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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 35, 22395-22401, August 28, 1998


Molecular Characterization and Tissue Distribution of a New Organic Anion Transporter Subtype (oatp3) That Transports Thyroid Hormones and Taurocholate and Comparison with oatp2*

Takaaki AbeDagger §, Masayuki KakyoDagger , Hiroyuki Sakagamiparallel , Taro Tokui**, Toshiyuki NishioDagger Dagger , Masayuki TanemotoDagger Dagger , Hideki NomuraDagger , Steven C. HebertDagger Dagger , Seiki Matsuno, Hisatake Kondoparallel , and Hiromu YawoDagger

From the Departments of Dagger  Neurophysiology and parallel  Histology and the  First Department of Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan, ** Analytical and Metabolic Research Laboratories, Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo 140-8710, Japan, and the Dagger Dagger  Divison of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-2372

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Two complementary DNAs for the organic anion transporter subtypes oatp2 and oatp3, which transport thyroid hormones as well as taurocholate, were isolated from a rat retina cDNA library. The sequence of oatp2 is identical to that recently reported (Noé, B., Hagenbuch, B., Stieger, B., and Meier, P. J. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 94, 10346-10350), whereas the sequence of oatp3 is novel. oatp3 consists of 670 amino acid residues and exhibits a structural architecture common to the organic anion transporter family, possessing the 12 putative membrane-spanning segments. Oocytes injected with oatp2 and oatp3 cRNAs showed taurocholate uptake in a saturable manner. The oatp2 and oatp3 cRNA-injected oocytes also showed significant uptake of both thyroxine and triiodothyronine. Northern blot and in situ analyses showed that the oatp2 mRNA was widely expressed in neuronal cells of the central nervous system, especially in the hippocampus, cerebellum, and choroid plexus as well as in the retina and liver. The oatp3 mRNA was highly expressed in the kidney and moderately abundant in the retina. This suggests that oatp2 and oatp3 are multifunctional transporters involved in the transport of thyroid hormones in the brain, retina, liver, and kidney.

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A homeostatic system controls the fluid environment in the brain and keeps its chemical composition relatively constant compared with that of plasma. One mechanism is the blood-brain barrier, which selectively transports chemical substances via capillary endothelial cells (1). A second essential component is the choroid plexus (blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier), which secretes or takes up specific chemical substances (2). Although the presence of specific transporting mechanisms has long been postulated, little is known about their molecular identity. Recent molecular biological studies revealed the organic anion transporter family: the Na+-independent organic anion-transporting polypeptide oatp1 from rat liver, which transports bile acid, bromosulfophthalein (BSP),1 and conjugated and unconjugated steroid hormones (3, 4); the kidney-specific transporter OAT-K1, which transports methotrexate in the basolateral membrane of renal tubules (5); and the prostaglandin transporter (6). Moreover, physiological studies have suggested the presence of other members of the organic anion transporter family (7). Noé et al. (8) have recently reported that a new organic anion transporter subtype (oatp2) is present in rat brain and liver and that the oatp2-expressed oocytes transported cardiac glycoside as well as taurocholate. However, the endogenous substrate of oatp2 and the regional distribution in the brain have not been revealed.

It has been suggested that thyroid hormones are transported into the brain via the blood-brain barrier (9) or via the choroid plexus (10). To reveal this mechanism, we focused on the retina. In the retina, the retinal pigment epithelium is the unique source of transthyretin synthesis, and it serves to transport thyroxine (T4) across the blood-retina barrier (11). According to this functional homology between the choroid plexus epithelium and the retinal pigment epithelium, we performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based screening for an organic anion transporter subtype in the retina.

In this paper, we have isolated and characterized oatp2 and a new organic anion transporter family subtype (termed oatp3) from rat retina, and this is the first report identifying the molecules involved in thyroid hormone transport.

