PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Minoru Tsuda
AU  - Takashi Sekine
AU  - Michio Takeda
AU  - Seok Ho Cha
AU  - Yoshikatsu Kanai
AU  - Miyako Kimura
AU  - Hitoshi Endou
TI  - Transport of Ochratoxin A by Renal Multispecific Organic Anion Transporter 1
DP  - 1999 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 1301--1305
VI  - 289
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/289/3/1301.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/289/3/1301.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1999 Jun 01; 289
AB  - In the present study, we investigated the transport of ochratoxin A (OTA) by kidney-specific organic anion transporter 1 (OAT1). When expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, OAT1 mediated sodium-independent uptake of OTA (Km = 2.1 μM). Piroxicam, which has been shown to prevent the nephrotoxicity of OTA, inhibited OAT1-mediated uptake of OTA. By contrast, another protective compound, aspartame, did not. Using a cell line derived from the mouse kidney terminal proximal tubule (S3) transfected with OAT1 cDNA, we investigated the transport of OTA and also its effect on cell proliferation and cell viability. S3 cells expressing OAT1 mediated the saturable transport of OTA (Km = 0.57 μM). Cell proliferation was suppressed in S3 cells expressing OAT1 when exposed to 2 and 10 μM OTA. This suppression was rescued by the coaddition of 1 mMp-aminohippurate in the media. The present study indicates that OTA is transported by OAT1 and that the accumulation of OTA via OAT1 in proximal tubular cells is the primary event in the development of OTA nephrotoxicity. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics