Abstract
Phalloidin, the major phallotoxin of the mushroom Amanita phalloides, enters hepatocytes by a carrier-mediated mechanism. The molecular identity of the transport proteins mediating phalloidin uptake was so far unknown. Earlier studies in rat liver indicated that phalloidin may share a common mechanism of uptake with organic anions like bile salts. In the current study on human transporters, we analyzed the uptake of phalloidin into transfected HEK293 cells stably expressing the recombinant hepatocyte-specific organic anion uptake transporters OATP2 (also termed OATP1B1, OATP-C, LST1, symbol SLC21A6) or OATP8 (OATP1B3 or SLC21A8). Time-dependent uptake of phalloidin was observed with SLC21A6-expressing cells and was inhibited by typical substrates of SLC21A6 such as bromosulfophthalein or cholyltaurine. A Km value of 39±11 µM was determined for SLC21A6-mediated phalloidin uptake. Additional inhibitors of phalloidin uptake mediated by SLC21A6 included the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A, FK506, and rapamycin, whereas α-amanitin was only a weak inhibitor. Cyclosporin A was a most potent competitive inhibitor for SLC21A6-mediated phalloidin transport with a Ki value of 51 nM.
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The authors thank Bettina Walter and Daniela Keller for their excellent technical support. This work was supported in part by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through Sonderforschungsbereich 352.
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Fehrenbach, T., Cui, Y., Faulstich, H. et al. Characterization of the transport of the bicyclic peptide phalloidin by human hepatic transport proteins. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 368, 415–420 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-003-0814-4
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