Drug Transporters Flashcards
Major drug transporters
-Efflux
-Uptake
Efflux transporters
-P-glycoprotein
Uptake transporters
-OATP
-PEPT1
P-glycoprotein (P-gp)
-efflux transporter
-affect PERMEABILITY of drugs
-leads to resistance to certain drugs
-aka MDR1
P-gp expressed where
-brain
-liver
-kidney
-testis
-cancer
-apical side of tissue
P-gp in intestinal epithelia
-pumps drug out into intestine
P-gp in hepatocytes
-pumps drug to bile canaliculi
-secreted to bile
-bile goes to intestine
Pgp in kidney prox tubules
-pumps drug to urine
P-gp in blood brain barrier
-pumps drug away from brain into blood
Blood Brain Barrier
-tight junction
-lipophilic molecules can diffuse in
-P-gp pumps out foreign substances
P-gp substrates
-many lipophilic compounds
-Paclitaxel
-anti cancer
-anti HIV
-anti infectives
-CV
Paclitaxel
-P-gp substrate
-does not reach brain in Xray example
P-gp inhibition
more drug in brain
P-Gp in placenta
-part of fetal protection system
-pumps drug back into maternal drug
P-Gp inhibitors will increase drug exposure to
-brain
-fetus