Proximal tubular secretion of creatinine by organic cation transporter OCT2 in cancer patients

G Ciarimboli, CS Lancaster, E Schlatter, RM Franke, JA Sprowl, H Pavenstadt, V Massmann, D Guckel, RHJ Mathijssen, WJ Yang, CH Pui, MV Relling, E Herrmann, A Sparreboom*

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Knowledge of transporters responsible for the renal secretion of creatinine is key to a proper interpretation of serum creatinine and/or creatinine clearance as markers of renal function in cancer patients receiving chemotherapeutic agents.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Creatinine transport was studied in transfected HEK293 cells in vitro and in wild-type mice and age-matched organic cation transporter 1 and 2-deficient [Oct1/2(-/-)] mice ex vivo and in vivo. Clinical pharmacogenetic and transport inhibition studies were done in two separate cohorts of cancer patients.

RESULTS: Compared with wild-type mice, creatinine clearance was significantly impaired in Oct1/2(-/-) mice. Furthermore, creatinine inhibited organic cation transport in freshly isolated proximal tubules from wild-type mice and humans, but not in those from Oct1/2(-/-) mice. In a genetic association analysis (n = 590), several polymorphisms around the OCT2/SLC22A2 gene locus, including rs2504954 (P = 0.000873), were significantly associated with age-adjusted creatinine levels. Furthermore, in cancer patients (n = 68), the OCT2 substrate cisplatin caused an acute elevation of serum creatinine (P = 0.0083), consistent with inhibition of an elimination pathway.

CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, this study shows that OCT2 plays a decisive role in the renal secretion of creatinine. This process can be inhibited by OCT2 substrates, which impair the usefulness of creatinine as a marker of renal function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1101-1108
Number of pages8
JournalClinical Cancer Research
Volume18
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2012

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