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Affinity of Ketamine to Clinically Relevant Transporters
Ketamine
is a widely used intravenous anesthetic drug that has
also a pronounced analgesic effect. Moreover, one of its metabolites
was very recently shown to possess antidepressant activity. Consequently,
oral administration of ketamine may become of interest in the future.
There is evidence from in vitro data, drug–drug interactions,
and the physicochemical properties of the drug that ketamine may be
a substrate of drug transporters. Thus, it was the aim of this study
to investigate the affinity of ketamine to clinically relevant transporter
proteins that are expected to affect its intestinal absorption, distribution,
and excretion. Ketamine was shown to be significantly taken up in
a time- and concentration-dependent manner by OCT1–3. The affinity
to OCT transporters at pH 6.5 (<i>K</i><sub>m</sub> ≈
35–75 μM) was clearly higher than that at pH 7.4. In
addition, ketamine permeability was markedly lower at pH 6.5 than
at pH 7.4 in a parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA).
Ketamine showed a low but significant affinity to P-gp at pH 6.5.
In contrast to this, we could not detect any transport of ketamine
by MATE1/2K. In conclusion, ketamine is a substrate for OCT1–3
and P-gp but is not recognized by MATE1/2K. Considering that ketamine
is a lipophilic base that mainly exists as a cationic moiety (>90%)
in the intestinal lumen, we conclude that the OCT-mediated cellular
uptake as well as P-gp efflux is expected to be only of relevance
in the human intestine (i.e., in the case of oral drug administration),
where OCT1, OCT3, and P-gp are stably expressed at the apical membrane.
On the other side, P-gp is not expected to contribute significantly
to tissue (brain) distribution or renal excretion of ketamine
Clinically Relevant Multidrug Transporters Are Regulated by microRNAs along the Human Intestine
Intestinal drug transporters are
crucial determinants for absorption
and oral bioavailability of drugs. In healthy tissue donors, a recent
study revealed profound discrepancies between mRNA expression and
protein abundance as well as differences in the protein content between
small and large intestine for clinically relevant multidrug transporters
as the ATP binding cassette transporter subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1)
and subfamily C member 3 (ABCC3) and the solute carrier family 15
member 1 (SLC15A1, PEPT1). As the mechanisms underlying these observations
remained unclear, the aim of the present study was to elucidate the
intestinal regiospecific microRNA profile under physiological conditions
and identify specific microRNAs contributing to the post-transcriptional
regulation of major drug transporters. For this purpose, tissue samples
were collected from six intestinal sites obtained from six healthy
tissue donors. The expression of 754 microRNAs was determined using
qRT-PCR based low density arrays, and microRNA expression levels were
correlated with transporter protein abundance quantified by targeted
proteomics. A total of 241 microRNA–transporter pairs were
identified, showing significant negative correlations to protein abundance
(<i>p</i> < 0.05). Out of these, for nine pairs, the
binding of the microRNA to the respective transporter 3′-UTR
was predicted in silico. Besides the already known interactions of
miR-27a-3p–<i>ABCB1</i> and miR-193a-3p–<i>PEPT1</i>, reporter gene assays confirmed binding of miR-192-5p
to the <i>ABCC3</i> 3′-UTR (reduction of reporter
gene activity by 31%; <i>p</i> = 0.0012), miR-409-3p to
the <i>ABCB1</i> 3′-UTR (reduction by 38%; <i>p</i> = 0.0006), and miR-193b-3p as well as miR-27a-3p to <i>PEPT1</i> 3′-UTR (reduction by 49% (<i>p</i> = 0.0012) and 20% (<i>p</i> = 0.0043), respectively).
These results suggest that mucosal microRNA expression contributes
to the explanation of discrepancies between mRNA expression and protein
abundance as well as site-dependent differences in protein content
along the human intestine under physiological conditions, as exemplified
for ABCB1, ABCC3, and PEPT1
Clinically Relevant Multidrug Transporters Are Regulated by microRNAs along the Human Intestine
Intestinal drug transporters are
crucial determinants for absorption
and oral bioavailability of drugs. In healthy tissue donors, a recent
study revealed profound discrepancies between mRNA expression and
protein abundance as well as differences in the protein content between
small and large intestine for clinically relevant multidrug transporters
as the ATP binding cassette transporter subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1)
and subfamily C member 3 (ABCC3) and the solute carrier family 15
member 1 (SLC15A1, PEPT1). As the mechanisms underlying these observations
remained unclear, the aim of the present study was to elucidate the
intestinal regiospecific microRNA profile under physiological conditions
and identify specific microRNAs contributing to the post-transcriptional
regulation of major drug transporters. For this purpose, tissue samples
were collected from six intestinal sites obtained from six healthy
tissue donors. The expression of 754 microRNAs was determined using
qRT-PCR based low density arrays, and microRNA expression levels were
correlated with transporter protein abundance quantified by targeted
proteomics. A total of 241 microRNA–transporter pairs were
identified, showing significant negative correlations to protein abundance
(<i>p</i> < 0.05). Out of these, for nine pairs, the
binding of the microRNA to the respective transporter 3′-UTR
was predicted in silico. Besides the already known interactions of
miR-27a-3p–<i>ABCB1</i> and miR-193a-3p–<i>PEPT1</i>, reporter gene assays confirmed binding of miR-192-5p
to the <i>ABCC3</i> 3′-UTR (reduction of reporter
gene activity by 31%; <i>p</i> = 0.0012), miR-409-3p to
the <i>ABCB1</i> 3′-UTR (reduction by 38%; <i>p</i> = 0.0006), and miR-193b-3p as well as miR-27a-3p to <i>PEPT1</i> 3′-UTR (reduction by 49% (<i>p</i> = 0.0012) and 20% (<i>p</i> = 0.0043), respectively).