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Polymerase Chain Reaction-- The primers used for PCR were two oligonucleotides made according to the amino acid sequences of transmembrane segments II and X of rat oatp1 (3), both of which are highly conserved between oatp1 and OAT-K1 (5); they correspond to amino acid residues 62-68 (5'-primer) and 540-547 (3'-primer) of oatp1. The sequences of the 5'- and 3'-primers were CGGAATTCAATGGGAGCTTTGAGATTGG and CGGAATTCCAAGTGACTTCTCTTCAGACTT, respectively. The PCR amplification was performed by using a GeneAmpTM DNA amplification reagent kit according to the following schedule: 94 °C for 1 min, 42 °C for 2 min, and 72 °C for 3 min for 30 cycles, followed by further incubation for 10 min at 72 °C. An aliquot of the PCR products was electrophoresed on an agarose gel. The amplified DNA (~1500 base pairs (bp)) was excised from the gel and subcloned into pBluescriptII KS(+). By sequencing, one clone (psOATP2), corresponding to amino acid residues 62-545 of oatp2 (8), was found to show 78.4% identity to rat oatp1 at the amino acid level.

cDNA Isolation-- A rat retina cDNA library was constructed from fractions containing >2-kilobase pair cDNAs using a lambda ZAPII vector (Stratagene) (12), and 8 × 105 independent clones were screened with the 1.5-kilobase pair cDNA fragment of psOATP2. Hybridization was carried out in 25% formamide solution at 42 °C as described (13), and filter washing was performed in a solution containing 2 × SSC and 0.1% SDS at 55 °C. By a series of screenings, 12 hybridization-positive clones were isolated. Eight of the 12 clones were identified to have the same insert as psOATP2, and the remaining clones were found to show a novel sequence. In each group, clones pR8 and pR1, both of which contained the largest insert, were chosen for further analysis. The sequences of both clones were determined with an ABI PrismTM 377 DNA sequencer (Perkin-Elmer).

Functional Characterization of oatp2 and oatp3 in Xenopus Oocytes-- cRNA was synthesized in vitro using T7 RNA polymerase in the presence of the cap analogue m7GpppG from linearized pR8 or pR1. Transcribed cRNA (25 ng) was injected into defolliculated Xenopus laevis oocytes. Injected oocytes were cultured for 2~3 days in Barth's medium (88 mM NaCl, 1 mM KCl, 2.4 mM NaHCO3, 0.3 mM CaNO3, 0.41 mM CaCl2, 0.82 mM MgSO4, and 15 mM Hepes, pH 7.6). The uptake (10 min) of [3H]taurocholate, [125I]T4, or 3,5,3'-[125I]triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) (all from NEN Life Science Products) was assayed at room temperature in 100 mM NaCl, 2 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 1 mM CaCl2, 10 mM Hepes, and 5 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5. The oocytes injected with water were used as a control. Each value represents the mean ± S.E. of at least three experiments in different oocytes. The statistical significance was tested by unpaired t-test.

Northern Blot Analysis-- 2 µg of poly(A)+ RNAs from tissues were electrophoresed on 1.0% agarose gel and transferred to a nylon membrane. Hybridization was performed with a 32P-labeled fragment from the ~900-bp HincII-NotI fragment of the 3'-noncoding region for pR8 or the ~900-bp SmaI-SmaI fragment of the 3'-noncoding region for pR1 in a hybridization buffer containing 50% formamide, 5 × SSC, 5 × Denhardt's solution, and 1% SDS at 42 °C overnight. The hybridized filter was washed in 0.2 × SSC and 1% SDS at 65 °C and exposed to a film at -80 °C for 3 h or overnight. Both probes have <48% identity to each other or to any member of the organic anion transporter family to avoid any cross-hybridization.

In Situ Hybridization of oatp2-- For in situ hybridization of the oatp2 mRNA, the same 3'-noncoding HincII-NotI fragment of pR8 was subcloned, and a radiolabeled antisense cRNA was synthesized by T7 RNA polymerase using gamma -35S-CTP (NEN Life Science Products). The resultant RNAs were hydrolyzed to make ~150-nucleotide fragments. The brain sections of male Sprague-Dawley rat were fixed and incubated with radiolabeled probe in the hybridization solution (50% formamide, 2 × SSC, 10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 × Denhardt's solution, 10% dextran sulfate, and 0.2% SDS) at 55 °C for 6 h, washed subsequently with 2 × SSC containing 10 mM beta -mercaptoethanol at 50 °C, treated with RNase A, and washed with 0.1 × SSC at 60 °C for 2 h. The sections were dehydrated, exposed to HyperfilmTM-beta max (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) for 14 days, dipped into Kodak NTB-2 (Eastman Kodak Co.) diluted 1:1 with distilled water, developed after a 6-week exposure, and counterstained with hematoxylin-eosin. For specificity control experiment, hybridization was performed in the presence of a 200-fold excess of unlabeled probe in the hybridization buffer.

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cDNA Isolation and Structure of oatp2 and oatp3-- A rat retina cDNA library was screened by hybridization with the fragment derived from PCR subclone psOAPT2 under low stringency condition. Twelve clones were isolated and rescued into pBluescript SK(-). Eight of the 12 clones showed restriction patterns corresponding to oatp2 (8), and one representative clone (pR8) was used for further analysis. pR8 was determined to be composed of ~3.8 kilobase pairs, and the amino acid sequence of pR8 was identical to that of oatp2 (661 amino acids with Mr = 73,199.09) (8), except for several nucleotide differences in the 5'-noncoding region. The restriction patterns of the remaining four clones were novel, and the length of each clone was almost identical. Among the four clones, one clone (pR1), which has the largest insert, showed a nucleotide sequence that was similar but not identical to any of the organic anion transporter family cDNAs, including oatp2. The deduced amino acid sequence of pR1 consists of 670 amino acids (Mr = 74, 643.86), encoding novel organic anion transporter subtype oatp3. Fig. 1 shows the deduced amino acid sequence alignment with rat oatp2 and oatp3. oatp2 and oatp3 showed an identity of 82% at the amino acid level. oatp3 also shows 80% amino acid identity to rat oatp1 (3), 76.7% to rat kidney OAT-K1 (5), and 33.8% to the rat prostaglandin transporter (6). Hydrophobicity analyses of oatp3 predicts 12 hydrophobic segments, characteristic of the organic anion transporter family. For oatp3, four N-glycosylation sites are predicted, and there are three potential phosphorylation sites for cAMP-dependent protein kinase and six potential phosphorylation sites for protein kinase C in the cytosolic hydrophilic loops (14, 15).


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Fig. 1.   Amino acid comparison of oatp2 and oatp3. The two sequences are aligned by inserting gaps (-) to achieve the maximum homology. Exact matches and conservative substitutions are shown by bars and colons, respectively. The 12 putative transmembrane segments (I-XII) were assigned on the basis of hydrophobicity analysis and the sequence comparison of the other organic anion transporters; the termini of these segments were tentatively defined. The putative transmembrane regions are indicated by solid lines. Triangles, potential N-glycosylation sites; asterisks, possible phosphorylation sites.

Pharmacological Characterization of oatp2 and oatp3-- Based on the structural similarity among oatp1, oatp2, and oatp3, we first examined the uptake of [3H]taurocholate in the oatp2 or oatp3 cRNA-injected oocytes. The oatp2-cRNA injected oocytes increased uptake of [3H]taurocholate 18-fold above that of the water-injected oocytes: 0.11 ± 0.007 versus 0.006 ± 0.001 pmol/oocyte/min at 30 µM [3H]taurocholate (p < 0.01). Taurocholate transport followed saturation kinetics with an apparent Km of 35.2 ± 8.9 µM (Fig. 2a). To characterize the pharmacological properties of oatp2-mediated taurocholate uptake, we next examined the effects of other compounds (200 µM) on [3H]taurocholate (1 µM) uptake. Taurocholate, cholate, BSP, and 17beta -estradiol glucuronide significantly inhibited [3H]taurocholate uptake (data not shown), whereas p-aminohippuric acid did not. These results are comparable to those obtained with oatp1 (16) and to those reported by Noé et al. (8). In addition, T4 and T3 also significantly inhibited oatp2-mediated [3H]taurocholate incorporation (data not shown).


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Fig. 2.   Transport of taurocholate in X. laevis oocytes expressing oatp2 and oatp3. The transport rates of [3H]taurocholate into oatp2 cRNA-injected oocytes (a) and oatp3 cRNA-injected oocytes (b) were measured. Nonspecific uptake into water-injected oocytes was subtracted from all uptake values. A representative of three experiments is shown. The values indicated are means ± S.E. of five to nine oocyte determinations.

The oatp3 cRNA-injected oocytes also transported [3H]taurocholate with an apparent Km of 17.99 ± 3.32 µM, which was half of that for oatp2-mediated uptake (Fig. 2b). This oatp3-mediated taurocholate uptake was inhibited by BSP, but not by p-aminohippuric acid. We also tested whether oatp3 transports other compounds. No oatp3-mediated uptake was found for radiolabeled tryptophan, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and indomethacin.

Do oatp2 and oatp3 transport thyroid hormones? To answer this question, we next studied the uptake of thyroid hormones in the oatp2- or oatp3-expressing oocytes. The oatp2 cRNA-injected oocytes transported [125I]T4 and [125I]T3 significantly more than the water-injected oocytes (Fig. 3, a and b). These transports of thyroid hormones were saturable with increasing substrate concentrations. The apparent Km values for [125I]T4 and [125I]T3 in oatp2 cRNA-injected oocytes were 6.53 ± 2.56 and 5.87 ± 1.06 µM, respectively. Furthermore, the uptake of [125I]T4 by oatp2-expressing oocytes was inhibited by unlabeled T4 and T3 (data not shown). We next investigated whether oatp2-mediated thyroid hormone uptake is dependent on extracellular Na+. When extracellular Na+ (100 mM) was substituted with isosmotic choline+, the uptake of [125I]T4 was only slightly inhibited (15.2 ± 0.1%), and this difference was insignificant (p > 0.1). Similarly, substitution of extracellular Cl- with gluconate (16.1 ± 0.06%) did not insignificantly affect T4 uptake (p > 0.1). Thus, T4 transport by oatp2 is independent of Na+ or Cl- in the external medium.


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Fig. 3.   Transport of thyroid hormones in X. laevis oocytes expressing oatp2 and oatp3. The transport rates of [125I]T4 (a) and [125I]T3 (b) into oocytes expressing oatp2 and the transport rates of [125I]T4 (c) and [125I]T3 (d) into oocytes expressing oatp3 were measured. Nonspecific uptake into water-injected oocytes was subtracted from all uptake values. A representative of three experiments is shown. The values indicated are means ± S.E. of five to nine oocyte determinations.

The oatp3 cRNA-injected oocytes also transported [125I]T4 and [125I]T3 (Fig. 3, c and d), with an apparent Km of 4.93 ± 1.79 µM for [125I]T4 and 7.33 ± 2.34 µM for [125I]T3. These values were comparable to those for oatp2, and the oatp3-mediated T4 and T3 uptake was also independent on external Na+ (data not shown). Thus, our data demonstrate that both oatp2 and oatp3 encode functional transporters that transport both thyroid hormones and taurocholate.

