TABLE 1

Efflux ratios of 11-OH-THC and THC-COOH in MDCKII-P-gp cells in Transwell transport assays

Data shown are means ± S.D. of three independent experiments with triplicate in each experiment. ER was calculated as the ratio of individual Papp, B→A to its corresponding Papp, B→A. Differences in ERs between DMSO and tariquidar in each treatment group were analyzed by the paired Student’s t test. ER of THC is not shown here because THC could not be detected in the receiver compartment (see Results for details).

GroupCompoundTreatmentERLevel of Significance
11-OH-THC
(n = 3)
0.3 µM 11-OH-THCDMSO0.98 ± 0.46NS
5 µM tariquidar0.90 ± 0.42
2 µM QuinidineDMSO10.69 ± 7.45P = 0.0473
5 µM tariquidar1.01 ± 0.35
THC-COOH
(n = 3)
2.5 µM THC-COOHDMSO1.04 ± 0.40NS
5 µM tariquidar0.74 ± 0.05
2 µM QuinidineDMSO6.01 ± 1.13P = 0.0050
5 µM tariquidar1.26 ± 0.12