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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2010 Nov;20(11):687–699. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e32833fe789

Table 3.

Kinetic parameters for substrates transported by OCT3 and its nonsynonymous variants

A

Substrates OCT3-Ref (Km/Vmax) T44M (Km/Vmax) T400I (Km/Vmax) V423F (Km/Vmax)
MPP+ 85 ± 10 /1783 ± 98 94 ± 16 / 2126 ± 162* 65 ± 18 / 1865 ± 125 62 ± 13 / 1914 ± 125
Tyramine 281 ± 36 / 641± 61 242 ± 62 / 628± 85 303 ± 87 / 592 ± 43 259± 53 / 574± 82
Histamine 131 ± 57 / 1498± 104 164 ± 174 / 1822 ± 113* 115± 26 / 1469 ± 164 129 ± 26 / 1413 ± 114
Serotonin 236 ± 31 / 889 ± 69 252 ± 51 / 964 ± 128 219 ± 21 / 997 ± 107 195 ± 21 / 843 ± 92
Dopamine 443± 56 / 658 ± 152 456 ± 140 / 507 ± 22 1292 ± 54* / 572 ± 44 1037 ± 83* / 472 ± 61
Norepinephrine 305 ± 42 / 1051 ± 183 445 ± 111 / 965 ± 65 908 ± 138* / 1080 ± 87 832 ± 138* / 1027 ± 103
Epinephrine 480 ± 65 / 597 ± 72 397 ± 85 / 507 ± 41 850 ± 110 */ 541 ± 56 712 ± 153* / 518 ± 53
B
Kinetic parameter OCT3-Ref. T44M A116S L186F V388M T400I V423F
Vmax (nmol/mg protein/min) 4.72 ± 0.54 6.43 ± 0.39 * 4.36 ± 0.37 4.56 ± 0.73 4.94 ± 0.47 3.36 ± 0.54 3.52 ± 0.53
Km(mM) 1.09 ± 0.21 1.15 ± 0.43 1.02 ± 0.23 1.04 ± 0.15 1.13 ± 0.36 3.81 ± 0.42* 2.95 ± 0.21*

For the kinetic studies, uptake rates were determined at 1 minute except metformin which was determined at 5 minutes. OCT3-Ref., OCT3-reference;

*

p <0.05 versus the reference. Values represent the mean ± SD calculated from 3 separate experiments and experiment was performed in triplicate. A, Kinetic parameters of MPP+ and monoamines by reference OCT3 and its nonsynonymous variants. The unit of Vmax, pmol/mg protein/min; the unit of Km, nM; B, Kinetic parameters of metformin of OCT3 and its variants.