PMID- 22342602 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120625 LR - 20211021 IS - 1096-0333 (Electronic) IS - 0041-008X (Print) IS - 0041-008X (Linking) VI - 261 IP - 1 DP - 2012 May 15 TI - Endogenous bile acid disposition in rat and human sandwich-cultured hepatocytes. PG - 1-9 LID - 10.1016/j.taap.2012.02.002 [doi] AB - Sandwich-cultured hepatocytes (SCH) are used commonly to investigate hepatic transport protein-mediated uptake and biliary excretion of substrates. However, little is known about the disposition of endogenous bile acids (BAs) in SCH. In this study, four endogenous conjugated BAs common to rats and humans [taurocholic acid (TCA), glycocholic acid (GCA), taurochenodeoxycholic acid (TCDCA), and glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA)], as well as two BA species specific to rodents (alpha- and beta-tauromuricholic acid; alpha/beta TMCA), were profiled in primary rat and human SCH. Using B-CLEAR(R) technology, BAs were measured in cells+bile canaliculi, cells, and medium of SCH by LC-MS/MS. Results indicated that, just as in vivo, taurine-conjugated BA species were predominant in rat SCH, while glycine-conjugated BAs were predominant in human SCH. Total intracellular BAs remained relatively constant over days in culture in rat SCH. Total BAs in control (CTL) cells+bile, cells, and medium were approximately 3.4, 2.9, and 8.3-fold greater in human than in rat. The estimated intracellular concentrations of the measured total BAs were 64.3+/-5.9 muM in CTL rat and 183+/-56 muM in CTL human SCH, while medium concentrations of the total BAs measured were 1.16+/-0.21 muM in CTL rat SCH and 9.61+/-6.36 muM in CTL human SCH. Treatment of cells for 24h with 10 muM troglitazone (TRO), an inhibitor of the bile salt export pump (BSEP) and the Na(+)-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP), had no significant effect on endogenous BAs measured at the end of the 24-h culture period, potentially due to compensatory mechanisms that maintain BA homeostasis. These data demonstrate that BAs in SCH are similar to in vivo, and that SCH may be a useful in vitro model to study alterations in BA disposition if species differences are taken into account. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Marion, Tracy L AU - Marion TL AD - Curriculum in Toxicology, UNC School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7270, USA. FAU - Perry, Cassandra H AU - Perry CH FAU - St Claire, Robert L 3rd AU - St Claire RL 3rd FAU - Brouwer, Kim L R AU - Brouwer KL LA - eng GR - R56 GM041935/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM041935/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32-ES007126/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007126/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM41935/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120211 PL - United States TA - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol JT - Toxicology and applied pharmacology JID - 0416575 RN - 0 (Bile Acids and Salts) RN - 0 (Chromans) RN - 0 (Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent) RN - 0 (Symporters) RN - 0 (Thiazolidinediones) RN - 145420-23-1 (sodium-bile acid cotransporter) RN - I66ZZ0ZN0E (Troglitazone) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Animals MH - Bile Acids and Salts/*metabolism MH - Biological Transport MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chromans/pharmacology MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Female MH - Hepatocytes/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Models, Biological MH - Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Species Specificity MH - Symporters/pharmacology MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Thiazolidinediones/pharmacology MH - Troglitazone MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC3679176 MID - NIHMS356659 EDAT- 2012/02/22 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/26 06:00 PMCR- 2013/06/11 CRDT- 2012/02/21 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/01/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/02/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/02/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/06/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0041-008X(12)00057-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.taap.2012.02.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2012 May 15;261(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.02.002. Epub 2012 Feb 11.