TABLE 1

Representative enrichment of various efflux transporters in plasma membrane preparation compared with whole cell lysates from BBMECs


Cellular Fraction

Enrichment*
P-gp
MRP1
MRP5
MRP4
Total membrane 38 9 5 18
    Apical (F1) 134 32 16 88
    Basolateral (F3)
12
10
9
60
  • * Enrichment of the various membrane fractions compared with whole cell lysates was determined using densitometry of the immunoblots from one representative membrane isolation.