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XB-ART-1959
Pharmacogenet Genomics 2005 Apr 01;154:201-9. doi: 10.1097/01213011-200504000-00003.
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Functional analysis of polymorphisms in the organic anion transporter, SLC22A6 (OAT1).

Fujita T , Brown C , Carlson EJ , Taylor T , de la Cruz M , Johns SJ , Stryke D , Kawamoto M , Fujita K , Castro R , Chen CW , Lin ET , Brett CM , Burchard EG , Ferrin TE , Huang CC , Leabman MK , Giacomini KM .


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OBJECTIVES: The organic anion transporter, OAT1 (SLC22A6), plays a role in the renal elimination of many drugs and environmental toxins. The goal of this study was to identify and functionally characterize OAT1 variants as a first step towards understanding whether genetic variation in OAT1 may contribute to interindividual differences in renal elimination of xenobiotics. METHODS: As part of a larger study, 276 DNA samples from an ethnically diverse population were screened and 12 coding region variants of OAT1 were identified. The non-synonymous variants were then constructed and characterized in Xenopus laevis oocytes. A small family-based clinical study was conducted to determine the renal elimination of a model OAT1 substrate, adefovir (an antiviral agent) in human subjects who possessed a non-functional variant, OAT1-R454Q. RESULTS: Six non-synonymous variants were identified; two (OAT1-R50 H and OAT1-R293W) were present at > or = 1% in at least one ethnic population. These two variants exhibited normal uptake of p-aminohippurate, ochratoxin A and methotrexate assayed in X. laevis oocytes. One variant, OAT1-R454Q, was non-functional with respect to the above substrates. In the clinical study, there was no significant decrease in the renal secretory clearance of adefovir in family members heterozygous for OAT1-454Q in comparison to those with the reference transporter, OAT1-454R. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that the coding region of OAT1 has low genetic and functional diversity and suggest that coding region variants of OAT1 may not contribute substantially to interindividual differences in renal elimination of xenobiotics.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: kcnk3 slc22a6