Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport

Increasing evidence suggests Organic Cation Transporters (OCT) might facilitate the absorption of inhaled bronchodilators, including salbutamol, across the lung epithelium. This is essentially scarred and inflamed in asthma. Accordingly, the impact of epithelial insults relevant to asthma on OCT exp...

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Main Authors: Mukherjee, Manali, Cingolani, Emanuela, Pritchard, D.I., Bosquillon, Cynthia
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author Mukherjee, Manali
Cingolani, Emanuela
Pritchard, D.I.
Bosquillon, Cynthia
author_facet Mukherjee, Manali
Cingolani, Emanuela
Pritchard, D.I.
Bosquillon, Cynthia
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description Increasing evidence suggests Organic Cation Transporters (OCT) might facilitate the absorption of inhaled bronchodilators, including salbutamol, across the lung epithelium. This is essentially scarred and inflamed in asthma. Accordingly, the impact of epithelial insults relevant to asthma on OCT expression and salbutamol transport was evaluated in air-liquid interfaced layers of the human broncho-epithelial cell line Calu-3. These were physically injured and allowed to recover for 48 h or exposed to the pro-inflammatory stimulant lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 48 h and the aeroallergen house dust mite (HDM) for 8 h twice over 48 h. Increases in transporter expression were measured following each treatment, with the protein levels of the OCTN2 subtype consistently raised by at least 50%. Interestingly, OCT upregulation upon LPS and HDM challenges were dependent on an inflammatory event occurring in the cell layers. Salbutamol permeability was higher in LPS exposed layers than in their untreated counterparts and in both cases, was sensitive to the OCT inhibitor tetraethylammonium. This study is the first to show epithelial injury, inflammation and allergen abuse upregulate OCT in bronchial epithelial cells, which might have an impact on the absorption of their substrates in diseased lungs.
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spelling nottingham-434282020-05-04T19:02:49Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43428/ Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport Mukherjee, Manali Cingolani, Emanuela Pritchard, D.I. Bosquillon, Cynthia Increasing evidence suggests Organic Cation Transporters (OCT) might facilitate the absorption of inhaled bronchodilators, including salbutamol, across the lung epithelium. This is essentially scarred and inflamed in asthma. Accordingly, the impact of epithelial insults relevant to asthma on OCT expression and salbutamol transport was evaluated in air-liquid interfaced layers of the human broncho-epithelial cell line Calu-3. These were physically injured and allowed to recover for 48 h or exposed to the pro-inflammatory stimulant lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 48 h and the aeroallergen house dust mite (HDM) for 8 h twice over 48 h. Increases in transporter expression were measured following each treatment, with the protein levels of the OCTN2 subtype consistently raised by at least 50%. Interestingly, OCT upregulation upon LPS and HDM challenges were dependent on an inflammatory event occurring in the cell layers. Salbutamol permeability was higher in LPS exposed layers than in their untreated counterparts and in both cases, was sensitive to the OCT inhibitor tetraethylammonium. This study is the first to show epithelial injury, inflammation and allergen abuse upregulate OCT in bronchial epithelial cells, which might have an impact on the absorption of their substrates in diseased lungs. Elsevier 2017-08-30 Article PeerReviewed Mukherjee, Manali, Cingolani, Emanuela, Pritchard, D.I. and Bosquillon, Cynthia (2017) Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 106 . pp. 62-70. ISSN 1879-0720 Airway epithelium; Drug transporters; Permeability; Inflammation; In vitro model http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928098717302920 doi:10.1016/j.ejps.2017.05.052 doi:10.1016/j.ejps.2017.05.052
spellingShingle Airway epithelium; Drug transporters; Permeability; Inflammation; In vitro model
Mukherjee, Manali
Cingolani, Emanuela
Pritchard, D.I.
Bosquillon, Cynthia
Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
title Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
title_full Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
title_fullStr Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
title_short Enhanced expression of Organic Cation Transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
title_sort enhanced expression of organic cation transporters in bronchial epithelial cell layers following insults associated with asthma – impact on salbutamol transport
topic Airway epithelium; Drug transporters; Permeability; Inflammation; In vitro model
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