TY - JOUR T1 - Hepatic Uptake of Synthetic Chlorogenic Acid Derivatives by the Organic Anion Transport Proteins JF - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics JO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther SP - 91 LP - 98 VL - 296 IS - 1 AU - Dietmar Schwab AU - Andreas W. Herling AU - Horst Hemmerle AU - Gerrit Schubert AU - Bruno Hagenbuch AU - Hans-Joerg Burger Y1 - 2001/01/01 UR - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/296/1/91.abstract N2 - Chlorogenic acid derivatives were recently identified as novel, potent, and specific inhibitors of the hepatic glucose 6-phosphate translocase. Inhibition of the glucose 6-phosphate translocase leads to a decrease in hepatic glucose production, rendering chlorogenic acid derivatives as potential novel therapeutics in patients with type 2 diabetes. The present study examines the hepatic uptake mechanism of the radiolabeled chlorogenic acid derivative S 1743 into freshly isolated rat hepatocytes. Initial uptake rates were Na+-independent and followed saturation kinetics with no superimposition of facilitated diffusion. Inhibition studies demonstrated that other chlorogenic acid derivatives inhibited uptake of the radiolabeled compound S 1743 into rat hepatocytes in the range of 1.1 to 11 μM, whereas the natural chlorogenic acid (up to 100 μM) had no effect at all. In addition, inhibition of S 1743 uptake into rat hepatocytes was found in the presence of sulfobromophthalein, sulfolithocholyltaurine, estrone-3-sulfate, cholyltaurine, verapamil, bumetanide, probenecide, phenol red, digoxin, and ouabain (in decreasing order) but not with N-methylnicotinamide, α-ketoglutarate, p-aminohippurate, geneticin sulfate, and 5-sulfosalicylate. The observed inhibition pattern suggested that members of the family of the organic anion transporting polypeptides (Oatps) could be involved in hepatic uptake of chlorogenic acid derivatives. Indeed, S 1743 uptake could be demonstrated in Oatp1- and Oatp2-expressing Xenopus laevis oocytes as well as in Oatp1-expressing Chinese hamster ovary cells. A comparison of the inhibition pattern obtained in hepatocytes compared with that obtained in Oatp1-expressing Chinese hamster ovary cells suggests that facilitated uptake by Oatp1 is a major contributor in total hepatic uptake of chlorogenic acid derivatives. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ER -