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Heterologous expression is usually based on strong viral promoters which in living cells are prone to promoter silencing, a major problem. Here, we investigated the efficacy of low\u2010cost histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in enhancing transporter activity, comparing the established sodium butyrate (the sodium salt of butyric acid) with valproate\/valproic acid (VPA) and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA, also known as vorinostat). Using 293 cells stably transfected with pEBTet plasmids containing the CMV promotor to express the transporters SLC16A9, SLC22A15, and OATP1A2, we measured substrate efflux or uptake via LC\u2013MS\/MS following overnight preincubation with the HDAC inhibitors. All three compounds markedly stimulated transporter activity. VPA was less effective than butyrate but still surpassed control conditions. 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