2000
Molecular identification and functional characterization of Mdr1a in rat cholangiocytes
Gigliozzi A, Fraioli F, Sundaram P, Lee J, Mennone A, Alvaro D, Boyer J. Molecular identification and functional characterization of Mdr1a in rat cholangiocytes. Gastroenterology 2000, 119: 1113-1122. PMID: 11040198, DOI: 10.1053/gast.2000.18156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcridinesAnimalsATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily BATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBile DuctsCell DivisionCell MembraneCytosolDrug Resistance, MultipleIn Vitro TechniquesIsoquinolinesKineticsMaleMicroscopy, ConfocalRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRhodamine 123RNA, MessengerTetrahydroisoquinolinesTranscription, GeneticVanadatesVerapamilConceptsCholangiocyte cell linePlasma membrane proteinsRat cholangiocyte cell lineCell linesCytosolic domainMembrane proteinsRhodamine 123Functional characterizationGene productsRNA transcriptsMolecular identificationMembrane subfractionsPair fragmentWestern blot analysisWestern analysisApical membraneFunctional assaysFunctional evidenceBlot analysisConfocal microscopyP-glycoprotein inhibitor verapamilRat cholangiocytesLipophilic xenobioticsReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionDose-dependent manner
1998
Cyclic AMP stimulates sorting of the canalicular organic anion transporter (Mrp2/cMoat) to the apical domain in hepatocyte couplets
Roelofsen H, Soroka C, Keppler D, Boyer J. Cyclic AMP stimulates sorting of the canalicular organic anion transporter (Mrp2/cMoat) to the apical domain in hepatocyte couplets. Journal Of Cell Science 1998, 111: 1137-1145. PMID: 9512509, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111.8.1137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransport proteinsApical membraneApical domainTransporter-containing vesiclesMultidrug resistance protein 2Protein 2Cell-cell contactMicrotubule-dependent fashionBasolateral plasma membraneApical proteinsEffect of cAMPVesicle trafficAnion transportersSecretory polarityOrganic anion transportersPlasma membraneCanalicular membraneAnion transport capacityTransport activityApical excretionApical poleCanalicular organic anion transportMultispecific organic anion transporterAmphiphilic organic anionsTransport function