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Mitra P, Audus K, Williams G, Yazdanian M, Galinis D. A comprehensive study demonstrating that p-glycoprotein function is directly affected by changes in pH: implications for intestinal pH and effects on drug absorption. J Pharm Sci 2011; 100:4258-68. [PMID: 21538355 DOI: 10.1002/jps.22596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Revised: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether changes in the pH of the gastrointestinal tract can directly affect P-glycoprotein (P-gp) function. The effect of changes in extracellular pH on P-gp functionality was examined by testing colchicine (a nonionizable P-gp substrate) in bidirectional Caco-2 and MDR1-Madine Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell permeability assays, in which the pH of the apical and basolateral chambers was varied. Reduction of the pH from 7.4 to 5.0 and 4.5 markedly increased the apical-to-basolateral flux of colchicine and reduced the basolateral-to-apical flux. The efflux ratio for colchicine was reduced to 1.2 at pH 4.5, compared with values greater than 20 that were measured in the pH range of 5.5-7.4. A similar result was obtained when MDR1-MDCK cells were used in the bidirectional permeability studies. Other nonionizable P-gp substrates (digoxin, dexamethasone, paclitaxel, and etoposide) responded to acidic pH (4.5) in a manner similar to colchicine. Reduced P-gp ATPase activity is a reason for the diminished P-gp function observed at pH 4.5.
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- Pallabi Mitra
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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Avdeef A. How well can in vitro brain microcapillary endothelial cell models predict rodent in vivo blood-brain barrier permeability? Eur J Pharm Sci 2011; 43:109-24. [PMID: 21514381 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Revised: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The object of the study was to improve the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability in vitro-invivo correlations (IVIVC) between in vitro brain microcapillary endothelial cell (BMEC) models and the well-tested rodent in situ brain perfusion technique. Porcine, bovine, rat, mouse, and human in vitro BMEC apparent permeability values, P(e), (14 studies from several laboratories: 229 P(e), 60 compounds) were analyzed by a novel biophysical model encoded in a weighted nonlinear regression procedure to determine the aqueous boundary layer (ABL) thickness and the paracellular parameters: porosity-pathlength (dual-pore model), pore radius, and water channel electrostatic potential. The refined parameters were then used to transform the P(e) values into the transendothelial permeability (P(c)) values. Porcine BMEC mono-culture models showed tight junctions comparable to those reported in several Caco-2 studies. Bovine cultures were somewhat leakier. In the human primary cultured cell and the hCMEC/D3 cell line data, IVIVC based on P(e) values has r(2) = 0.14. With transformed permeability values, r(2) = 0.58. Comparable improvements were found in the other species data. By using the in vitro transendothelial P(c) values in place of the apparent P(e) values, IVIVC can be dramatically improved.
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Lazorova L, Hubatsch I, Ekegren JK, Gising J, Nakai D, Zaki NM, Bergström CAS, Norinder U, Larhed M, Artursson P. Structural features determining the intestinal epithelial permeability and efflux of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors. J Pharm Sci 2011; 100:3763-72. [PMID: 21491458 PMCID: PMC3210832 DOI: 10.1002/jps.22570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The primary aim of this study was to identify structural features that alter the intestinal epithelial permeability and efflux in a series of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs). Eleven PIs were selected containing a tertiary alcohol in a transition-state mimicking scaffold, in which two substituents (R1 and R2) were varied systematically. Indinavir was selected as a reference compound. The apical-to-basolateral permeability was investigated in 2/4/A1 and Caco-2 monolayers. In addition, the basolateral-to-apical permeability was investigated in the Caco-2 monolayers and the efflux ratios were calculated. The absence of active drug transport processes in 2/4/A1 cells allowed identification and modeling of structural elements affecting the passive permeability. For instance, small aromatic R1 substituents and a small (bromo-) R2 substituent were associated with a high passive permeability. Efflux studies in Caco-2 cells indicated that amide-substituted neutral hydrophobic amino acids, such as valine and leucine, in the R1 position, reduced the apical-to-basolateral transport and enhanced the efflux. We conclude that our investigation revealed structural features that alter the intestinal epithelial permeability and efflux in the series of PIs and hope that these results can contribute to the synthesis of PIs with improved permeability and limited efflux properties. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 100:3763–3772, 2011
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- Lucia Lazorova
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Nies AT, Koepsell H, Damme K, Schwab M. Organic cation transporters (OCTs, MATEs), in vitro and in vivo evidence for the importance in drug therapy. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2011:105-67. [PMID: 21103969 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14541-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Organic cation transporters (OCTs) of the solute carrier family (SLC) 22 and multidrug and toxin extrusion (MATE) transporters of the SLC47 family have been identified as uptake and efflux transporters, respectively, for xenobiotics including several clinically used drugs such as the antidiabetic agent metformin, the antiviral agent lamivudine, and the anticancer drug oxaliplatin. Expression of human OCT1 (SLC22A1) and OCT2 (SLC22A2) is highly restricted to the liver and kidney, respectively. By contrast, OCT3 (SLC22A3) is more widely distributed. MATEs (SLC47A1, SLC47A2) are predominantly expressed in human kidney. Data on in vitro studies reporting a large number of substrates and inhibitors of OCTs and MATEs are systematically summarized. Several genetic variants of human OCTs and in part of MATE1 have been reported, and some of them result in reduced in vitro transport activity corroborating data from studies with knockout mice. A comprehensive overview is given on currently known genotype-phenotype correlations for variants in OCTs and MATE1 related to protein expression, pharmacokinetics/-dynamics of transporter substrates, treatment outcome, and disease susceptibility.
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- Anne T Nies
- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany.
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INTRODUCTION Membrane transporters are important determinants of in vivo drug disposition, therapeutic efficacy and adverse drug reactions. Many commonly used drugs are organic cations and substrates of organic cation transporters (OCTs). These transporters have a large binding site containing partially overlapping interaction domains for different substrates and are specifically distributed around the body. Consequently, drug interactions with these transporters can result in specific toxicity. AREAS COVERED This review describes the general properties of OCT and illustrates their importance for the development of important drug toxicities using the examples of metformin and cisplatin. Additionally, this review discusses the role of OCT polymorphisms in the modulation of these toxic effects. EXPERT OPINION Understanding how drugs interact with membrane transporters is pivotally important in explaining the mechanisms of specific toxicities and also in designing new drugs or new therapeutic protective protocols by specific competition at the transporter. Defining the pharmacogenomics of these transporters will be essential to personalized medicine, enabling physicians to choose drugs for patients based on efficacy, availability, cost, safety, tolerability and convenience.
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- Giuliano Ciarimboli
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik D, Experimentelle Nephrologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Domagkstr. 3a, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Wenge B, Geyer J, Bönisch H. Oxybutynin and trospium are substrates of the human organic cation transporters. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2011; 383:203-8. [PMID: 21212936 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-010-0590-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The muscarinic antagonists oxybutynin and trospium are used as spasmolytic agents for the treatment of overactive urinary bladder disease. Recently, it has been shown that trospium, but not oxybutynin, is a substrate of the multidrug efflux carrier P-glycoprotein, but carrier-mediated drug uptake has not been directly analysed for both drugs. However, trospium has been previously shown to exhibit inhibitory potency for the organic cation transporters (OCTs). The aim of the present study was to examine whether trospium and oxybutynin are substrates, i.e. are transported by the human OCTs (hOCT(1), hOCT(2) and hOCT(3)). Therefore, we measured total and specific (decynium-22-sensitive) uptake, and saturation kinetics of the uptake for [(3)H]oxybutynin and [(3)H]trospium in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells transiently transfected with the cDNA of hOCT(1), hOCT(2) or hOCT(3). In addition, we determined IC(50) values for inhibition of hOCT-mediated [(3)H]MPP(+) uptake by unlabelled trospium and oxybutynin. Total uptake of [(3)H]oxybutynin was very high in all transfected HEK293 cells and only a small portion was due to specific, decynium-22-sensitive hOCT-mediated uptake. Oxybutynin inhibited [(3)H]MPP(+) uptake by the three hOCTs with IC(50) values between 20 and 130 μM. Direct determination of transport kinetics was measurable only at hOCT(1) with K (m) of 8 μM and V (max) of 484 pmol/mg protein/min. The rank order of affinity (1/IC(50) or 1/K (m)) of specific oxybutynin uptake was hOCT(1) > hOCT(2) = hOCT(3). The observed high non-specific uptake is obviously a consequence of the high lipophilicity of this uncharged drug. Thus, hOCTs may not play a significant role for the overall pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of oxybutynin. However, and in contrast to oxybutynin, uptake of [(3)H]trospium, an organic cation, was mainly due to carrier-mediated uptake by the three hOCTs. With IC(50) values of 18, 1.4 and 710 μM (at hOCT(1), hOCT(2) and hOCT(3), respectively) and K (m) values of 17 and 8 μM and about identical V (max) values of about 90 pmol/mg protein/min at hOCT(1) and hOCT(2), respectively; the rank order of affinity (1/IC(50) or 1/K (m)) of specific uptake of trospium was hOCT(2) > hOCT(1) > > hOCT(3). Thus, hOCTs very probably contribute to the active tubular and hepatobiliary secretion of trospium. Furthermore, hOCT(1) and hOCT(3) may be involved in the tissue uptake of this drug in the urinary bladder.
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- Birger Wenge
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Bonn, Biomedical Center, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
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Oswald S, Terhaag B, Siegmund W. In vivo probes of drug transport: commonly used probe drugs to assess function of intestinal P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) in humans. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2011:403-447. [PMID: 21103977 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14541-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Intestinal P-glycoprotein (P-gp, ABCB1) may significantly influence drug absorption and elimination. Its expression and function is highly variable, regio-selective and influenced by genetic polymorphisms, drug interactions and intestinal diseases. An in vivo probe drug for intestinal P-gp should a registered, safe and well tolerated nonmetabolized selective substrate with low protein binding for which P-gp is rate-limiting during absorption. Other P-gp dependent processes should be of minor influence. The mechanism(s) and kinetics of intestinal uptake must be identified and quantified. Moreover, the release properties of the dosage form should be known. So far, the cardiac glycoside digoxin and the ß₁-selective blocker talinolol have been used in mechanistic clinical studies, because they meet most of these criteria. Digoxin and talinolol are suitable in vivo probe drugs for intestinal P-gp under the precondition, that they are used as tools in carefully designed pharmacokinetic studies with adequate biometrically planning of the sample size and that several limitations are considered in interpreting and discussion of the study results.
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- Stefan Oswald
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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Diao L, Shu Y, Polli JE. Uptake of pramipexole by human organic cation transporters. Mol Pharm 2010; 7:1342-7. [PMID: 20496886 DOI: 10.1021/mp100036b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pramipexole is a hydrophilic, weakly basic drug, but exhibits high oral bioavailability in humans (>90%). In rats, rOct1 and rOct2 contribute toward pramipexole excretion into urine. The objective of this study was to assess whether pramipexole is a substrate for human OCT1-3. In vitro uptake studies were performed using hOCT1-MDCK monolayers, hOCT2-HEK cells and hOCT3-HEK cells. hOCT2 transported pramipexole in a high affinity manner (K(t) = 15.4 +/- 4.1 microM, J(max) = 0.476 +/- 0.028 pmol/s/cm(2)). hOCT3 transported pramipexole in a low affinity manner (K(t) = 138 +/- 31 microM, J(max) = 1.10 +/- 0.08 pmol/s/cm(2)). Although previously reported to be translocated by rOct1, pramipexole was not a substrate for hOCT1. The human intestinal absorption of pramipexole may involve transport by OCT3 and possibly OCT2. OCT2- and OCT3-mediated transport of pramipexole have implications in the drug's elimination from the kidney and distribution in the brain, respectively.
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- Lei Diao
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Hellinger É, Bakk ML, Pócza P, Tihanyi K, Vastag M. Drug penetration model of vinblastine-treated Caco-2 cultures. Eur J Pharm Sci 2010; 41:96-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2010.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Prediction of the in vitro permeability determined in Caco-2 cells by using artificial neural networks. Eur J Pharm Sci 2010; 41:107-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2010.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2010] [Accepted: 05/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sugano K, Kansy M, Artursson P, Avdeef A, Bendels S, Di L, Ecker GF, Faller B, Fischer H, Gerebtzoff G, Lennernaes H, Senner F. Coexistence of passive and carrier-mediated processes in drug transport. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2010; 9:597-614. [PMID: 20671764 DOI: 10.1038/nrd3187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 435] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The permeability of biological membranes is one of the most important determinants of the pharmacokinetic processes of a drug. Although it is often accepted that many drug substances are transported across biological membranes by passive transcellular diffusion, a recent hypothesis speculated that carrier-mediated mechanisms might account for the majority of membrane drug transport processes in biological systems. Based on evidence of the physicochemical characteristics and of in vitro and in vivo findings for marketed drugs, as well as results from real-life discovery and development projects, we present the view that both passive transcellular processes and carrier-mediated processes coexist and contribute to drug transport activities across biological membranes.
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- Kiyohiko Sugano
- Pfizer, Research Formulation, Sandwich Laboratories, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ, UK.
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Skolnik S, Lin X, Wang J, Chen XH, He T, Zhang B. Towards Prediction of In Vivo Intestinal Absorption Using a 96-Well Caco-2 Assay. J Pharm Sci 2010; 99:3246-65. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.22080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Avdeef A, Tam KY. How well can the Caco-2/Madin-Darby canine kidney models predict effective human jejunal permeability? J Med Chem 2010; 53:3566-84. [PMID: 20373811 DOI: 10.1021/jm901846t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The study aimed to predict effective human jejunal permeability (P(eff)) using a biophysical model based on parametrized paracellular, aqueous boundary layer, and transcellular permeabilities, and the villus-fold surface area expansion factor (k(VF)). Published human jejunal data (119 P(eff), 53 compounds) were analyzed by a regression procedure incorporating a dual-pore size paracellular model. Transcellular permeability, scaled by k(VF), was equated to that of Caco-2 at pH 6.5. The biophysical model predicted human jejunal permeability data within the experimental uncertainty. This investigation revealed several surprising predictions: (i) many molecules permeate predominantly (but not exclusively) by the paracellular route, (ii) the aqueous boundary layer thickness in the intestinal perfusion experiments is larger than expected, (iii) the mucosal surface area in awake humans is apparently nearly entirely accessible to drug absorption, and (iv) the relative "leakiness" of the human jejunum is not so different from that observed in a number of published Caco-2 studies.
