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Research ArticleABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION

Functional Characterization of pH-Sensitive Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide OATP-B in Human

Takashi Nozawa, Kozue Imai, Jun-Ichi Nezu, Akira Tsuji and Ikumi Tamai
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 2004, 308 (2) 438-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.103.060194
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Abstract

The pH-sensitive activity of human organic anion transporting polypeptide OATP-B, which is expressed at the apical membrane of human small intestinal epithelial cells, was functionally characterized. When initial uptake of estrone-3-sulfate, a typical substrate of OATP, was studied kinetically, we observed an increase in Vmax with decrease of pH from 7.4 to 5.0, whereas the change in Km was negligible. OATP-B-mediated uptake of estrone-3-sulfate was independent of sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, or glutathione, whereas the proton ionophore carbonylcyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone exhibited a pH-dependent inhibitory effect, suggesting that a proton gradient is a driving force for OATP-B. When OATP-B was expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells, uptake activities for anionic compounds showed various kinds of pH sensitivity. Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, estrone-3-sulfate, and fexofenadine were transported by OATP-B at both neutral and acidic pH, whereas estradiol-17β-glucuronide, acetic acid, and lactic acid were not transported at all. Transport of taurocholic acid and pravastatin by OATP-B was observed only at acidic pH, demonstrating a pH-sensitive substrate specificity of OATP-B. Because the physiological pH close to the surface of intestinal epithelial cells is acidic, the roles of OATP-B in the small intestine might be different from those in other tissues, such as liver basolateral membrane. Although the driving force for OATP-B has not been fully established, the clarification of factors, such as pH, that affect the OATP-B-activity is essential for an understanding of the physiological and pharmacological relevance of the transporter in the small intestine.

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  • This investigation was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, and by grants from The Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, and Novartis Foundation for the Promotion of Science.

  • ABBREVIATIONS: OATP, organic anion transporting polypeptide; HEK, human embryonic kidney; GSH, glutathione; FCCP, carbonylcyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl hydrazone; ASBT, apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter.

  • DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.060194.

    • Received September 17, 2003.
    • Accepted November 5, 2003.
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Functional Characterization of pH-Sensitive Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide OATP-B in Human

Takashi Nozawa, Kozue Imai, Jun-Ichi Nezu, Akira Tsuji and Ikumi Tamai
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 2004, 308 (2) 438-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.103.060194

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Functional Characterization of pH-Sensitive Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide OATP-B in Human

Takashi Nozawa, Kozue Imai, Jun-Ichi Nezu, Akira Tsuji and Ikumi Tamai
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 2004, 308 (2) 438-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.103.060194
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