Ciprofloxacin is actively transported across bronchial lung epithelial cells using a Calu-3 air interface cell model

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jun;57(6):2535-40. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00306-13. Epub 2013 Mar 18.

Abstract

Ciprofloxacin is a well-established broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic that penetrates well into the lung tissues; still, the mechanisms of its transepithelial transport are unknown. The contributions of specific transporters, including multidrug efflux transporters, organic cation transporters, and organic anion-transporting polypeptide transporters, to the uptake of ciprofloxacin were investigated in vitro using an air interface bronchial epithelial model. Our results demonstrate that ciprofloxacin is subject to predominantly active influx and a slight efflux component.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism*
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Bronchi / cytology
  • Bronchi / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Ciprofloxacin / metabolism*
  • Epithelial Cells / cytology
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Lung / cytology
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Models, Biological*
  • Organic Anion Transporters / metabolism
  • Organic Cation Transport Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Organic Anion Transporters
  • Organic Cation Transport Proteins
  • SLCO2B1 protein, human
  • Ciprofloxacin