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- Alex Avdeef
- pION Inc., 5 Constitution Way, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.
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Heikkinen AT, Korjamo T, Mönkkönen J. Modelling of Drug Disposition Kinetics inIn VitroIntestinal Absorption Cell Models. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2010; 106:180-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00504.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitors: Large, flexible molecules of peptide origin show satisfactory permeability across Caco-2 cells. Eur J Pharm Sci 2009; 38:556-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Revised: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Ungell A, Artursson P. An Overview of Caco‐2 and Alternatives for Prediction of Intestinal Drug Transport and Absorption. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527623860.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nies AT, Koepsell H, Winter S, Burk O, Klein K, Kerb R, Zanger UM, Keppler D, Schwab M, Schaeffeler E. Expression of organic cation transporters OCT1 (SLC22A1) and OCT3 (SLC22A3) is affected by genetic factors and cholestasis in human liver. Hepatology 2009; 50:1227-40. [PMID: 19591196 DOI: 10.1002/hep.23103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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UNLABELLED An important function of hepatocytes is the biotransformation and elimination of various drugs, many of which are organic cations and are taken up by organic cation transporters (OCTs) of the solute carrier family 22 (SLC22). Because interindividual variability of OCT expression may affect response to cationic drugs such as metformin, we systematically investigated genetic and nongenetic factors of OCT1/SLC22A1 and OCT3/SLC22A3 expression in human liver. OCT1 and OCT3 expression (messenger RNA [mRNA], protein) was analyzed in liver tissue samples from 150 Caucasian subjects. Hepatic OCTs were localized by way of immunofluorescence microscopy. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism microarray technology served to genotype 92 variants in the SLC22A1-A3/OCT1-3 gene cluster. Transport of metformin by recombinant human OCT1 and OCT3 was compared using transfected cells. OCT1 mRNA and protein expression varied 113- and 83-fold, respectively; OCT3 mRNA expression varied 27-fold. OCT1 transcript levels were on average 15-fold higher compared with OCT3. We localized the OCT3 protein to the basolateral hepatocyte membrane and identified metformin as an OCT3 substrate. OCT1 and OCT3 expression are independent of age and sex but were significantly reduced in liver donors diagnosed as cholestatic (P < or = 0.01). Several haplotypes for OCT1 and OCT3 were identified. Multivariate analysis adjusted for multiple testing showed that only the OCT1-Arg61Cys variant (rs12208357) strongly correlated with decreased OCT1 protein expression (P < 0.0001), and four variants in OCT3 (rs2292334, rs2048327, rs1810126, rs3088442) were associated with reduced OCT3 mRNA levels (P = 0.03). CONCLUSION We identified cholestasis and genetic variants as critical determinants for considerable interindividual variability of hepatic OCT1 and OCT3 expression. This indicates consequences for hepatic elimination of and response to OCT substrates such as metformin.
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- Anne T Nies
- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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Kanaan M, Daali Y, Dayer P, Desmeules J. P-glycoprotein is not involved in the differential oral potency of naloxone and naltrexone. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2009; 23:543-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Meetam P, Srimaroeng C, Soodvilai S, Chatsudthipong V. Regulatory role of testosterone in organic cation transport: in vivo and in vitro studies. Biol Pharm Bull 2009; 32:982-7. [PMID: 19483302 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.32.982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The renal proximal tubule (RPT) plays a crucial role in organic cation (OC) secretion and has a major impact on pharmacokinetics of OC drugs. Secretory transport is vectorial. Thus, it involves transporters located at both basolateral and apical membranes. Although sex hormones have been shown to regulate OC transport, there is little data on the effect of testosterone on OC secretion in a whole animal. Therefore, we determined the clearance of tetraethylammonium (TEA), a model OC substrate, in intact and castrated male mice. Castration significantly decreased renal TEA secretion by 30%, and testosterone supplementation returned TEA secretion to control levels in castrated mice. The mechanism of this effect was further examined in isolated mouse renal proximal tubules (mRPT). TEA uptake in isolated mRPT from castrated mice was reduced by 36%. This effect was reversed in tubules from castrated mice supplemented with testosterone. Kinetic analysis of [(3)H]-TEA uptake in isolated mRPT showed a decreased V(max) with no change in K(m), implying that the decrease in transport rate was caused by lowering in the number of transporters in castrated mice rather than a change in transporter affinity. Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (real time PCR) revealed that organic cation transporter (OCT)2 is the major TEA transporter in male mice. Moreover, OCT2 mRNA level was significantly reduced after castration. Castrated mice also showed a modest increase in organic cation/carnitine transporter 1 (OCTN1) mRNA level, indicating that testosterone may also regulate apical OCTN1 expression. These data suggest that testosterone regulates transepithelial transport of OC through modulation of OCT2 expression in male mice.
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- Paranee Meetam
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
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Grube S, Langguth P, Junginger H, Kopp S, Midha K, Shah V, Stavchansky S, Dressman J, Barends D. Biowaiver monographs for immediate release solid oral dosage forms: Quinidine sulfate. J Pharm Sci 2009; 98:2238-51. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.21606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Badhan R, Penny J, Galetin A, Houston JB. Methodology for development of a physiological model incorporating CYP3A and P-glycoprotein for the prediction of intestinal drug absorption. J Pharm Sci 2009; 98:2180-97. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.21572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kanaan M, Daali Y, Dayer P, Desmeules J. Uptake/efflux transport of tramadol enantiomers and O-desmethyl-tramadol: focus on P-glycoprotein. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2009; 105:199-206. [PMID: 19496778 PMCID: PMC2774482 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00428.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Abstract: The analgesic effect of tramadol (TMD) results from the monoaminergic effect of its two enantiomers, (+)-TMD and (−)-TMD as well as its opioid metabolite (+)-O-desmethyl-tramadol (M1). P-glycoprotein (P-gp) might be of importance in the analgesic and tolerability profile variability of TMD. Our study investigated the involvement of P-gp in the transepithelial transport of (+)-TMD, (−)-TMD and M1, using a Caco-2 cell monolayer model. The bidirectional transport of racemic TMD and M1 (1–100 µM) across the monolayers was investigated at two pH conditions (pH 6.8/7.4 and 7.4/7.4) in the presence and absence of P-gp inhibitor cyclosporine A (10 µM) and assessed with the more potent and specific P-gp inhibitor GF120918 (4 µM). Analytical quantification was performed by liquid chromatography coupled to the fluorescence detector. A net secretion of (+)-TMD, (−)-TMD and M1 was observed when a pH gradient was applied (TR: Papp(B − A)/Papp(A − B): 1.8–2.7; P < 0.05). However, the bidirectional transport of all compounds was equal in the non-gradient system. In the presence of P-gp inhibitors, a slight but significant increase of secretory flux was observed (up to 26%; P < 0.05) at both pH conditions. In conclusion, (+)-TMD, (−)-TMD and M1 are not P-gp substrates. However, proton-based efflux pumps may be involved in limiting the gastrointestinal absorption of TMD enantiomers as well as enhancing TMD enantiomers and M1 renal excretion. A possible involvement of uptake carriers in the transepithelial transport of TMD enantiomers and M1 is suggested.
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- Mouna Kanaan
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology and Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Pharmacology and Intensive care, Geneva University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
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- Stefan Balaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105, USA.
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Marasanapalle VP, Crison JR, Ma J, Li X, Jasti BR. Investigation of some factors contributing to negative food effects. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2009; 30:71-80. [DOI: 10.1002/bdd.647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Shim WS, Park JH, Ahn SJ, Han L, Jin QR, Li H, Choi MK, Kim DD, Chung SJ, Shim CK. Testosterone-independent down-regulation of Oct2 in the kidney medulla from a uranyl nitrate-induced rat model of acute renal failure: effects on distribution of a model organic cation, tetraethylammonium. J Pharm Sci 2009; 98:739-47. [PMID: 18484100 DOI: 10.1002/jps.21442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Although acute renal failure (ARF) has been an area of extensive research in recent decades, our understanding of ARF is far from complete. Organic cations (OCs) are primarily excreted via vectorial transport by various renal organic cation transporters (OCTs). It is reasonable to assume that ARF may alter the expression profiles of these transporters. In a rat ARF model, induction of ARF by uranyl nitrate (UN) treatment significantly decreased the levels of Oct2 (slc22a2) mRNA and protein in the kidney medulla. mRNA expression of the other OCTs was not appreciably altered. The plasma level of testosterone, a well-known regulator of Oct2, was not changed, suggesting that the Oct2 down-regulation is testosterone-independent. The effect of reduced Oct2 expression on the distribution of a model OC, tetraethylammonium (TEA), in various rat tissues including kidney cortex and kidney medulla was investigated during steady state plasma TEA concentrations. The steady state tissue-to-plasma (T/P) TEA ratio was decreased in the kidney medulla (approximately 15-fold) during ARF. These results indicate that, in a rat model of ARF, reduced Oct2 expression in the kidney medulla results in decreased distribution of TEA to the kidney medulla, thereby reducing renal clearance of TEA in UN-ARF rats.
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- Won-Sik Shim
- National Research Laboratory of Transporters, Targeted New Drug Design and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Stanley LA, Horsburgh BC, Ross J, Scheer N, Wolf CR. Drug transporters: Gatekeepers controlling access of xenobiotics to the cellular interior. Drug Metab Rev 2009; 41:27-65. [DOI: 10.1080/03602530802605040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Kokate A, Li X, Singh P, Jasti BR. Effect of Thermodynamic Activities of the Unionized and Ionized Species on Drug Flux across Buccal Mucosa. J Pharm Sci 2008; 97:4294-306. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.21301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Ahlin G, Karlsson J, Pedersen JM, Gustavsson L, Larsson R, Matsson P, Norinder U, Bergström CAS, Artursson P. Structural requirements for drug inhibition of the liver specific human organic cation transport protein 1. J Med Chem 2008; 51:5932-42. [PMID: 18788725 DOI: 10.1021/jm8003152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The liver-specific organic cation transport protein (OCT1; SLC22A1) transports several cationic drugs including the antidiabetic drug metformin and the anticancer agents oxaliplatin and imatinib. In this study, we explored the chemical space of registered oral drugs with the aim of studying the inhibition pattern of OCT1 and of developing predictive computational models of OCT1 inhibition. In total, 191 structurally diverse compounds were examined in HEK293-OCT1 cells. The assay identified 47 novel inhibitors and confirmed 15 previously known inhibitors. The enrichment of OCT1 inhibitors was seen in several drug classes including antidepressants. High lipophilicity and a positive net charge were found to be the key physicochemical properties for OCT1 inhibition, whereas a high molecular dipole moment and many hydrogen bonds were negatively correlated to OCT1 inhibition. The data were used to generate OPLS-DA models for OCT1 inhibitors; the final model correctly predicted 82% of the inhibitors and 88% of the noninhibitors of the test set.
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- Gustav Ahlin
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Hayeshi R, Masimirembwa C, Mukanganyama S, Ungell ALB. Lysosomal trapping of amodiaquine: impact on transport across intestinal epithelia models. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2008; 29:324-34. [DOI: 10.1002/bdd.616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Flaten GE, Luthman K, Vasskog T, Brandl M. Drug permeability across a phospholipid vesicle-based barrier. Eur J Pharm Sci 2008; 34:173-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2008] [Revised: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 04/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Korjamo T, Heikkinen AT, Waltari P, Mönkkönen J. The asymmetry of the unstirred water layer in permeability experiments. Pharm Res 2008; 25:1714-22. [PMID: 18415050 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-008-9573-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To elucidate the apical and basolateral components of the total unstirred water layer in regular permeability experiment. METHODS A novel stirring apparatus was constructed to remove the basolateral unstirred water layer. Caco-2 cells were used as the permeability barrier both in Transwell-type and side-by-side apparatuses. Permeability experiments were done with several ionisable compounds at various pH and stirring conditions. The permeabilities of the cell monolayer, the unstirred water layer and the polycarbonate filter were calculated either from experimental data or theoretically. RESULTS The unstirred water layer was thicker in the Transwell apparatus than in the side-by-side chamber even in the presence of vigorous basolateral magnetic stirring. Calculations indicated that the apical unstirred water layer is thicker than the basolateral layer. Different cellular permeability coefficients were obtained from the two permeability apparatuses. CONCLUSIONS An orbital shaker does not produce symmetric hydrodynamics in both chambers of Transwell apparatus. The asymmetric unstirred water layer may complicate the exact analysis of polarized transport.
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- Timo Korjamo
- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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McGinnity DF, Waters NJ, Tucker J, Riley RJ. Integrated in vitro analysis for the in vivo prediction of cytochrome P450-mediated drug-drug interactions. Drug Metab Dispos 2008; 36:1126-34. [PMID: 18356267 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.108.020446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Unbound IC(50) (IC(50,u)) values of 15 drugs were determined in eight recombinantly expressed human cytochromes P450 (P450s) and human hepatocytes, and the data were used to simulate clinical area under the plasma concentration-time curve changes (deltaAUC) on coadministration with prototypic CYP2D6 substrates. Significant differences in IC(50,u) values between enzyme sources were observed for quinidine (0.02 microM in recombinant CYP2D6 versus 0.5 microM in hepatocytes) and propafenone (0.02 versus 4.1 microM). The relative contribution of individual P450s toward the oxidative metabolism of clinical probes desipramine, imipramine, tolterodine, propranolol, and metoprolol was estimated via determinations of intrinsic clearance using recombinant P450s (rP450s). Simulated deltaAUC were compared with those observed in vivo via the ratios of unbound inhibitor concentration at the entrance to the liver to inhibition constants determined against rP450s ([I](in,u)/K(i)) and incorporating parallel substrate elimination pathways. For this dataset, there were 20% false negatives (observed deltaAUC >or= 2, predicted deltaAUC < 2), 77% correct predictions, and 3% false positives. Thus, the [I](in,u)/K(i) approach appears relatively successful at estimating the degree of clinical interactions and can be incorporated into drug discovery strategies. Using a Simcyp ADME (absorption, metabolism, distribution, elimination) simulator (Simcyp Ltd., Sheffield, UK), there were 3% false negatives, 94% correct simulations, and 3% false positives. False-negative predictions were rationalized as a result of mechanism-based inhibition, production of inhibitory metabolites, and/or hepatic uptake. Integrating inhibition and reaction phenotyping data from automated rP450 screens have shown applicability to predict the occurrence and degree of in vivo drug-drug interactions, and such data may identify the clinical consequences for candidate drugs as both "perpetrators" and "victims" of P450-mediated interactions.
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- Dermot F McGinnity
- Discovery Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
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Hubatsch I, Ragnarsson EGE, Artursson P. Determination of drug permeability and prediction of drug absorption in Caco-2 monolayers. Nat Protoc 2007; 2:2111-9. [PMID: 17853866 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 970] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Permeability coefficients across monolayers of the human colon carcinoma cell line Caco-2, cultured on permeable supports, are commonly used to predict the absorption of orally administered drugs and other xenobiotics. This protocol describes our method for the cultivation, characterization and determination of permeability coefficients of xenobiotics (which are, typically, drug-like compounds) in the Caco-2 model. A few modifications that have been introduced over the years are incorporated in the protocol. The method can be used to trace the permeability of a test compound in two directions, from the apical to the basolateral side or vice versa, and both passive and active transport processes can be studied. The permeability assay can be completed within one working day, provided that the Caco-2 monolayers have been cultured and differentiated on the permeable supports 3 weeks in advance.
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- Ina Hubatsch
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Permeability (P(e)) and solubility/dissolution are two major determinants of gastrointestinal (GI) drug absorption. Good prediction of these is crucial for predicting doses, exposures and potential interactions, and for selecting appropriate candidate drugs. The main objective was to evaluate screening methods for prediction of GI P(e), solubility/dissolution and fraction absorbed (f(a)) in humans. The most accurate P(e) models for prediction of f(a) of passively transported and highly soluble compounds appear to be the 2/4/A1 rat small intestinal cell model (in-vitro and in-silico), a newly developed artificial-membrane method, and a semi-empirical approach based on in-vitro membrane affinity to immobilized lipid bilayers, effective molecular weight and physiological GI variables. The predictability of in-vitro Caco-2, in-situ perfusion and other artificial membrane methods seems comparably low. The P(e) and f(a) in humans for compounds that undergo mainly active transport were predicted poorly by all models investigated. However, the rat in-situ perfusion model appears useful for prediction of active uptake potential (complete active uptake is generally well predicted), and Caco-2 cells are useful for studying bidirectional active transport, respectively. Human intestinal in-vitro P(e), which correlates well with f(a) for passively transported compounds, could possibly also have potential to improve/enable predictions of f(a) for actively transported substances. Molecular descriptor data could give an indication of the passive absorption potential. The 'maximum absorbable dose' and 'dose number' approaches, and solubility/dissolution data obtained in aqueous media, appear to underestimate in-vivo dissolution to a considerable extent. Predictions of in-vivo dissolution should preferably be done from in-vitro dissolution data obtained using either real or validated simulated GI fluids.
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- Urban Fagerholm
- Clinical Pharmacology, AstraZeneca R&D Södertälje, S-151 85 Södertälje, Sweden.
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Zhang X, Shedden K, Rosania GR. A cell-based molecular transport simulator for pharmacokinetic prediction and cheminformatic exploration. Mol Pharm 2007; 3:704-16. [PMID: 17140258 PMCID: PMC2710883 DOI: 10.1021/mp060046k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the body, cell monolayers serve as permeability barriers, determining transport of molecules from one organ or tissue compartment to another. After oral drug administration, for example, transport across the epithelial cell monolayer lining the lumen of the intestine determines the fraction of drug in the gut that is absorbed by the body. By modeling passive transcellular transport properties in the presence of an apical to basolateral concentration gradient, we demonstrate how a computational, cell-based molecular transport simulator can be used to define a physicochemical property space occupied by molecules with desirable permeability and intracellular retention characteristics. Considering extracellular domains of cell surface receptors located on the opposite side of a cell monolayer as a drug's desired site of action, simulation of transcellular transport can be used to define the physicochemical properties of molecules with maximal transcellular permeability but minimal intracellular retention. Arguably, these molecules would possess very desirable features: least likely to exhibit nonspecific toxicity, metabolism, and side effects associated with high (undesirable) intracellular accumulation; and most likely to exhibit favorable bioavailability and efficacy associated with maximal rates of transport across cells and minimal intracellular retention, resulting in (desirable) accumulation at the extracellular site of action. Simulated permeability values showed good correlations with PAMPA, Caco-2, and intestinal permeability measurements, without "training" the model and without resorting to statistical regression techniques to "fit" the data. Therefore, cell-based molecular transport simulators could be useful in silico screening tools for chemical genomics and drug discovery.