Distribution of oatp2 and oatp3 mRNAs-- Relative levels of the oatp2 and oatp3 mRNAs were analyzed by Northern blot hybridization (Fig. 4, a and b). A single ~3.9-kilonucleotide oatp2 mRNA band was found in the brain, retina, and liver (Fig. 4a). No significant hybridization signals were observed in the heart, lung, and kidney. On the other hand, the analysis of oatp3 mRNA yielded two hybridization bands with estimated mRNA sizes of ~2.8 and ~3.9 kilonucleotides in the retina and kidney (Fig. 4b). The oatp3 mRNA expression level was less in the retina. The two different size oatp3 mRNAs are probably derived from the same gene because both bands were seen under high stringency filter washing conditions using the 3'-noncoding region that has <48% identity to any other organic anion transporter family member. A faint single band was also detected in the liver (~3.9 kilonucleotides). No obvious band was seen in other tissues. Identical oatp2 and oatp3 mRNA tissue distributions were also obtained using the rat Multiple tissue NorthernTM blots filter purchased from CLONTECH (data not shown).


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Fig. 4.   RNA blot analysis of the oatp2 and oatp3 mRNAs. The poly(A)+ RNAs (2 µg each) analyzed were as follows: lane 1, brain; lane 2, retina; lane 3, lung; lane 4, heart; lane 5, liver; lane 6, kidney. An RNA ladder was used for size markers (kilonucleotides). The HincII-NotI fragment of the 3'-noncoding region for oatp2 (a) or the SmaI-SmaI fragment of the noncoding region for oatp3 (b) was used as a probe. Both probes have <48% identity to any member of the organic anion transporter family to avoid cross-hybridization.

Although Noé et al. (8) showed the expression of oatp2 mRNA in the brain, the regional expression was not determined. To examine this, in situ hybridization was performed using a specific riboprobe prepared from the noncoding region of the oatp2 cDNA. As shown in Fig. 5a, the oatp2 mRNA was widely distributed throughout adult rat brain. Specifically, intense signals were observed in the hippocampal pyramidal and dentate granule cells (Fig. 5, a and c) and cerebellar Purkinje and granule cell layers (Fig. 5, a and d). Moderate expression signals were also observed in the olfactory neuronal layers, anterior olfactory nuclei, striatum, cerebral cortex, thalamic and hypothalamic nuclei, and various brain stem nuclei (Fig. 5a). In addition to the neuronal expression, the oatp2 mRNA was moderately expressed in the choroid plexus (Fig. 5a, indicated by the arrow). An almost identical pattern of oatp2 mRNA expression was observed using another riboprobe (774-bp HindIII-HincII fragment of oatp2) (data not shown). All hybridization signals were completely abolished when hybridization was performed in the presence of a 200-fold excess of unlabeled probes (Fig. 5b), confirming the specificity of the localization pattern of the oatp2 mRNA.


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Fig. 5.   In situ hybridization of the oatp2 mRNA in adult rat brains. Presented is a film autoradiograpic image of a sagittal section of rat brain showing wide expression of the oatp2 mRNAs throughout the brain (a). AO, anterior olfactory nuclei; Cb, cerebellar cortex; Cx, cerebral neocortex; DG, dentate granule cell layer; Hi, hippocampal pyramidal cell layer; MO, medulla oblongata; OB, olfactory bulb; St, striatum; Th, thalamus; Hy, hypothalamus. The arrow shows the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricle. No significant expression was seen in the adjacent section when the hybridization was performed in the presence of a 200-fold excess of the unlabeled probe (b). Scale bar = 5 mm. In the bright-field photographs of the hippocampus (c) and cerebellum (d), dense accumulations of hybridization signals are deposited in the hippocampal pyramidal cells, cerebellar Purkinje (arrowheads) and granule cells. Mo, molecular layer; Gr, granule cell layer. Scale bar = 50 µm.

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This paper presents the characterization and tissue distribution of two cDNA clones encoding rat organic anion transporter subtypes oatp2 and oatp3 isolated from rat retina. The putative amino acid sequence of oatp3 was novel, whereas that of oatp2 was identical as recently reported (8). oatp3 is unique compared with other members of the organic anion transporter family in its tissue distribution.

Both oatp2 and oatp3 appear to be responsible for transporting organic anions and thyroid hormones for the following reasons. First, the expression experiments with oatp2 and oatp3 using Xenopus oocytes showed that both oatp2 and oatp3 transport [3H]taurocholate. oatp2 transports taurocholate with a Km value similar to that reported (35.2 ± 8.9 versus 34 µM) (8). The oatp3 cRNA-injected oocytes also transported [3H]taurocholate, but the apparent Km value was half of that for oatp1- and oatp2-mediated uptake (8). Second, a series of cis-inhibition studies on the oatp2-expressing oocytes showed that the oatp2-mediated uptake of [3H]taurocholate was markedly inhibited by the addition of taurocholate, cholate, BSP, or 17beta -estradiol glucuronide as well as T4 and T3. The oatp3-mediated taurocholate uptake was also inhibited by BSP. Third, the oatp2- and oatp3-expressing oocytes facilitated the uptake of thyroid hormones (T4 and T3) with simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics, and the apparent Km values are comparable to each other. Fourth, Northern blot analysis showed that the oatp2 mRNA is distributed in the brain, retina, and liver. The oatp3 mRNA is exclusively expressed in the retina and kidney. On the other hand, the oatp1 mRNA is expressed in the liver, kidney, brain, skeletal muscle, and colon (3). Finally, in situ hybridization analysis indicated that the oatp2 mRNA is widely distributed in neuronal cells of many brain regions as well as in the choroid plexus.

This is the first report identifying the molecules responsive for transporting thyroid hormones across cell membrane. The transport of thyroid hormones across the plasma membrane determines the intracellular concentration of these hormones and hence the activation of the nuclear T3 receptor. The existence of mechanisms regulating the transport of thyroid hormones has been suggested in cerebrocortical neurons (17), astrocytes (18), glial cells (19), hepatocytes (20, 21), erythrocytes (22), and skeletal muscle (23). The following are comparisons of the pharmacological characteristics among oatp2, oatp3, and the known native thyroid hormone transporters.

The Km values for T4 and T3 of oatp2 and oatp3 were similar to those for neural cells (19) and hepatocytes (21), but 10-fold higher than those reported by Chantoux et al. (17) and Blondeau et al. (20). We do not know what accounts for these differences. In our study, the oatp2-mediated uptake of T4 was not dependent on extracellular Na+, whereas the transporting mechanisms of thyroid hormones are heterogeneous in Na+ dependence: Na+-dependent (21), Na+-independent (19, 20, 24) and mixed (18, 23). In addition, it has been reported that oocytes injected with rat liver poly(A)+ RNA showed Na+-dependent uptake of T4 and T3 (25); however, the functional fraction size is different from that of the oatp2 or oatp3 mRNA. Therefore, the molecules responsible for transporting thyroid hormones are suggested to be heterogeneous.

The uptake of thyroid hormones in the native tissues appears to be inhibited by a variety of structurally unrelated drugs, including non-bile acid cholephils such as BSP, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (20, 24), diphenylhydantoin (26), and propranolol (27). In our study, the oatp2-mediated uptake of taurocholate was inhibited by some of these compounds, but no oatp3-mediated uptake was found for tryptophan, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and indomethacin. In the oatp1-expressing mammalian cells, T4 did not exhibit a cis-inhibitory effect for BSP uptake (28). Thus, further investigations will be required to understand the role and functions of the other members of the organic anion transporter family.

The oatp2 mRNA is distributed exclusively in the brain, retina, and liver. In the central nervous system, most of the nuclear T3 is derived from local T4 deiodination (29). However, most of the intracellular T3 in the liver and muscle is derived from plasma (30). Accordingly, the abundant expression of the oatp2 mRNA in the brain and liver implies that this molecule should regulate the availability of thyroid hormone in these tissues. Thyroid hormones also play an essential role in neural function of the mammalian central nervous system, particularly during a critical period of its development (31, 32). The absence of thyroid hormone causes serious damages to structural development and organization of the brain (especially the hippocampus and cerebellum), including biochemical maturation, and leads to irreversible mental retardation (33).

