Membrane Transporters in Drug Discovery and Development

Membrane Transporters and Drug Development: Relevance to Pharmacogenomics, Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, and Systems Biology.- Bioinformatics for Transporter Pharmacogenomics and Systems Biology: Data Integration and Modeling with UML.- Multidrug Resistance: Phylogenetic Characterization of Superfamilies of Secondary Carriers that Include Drug Exporters.- Targeting Drug Transporters - Combining In Silico and In Vitro Approaches to Predict In Vivo.- Methods to Evaluate Transporter Activity in Cancer.- Analysis of Expression of Drug Resistance-Linked ABC Transporters in Cancer Cells by Quantitative RT-PCR.- Fluorescence Studies of Drug Binding and Translocation by Membrane Transporters.- A Model for Transport Studies of the Blood-Brain Barrier.- Genetic Variants in the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 1 (VMAT1/SLC18A1) and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Equilibrium Binding and Transport by Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter.- ABC Transporters in Ophthalmic Disease.- Imaging of Protein Translocation In Situ in Skeletal Muscle of Living Mice.- Glucose Transporters in Parasitic Protozoa.- NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins.- Site-Directed Mutagenesis in the Study of Membrane Transporters.- Xenopus laevis Oocytes.- Measurement of Intracellular pH.- Measurement of Plasma Membrane Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent ATPase (PMCA) Activity.- Assessment of the Contribution of the Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase, PMCA, Calcium Transporter to Synapse Function Using Patch Clamp Electrophysiology and Fast Calcium Imaging.

From the reviews:

"This book forms part of the very large and well regarded Methods in Molecular Biology series, of which it is volume 637. Perhaps surprisingly, given its subtitle of Methods and Protocols, it includes not only protocols, but also reviews of a number of relevant areas of transporter biology ... . In summary, this volume provides a very useful collection of up-to-date protocols for any scientist interested in the role of membrane transporters in drug action and drug development." (Steve Baldwin, BTS Newsletter, Issue 37, Winter, 2010)

"This book describes various methodologies used in ongoing research on membrane transporters and discusses the roles of transporters in various diseases. ... The book does a good job of reviewing the key methodologies used in this research. It is written for biomedical researchers who are interested in membrane transporters and drug development. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the membrane transporter field will find it very useful. ... It provides a good overview of methodologies used in the membrane transporter research field." (Yi M. Weaver, Doody's Review Service, July, 2010)