Polyspecific substrate uptake by the hepatic organic anion transporter Oatp1 in stably transfected CHO cells

• Published in: American journal of physiology: Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 1999-04, Vol.276 (4), p.G1037
• Main Authors: Eckhardt, Uta, Schroeder, Alice, Stieger, Bruno, Höchli, Mathias, Landmann, Lukas, Tynes, Ronald, Meier, Peter J, Hagenbuch, Bruno
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1522-1547

The rat liver organic anion transporting polypeptide (Oatp1) has been extensively characterized mainly in the Xenopus laevis expression system as a polyspecific carrier transporting organic anions (bile salts), neutral compounds, and even organic cations. In this study, we extended this characterization using a mammalian expression system and confirm the basolateral hepatic expression of Oatp1 with a new antibody. Besides sulfobromophthalein [Michaelis-Menten constant ( K ) of ∼3 μM], taurocholate ( K of ∼32 μM), and estradiol- 17β-glucuronide ( K of ∼4 μM), substrates previously shown to be transported by Oatp1 in transfected HeLa cells, we determined the kinetic parameters for cholate ( K of ∼54 μM), glycocholate ( K of ∼54 μM), estrone-3-sulfate ( K of ∼11 μM), CRC-220 ( K of ∼57 μM), ouabain ( K of ∼3,000 μM), and ochratoxin A ( K of ∼29 μM) in stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. In addition, three new substrates, taurochenodeoxycholate ( K of ∼7 μM), tauroursodeoxycholate ( K of ∼13 μM), and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate ( K of ∼5 μM), were also investigated. The results establish the polyspecific nature of Oatp1 in a mammalian expression system and definitely identify conjugated dihydroxy bile salts and steroid conjugates as high-affinity endogenous substrates of Oatp1.