Abstract
The effects of mutations in the modeled outward-open cleft of rat organic cation transporter 1 (rOCT1) on affinities of substrates and inhibitors were investigated. Human embryonic kidney 293 cells were stably transfected with rOCT1 or rOCT1 mutants, and uptake of the substrates 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium(+) (MPP(+)) and tetraethylammonium(+) (TEA(+)) or inhibition of MPP(+) uptake by the nontransported inhibitors tetrabutylammonium(+) (TBuA(+)), tetrapentylammonium(+) (TPeA(+)), and corticosterone was measured. Uptake measurements were performed on confluent cell layers using a 2-minute incubation or in dissociated cells using incubation times of 1, 5, or 10 seconds. With both methods, different apparent Michaelis-Menten constant (K(m)) values, different IC(50) values, and varying effects of mutations were determined. In addition, varying IC(50) values for the inhibition of MPP(+) uptake and varying effects of mutations were obtained when different MPP(+) concentrations far below the apparent K(m) value were used for uptake measurements. Eleven mutations were investigated by measuring initial uptake in dissociated cells and employing 0.1 microM MPP(+) for uptake during inhibition experiments. Altered affinities for substrates and/or inhibitors were observed when Phe160, Trp218, Arg440, Leu447, and Asp475 were mutated. The mutations resulted in changes of apparent K(m) values for TEA(+) and/or MPP(+) Mutation of Trp218 and Asp475 led to altered IC(50) values for TBuA(+), TPeA(+), and corticosterone, whereas the mutation of Phe160 and Leu447 changed the IC(50) values for two inhibitors. Thereby amino acids in the outward-facing conformation of rOCT1 could be identified that interact with structurally different inhibitors and probably also with different substrates.
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