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Research ArticleABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION

Function and Expression of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein Family in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma Cells (Caco-2)

Tomoko Hirohashi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xiao-Yan Chu, Ikumi Tamai, Akira Tsuji and Yuichi Sugiyama
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics January 2000, 292 (1) 265-270;
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Several organic anions are actively extruded from intestinal epithelial cells into the lumen and vascular sides. To examine the role of the multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) family in the intestinal efflux of organic anions, the function and expression of these proteins were investigated with Caco-2, a human adenocarcinoma cell line that retains many of the characteristics of normal enterocytes. [3H]2,4-Dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione (DNP-SG) and [3H]17β-estradiol 17-β-d-glucuronide (E217βG), typical substrates for MRP1 and cMOAT (canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter)/MRP2, were taken up into brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) from Caco-2 in an ATP-dependent manner, withKm values of 16.9 ± 7.2 and 9.4 ± 1.2 μM, respectively. The uptake of [3H]DNP-SG into BBMVs was osmotically sensitive and stimulated to some extent by other nucleotide triphosphates (GTP, CTP, and UTP) but not by ADP or AMP. An ATPase inhibitor, vanadate, inhibited the ATP-dependent uptake of [3H]DNP-SG to some extent. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction resulted in the amplification of MRP1, MRP3, and MRP5. Northern blot analysis indicated extensive expression of cMOAT/MRP2 and MRP3 and only minimal expression of MRP1 and MRP5. Although cMOAT/MRP2 was continuously expressed throughout the culture period, MRP3 was not expressed immediately after the confluent state was reached. Collectively, the presence of ATP-dependent transport systems for DNP-SG and E217βG was demonstrated in Caco-2 cells. Because cMOAT/MRP2 and MRP3 may be expressed on brush-border and basolateral membranes in epithelial cells, respectively, the transport activity associated with BBMVs may result from the function of cMOAT/MRP2.

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  • Send reprint requests to: Hiroshi Suzuki, Ph.D., Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku. E-mail: suzuki{at}seizai.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  • ↵1 This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas “ABC proteins” (10044243) from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan.

  • Abbreviations:
    BBMVs
    brush-border membrane vesicles
    ABC
    ATP-binding cassette
    MRP
    multidrug resistance-associated protein
    cMOAT
    canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter
    EHBR
    Eisai hyperbilirubinemic rat
    DNP-SG
    2,4-dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione
    E217βG
    17β-estradiol 17-β-d-glucuronide
    GAPDH
    glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
    4-MU
    4-methylumbelliferone
    • Received June 1, 1999.
    • Accepted September 15, 1999.
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Function and Expression of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein Family in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma Cells (Caco-2)

Tomoko Hirohashi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xiao-Yan Chu, Ikumi Tamai, Akira Tsuji and Yuichi Sugiyama
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics January 1, 2000, 292 (1) 265-270;

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Function and Expression of Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein Family in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma Cells (Caco-2)

Tomoko Hirohashi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xiao-Yan Chu, Ikumi Tamai, Akira Tsuji and Yuichi Sugiyama
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics January 1, 2000, 292 (1) 265-270;
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