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Bakos É, Tusnády GE, Német O, Patik I, Magyar C, Németh K, Kele P, Özvegy-Laczka C. Synergistic transport of a fluorescent coumarin probe marks coumarins as pharmacological modulators of Organic anion-transporting polypeptide, OATP3A1. Biochem Pharmacol 2020; 182:114250. [PMID: 32991865 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Organic anion-transporting polypeptide 3A1 (OATP3A1) is a membrane transporter mediating the cellular uptake of various hormones such as estrone-3-sulfate, prostaglandins E1 and E2 and thyroxine. OATP3A1 is widely expressed in the human body and its presence in tissue-blood barriers, neurons and muscle cells marks it as a potential pharmacological target. Herein we demonstrate that an otherwise membrane impermeant, zwitterionic fluorescent coumarin probe, bearing a sulfonate function is a potent substrate of human OATP3A1, thus readily transported into HEK-293-OATP3A1 cells allowing functional investigation and the screen of drug interactions of the OATP3A1 transporter. At the same time, dyes lacking either the sulfonate motif or the coumarin scaffold showed a dramatic decrease in affinity or even a complete loss of transport. Furthermore, we observed a distinct inhibition/activation pattern in the OATP3A1-mediated uptake of closely related fluorescent coumarin derivatives differing only in the presence of the sulfonate moiety. Additionally, we detected a synergistic effect between one of the probes tested and the endogenous OATP substrate estrone-3-sulfate. These data, together with docking results indicate the presence of at least two cooperative substrate binding sites in OATP3A1. Besides providing the first sensitive probe for testing OATP3A1 substrate/inhibitor interactions, our results also help to understand substrate recognition and transport mechanism of the poorly characterized OATP3A1. Moreover, coumarins are good candidates for OATP3A1-targeted drug delivery and as pharmacological modulators of OATP3A1.
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Affiliation(s)
- Éva Bakos
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
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- Bioinformatics Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
| | - Orsolya Német
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
| | - Izabel Patik
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
| | - Csaba Magyar
- Bioinformatics Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
| | - Krisztina Németh
- Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
| | - Péter Kele
- Chemical Biology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary
| | - Csilla Özvegy-Laczka
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, RCNS, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2., Budapest, Hungary.
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