PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kristina K. Wolf
AU  - Kenneth R. Brouwer
AU  - Gary M. Pollack
AU  - Kim L. R. Brouwer
TI  - Effect of Albumin on the Biliary Clearance of Compounds in Sandwich-Cultured Rat Hepatocytes
AID  - 10.1124/dmd.108.020842
DP  - 2008 Oct 01
TA  - Drug Metabolism and Disposition
PG  - 2086--2092
VI  - 36
IP  - 10
4099  - http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/36/10/2086.short
4100  - http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/36/10/2086.full
SO  - Drug Metab Dispos2008 Oct 01; 36
AB  - The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and essentially fatty acid-free BSA (BSA-FAF) on the biliary clearance of compounds in sandwich-cultured rat hepatocytes. Unbound fraction, biliary excretion index (BEI), and unbound intrinsic biliary clearance (intrinsic \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{Cl}_{\mathrm{biliary}}^{{^\prime}}\) \end{document}) were determined for digoxin, pravastatin, and taurocholate in the absence or presence of BSA or BSA-FAF. BSA had little effect on the BEI or intrinsic \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{Cl}_{\mathrm{biliary}}^{{^\prime}}\) \end{document} of these compounds. Surprisingly, BSA-FAF decreased both BEI and intrinsic \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{Cl}_{\mathrm{biliary}}^{{^\prime}}\) \end{document} for digoxin and pravastatin, which represent low and moderately bound compounds, respectively. The BEI and intrinsic \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{Cl}_{\mathrm{biliary}}^{{^\prime}}\) \end{document} of taurocholate, a highly bound compound, were not altered significantly by BSA-FAF. Neither BSA nor BSA-FAF had a discernable effect on the bile canalicular networks based on carboxydichlorofluorescein retention. Neither the addition of physiological concentrations of calcium nor the addition of fatty acids to BSA-FAF was able to restore the BEI or intrinsic \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{Cl}_{\mathrm{biliary}}^{{^\prime}}\) \end{document} of the model compounds to similar values in the absence or presence of BSA. Careful consideration is warranted when selecting the type of BSA for addition to in vitro systems such as sandwich-cultured rat hepatocytes. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics