3H-MPP (1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium iodide) and 14C-metformin were purchased from American Radiolabeled Chemicals Saint louis; Missouri, USA. All non labelled chemicals were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, Darmstadt, Germany. For transfection, the following cDNAs were used: hOCT1 (GeneBank: accession number: NM_003057.2), mOct1 (NM_009202.5), rOct1 (NM_012697.1), hMATE1 (NM_018242.2), and hOCT2 (NM_003058.3). The hOCT1 cloned has the genotype Ser14, Arg61, Cys88, Phe160, Gly401,Met408, Met420 and Gly465, which corresponds to the OCT1*1B allele according to the nomenclature suggested by Seitz et al. [29 (link)].
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