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Isolation, Characterization, And High Throughput Extracellular Flux Analysis of Mouse Primary Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells
Published on: June 20, 2018
Adaptive response to increased bile acids: induction of MDR1 gene expression and P-glycoprotein activity in renal
Carsten Kneuer1, Walther Honscha, Gotthold Gäbel
1Institute of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 15, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. kneuer@uni-leipzig.de
Abstract:
Cholestatic liver disease and increased serum bile acid concentrations are known to trigger various adaptive responses including the induction of hepatic, intestinal and renal bile acid transport proteins, but renal P-glycoprotein (Pgp, multidrug resistance protein 1, MDR1) remained uninvestigated in this context. We show that treatment of Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells with pathophysiologically relevant concentrations of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA; 100 microM) for 12 h induces MDR1 transcript levels in vitro more than twofold. CDCA and deoxycholic acid pre-treatment for 24-96 h (100 microM) also increased Pgp activity measured as rhodamine efflux, while cholic acid and taurocholic acid were not effective in concentrations up to 600 microM. CDCA pre-treatment (100 microM, 72 h) also resulted in a doubling of rhodamine123 secretion across an epithelium-like monolayer grown on Transwell filters and decreased the sensitivity towards the kidney toxic drugs cyclosporine A and paclitaxel. These findings predict physiologically as well as pharmacologically relevant consequences of liver disease for Pgp substrate transport and toxicity in the kidneys.
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