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  • Title: Secretory transport of ranitidine and famotidine across Caco-2 cell monolayers.
    Author: Lee K, Ng C, Brouwer KL, Thakker DR.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 2002 Nov; 303(2):574-80. PubMed ID: 12388638.
    Abstract:
    The secretory transport of the H(2)-antagonists, ranitidine and famotidine, across Caco-2 cell monolayers was found to be a saturable process. Both drugs exhibited greater permeability in the basolateral (BL) to apical (AP) direction than in the AP to BL direction, indicating apically directed secretion; BL to AP transport was inhibited by P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitors verapamil and cyclosporin A. The cellular uptake of ranitidine across the BL membrane was saturable and temperature dependent, indicative of carrier-mediated transport. The K(m) and V(max) for the uptake process were estimated to be 66.9 mM and 20.9 nmol/mg of protein/min, respectively. The uptake of [(14)C]ranitidine across the BL membrane was inhibited by unlabeled ranitidine and structurally diverse organic cations. The tetraethylammonium (TEA)-sensitive organic cation transporters are not involved in the uptake of ranitidine and famotidine across the BL membrane of Caco-2. This conclusion was based on the evidence that functionally active TEA-sensitive organic cation transporters did not exist in the BL membranes of the Caco-2 cells, whereas the functionally active TEA-sensitive organic cation transporter(s) in LLC-PK(1) cells did not contribute to the transport of ranitidine or famotidine across the cell monolayers. Thus, we conclude that the secretory transport of ranitidine and famotidine across Caco-2 cell monolayers is mediated by 1) a carrier in the BL membrane that is distinct from the TEA-sensitive organic cation transporter(s) and 2) P-gp in the apical membrane.
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