Abstract
Purpose
Membrane transport protein organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 mediates hepatic uptake of many drugs (e.g. statins). The OATP1B1 c.521 T > C (p. V174A) polymorphism has reduced transport activity. Conflicting in vitro results exist regarding whether V174A-OATP1B1 has reduced plasma membrane localization; no such data has been reported in physiologically relevant human liver tissue. Other potential changes, such as phosphorylation, of the V174A-OATP1B1 protein have not been explored. Current studies characterized the plasma membrane localization of V174A-OATP1B1 in genotyped human liver tissue and cell culture and compared the phosphorylation status of V174A- and wild-type (WT)-OATP1B1.
Methods
Localization of V174A- and WT-OATP1B1 were determined in OATP1B1 c.521 T > C genotyped human liver tissue (n = 79) by immunohistochemistry and in transporter-overexpressing human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 and HeLa cells by surface biotinylation and confocal microscopy. Phosphorylation and transport of OATP1B1 was determined using 32P-orthophosphate labeling and [3H]estradiol-17β-glucuronide accumulation, respectively.
Results
All three methods demonstrated predominant plasma membrane localization of both V174A- and WT-OATP1B1 in human liver tissue and in cell culture. Compared to WT-OATP1B1, the V174A-OATP1B1 has significantly increased phosphorylation and reduced transport.
Conclusions
We report novel findings of increased phosphorylation, but not impaired membrane localization, in association with the reduced transport function of the V174A-OATP1B1.
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Abbreviations
- DDI:
-
Drug-drug interaction
- DMEM:
-
Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium
- DPBS:
-
Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline
- E217βG:
-
Estradiol 17β-glucuronide
- HBSS:
-
Hanks balanced salt solution
- HEK:
-
Human embryonic kidney
- OATP:
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Organic anion transporting polypeptide
- SLCO:
-
Solute carrier organic anion
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Acknowledgments and Disclosures
We would like to thank Dr. Dietrich Keppler for providing the HEK293-Mock stable cell line and Dr. Allison Gillaspy for designing the PCR primers.
This research was supported by NIH R01 GM094268 [W. Y]. The Olympus FV10i confocal microscope is supported by equipment grants from the NIH to Dr. Wei Yue (R01GM094268-06S1) and from the Presbyterian Health Foundation to Dr. Kelly Standifer. Research reported in this publication was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA225520 awarded to the University of Oklahoma Stephenson Cancer Center and the Molecular Biology Shared Resource. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Alexandra Crowe is an American Foundation of Pharmaceutical Education pre-doctoral Fellow.
Reprint requests should be addressed to Wei Yue, 1110 N. Stonewall Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73117. E-mail: wei-yue@ouhsc.edu
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Crowe, A., Zheng, W., Miller, J. et al. Characterization of Plasma Membrane Localization and Phosphorylation Status of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 c.521 T>C Nonsynonymous Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism. Pharm Res 36, 101 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-019-2634-3
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