title: Age-related changes in mRNA levels of hepatic transporters, cytochrome P450 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in female rats.
abstract: Hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes affect drug pharmacokinetics. Limited information exists on the alteration in mRNA levels of hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes with aging. We examined the effects of aging on the mRNA levels of representative hepatic drug transporters and metabolic enzymes by analyzing their levels in 10-, 30- and 50-week-old male and female rats. Levels of mRNA of drug transporters including multidrug resistance protein (Mdr)1a, multidrug resistance-associated protein (Mrp)2, breast cancer resistance protein (Bcrp) and organic anion-transporting polypeptide (Oatp)1a1, and the metabolic enzymes cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A1, CYP3A2 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A1 were analyzed using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The mRNA levels of transporters in male rats did not decrease with age, while the mRNA levels of Bcrp and Oatp1a1 in female rats decreased with age. The mRNA levels of CYP3A1 and CYP3A2 in male rats were higher than those in female rats. The mRNA levels of metabolic enzymes decreased with age in female but not male rats. In particular, the mRNA levels of UGT1A1 in 10-week-old female rats were higher than those in male rats. mRNA expression of hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes are more susceptible to aging in female than male rats. The age-related decreases in the mRNA levels of Bcrp, Oatp1a1, CYP3A1 and CYP3A2 in female rats may affect the metabolism and transport of substrates. This study showed that aging affected the mRNA expression of hepatic transporters and metabolic enzymes in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, 577-8502, Japan, kawase@phar.kindai.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Ayami
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Ayano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwaki
mesh_terms: D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029362:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000099148:UGT1A1 Enzyme
chemical_list: D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D029362:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C489249:Abcg2 protein, rat; C421102:Slco1a1 protein, rat; C499946:Ugt1a1 protein, rat; D000099148:UGT1A1 Enzyme; C465260:Cyp3a2 protein, rat; C465138:Cyp3a23-3a1 protein, rat