate specificity. During altered physiological circumstances, adaptations in these transporters are required to avoid systemic toxicity as well as renal tubular damage. Key players in these events are hormones, protein kinases, nuclear receptors, and disease conditions, which all may affect transporter protein expression levels. This review discusses current knowledge on the renal characteristics of MRP1-9, with specific focus on their regulation.
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- Femke M van de Water
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 233, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Holland ML, Allen JD, Arnold JC. Interaction of plant cannabinoids with the multidrug transporter ABCC1 (MRP1). Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 591:128-31. [PMID: 18619955 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.06.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Revised: 06/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCC1, or multidrug resistance-related protein 1 (MRP1) is implicated in Phase II metabolism and multidrug resistance as it effluxes substrate anticancer drugs. As cannabinoids inhibit two related ABC transporters, P-glycoprotein and ABCG2, here we examined whether they also inhibit ABCC1. Indeed, the cannabinoids enhanced the intracellular accumulation of two ABCC1 substrates, Fluo3 and vincristine, in ovarian carcinoma cells over-expressing ABCC1 (2008/MRP1) with a rank order of potency: cannabidiol>cannabinol>Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol. Cannabinoid inhibition of ABCC1 was confirmed using insect cell membrane MRP1 ATPase assays. These results demonstrate that cannabinoids inhibit ABCC1.
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Bridges CC, Joshee L, Zalups RK. MRP2 and the DMPS- and DMSA-mediated elimination of mercury in TR(-) and control rats exposed to thiol S-conjugates of inorganic mercury. Toxicol Sci 2008; 105:211-20. [PMID: 18511429 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cysteine (Cys) and homocysteine (Hcy)-S-conjugates of inorganic mercury (Hg2+) are transportable species of Hg2+ that are taken up readily by proximal tubular cells. The metal chelators, 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonic acid (DMPS) and meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), have been used successfully to extract Hg2+ from these cells, presumably via the multidrug resistance protein (Mrp2). In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that Mrp2 is involved in the DMPS- and DMSA-mediated extraction of Hg2+ following administration of Hg2+ as an S-conjugate of Cys or Hcy. To test this hypothesis, control and TR(-) (Mrp2-deficient) rats were injected with 0.5 micromol/kg HgCl2 (containing 203Hg2+) conjugated to 1.25 micromol/kg Cys or Hcy. After 24 and 28 h, rats were treated with saline or 100 mg/kg DMPS or DMSA. Tissues were harvested 48 h after Hg2+ exposure. The renal and hepatic burden of Hg2+ was greater in saline-injected TR- rats than in corresponding controls. Accordingly, the content of Hg2+ in the urine and feces was less in TR- rats than in controls. Following treatment with DMPS or DMSA, the renal content of Hg2+ in both groups of rats was reduced significantly and the urinary excretion of Hg2+ was increased. In liver, the effect of each chelator appeared to be dependent upon the form in which Hg2+ was administered. In vitro experiments provide direct evidence indicating that DMPS and DMSA-S-conjugates of Hg2+ are substrates for Mrp2. Overall, these data support our hypothesis that Mrp2 is involved in the DMPS and DMSA-mediated extraction of the body burden of Hg2+.
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- Christy C Bridges
- Mercer University School of Medicine, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Macon, Georgia 31207, USA.
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Bridges CC, Joshee L, Zalups RK. Multidrug resistance proteins and the renal elimination of inorganic mercury mediated by 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonic acid and meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 324:383-90. [PMID: 17940195 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.130708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Current therapies for inorganic mercury (Hg(2+)) intoxication include administration of a metal chelator, either 2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonic acid (DMPS) or meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA). After exposure to either chelator, Hg(2+) is rapidly eliminated from the kidneys and excreted in the urine, presumably as an S-conjugate of DMPS or DMSA. The multidrug resistance protein 2 (Mrp2) has been implicated in this process. We hypothesize that Mrp2 mediates the secretion of DMPS- or DMSA-S-conjugates of Hg(2+) from proximal tubular cells. To test this hypothesis, the disposition of Hg(2+) was examined in control and Mrp2-deficient TR(-) rats. Rats were injected i.v. with 0.5 mumol/kg HgCl(2) containing (203)Hg(2+). Twenty-four and 28 h later, rats were injected with saline, DMPS, or DMSA. Tissues were harvested 48 h after HgCl(2) exposure. The renal and hepatic burden of Hg(2+) in the saline-injected TR(-) rats was greater than that of controls. In contrast, the amount of Hg(2+) excreted in urine and feces of TR(-) rats was less than that of controls. DMPS, but not DMSA, significantly reduced the renal and hepatic content of Hg(2+) in both groups of rats, with the greatest reduction in controls. A significant increase in urinary and fecal excretion of Hg(2+), which was greater in the controls, was also observed following DMPS treatment. Experiments utilizing inside-out membrane vesicles expressing MRP2 support these observations by demonstrating that DMPS- and DMSA-S-conjugates of Hg(2+) are transportable substrates of MRP2. Collectively, these data support a role for Mrp2 in the DMPS- and DMSA-mediated elimination of Hg(2+) from the kidney.
