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ArticleAquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2015

A primary fish gill cell culture model to assess pharmaceutical uptake and efflux: evidence for passive and facilitated transport.

Lucy C Stott, Sabine Schnell, Christer Hogstrand, Stewart F Owen, Nic R Bury

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Article in Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lucy C StottDivision of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom; AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TF, United Kingdom.
Sabine SchnellDivision of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
Christer HogstrandDivision of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
Stewart F OwenAstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TF, United Kingdom.
Nic R BuryDivision of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Nic.Bury@kcl.ac.uk.
King's College London · GBAstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J500483/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research G1000081/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gill is the principle site of xenobiotic transfer to and from the aqueous environment. To replace, refine or reduce (3Rs) the large numbers of fish used in in vivo uptake studies an effective in vitro screen is required that mimics the function of the teleost gill. This study uses a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) primary gill cell culture system grown on permeable inserts, which tolerates apical freshwater thus mimicking the intact organ, to assess the uptake and efflux of pharmaceuticals across the gill. Bidirectional transport studies in media of seven pharmaceuticals (propranolol, metoprolol, atenolol, formoterol, terbutaline, ranitidine and imipramine) showed they were transported transcellularly across the epithelium. However, studies conducted in water showed enhanced uptake of propranolol, ranitidine and imipramine. Concentration-equilibrated conditions without a concentration gradient suggested that a proportion of the uptake of propranolol and imipramine is via a carrier-mediated process. Further study using propranolol showed that its transport is pH-dependent and at very low environmentally relevant concentrations (ng L(-1)), transport deviated from linearity. At higher concentrations, passive uptake dominated. Known inhibitors of drug transport proteins; cimetidine, MK571, cyclosporine A and quinidine inhibited propranolol uptake, whilst amantadine and verapamil were without effect. Together this suggests the involvement of specific members of SLC and ABC drug transporter families in pharmaceutical transport.

Indexed as

AnimalsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBiological TransportEpitheliumFresh WaterGillsModels, BiologicalOncorhynchus mykissPharmaceutical PreparationsPropranololWater Pollutants, ChemicalATP-Binding Cassette TransportersPharmaceutical PreparationsPropranololWater Pollutants, Chemical3RsAnimal alternativesBio-concentrationFishPharmaceuticalsRainbow trout

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PMID25544062
PMCPMC4303912
OpenAlexW1976177009

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