RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Long-Lasting Inhibitory Effect of Apple and Orange Juices, but Not Grapefruit Juice, on OATP2B1-Mediated Drug Absorption JF Drug Metabolism and Disposition JO Drug Metab Dispos FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 615 OP 621 DO 10.1124/dmd.112.049635 VO 41 IS 3 A1 Yoshiyuki Shirasaka A1 Megumi Shichiri A1 Yukiko Murata A1 Takanori Mori A1 Takeo Nakanishi A1 Ikumi Tamai YR 2013 UL http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/41/3/615.abstract AB Enzyme-based grapefruit juice (GFJ)-drug interactions are mainly due to mechanism-based irreversible inhibition of metabolizing enzyme CYP3A4 by GFJ components, but the transporter organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP)2B1 is also a putative site of interaction between drugs and fruit juices (FJ) in the absorption process. Here we aimed to investigate the effect of preincubation with FJ on OATP2B1-mediated transport of drugs in vitro. When OATP2B1-expressing Xenopus oocytes were preincubated with GFJ, orange juice (OJ), or apple juice (AJ), AJ induced a remarkable decrease in OATP2B1-mediated estrone-3-sulfate uptake in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 = 1.5%). A similar but less potent effect was observed with OJ (IC50 = 21%), whereas GFJ had no effect. Similar results were obtained in preincubation studies using fexofenadine. Preincubation with OJ and AJ resulted in time-dependent inhibition of OATP2B1. Again, AJ had the more potent effect; its action lasted for at least 240 minutes, suggesting that AJ irreversibly inhibits OATP2B1-mediated drug uptake. Kinetic analysis revealed that coincubation and preincubation with AJ reduced OATP2B1-mediated estrone-3-sulfate uptake via competitive and noncompetitive mechanisms, respectively. Thus, OATP2B1 is functionally impaired through both competitive and long-lasting inhibition mechanisms by AJ and OJ, but not GFJ. Interestingly, although GFJ but not AJ is able to irreversibly inhibit CYP3A4, in the case of OATP2B1, AJ but not GFJ has a long-lasting inhibitory effect. Accordingly, complex FJ-drug interactions may occur in vivo, and their clinical significance should be examined.