title: The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor pravastatin stimulates insulin secretion through organic anion transporter polypeptides.
abstract: The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor pravastatin has been reported to have a beneficial effect on reducing the new onset of diabetes as well as lowering plasma lipids. Because pravastatin is a water-soluble organic anion, it cannot easily penetrate the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane. As the precise mechanisms of the effect of pravastatin on glucose metabolism and diabetes have not been clarified, we examined the roles of the organic anion transporter family on pravastatin-treated islet and adipocyte functions. Rat oatp1/slco1a1, oatp2/slco1a4 and oatp3/slco1a5 were expressed in the pancreas, and rat oatp3/slco1a5 was also detected in rat insulinoma cell line INS-1e. Pravastatin was transported not only by oatp1/slco1a1 and oatp2/slco1a4, but also by rat oatp3/slco1a5. Pravastatin uptake into INS-1e cells was detected and this transport was inhibited by sulfobromophthalein and rifampicin, both of which are known to inhibit oatp family-mediated uptake. In addition, pravastatin enhanced the glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from INS-1e cells. When fat-loaded db/db mice were treated with pravastatin, glucose intolerance and insulin resistance were prevented. In addition, insulin secretion from isolated islets was enhanced by pravastatin. These data suggest that pravastatin has pleiotropic effects on islets through membrane transport under high fat/glucose conditions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyohara
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Yasutoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Hiromi O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Shiwaku
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakagomi-Hagihara
authors.forename: Guodong
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authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Eisuke
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authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Tomokazu
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authors.lastname: Souma
authors.forename: Tomohiko
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authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: Yoichi
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authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Eikan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanemoto
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onogawa
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: Sadayoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Shin
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authors.lastname: Takasawa
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007328:Insulin / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D023421:Models, Animal; D029362:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D017035:Pravastatin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; C499919:Adipoq protein, mouse; D007328:Insulin; D029362:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent; D013448:Sulfobromophthalein; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D017035:Pravastatin; D012293:Rifampin