Abstract
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as indomethacin, have serious gastrointestinal side effects. Since their direct cytotoxicity was suggested to be involved in this side effect, we here tried to identify NSAID-resistant genes. We screened for Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes whose overexpression causes indomethacin resistance and identified the TPO1 gene, which encodes a major facilitator superfamily transporter. Its overexpression or deletion made yeast cells resistant or sensitive, respectively, to some NSAIDs. A BLAST search identified the possible human orthologue of Tpo1p, tetracycline transporter-like protein (TETRAN), whose overexpression in cultured human cells caused resistance to some NSAIDs, suggesting that TETRAN is an efflux pump for some NSAIDs.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1457-1463 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | FEBS Letters |
| Volume | 581 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 Apr 3 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- TPO1
- Tetracycline transporter-like protein
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology
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