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- Christy C Bridges
- Mercer University School of Medicine, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, 1550 College Street, Macon, GA 31207, USA.
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Chang XB. A molecular understanding of ATP-dependent solute transport by multidrug resistance-associated protein MRP1. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2007; 26:15-37. [PMID: 17295059 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-007-9041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Over a million new cases of cancers are diagnosed each year in the United States and over half of these patients die from these devastating diseases. Thus, cancers cause a major public health problem in the United States and worldwide. Chemotherapy remains the principal mode to treat many metastatic cancers. However, occurrence of cellular multidrug resistance (MDR) prevents efficient killing of cancer cells, leading to chemotherapeutic treatment failure. Numerous mechanisms of MDR exist in cancer cells, such as intrinsic or acquired MDR. Overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) drug transporters, such as P-glycoprotein (P-gp or ABCB1), breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP or ABCG2) and/or multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP1 or ABCC1), confers an acquired MDR due to their capabilities of transporting a broad range of chemically diverse anticancer drugs. In addition to their roles in MDR, there is substantial evidence suggesting that these drug transporters have functions in tissue defense. Basically, these drug transporters are expressed in tissues important for absorption, such as in lung and gut, and for metabolism and elimination, such as in liver and kidney. In addition, these drug transporters play an important role in maintaining the barrier function of many tissues including blood-brain barrier, blood-cerebral spinal fluid barrier, blood-testis barrier and the maternal-fetal barrier. Thus, these ATP-dependent drug transporters play an important role in the absorption, disposition and elimination of the structurally diverse array of the endobiotics and xenobiotics. In this review, the molecular mechanism of ATP-dependent solute transport by MRP1 will be addressed.
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- Xiu-bao Chang
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
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Valente RC, Capella LS, Nascimento CR, Lopes AG, Capella MAM. Modulation of multidrug resistance protein (MRP1/ABCC1) expression: a novel physiological role for ouabain. Cell Biol Toxicol 2007; 23:421-7. [PMID: 17453352 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-007-9004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Besides being a (Na(+),K(+))-ATPase inhibitor, high doses of the hormone ouabain have also been reported to modulate both the expression and activity of proteins belonging to the ATP binding cassette family of transporters, such as ABCC7 (CFTR), ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein), and ABCC1 (MRP1). Although these proteins are present in the kidney, only ABCB1 has a putative physiological role in this organ, secreting endobiotics and xenobiotics. In the present work, we studied the relationship between ouabain and ABCC1 expression and function, aiming to establish a physiological role for ouabain. It was observed that prolonged (24 h) but not short (30 min) incubation with 1 nmol/L or higher ouabain concentrations decreased the expression of ABCC1 protein and induced its mRNA expression. This decrease was rapidly reversible, reaching control levels after incubation of cells in ouabain-free medium for 3 h, denoting a hormonal action. Moreover, concentrations equal or higher than 100 nmol/L ouabain also induced impairment of ABCC1 activity, increasing the accumulation of carboxyfluorescein diacetate, an ABCC1 fluorescent substrate. Because ouabain is now accepted as an endogenous hormone, our results suggest that ABCC1 is regulated by hormones related to body volume control, which may have implications for the treatment of hypertensive cancer patients. Moreover, providing ABCC1 is expressed in several other tissues, such as brain, testis, and the immune system, and is related to the transport of glutathione, it is possible that ouabain release may control a number of functions within these organs and tissues by modulating both the expression and the activity of ABCC1.
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- R C Valente
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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