The eighth and ninth transmembrane domains in organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 affect the transport kinetics of estrone-3-sulfate and estradiol-17beta-D-glucuronide.
Organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 and OATP1B3 are responsible for the hepatic uptake of organic anions. They share similar sequences and structures with 12 putative transmembrane domains (TMs). Their substrate specificities are very broad and overlap each other, whereas each transporter specifically recognizes certain substrates. Because the homology of the amino acid sequence in the latter part of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 is relatively low, to determine which TMs in the latter part of OATP1B1 are important for its substrate recognition, we constructed several cell lines expressing chimeric transporters in which some TMs of OATP1B1 were substituted with those of OATP1B3, and we investigated the transport kinetics of estrone-3-sulfate (E-sul; a substrate preferentially accepted by OATP1B1) and estradiol-17beta-D-glucuronide (EG; a substrate accepted by both transporters). As the number of substituted TMs at the N terminus with those of OATP1B3 increased, the K(m) value of E-sul greatly increased and its uptake clearance decreased. The substitution of TM7 or TM9 of OATP1B1 with that of OATP1B3 (named 1B1-TM7 or 1B1-TM9) did not change the transport kinetics of EG, whereas the K(m) value of E-sul in 1B1-TM9 increased 7.4-fold. Conversely, the substitution of TM8 resulted in an 18-fold increase in the K(m) value of E-sul and abolished the transporter-mediated uptake of EG. These results suggest that TM8 in OATP1B1 is critical for the substrate recognition of both E-sul and EG and that TM9 is important for the recognition of E-sul, whereas it is interchangeable with that of OATP1B3 for EG transport.
Miyagawa
Mayuko
M
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Maeda
Kazuya
K
Aoyama
Akinori
A
Sugiyama
Yuichi
Y
D001692:Biological Transport; D002460:Cell Line; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D004970:Estrone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D027381:Liver-Specific Organic Anion Transporter 1; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D029362:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D000074542:Solute Carrier Organic Anion Transporter Family Member 1B3; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D027381:Liver-Specific Organic Anion Transporter 1; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; D029362:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent; C503999:SLCO1B1 protein, human; C421209:SLCO1B3 protein, human; D000074542:Solute Carrier Organic Anion Transporter Family Member 1B3; C025483:estradiol-17 beta-glucuronide; D004970:Estrone; D004958:Estradiol; C017296:estrone sulfate