AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 5 979-G986, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Hepatobiliary transport mechanism for the cyclopentapeptide endothelin antagonist BQ-123

H. C. Shin, Y. Kato, T. Yamada, K. Niinuma, A. Hisaka and Y. Sugiyama
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.

The hepatobiliary transport of an anionic cyclopentapeptide endothelin antagonist, BQ-123, was studied in rats. Biliary excretion of [3H]BQ-123 was extensive in vivo (approximately 75% of intravenous infusion rates). Liver-to-plasma and bile-to-liver concentration ratios at steady state were approximately 3 and 200, respectively, suggesting that hepatic uptake and biliary excretion are concentrative processes. The biliary excretion clearance exhibited a saturation at a hepatic concentration of > 100 nmol/g liver and was markedly reduced in Eisai hyperbilirubinemic rats, which have a hereditary defect of canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter. An ATP-dependent and saturable uptake of BQ-123 by isolated canalicular membrane vesicles was observed in vitro. Impaired transport of BQ-123 was also confirmed in canalicular membrane vesicles prepared from Eisai hyperbilirubinemic rats. These results demonstrate that the biliary excretion process is ATP-driven primary active transport. It is proposed that a canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter is mainly responsible for the biliary excretion of BQ-123.

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