Abstract
Rosuvastatin is a potent HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor that has proven to be effective in the treatment of dyslipidemia. Rosuvastatin is cleared from the body by both biliary and renal clearance, the latter believed to be due to active tubular secretion. Whereas the mechanisms of hepatic clearance of rosuvastatin are well documented, those of renal clearance are not. Because rosuvastatin (and other statins) may alter proximal tubular function, this study aimed to characterize the mechanisms of tubular rosuvastatin secretion to define the factors that could influence the presence/concentration of rosuvastatin in proximal tubular cells. Hereto, polarized monolayers of primary human tubular cells were used. We found rosuvastatin net secretion across proximal tubule cells, which was saturable (K50 = 20.4 ± 4.1 μM). The basolateral uptake step was rate-limiting and mediated by OAT3. Rosuvastatin efflux at the apical membrane was mediated by MRP2/4 and ABCG2 together with a small contribution from MDR1 or P-glycoprotein. These data, obtained in an intact human tubule cell model, provide a detailed insight into rosuvastatin's renal handling and the possible factors influencing it.
Footnotes
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This work was funded by a research grant from AstraZeneca (CDAB/MdeB), by Kidney Research UK (RP/41/1/2005; to C.D.A.B.), and by Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds, University of Antwerp. A.V. is a postdoctoral fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders.
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This work has previously been published in part, in abstract form (J Am Soc Nephrol14:376A).
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ABBREVIATIONS: LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MRP, multidrug resistance-associated protein; MDR, multidrug resistance; PTC, proximal tubular cells; DTC, distal tubular/collecting duct cells; PAH, para-aminohippuric acid; LAP, leucine aminopeptidase; Jab, apical to basolateral flux; Jba, basolateral to apical flux; Jnet, net to flux; E3S: estrone-3-sulfate; FTC, fumitremorgin C; BCRP, breast cancer research protein; MK571, (3-[[[3-(7-chloro-2-quino-linyl)ethenyl]-phenyl[[3-(dimethylamino-3-oxoprolyl]thio]-methyl]thio]propionic acid.
- Received April 2, 2008.
- Accepted July 7, 2008.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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