In the hippocampus, the oatp2 mRNA is predominantly expressed in the pyramidal cells of CA1-4 and in the granule cells of the dentate gyrus. In the cerebellum, the oatp2 mRNA is highly expressed in Purkinje cells. The prominent expression of the oatp2 mRNA in these thyroid hormone-sensitive neurons further suggests that oatp2 may play a critical role in neuronal development and maintaining cell function.

oatp2 mRNA was also moderately distributed in the choroid plexus. This is consistent with the notion that thyroid hormones are transported into the brain via the blood-brain barrier (9) or via the choroid plexus (10). In situ hybridization of rat oatp1 revealed that rat oatp1 mRNA is also expressed in the choroid plexus (34). Although the probe for rat oatp1 (positions 2031-2090) is 80~95% identical among organic anion transporter family members, the probe only detected signals in the choroid plexus. In our experiments, to avoid the nonspecific signals, we used the 900-bp 3'-noncoding region that has <48% identity to any organic anion transporter family. Thus, it seems likely that at least two organic anion transporter family subtypes are coexpressed in the choroid plexus: oatp1, which mediates BSP uptake that is not inhibited by T4 (28); and oatp2, which transports thyroid hormones.

Noé et al. (8) also showed that the oatp2 mRNA is highly expressed in the brain, liver, and kidney. However, in our experiment, no oatp2 expression was detected in the kidney. This discrepancy in the Northern blot analysis may be also attributed to the different nucleotide regions of the probe. We used the 3'-noncoding region of oatp2 that has <48% identity to oatp1, OAT-K1, and oatp3. On the other hand, Noé et al. (8) used nucleotides 1-360, which has >80% identity to oatp1 (82%) and OAT-K1 (87%). In their report, the size of the major band in the kidney was smaller than that in the brain. It is possible that their probe cross-hybridized to the other member of the organic anion transporter family, e.g. oatp3 or OAT-K1. In addition, since the probes for oatp3 clearly hybridized to the kidney mRNA, the mRNAs used were not degenerate in our study. The same result was obtained using the rat multiple-tissue Northern filter. In both cases, mRNA qualities were confirmed by beta -actin (data not shown). Based on our results, we suggest that the oatp2 mRNA is not expressed in the kidney as much as shown for oatp2 (8).

The oatp3 mRNA is exclusively distributed in the kidney. Most of the T4 secreted from the thyroid is deiodinated in peripheral tissues. The liver and kidney are the major peripheral organs producing T3 from T4 (35). Thus, the specific expression of oatp3 mRNA in the kidney suggests an essential role for oatp3 in transporting thyroid hormones from the circulation to the deiodination sites in the kidney.

Individuals with Refetoff's syndrome, characterized by resistance to thyroid hormone, exhibit reduced clinical and biochemical activities of thyroid hormone action relative to the circulating hormone level (36). Several pathophysiological mechanisms have been suggested to account for the thyroid hormone resistance seen in Refetoff's syndrome patients. One possible mechanism is reduced hormone availability to tissues due to impaired thyroid hormone entry into cells (36). Accordingly, functional and genetic investigations of oatp2 and oatp3 may also help us to understand the etiology of such disorders and to aid in clinical diagnosis.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank Drs. Kazuo Nunoki and Akira Kobayashi for critical reading of the manuscript and Satoshi Sai for photographic assistance.

    FOOTNOTES

* This work was supported in part by research grants from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan, the Yamanouchi Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders, the Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, and the Inamori Foundation.The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

The nucleotide sequence(s) reported in this paper has been submitted to the GenBankTM/EMBL Data Bank with accession number(s) U95011 and AF041105.

§ Recipient of a long-term fellowship from Human Frontier Science Program Organization. To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Neurophysiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. Tel.: 81-22-717-8153; Fax: 81-22-717-8154; E-mail: takaabe{at}mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp.

The abbreviations used are: BSP, bromosulfophthalein; T4, thyroxineT3, 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyroninePCR, polymerase chain reactionbp, base pair(s).
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