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Three-dimensional spherical cellular aggregates of RPTEC as an in vitro tool for evaluation of human renal proximal tubular toxicity and drug disposition

ABSTRACT: The proximal tubule plays an important role in the secretion and reabsorption of drugs in the kidney and is a major site of drug interaction and toxicity. Kidney toxicity analysis via in vitro assays is challenging as few provide appropriate proximal tubular cell function. In this study, we aimed to develop a simple and reproducible method to culture human proximal tubular epithelial cells (RPTECs), used in pharmacokinetic and toxicological evaluation by monitoring organic anion transporter (OAT)1 as a selection marker. As a result, by culturing RPTECs in spherical cellular aggregates, OAT1 protein expression, which does not increase in conventional 2D culture, increased over time and reached a similar level to that in human renal cortices from 5 different donors. The expression of proximal tubule markers, AQP1 and CDH6, was maintained, indicating that 3D RPTEC spheroids had proximal tubule characteristics. For SLC transporters, the 3D spheroid culture improved the protein expression of about 7% of the 139 transporter proteins detected and 2.3% of 4,800 proteins detected to about 5-fold that in human renal cortices. Furthermore, the protein expression levels of about 4800 proteins in 3D RPTEC spheroids (cultured for 12 days) were maintained over 20 days. Cisplatin and adefovir exhibited transporter-dependent ATP decreases in 3D RPTEC spheroids. These results indicate that the 3D RPTEC spheroid is a simple and robust in vitro experimental system for pharmacokinetic and toxicological evaluation in drug development.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE216153 | GEO | 2023/10/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Drugs and other xenobiotics are not only secreted/reabsorbed by the renal proximal tubule epithelial cells (RPTEC) but may also adversely impact kidney function. In vitro models that can afford prediction of toxic effects and model directional transport are in high demand in both drug and chemical safety; accordingly, active development of new models is underway. The objective of this study was to investigate physiological and transport function of various sources of human RPTECs under static and fluidic conditions. We tested TERT1-immortalized RPTECs, including OAT1-, OCT2- and OAT3-overexpressing variants) and two primary RPETC sources. Cells were cultured on transwell membranes in two conditions – static (24-well transwells) and fluidic (transwells placed into PhysioMimix TC12 organ-on-chip platform with 2 L/s flow). We evaluated barrier formation, transport, and gene expression. We show that primary RPTECs may not be suitable for studies of directional transport on transwell membranes because they form an inferior barrier even though they show generally more relevant expression of key transporters, especially when shear stress is present. Both TERT1 and -OAT1 and -OAT3 overexpressing cells formed robust barrier, but it was unaffected by shear stress. TERT1-OAT1 cells exhibited inhibitable pAH transport; shear stress increased pAH transport function of these cells. However, efficient tenofovir secretion and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) reabsorption by TERT1-OAT1 cells were not modulated by shear stress. With respect to gene expression profiles, we found that both TERT1 and TERT1-OAT1 cells exhibited human kidney-like transcriptomes, but that shear stress did not result in an apparent enhancement of the kidney phenotype. Overall, our data show that addition of flow to in vitro studies of the renal proximal tubule may afford benefits in some aspects of kidney function, but that careful consideration of the impact such studies would have on the cost and throughput of the experiments is needed.

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