PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Groves, Carlotta E.
AU  - Morales, Mark N.
TI  - Chlorotrifluoroethylcysteine Interaction with Rabbit Proximal Tubule Cell Basolateral Membrane Organic Anion Transport and Apical Membrane Amino Acid Transport
DP  - 1999 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 555--561
VI  - 291
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/291/2/555.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/291/2/555.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1999 Nov 01; 291
AB  - The interaction of the cysteine conjugateS-(1-chloro-1,2,2,-trifluoroethyl)-l-cysteine (CTFC) with organic anion and amino acid transport in the basolateral and apical membranes was examined with rabbit renal proximal tubule suspensions and primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells. The apparent Ki for CTFC inhibition of the 1-min uptake of [3H]p-aminohippurate in tubule suspensions was 105 ± 3 μM and suggests that CTFC interacts with basolateral organic anion transport. Also, the addition of 1 mM CTFC decreased the secretion and intracellular accumulation of fluorescein by ∼70 to 75%. The addition of 1 mM CTFC to the apical compartment decreased the reabsorption and intracellular accumulation of the amino acid [3H]phenylalanine by ∼60 to 70%. Similar to CTFC, saturating concentrations of the organic anion [3H]p-aminohippurate and the amino acid phenylalanine reduced by ∼75% fluorescein secretion and [3H]phenylalanine reabsorption, respectively, by ∼60 to 70%. Thus, the cysteine conjugate CTFC appears to be a potent inhibitor of basolateral organic anion and apical amino acid transepithelial transport. In contrast to its effects on apical phenylalanine uptake, CTFC had no effect on the basal uptake of [3H]phenylalanine by primary cultures. The presence of CTFC in the external bath did trans-stimulate the efflux of fluorescein and [3H]phenylalanine across the basal and apical membrane in tubule suspensions or primary cultures, respectively, grown on plastic. Collectively, these data demonstrate that CTFC interacts with, and is transported by, two anatomically and functionally distinct transporters, the basolateral organic anion and apical neutral amino acid pathways, in the rabbit renal proximal tubule cell. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics