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Identification of the TPO1 gene in yeast, and its human orthologue TETRAN, which cause resistance to NSAIDs

  • Shinji Mima
  • , Hironori Ushijima
  • , Hyun Jung Hwang
  • , Shinji Tsutsumi
  • , Masaki Makise
  • , Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • , Tomofusa Tsuchiya
  • , Hiroshi Mizushima
  • , Tohru Mizushima

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1457-1463
Number of pages7
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume581
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007 Apr 3
Externally publishedYes

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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