title: Inhibition by extracellular ATP of organic anion transport in the perfused rat liver.
abstract: The action of extracellular ATP on organic anion transport in the bivascularly perfused rat liver was investigated, using bromosulfophthalein as a model substance. Transport was measured by means of the multiple-indicator dilution technique. The action of portal 100 microM ATP presented the following characteristics: (a) inhibition of bromosulfophthalein single pass extraction; the inhibition degree decreased with increasing bromosulfophthalein doses; (b) diminution of the influx rate coefficients; (c) 86.7% decrease of the maximal activity of the saturable component for bromosulfophthalein transport, but 100% increase of the non-saturable component; (d) diminution of the bromosulfophthalein flow-limited distribution space; (e) no significant alteration of the rate coefficients for metabolic sequestration. The action of ATP on organic anion transport in the intact liver occurred at much lower concentrations (10x) than those previously reported for isolated hepatocytes. This reinforces the suggestion that inhibition of organic anion transport could be a physiologically relevant effect of extracellular ATP.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Liver Metabolism, Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, 87020900 Maringá, Brazil.
authors.forename: Talma R L
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Denise S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Fumie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suzuki-Kemmelmeier
authors.forename: Adelar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bracht
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D029365:Organic Anion Transporters, ATP-Dependent / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029365:Organic Anion Transporters, ATP-Dependent; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate