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Caco-2 epithelial layers were used as a model to re-evaluate the mechanism(s) by which intestinal digoxin absorption is limited by its active secretion back into the lumen. It is widely recognised that intestinal secretion of digoxin is mediated by the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter Multidrug Resistance 1, MDR1. In MDR1-transfected Madin-Darby canine kidney, MDCKII, cell monolayers, digoxin secretion was reduced by the MDR1 inhibitor cyclosporin A, whereas no inhibition was seen in the presence of MK-571, 3-([(3-(2-[7-chloro-2-quinolinyl]ethyl)phenyl]-[(3-dimethylamino-3- oxoprphyl)-thio)-methyl]-thio) propanoic acid, a Multidrug Related Protein (MRP) inhibitor. In contrast, digoxin secretion by Caco-2 epithelia was significantly inhibited by both cyclosporin A and MK-571, suggesting that an additional non-MDR1 component may contribute to this transport. Since digoxin secretion by MRP2-transfected MDCKII monolayers was increased by only 1.2-fold relative to controls, it is likely that the contribution of MRP2 to digoxin secretion by Caco-2 cells is negligible. An additional MK-571-sensitive secretory pathway for digoxin, together with MDR1, is likely to mediate digoxin secretion in Caco-2 epithelia. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Lowes S, Cavet ME, Simmons NL
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Journal of Pharmacology
Year: 2003
Volume: 458
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 49-56
ISSN (print): 0014-2999
ISSN (electronic): 1879-0712
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02764-4
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02764-4
PubMed id: 12498906
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