REGULATION OF DRUG TRANSPORTERS: DURING INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION

Table 2.

Overview of Transporter Localization and Substrate Chemistry

Transporter Tissue localization Membrane localization Substrate chemistry Notes
aPFIC, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
PGP (ABCB1) Ubiquitous; high in liver, kidney, gut, brain, testis, placenta Apical Numerous xenobiotics, large lipophilic cations or uncharged compounds Involved in multidrug resistance
MDR2 (ABCB4) Liver Apical Phosphatidylcholine,cholesterol Mutations lead to PFICa type 3
BSEP (ABCB11) Liver, placenta Apical Bile acids, limited xenobiotic transport Mutations lead to PFIC type 2
MRP1 (ABCC1) Ubiquitous, low in liver Basolateral Amphipathic organic anions, lipophilic drugs and glutathione, sulfate or glucuronate-conjugated compounds Involved in multidrug resistance
MRP2 (ABCC2) Liver, gut, kidney, brain,placenta, gall bladder Apical Many drugs, bile acids, bilirubin, leukotriene, glucuronide and glutathione conjugates Involved in multidrug resistance; mutations lead to Dubin-Johnson syndrome
MRP3 (ABCC3) Liver, gut, brain, kidney, prostate, pancreas, gall bladder, lung and placenta Basolateral Bile acids, bilirubin, 17β-glucuronosyl estradiol, leukotriene, glucuronide conjugates of drugs Expression is induced in Dubin-Johnson patients and during cholestasis
BCRP (ABCG2) Placenta, liver, kidney, intestine, brain Apical Numerous drugs, particularly antineoplastics, estrogen Involved in multidrug resistance
OATP1 (SLC21a1) Liver, kidney, brain, lung, colon Basolateral Bromosulfophthalein, bile acids, steroids, eukotriene Bi-directional transport; Mediates sodium-independent bile acid uptake
OATP2 (SLC21a5) Liver, kidney, brain, retina, heart, lung, spleen, skeletal muscle, testis Basolateral Many anionic compounds, estrogen, bilirubin, steroids, bile acids, glucuronide conjugates, GSH Bi-directional transport; mediates sodium-independent bile acid upake
NTCP (SLC10a1) Liver Basolateral Conjugated bile salts, estrone-3-sulfate, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, bromo-sulfophthalein Mediates sodium-dependent bile acid uptake

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  1. MI April 2007 vol. 7 no. 2 99-111