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. 2019 Jul;47(7):690–698. doi: 10.1124/dmd.118.085977

TABLE 5.

Uptake of naloxone and naltrexone into transport-expressing and control cells

Transporter
Compound
Concentration
Inhibitor
Incubation Time
Cleared Volumea
Test/Control Ratio
Control Cells
Plus Transporter
µM min µl/mg protein µl/mg protein
OCT1 Naloxone 1 10 31.4 ± 0.4 28.7 ± 1.8 0.9
Naltrexone 1 10 65.7 ± 3.8 70.3 ± 6.6 1.1
[14C]Metformin 10 5 0.94 ± 0.113 13.1 ± 0.2 13.9
[14C]Metformin 10 100 µM quinidine 5 0.158 ± 0.023 0.609 ± 0.001 3.9
OCT2 Naloxone 1 10 37.1 ± 4.7 37.3 ± 6.2 1.0
Naltrexone 1 10 78.0 ± 11.3 71.0 ± 6.4 0.9
[14C]Metformin 10 2 0.609 ± 0.080 46.4 ± 0.2 76.2
[14C]Metformin 10 300 µM quinidine 2 0.240 ± 0.031 0.652 ± 0.225 2.7
OCT3 Naloxone 1 20 30.6 ± 4.2 35.9 ± 2.5 1.2
Naltrexone 1 20 88.9 ± 7.5 80.2 ± 5.9 0.9
[14C]TEA 5 20 3.29 ± 0.31 20.9 ± 0.6 6.4
[14C]TEA 5 100 µM verapamil 20 0.946 ± 0.143 1.22 ± 0.32 1.3
OCTN1 Naloxone 1 10 197 ± 4 134 ± 25 0.7
Naltrexone 1 10 179 ± 24 190 ± 56 1.1
[14C]TEA 5 5 0.998 ± 0.259 12.1 ± 1.4 12.1
[14C]TEA 5 100 µM verapamil 5 0.579 ± 0.148 0.877 ± 0.228 1.5
OCTN2 Naloxone 1 10 179 ± 16 161 ± 6 0.9
Naltrexone 1 10 209 ± 19 209 ± 46 1.0
[3H]Carnitine 0.03 2 1.32 ± 0.04 99.5 ± 3.8 75.4
[3H]Carnitine 0.03 30 µM verapamil 2 0.953 ± 0.109 31.4 ± 2.2 32.9

TEA, triethylamine.

a

N = 3, Mean ± S.D.

—, inhibitor was not added to the incubation.