Role of transporters in hepatic drug disposition.
- Author:
Chun-Ying GAO
1
;
Xiao-Yan CHEN
;
Da-Fang ZHONG
Author Information
1. Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Sub-Family G, Member 2;
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters;
genetics;
metabolism;
ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 1;
genetics;
metabolism;
Bile;
metabolism;
Biological Transport;
Drug Interactions;
Humans;
Liver;
metabolism;
Membrane Transport Proteins;
genetics;
metabolism;
Metabolic Clearance Rate;
Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins;
genetics;
metabolism;
Neoplasm Proteins;
genetics;
metabolism;
Organic Anion Transporters;
genetics;
metabolism;
Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent;
metabolism;
Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent;
genetics;
metabolism;
Organic Cation Transport Proteins;
genetics;
metabolism;
Pharmacokinetics;
Polymorphism, Genetic;
Symporters;
metabolism
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2012;47(5):565-572
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Liver is regarded as one of the most important organs for drug clearance in the body, which mediates both the metabolism and biliary excretion of drugs. Transporters are a class of functional membrane proteins and control the movement of substances into or out of cells. Transporters, which are extensively expressed in the liver, play important roles in the drug hepatic disposition by regulating the uptake of drugs from blood into hepatocytes or the efflux of drugs and their metabolites into bile. In this review, the localization, functions and substrate selectivity of the major transporters in the liver will be summarized, and the impacts of these transporters on drug hepatic disposition, the potential drug-drug interactions as well as their genetic polymorphisms will also be reviewed.