These results suggest that mucosal microRNA expression contributes
to the explanation of discrepancies between mRNA expression and protein
abundance as well as site-dependent differences in protein content
along the human intestine under physiological conditions, as exemplified
for ABCB1, ABCC3, and PEPT1
Expression of Drug Transporters and Drug Metabolizing Enzymes in the Bladder Urothelium in Man and Affinity of the Bladder Spasmolytic Trospium Chloride to Transporters Likely Involved in Its Pharmacokinetics
The
cationic, water-soluble quaternary trospium chloride (TC) is
incompletely absorbed from the gut and undergoes wide distribution
but does not pass the blood–brain barrier. It is secreted by
the kidneys, liver, and intestine. To evaluate potential transport
mechanisms for TC, we measured affinity of the drug to the human uptake
and efflux transporters known to be of pharmacokinetic relevance.
Affinity of TC to the uptake transporters OATP1A2, -1B1, -1B3, -2B1,
OCT1, -2, -3, OCTN2, NTCP, and ASBT and the efflux carriers P-gp,
MRP2 and MRP3 transfected in HEK293 and MDCK2 cells was measured.
To identify relevant pharmacokinetic mechanisms in the bladder urothelium,
mRNA expression of multidrug transporters, drug metabolizing enzymes,
and nuclear receptors, and the uptake of TC into primary human bladder
urothelium (HBU) cells were measured. TC was shown to be a substrate
of OATP1A2 (<i>K</i><sub>m</sub> = 6.9 ± 1.3 μmol/L; <i>V</i><sub>max</sub> = 41.6 ± 1.8 pmol/mg·min), OCT1
(<i>K</i><sub>m</sub> = 106 ± 16 μmol/L; <i>V</i><sub>max</sub> = 269 ± 18 pmol/mg·min), and P-gp
(<i>K</i><sub>m</sub> = 34.9 ± 7.5 μmol/L; <i>V</i><sub>max</sub> = 105 ± 9.1 pmol/mg·min, lipovesicle
assay). The genetic OATP1A2 variants *2 and *3 were loss-of-function
transporters for TC. The mRNA expression analysis identified the following
transporter proteins in the human urothelium: <i>ABCB1</i> (P-gp), <i>ABCC1–5</i> (MRP1–5), <i>ABCG2</i> (BCRP), <i>SLCO2B1</i> (OATP2B1), <i>SLCO4A1</i> (OATP4A1), <i>SLC22A1</i> (OCT1), <i>SLC22A3</i> (OCT3), <i>SLC22A4</i> (OCTN1), <i>SLC22A5</i> (OCTN2), and <i>SLC47A1</i> (MATE1). Immuno-reactive
P-gp and OATP1A2 were localized to the apical cell layers. Drug metabolizing
enzymes <i>CYP3A5, </i>-<i>2B6</i>, -<i>2B7</i> -<i>2E1</i>, <i>SULT1A1–4, UGT1A1–10</i>, and <i>UGT2B15,</i> and nuclear receptors <i>NR1H3</i> and <i>NR1H4</i> were also expressed on mRNA level. TC
was taken up into HBU cells (<i>K</i><sub>m</sub> = 18.5
± 4.8 μmol/L; <i>V</i><sub>max</sub> = 106 ±
11.3 pmol/mg·min) by mechanisms that could be synergistically
inhibited by naringin (IC<sub>50</sub> = 10.8 (8.4; 13.8) μmol/L)
and verapamil (IC<sub>50</sub> = 4.6 (2.8; 7.5) μmol/L), inhibitors
of OATP1A2 and OCT1, respectively. Affinity of TC to OCT1 and P-glycoprotein
may be the reason for incomplete oral absorption, wide distribution
into liver and kidneys, and substantial intestinal and renal secretions.
Absence of brain distribution may result from affinity to P-gp and
a low affinity to OATP1A2. The human urothelium expresses many drug
transporters and drug metabolizing enzymes that may interact with
TC and other drugs eliminated into the urine