Abstract
We investigated influx and efflux transporters involved in blood-brain barrier transport of the nonsedative H1-antagonist epinastine. The basal-to-apical transport of [14C]epinastine was markedly higher than that in the opposite direction in LLC-GA5-COL150 cells stably transfected with human multidrug resistance (MDR)1 gene. The brain-to-plasma concentration ratio of [14C]epinastine in mdr1a/b(-/-) mice was 3.2 times higher than that in wild-type mice. The uptake of both [3H]mepyramine and [14C]epinastine into immortalized rat brain capillary endothelial cells (RBEC)1 showed temperature and concentration dependence. The kinetic parameters, Km, Vmax, and uptake clearance (Vmax/Km), of the initial uptake of [3H]mepyramine and [14C]epinastine by RBEC1 were 150 μM, 41.8 nmol/min/mg protein, and 279 μl/min/mg protein for mepyramine and 10.0 mM, 339 nmol/min/mg protein, and 33.9 μl/min/mg protein for epinastine, respectively. The uptake of [3H]mepyramine and [14C]epinastine by RBEC1 was inhibited by organic cations such as quinidine, amantadine, and verapamil, but not by other organic cations, tetraethyl ammonium, guanidine, and carnitine. Organic anions such as benzoic acid, estrone-3-sulfate, taurocholate, and neutral digoxin were not inhibitory. Furthermore, some cationic H1 antagonists (chlorpheniramine, cyproheptadine, ketotifen, and desloratadine) inhibited the [3H]mepyramine and [14C]epinastine uptake into RBEC1. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that the combination of efficient efflux transport by P-glycoprotein and poor uptake by the influx transporter, which is identical with that responsible for the uptake of mepyramine, account for the low brain distribution of epinastine.
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↵1 Abbreviations used are: CNS, central nervous system; AUC, area under the curve; BBB, blood-brain barrier; BCEC, brain capillary endothelial cell; LY335979, (2R)-anti-5-{3-[4-(10,11-difluoromethanodibenzo suber-5-yl]-2-hydroxypropoxy}-quinilone trihydrochloride; MCT, monocarboxylic acid transporter; MDR, multi-drug resistance; MRP, multidrug resistance-associated protein; OAT, organic anion transporter; OATP, organic anion-transporting polypeptide; (r)OCT, (rat) organic cation transporter; OCTN, novel organic cation transporter; P-gp, P-glycoprotein; RBEC, rat brain capillary endothelial cells; TEA, tetraethyl ammonium.
- Received September 8, 2003.
- Accepted February 12, 2004.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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