Inhibitory Effects of Alkaloids on OATP1B1 In Vitro and In Vivo: Prediction for Food/Herb-Drug Interactions and Hepatoprotective Effects Based on Structure-Activity Relationships
机构:[1]State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing Key Laboratory of Non-Clinical Drug Metabolism and PK/PD Study, Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substances Discovery and Drug Ability Evaluation, Department of Drug Metabolism, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences &. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.[2]Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.医技科室药学部首都医科大学附属北京同仁医院首都医科大学附属同仁医院
Alkaloids, a class of low-molecular-weight nitrogenous compounds, attract a great deal of interest because of their biological activities and therapeutic potential. Yet, surprisingly little is known about their interactions with drug transporters, especially Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide 1B1 (OATP1B1), a liver-specific uptake transporter, which is closely associated with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). This study aims to investigate the inhibitory effects of 160 alkaloids on OATP1B1, assess the hepatoprotective effects against bosentan-induced liver injury, and elucidate the structure-activity relationships of alkaloids with OATP1B1. Four alkaloids, including dihydroberberine, deacetyltaxol, dihydrocapsaicin, and tetrahydropalmatine, significantly inhibited OATP1B1 transport activity in OATP1B1-HEK293 cells (>50%), which reduced the OATP1B1-mediated uptake of methotrexate and microcystin-LR, and consequently decreased their cell toxicity. In bosentan-induced liver injury models, 4 alkaloids reduced serum total bile acid (TBA) levels and liver concentration of bosentan to different degrees, especially deacetyltaxol, which exhibited the most potent hepatoprotective effect against bosentan. The pharmacophore model suggested that the critical pharmacophores of alkaloid inhibitors are hydrogen bond acceptors and hydrophobic groups. Our findings pave the way for predicting the potential risks of alkaloids-containing food/herb-drug interactions in humans and optimizing the alkaloid structure for alleviating OATP1B1-related DILI.
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This work was supported by CAMS Innovation Fund for
Medical Sciences [No. 2021-I2M-1-027, China].
第一作者机构:[1]State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Beijing Key Laboratory of Non-Clinical Drug Metabolism and PK/PD Study, Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substances Discovery and Drug Ability Evaluation, Department of Drug Metabolism, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences &. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
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Sun Yanhong,Tan Huixin,Wang Fenghe,et al.Inhibitory Effects of Alkaloids on OATP1B1 In Vitro and In Vivo: Prediction for Food/Herb-Drug Interactions and Hepatoprotective Effects Based on Structure-Activity Relationships[J].Chemical Research In Toxicology.2025,38(2):281-295.doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.4c00418.
APA:
Sun Yanhong,Tan Huixin,Wang Fenghe,Hu Jiahuan,Duan Xiaoyan...&Hu Jinping.(2025).Inhibitory Effects of Alkaloids on OATP1B1 In Vitro and In Vivo: Prediction for Food/Herb-Drug Interactions and Hepatoprotective Effects Based on Structure-Activity Relationships.Chemical Research In Toxicology,38,(2)
MLA:
Sun Yanhong,et al."Inhibitory Effects of Alkaloids on OATP1B1 In Vitro and In Vivo: Prediction for Food/Herb-Drug Interactions and Hepatoprotective Effects Based on Structure-Activity Relationships".Chemical Research In Toxicology 38..2(2025):281-295