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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.M304059200 on May 22, 2003
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 278, Issue 32, 29509-29514, August 8, 2003
MRP8, ATP-binding Cassette C11 (ABCC11), Is a Cyclic Nucleotide Efflux Pump and a Resistance Factor for Fluoropyrimidines 2',3'-Dideoxycytidine and 9'-(2'-Phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine*
Yanping Guo,
Elena Kotova,
Zhe-Sheng Chen ,
Kun Lee,
Elizabeth Hopper-Borge,
Martin G. Belinsky and
Gary D. Kruh
From the
Medical Science Division, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19111
Received for publication, April 17, 2003
, and in revised form, May 20, 2003.
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ABSTRACT
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MRP8 (ABCC11) is a recently identified cDNA that has been assigned to the
multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) family of ATP-binding cassette
transporters, but its functional characteristics have not been determined.
Here we examine the functional properties of the protein using transfected
LLC-PK1 cells. It is shown that ectopic expression of MRP8 reduces basal
intracellular levels of cAMP and cGMP and enhances cellular extrusion of
cyclic nucleotides in the presence or absence of stimulation with forskolin or
SIN-1A. Analysis of the sensitivity of MRP8-overexpressing cells revealed that
they are resistant to a range of clinically relevant nucleotide analogs,
including the anticancer fluoropyrimidines 5'-fluorouracil
( 3-fold), 5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine ( 5-fold), and
5'-fluoro-5'-deoxyuridine ( 3-fold), the anti-human
immunodeficiency virus agent 2',3'-dideoxycytidine ( 6-fold)
and the anti-hepatitis B agent 9'-(2'-phosphonylmethoxynyl)adenine
(PMEA) ( 5-fold). By contrast, increased resistance was not observed for
several natural product chemotherapeutic agents. In accord with the notion
that MRP8 functions as a drug efflux pump for nucleotide analogs,
MRP8-transfected cells exhibited reduced accumulation and increased efflux of
radiolabeled PMEA. In addition, it is shown by the use of in vitro
transport assays that MRP8 is able to confer resistance to fluoropyrimidines
by mediating the MgATP-dependent transport of
5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine monophosphate, the cytotoxic
intracellular metabolite of this class of agents, but not of
5'-fluorouracil or 5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine. We conclude
that MRP8 is an amphipathic anion transporter that is able to efflux cAMP and
cGMP and to function as a resistance factor for commonly employed purine and
pyrimidine nucleotide analogs.
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INTRODUCTION
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Cellular extrusion of cyclic nucleotides has been described in prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells
(14).
This process provides extracellular cAMP involved in intercellular signaling,
as determined for Dictyostelium discoideum, in which cAMP effluxed by
solitary amoebae under low nutrient conditions mediates cellular aggregation
and differentiation, and has also been proposed as a potential mechanism that
may contribute to the attenuation of intracellular signaling mediated by these
second messengers (5).
Investigations employing cultured cells and membrane vesicle preparations have
established that cyclic nucleotide efflux is energy-dependent, and the
susceptibility of this process to inhibition by antagonists of organic anion
pumps indicates that it is mediated by amphipathic anion transporters
(2,
3,
616).
Recently, insights into the identities of the cellular components that mediate
cyclic nucleotide efflux have come from studies of the
MRP1 family of ABC
transporters. MRP4 and MRP5, two members of this extended family of
amphipathic anion transporters
(17), have been determined to
be competent in the transport of cyclic nucleotides
(1820).
By contrast, other characterized MRP family members are able to transport a
variety of lipophilic anions, such as glutathione and glucuronic acid
conjugates, but not cyclic nucleotides
(17). In addition to its
ability to efflux cyclic nucleotides, MRP4 is also able to mediate the
transport of methotrexate, reduced folates, estradiol
17- -D-glucuronide and DHEAS
(19,
2123),
and both MRP4 and MRP5 have the facility for conferring resistance to certain
purine nucleotide analogs, such as PMEA, an amphipathic antiviral agent used
in the treatment of hepatitis B infections, and 6-mercaptopurine, an
anticancer nucleobase analog
(21,
24,
25).
MRP8, a newly identified cDNA, was recently assigned to the MRP family
based upon analyses of its predicted protein
(2628).
MRP8 resembles MRP4 and MRP5 in that it lacks a third (N-terminal)
membrane-spanning domain that is present in MRP1, MRP2, MRP3, MRP6, and MRP7.
In addition, sequence comparisons with MRP family members indicate that it
most closely resembles MRP5
(26,
27). These features suggest
the possibility that MRP8 might represent a component of the efflux system for
cyclic nucleotides. However, the functional properties of MRP8 have not been
determined with respect to either its substrate selectivity or drug resistance
capabilities. Here we examine the functional characteristics of MRP8 in
transfected LLC-PK1 cells. It is demonstrated that MRP8 is an efflux pump for
cAMP and cGMP and that it not only is capable of conferring resistance to the
purine nucleotide analog PMEA but also has the ability to function as a
resistance factor for fluoropyrimidines, a widely employed class of
antineoplastic agents, and the anti-AIDS drug
2',3'-dideoxycytidine.
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EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
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Materials[3H]Bis-POM-PMEA (2 Ci/mmol),
[3H]5'-fluorouracil (5-FUra) (17.5 Ci/mmol),
[3H]5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (5-FudR) (13.9 Ci/mmol),
and [3H]5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine
5'-monophosphate ([3H]5-FdUMP) (10.7 Ci/mmol) were purchased
from Moravek (Brea, CA). Unlabeled 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC),
3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine, 5-FUra, 5-FdUrd,
5'-fluoro-5'-deoxyuridine (5-dFUrd), 6-thioguanine,
2'-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine, doxorubicin, paclitaxel, and
vincristine were obtained from Sigma. Etoposide was obtained from
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. PMEA was obtained from Gilead (Forest City, CA).
2',3'-Dideoxy-3'-thial-cytidine was provided by the National
Institutes of Health AIDS program. Forskolin and SIN-1A were obtained from the
Sigma and Cayman Chemical (Ann Arbor, MI), respectively.
Expression Vector Construction, Transfection, and Cell
CultureTwo overlapping cDNA fragments that encode the MRP8 open
reading frame were prepared by PCR using rapid amplification of cDNA ends
(RACE) ready prostate library (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) and oligonucleotide
primers derived from the reported sequence
(26) and were assembled into
Bluescript SK() (Stratagene). The predicted coding sequence was
identical to that reported by Berra et al.
(26). The MRP8 cDNA was
inserted into pcDNA3.1 (Invitrogen) to create pcDNA-MRP8. LLC-PK1 cells grown
in M199 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum were electroporated
with 10 µg of pcDNA-MRP8 or parental plasmid, and G418-resistant colonies
were isolated. For expression in insect cells the MRP8 coding sequence was
inserted into PVL1392, and production of baculovirus and infection of insect
cells were accomplished according to the manufacturer's directions
(Pharmingen).
Generation of MRP8 Polyclonal Antibody and Immunoblot
AnalysisA cDNA fragment encoding amino acids 746804 of MRP8
was inserted downstream of the glutathione S-transferase coding
sequence in PGEX2T, and the fusion protein was purified by the use of
glutathione-Sepharose beads (Amersham Biosciences). Rabbits were immunized
with the fusion protein, and the specificity of the resulting antisera was
confirmed by immunoblot analysis of cellular lysates prepared from insect
cells infected with MRP8 baculovirus. Proteins were separated by 8% SDS-PAGE
and electrotransferred to nitrocellulose filters using a wet transfer system
as described previously (29,
30). MRP8 was detected using
polyclonal MRP8 antibody (1:500) and horseradish peroxidase-conjugated
antibody (Amersham Biosciences).
Measurement of Cyclic AMP and Cyclic GMPcAMP was measured
with the cAMP enzyme immunoassay system (Amersham Biosciences) according to
the manufacturer's recommendations. Cells were plated in triplicate at a
density of 8000 cells/well in 96-well plates. The following day cells were
lysed, and an aliquot was transferred to a second plate for the measurement of
cAMP. For stimulation experiments, cells were treated with 50 µM
forskolin, and cAMP measurements were performed at various time points over a
60-min time period. Extracellular cAMP was determined by subtracting
intracellular cAMP from total (combined intracellular + extracellular) cAMP.
cGMP levels were similarly measured using the cGMP enzyme immunoassay system
(EIA, Amersham Biosciences), except that stimulation was accomplished using 50
µM SIN-1A.
Analysis of Drug SensitivityDrug sensitivity was analyzed
by the use of a tetrazolium salt microtiter plate assay (CellTiter 96 Cell
Proliferation Assay, Promega, Madison, WI). Cells were seeded at a density of
5000 cells/well in 96-well dishes in complete medium, and drugs were added at
various concentrations on the following day. Growth assays were performed
after 72 h of growth in the presence of drugs.
Accumulation and Efflux of [3H]bis-POM-PMEAFor
accumulation experiments, cells were plated in triplicate at a density of 2
x 105 cells/well in 6-well plates. The next day the cells
were incubated with 1 µM [3H]bis-POM-PMEA for 2 h in
complete growth medium. The medium was removed, and the cells were put on ice
and washed three times with 2 ml of ice-cold phosphate-buffered saline.
Trypsin solution (0.2 ml) was applied to the plates, and the cell suspension
was added to 4 ml of scintillation fluid. For efflux experiments, cells were
plated in triplicate in 12-well plates at a density of 1 x
106 cells/well. The next day drug accumulation was accomplished by
growth for 2 h in ATP-depletion medium consisting of glucose-free,
pyruvate-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (Invitrogen) containing 10%
fetal bovine serum, 10 mM deoxyglucose, 10 mM sodium
azide, and 1 µM [3H]bis-POM-PMEA. After accumulation,
the cells were washed quickly with phosphate-buffered saline, and incubated
with prewarmed complete medium lacking drug. Aliquots of medium were obtained
over a 2-h efflux period.
Preparation of Membrane Vesicles and Transport
ExperimentsMembrane vesicles were prepared by the nitrogen
cavitation method (31), and
transport experiments were performed using the rapid filtration method
essentially as described previously
(32). Transport experiments
were carried out in medium containing membrane vesicles (10 µg), 0.25
M sucrose, 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 10 mM
MgCl2, 4 mM ATP, 10 mM phosphocreatine, 100
µg/ml creatine phosphokinase, and radio-labeled compounds ±
unlabeled compounds, in a total volume of 50 µl. Reactions were carried out
at 37 °C and stopped by the addition of 3 ml of ice-cold stop solution
(0.25 M sucrose, 100 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl,
pH 7.4) Samples were passed through 0.22-µm Durapore membrane filters
(Millipore, Bedford, MA) under vacuum. The filters were washed three times
with 3 ml of ice-cold stop solution and dried at room temperature for 30 min.
Rates of net ATP-dependent transport were determined by subtracting the values
obtained in the presence of 4 mM AMP from those obtained in the
presence of 4 mM ATP.
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RESULTS
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Ectopic Expression of MRP8 in LLC-PK1 CellsTo characterize
the functional properties of MRP8, a cellular model was generated by
transfecting LLC-PK1 cells with MRP8 expression vector. Immunoblot analysis
indicated that MRP8 protein was expressed in several of the resulting
G418-selected clones, as indicated by the intensely immunoreactive bands
present in three clones transfected with MRP8 vector, but not in the parental
vector-transfected control cells (Fig.
1). The apparent molecular weight of MRP8
( 170,000190,000) was higher than its calculated molecular mass
(154 kDa) and the apparent molecular weight of the protein expressed in insect
cells ( 155,000, data not shown), as would be expected for a glycosylated
transmembrane protein. Two of these clones were selected for functional
studies on MRP8.

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FIG. 1. Immunoblot detection of MRP8 in transfected LLC-PK1 cells. Cell
lysates were prepared from LLC-PK1 cells transfected with parental plasmid
(lane 1) or MRP8 expression vector (lanes 24).
Proteins (50 µg/lane) were resolved by SDS-polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis on 8% gels, electrotransferred to nitrocellulose membranes,
and incubated with MRP8 polyclonal antibody. The sizes of molecular weight
standards (in kilodaltons) and the location of MRP8 are indicated.
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Cellular Efflux of Cyclic Nucleotides by MRP8 To determine
whether MRP8 is capable of extruding cyclic nucleotides from cells,
intracellular cAMP levels were analyzed before and after stimulation with
forskolin. Basal cAMP levels in the MRP8-transfected cells were consistently
lower than those of the parental vector control cells
(Table I). The intracellular
levels in LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 and LLC-PK1-MRP8-2 cells were 4.7 ± 2.1
pmol/106 cells and 4.3 ± 2.7 pmol/106 cells,
respectively, in comparison with the control cells in which the level was 6.6
± 3.1 pmol/106 cells. These values corresponded to
reductions of 29 and 35% for LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 and LLC PK1-MRP8-2, respectively.
Reduced cAMP levels were also observed for the MRP8-transfected cells after
stimulation with forskolin. After 30 min of stimulation with 50
µM forskolin, the cAMP levels in LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 and
LLC-PK1-MRP8-2 were 34 and 18% lower than the levels in control cells
(Table I).
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TABLE I Intracellular cAMP levels in MRP8-transfected LLC-PK1 cells
Intracellular cAMP levels in LLC-PK1 cells transfected with parental vector
or with MRP8 expression vector were measured in the absence of stimulation or
after 30 min of stimulation with 50 µM forskolin as described
under "Experimental Procedures." The values shown represent means
± S.E. of six independent experiments, each performed in
triplicate.
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Separate experiments were performed to analyze the appearance of cAMP in
the medium following forskolin stimulation. Cellular extrusion was
significantly greater for the MRP8-transfected cells at each of the time
points examined (Fig. 2). At
the 15-min time point, the cAMP levels in the medium of control and
LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells were 42.9 and 108 pmol/106 cells,
respectively. A comparable increment attributable to MRP8 was present at the
45-min time point, at which time the extracellular cAMP level was 178
pmol/106 cells for LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 in comparison with 68.3
pmol/106 for the control cells. Hence, at the 15- and 45-min time
points the cAMP levels were 2.5- and 2.6-fold higher in the medium of the
MRP8-transfected cells.

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FIG. 2. Time course of cAMP efflux following forskolin stimulation. Parental
vector-transfected (open symbols) and MRP8-transfected LLC-PK1 cells
(closed symbols, LLC-PK1-MRP8-1) were stimulated with 50
µM forskolin, and the appearance of cAMP in the medium was
measured as described under "Experimental Procedures." Values are
means ± S.E. of a representative experiment performed in
triplicate.
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To assess the capabilities of MRP8 with regard to cGMP, intracellular and
extracellular levels were measured before and after stimulation with SIN-1A.
As shown in Table II, the
intracellular cGMP levels were 2.0 ± 0.8 and 1.3 ± 0.6
pmol/106 cells, and the extracellular levels were 4.3 ± 1.8
and 5.0 ± 1.2 pmol/106 cells, respectively, for control
cells and LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells. Thus the intracellular and extracellular cGMP
levels in MRP8-transfected cells were, respectively, 35% lower and 16% higher
than control cells. Following 30 min of stimulation with SIN-1A; the
intracellular cGMP levels were 9.0 ± 4.5 and 5.1 ± 1.8
pmol/106 cell, and the extracellular levels were 26.1 ± 3.2
and 32.4 ± 5.1 pmol/106 cell, respectively, for the control
cells and LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells (Table
II). Hence, following stimulation, the intracellular cGMP level in
LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells was 43% lower than the control cells, and the
extracellular levels were 24% higher than the control cells. In combination,
these experiments showed that expression of MRP8 results in consistent, but
modest, depression in intracellular cAMP and cGMP levels, and enhancement of
cyclic nucleotide extrusion.
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TABLE II Intracellular and extracellular cGMP levels of LLC-PK1-MRP8-1
cells
Intracellular and extracellular cGMP levels in LLC-PK1 cells transfected
with parental vector or MRP8 expression vector were measured in the absence of
stimulation or after 30 min of stimulation with 50 µM SIN-1A as
described under "Experimental Procedures." The values shown
represent means ± S.E. of six independent experiments, each performed
in triplicate.
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Analysis of the Drug Sensitivity of MRP8-transfected LLC-PK1
CellsMRP8-transfected cells exhibited increased resistance toward
clinically relevant purine and pyrimidine nucleotide analogs
(Table III). LLC-PK1-MRP8-1
cells were 5.4-fold resistant to the purine nucleotide analog PMEA but did not
exhibit increased resistance toward three other purine nucleotide analogs,
6-thioguanine, 2'-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine, and deoxycorfomycin.
In addition, LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells were 6.1-fold resistant to the antiviral
pyrimidine analog ddC and 2.9-fold resistant to the anticancer pyrimidine
analog 5-FUra. Increased resistance was also observed for two other
fluoropyrimidines of clinical significance, 5-FdUrd (5.2-fold), a ribosylated
intracellular metabolite of 5-FUra, which like 5-FUra is employed as an
intravenous agent, and 5-dFUrd (3.4-fold), a metabolite of the oral
fluoropyrimidine capecitabine, which is further metabolized in the cell to
5-FUra. Small decreases in the sensitivity of LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells were
observed for the pyrimidine nucleotide analogs
2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thial-cytidine and
3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine, but these differences did not reach
statistical significance. Representative growth curves for PMEA, ddC, and
5-FUra are shown in Fig. 3.
Increased resistance was not detected for several natural product anticancer
agents, including vincristine, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, and etoposide
(Table III). A similar drug
resistance phenotype was observed for LLC-PK1-MRP8-2, which exhibited 5.6-,
7.1-, 4.1-, 3.2-, and 2.5-fold resistance toward PMEA, ddC, 5-FUra, 5-FudR,
and 5-dFUrd, respectively (p values < 0.05; data not shown).
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TABLE III Drug sensitivity analysis of MRP8-transfected LLC-PK1 cells
The drug sensitivities of LLC-PK1 cells transfected with parental vector or
MRP8 expression vector were measured in 3-day growth assays as described under
"Experimental Procedures." The IC50 values are the drug
concentrations that inhibited growth by 50% and represent means ± S.E.
of at least four independent experiments, each performed in triplicate. Fold
resistance is enumerated at the IC50 of LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 divided by
the IC50 of the parental vector transfected control cell line.
6-TG, 6-thioguanine; CdA, 2'-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine; DCF,
deoxycorfomycin; 3TC, 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thial-cytidine; AZT,
3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine; VCR, vincristine; DOX, doxorubicin;
ETOP, etoposide.
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FIG. 3. Sensitivity of MRP8-transfected and parental vectortransfected LLC-PK1
cells to PMEA, ddC, and 5-FUra. The sensitivity of parental
vector-transfected (open squares) and MRP8-transfected LLC-PK1 cells
(upright triangles, LLC-PK1-MRP8-1; closed squares,
LLC-PK1-MRP8-2) to PMEA (A), ddC (B), and 5-FUra
(C) was analyzed using the tetrazolium salt microtiter plate assay as
described under "Experimental Procedures." Values are means
± S.E. of representative experiments performed in triplicate.
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Analysis of PMEA Accumulation and EffluxThe effect of MRP8
on the cellular kinetics of a representative agent was analyzed. To this end
we employed bis-POM-PMEA, an uncharged bis-ester prodrug of PMEA that is more
effective than the parent compound in crossing the plasma membrane
(33). Once inside the cell the
pivaloyloxymethyl moiety of bis-POM-PMEA is cleaved to release free PMEA.
LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 exhibited reduced accumulation of [3H]bis-POM-PMEA
compared with parental vector-transfected cells
(Fig. 4A). After 15
min of incubation in growth medium containing 1 µM
[3H]bis-POM-PMEA, drug accumulation in LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells was
60% of the control cells. This difference in accumulation was maintained
throughout the time course of the assay. Separate efflux experiments were
performed under conditions in which initial intracellular drug levels were
comparable in the two cell lines, by first allowing accumulation of 1
µM [3H]bis-POM-PMEA to proceed under energy-depletion
conditions. Following a 2-h incubation period, the growth medium was replaced
with complete medium lacking drug, and efflux of radiolabeled drug into the
medium was measured. As shown in Fig.
4B, LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 exhibited enhanced drug efflux by
comparison with the control cells. At the 2-h time point, efflux by the
MRP8-transfected cells was 40% greater than the control cells.

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FIG. 4. Cellular accumulation and efflux of [3H]bis-POM-PMEA.
A, time course of accumulation of [3H]bis-POM-PMEA in
parental vector-transfected (open symbols) and MRP8-transfected
(closed symbols, LLC-PK1-MRP8-1) LLC-PK1 cells. Cells were incubated
in 1 µM [3H]bis-POM-PMEA, and intracellular
radioactivity was measured at various time points. B, time course of
the efflux of radioactivity into medium. Parental vector-transfected LLC-PK1
cells and LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 cells were incubated in the presence of 1
µM [3H]bis-POM-PMEA for 2 h under energy-depletion
conditions as described under "Experimental Procedures," and the
medium was changed to complete medium lacking drug. Efflux of radioactivity
into the medium was then measured at various time points. Values are means
± S.E. of representative experiments performed in triplicate.
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Transport of 5'-Fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine
MonophosphateBy contrast with cyclic nucleotides and PMEA, both of
which are amphipathic anions, 5-FUra is an uncharged pyrimidine analog. The
possibility that MRP8 confers resistance to this agent, as well as to 5-FdUrd
and 5-dFUrd, by transporting 5-FdUMP, the anionic cytotoxic metabolite of
these compounds as opposed to the parent compounds, was therefore considered.
This was examined by analyzing the ability of the pump to transport 5-FUra,
5-FudR, and 5-FdUMP into inside-out membrane vesicles. As shown in
Fig. 5, although membrane
vesicles prepared from parental vector transfected cells were able to catalyze
the MgATP-dependent transport of [3H]5-FdUMP, an increment
attributable to MRP8 was consistently observed. MgATP-dependent uptake for
LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 and LLC-PK1-MRP8-2 was 15.4 and 21.0 pmol/mg/10 min,
respectively, whereas uptake for the control membranes was only 7.3 pmol/mg/10
min (Fig. 5). By contrast, with
[3H]5-FdUMP, MgATP-dependent uptake of [3H]5-FUra and
[3H]5-FdUrd was negligible for both MRP8-enriched and control
membrane vesicles.

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FIG. 5. MgATP-dependent uptake of [3H]5'-fluorouracil,
[3H]5'-fluorodeoxyuridine, and
[3H]5'-fluorodeoxyuridine monophosphate into inside-out
membran evesicles. Membrane vesicles (10 µg) prepared from parental
vector-transfected LLC-PK1 cells or LLC-PK1-MRP8-1 and LLC-PK1-MRP8-2 cells
were incubated for 10 min at 37 °C in uptake medium containing 4
mM ATP or 4 mM AMP and the indicated radiolabeled
compounds. MgATP-dependent uptake for 1 µM
[3H]5-FdUMP, 1 µM [3H]5-FUra, or 1
µM [3H]5-FdUrd was calculated by subtracting the
values obtained in transport medium containing MgAMP from the values obtained
in medium containing MgATP. Values shown are means ± S.E. of a
representative experiment. This experiment was repeated at least five times
with similar results.
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DISCUSSION
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In the present study the functional properties of MRP8 were analyzed by the
use of transfected LLC-PK1 cells. In combination, the results showing that
MRP8 is able to depress intracellular levels of cAMP and cGMP by enhancing
cellular extrusion, confer resistance to PMEA, and transport 5-FdUMP provide
the first evidence that this protein functions as a lipophilic anion pump.
These results indicate that the cellular extrusion of cyclic nucleotides, a
phenomenon that has been well documented in numerous types of mammalian cells,
is accomplished by a plasma membrane system that is composed of at least three
pumps. Although its substrates have yet be determined, the high degree of
structural resemblance between MRP9 and MRP8
(27,
28) suggests that it may also
participate in this process.
Although cellular extrusion of cyclic nucleotides from mammalian cells is a
well established phenomenon, it has not been considered a major factor in
attenuating the elevation of these second messengers consequent to the
activation of cyclases. This process is thought to be mediated primarily by
the action of phosphodiesterases, a view based upon the notion that an
extremely rapid, high capacity system is required for the precise
time-sensitive signaling mediated by cyclic nucleotides. By comparison with
the enzymatic breakdown of cyclic nucleotides by phosphodiesterases, cellular
efflux is thought to be low capacity, and more importantly, relatively slow.
The identification of efflux pumps capable of mediating this process (this
study and Refs. 18 and
19) has provided the molecular
tools to investigate directly their involvement in these and related
processes. The results, showing that intracellular levels of cAMP and cGMP
under basal or stimulated conditions were only modestly depressed
(1.21.8-fold) by ectopic expression of MRP8, tend to support the view
that efflux pumps are not potent attenuation factors, as do previous reports
showing that ectopic expression of MRP4 and MRP5 is similarly associated with
modest effects on intracellular cyclic nucleotide levels
(34,
35). These studies, in
combination with measurements showing that the latter two pumps have
reasonably high affinities for cGMP, and in the case of MRP4, for cAMP
(18,
19), suggest that it is the
high efficiency of the phosphodiesterase system that limits the impact of
efflux pumps as opposed to the inability of pumps to function at physiological
concentrations of these second messengers. Further studies should help to
determine the circumstances and extent to which efflux pumps participate in
intracellular cyclic nucleotide homeostasis and also to define their
involvement in the physiological processes in which extruded cyclic
nucleotides have been proposed as primary messengers.
Analysis of the drug sensitivity of MRP8-transfected LLC-PK1 cells showed
that MRP8 is able to confer resistance to fluoropyrimidines, ddC, and PMEA.
However, resistance toward 6-thioguanine, an agent that is part of the
resistance profiles of MRP4 and MRP5, was not detected
(19,
25). Fluoropyrimidines, which
are a mainstay in the treatment of colon cancer and are also active in breast
and head and neck cancer, are among the most widely employed anticancer
agents. The cytotoxicity of 5-FUra is mediated predominately by its
intracellular metabolite, 5-FdUMP, which in combination with 5,10-methylene
tetrahydrofolate forms a stable inhibitory complex with thymidylate synthase.
The biochemical consequences of this block, depletion of thymidine nucleotides
and build-up of dUTP, engender impaired DNA synthesis and misincorporation of
uracil into DNA, respectively. Cellular resistance factors for
fluoropyrimidines include increased expression of thymidylate synthase,
decreased expression of enzymes involved in metabolic activation, and
increased expression of dUTPase
(3641).
Our results indicate that MRP8 is a potential clinical resistance factor for
fluoropyrimidines and that it confers resistance to this class of agents by
mediating the efflux of 5-FdUMP, the intracellular cytotoxic metabolite of
5-FUra, 5-FudR, and the oral fluoropyrimidine capecitabine
(Fig. 6). The presence of
significant levels of 5-FdUMP transport by membranes prepared from control
LLC-PK1 cells (Fig. 5), in
which MRP8 is barely detectable (Fig.
1), suggests that pumps other than MRP8 may also be involved in
this process. Although, to the best of our knowledge, increased efflux of
fluoropyrimidine metabolites has not been described in drug-resistant cell
lines, this potential mechanism warrants more detailed analysis in view of our
findings. The ability of MRP8 to confer resistance to the anti-AIDS nucleotide
analog ddC is also noteworthy. We infer that this activity is consequent to
the efflux of the intracellular nucleotide metabolites of this agent, by
analogy with the mechanisms by which MRP8 confers resistance to
fluoropyrimidines, and MRP4 and MRP5 confer resistance to and 6-mercaptopurine
(42). Investigations of
clinical resistance to ddC have focused primarily on mutations in the human
immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase and alterations in the levels of
cellular metabolizing enzymes
(43). Our results suggest that
cellular efflux is a potential clinical resistance for this agent. A recent
study showing that a drug-resistant cell line in which ABCG2 (breast cancer
resistance protein (BCRP)) is over-expressed is cross-resistant to
3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine suggests that ABC transporters that are
not MRP family members may also be involved in resistance to this class of
agents (44), although this
remains to be confirmed in experiments using recombinant ABCG2. Analysis of
the expression of MRP8 in clinical samples should help to determine its
importance in clinical resistance to fluoropyrimidines, ddC, and the
anti-hepatitis B agent PMEA.

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FIG. 6. Schematic diagram depicting the role played by MRP8 in conferring
cellular resistance to fluoropyrimidines. 5-FUra, 5-FdUrd, and 5-dFUrd are
converted to the cytotoxic intracellular metabolite 5-FdUMP. 5-FdUMP, in the
presence of the reduced folate cofactor 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate, forms
an inhibitory complex with thymidylate synthase (TS), which blocks
the de novo synthesis of thymidine monophosphate. This block leads to
depletion of thymidine pools required for DNA synthesis, and misincorporation
of dUTP into DNA consequent to elevated levels of this nucleotide. MRP8 is
able to mediate the transport of 5-FdUMP. TP, thymidine
phosphorylase; TK, thymidine kinase.
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FOOTNOTES
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* This work was supported in part by NCI, National Institutes of Health,
Grants CA73728 (to G. D. K.) and CA06927 and by an appropriation from the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The costs of publication of this article were
defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore
be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18
U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. 
Recipient of a W. J. Avery Fellowship from the Fox Chase Cancer Center and
a Japan Research Foundation Award for Clinical Pharmacology. 
To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: 215-728-5317; Fax:
215-728-3603; E-mail:
GD_Kruh{at}fccc.edu.
1 The abbreviations used are: MRP, multidrug resistance-associated protein;
ABC, ATP-binding cassette; PMEA, 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxynyl)adenine;
bis-POM-PMEA, bis(pivaloyloxymethyl)-PMEA; ddC,
2',3'-dideoxycytidine; 5-dFUrd,
5'-deoxy-5'-fluorouridine; 5-FdUMP,
5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine monophosphate; 5-FUra,
5'-fluorouracil; 5-FdUrd, 5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine. 
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