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- Xinyuan Zhang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Gus R. Rosania, Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, 428 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. . Phone: 734-763-1032. Fax: 734-615-6162
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Sköld C, Winiwarter S, Wernevik J, Bergström F, Engström L, Allen R, Box K, Comer J, Mole J, Hallberg A, Lennernäs H, Lundstedt T, Ungell AL, Karlén A. Presentation of a structurally diverse and commercially available drug data set for correlation and benchmarking studies. J Med Chem 2007; 49:6660-71. [PMID: 17154497 DOI: 10.1021/jm0506219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A multivariate analysis of drugs on the Swedish market was the basis for the selection of a small, physicochemically diverse set of 24 drug compounds. Factors such as structural diversity, commercial availability, price, and a suitable analytical technique for quantification were considered in the selection. Lipophilicity, pKa, solubility, and permeability across human Caco-2 cell monolayers were measured for the compiled data set. The results show that, by use of a physicochemically diverse data set, experimental responses over a wide range were obtained. The paper also shows how experimental difficulties due to the diversity of the data set can be overcome. We anticipate that this data set can serve as a benchmark set for validation of new experimental techniques or in silico models. It can also be used as a diverse starting data set for the development of new computational models.
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- Christian Sköld
- Division of Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Neuhoff S, Artursson P, Ungell AL. Advantages and disadvantages of using bovine serum albumin and/or Cremophor EL as extracellular additives during transport studies of lipophilic compounds across Caco-2 monolayers. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1773-2247(07)50093-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Perez de la Cruz Moreno M, Oth M, Deferme S, Lammert F, Tack J, Dressman J, Augustijns P. Characterization of fasted-state human intestinal fluids collected from duodenum and jejunum. J Pharm Pharmacol 2006; 58:1079-89. [PMID: 16872555 DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.8.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The solubility of drugs in the gastrointestinal tract is very challenging to simulate with artificial media due to the high complexity of human intestinal fluid (HIF). In particular, bile salt composition, pH and buffer capacity are very important characteristics of HIF, since they determine the solubility of drugs in-vivo. In this study, we have measured the concentrations of individual bile salts in human intestinal fluids (n=6) collected from two different locations (duodenum and jejunum) in the fasted state. Total bile salt concentrations ranged from 570 to 5,137 microM in the duodenum and from 829 to 5,470 microM in the jejunum. The following rank order of relative bile salt concentration in duodenum was observed: taurocholic acid > glycocholate >or= glycochenodeoxycholate > glycodeoxycholate > taurochenodeoxycholate > taurodeoxycholate. Cholic acid, tauroursodeoxycholate, chenodeoxycholic acid, and deoxycholic acid represented less than 1% of bile salts present in the samples. Ursodeoxycholate could not be detected in HIF. No statistically significant difference between bile salt composition of duodenal and jejunal aspirates was observed. The buffer capacity of HIF was compared with other media commonly used for solubility/dissolution determinations, indicating a relatively low buffer capacity of HIF (4-13 mmol L(-1)/pH). This low buffer capacity was reflected in the change in pH (between 4 and 9.5) that occurred in HIF after addition of model compounds covering a broad pK(a) range. Interindividual variability in pH, buffer capacity and bile salt contents of HIF will contribute to differences in the rate and extent of absorption of compounds for which dissolution/solubility is the rate limiting step. The variability observed warrants further research to explore the impact of intraluminal conditions on drug solubility.
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Rausl D, Fotaki N, Zanoski R, Vertzoni M, Cetina-Cizmek B, Khan MZI, Reppas C. Intestinal permeability and excretion into bile control the arrival of amlodipine into the systemic circulation after oral administration. J Pharm Pharmacol 2006; 58:827-36. [PMID: 16734984 DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.6.0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The objective of this study was to identify the factors controlling the arrival of amlodipine into the systemic circulation after oral administration in the fasting state. Dissolution data were collected with the rotating paddle and the flow-through apparatus. Caco-2 cell lines were used to assess the intestinal permeability characteristics. Actual in-vivo data were collected in 24 fasted healthy subjects after single-dose administration of the same amlodipine besylate tablet formulation used in the in-vitro dissolution studies. Regardless of the hydrodynamics, dissolution of amlodipine besylate tablets was rapid and complete in media simulating the contents of the upper gastrointestinal tract in the fasting state. Permeability of amlodipine through Caco-2 cell lines was lower than propranolol's and higher than ranitidine's, indicating that transport through the intestinal mucosa may be one process that limits the arrival into the systemic circulation. Indeed, the de-convoluted profile indicated that arrival into portal blood occurs at rates much slower than gastric emptying or dissolution rates. However, prediction of amlodipine's mean plasma profile after oral administration became possible only after additionally assuming excretion of amlodipine into the bile and a reasonable gastrointestinal residence time. Interestingly, in-vitro permeability data collected in this or in previous studies were inappropriate for simulating the mean actual plasma profile.
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- Dragica Rausl
- PLIVA Research and Development Ltd., Prilaz baruna Filipovića 29, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Kim MK, Shim CK. The transport of organic cations in the small intestine: current knowledge and emerging concepts. Arch Pharm Res 2006; 29:605-16. [PMID: 16903083 DOI: 10.1007/bf02969273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A wide variety of drugs and endogenous bioactive amines are organic cations (OCs). Approximately 40% of all conventional drugs on the market are OCs. Thus, the transport of xenobiotics or endogenous OCs in the body has been a subject of considerable interest, since the discovery and cloning of a family of OC transporters, referred to as organic cation transporter (OCTs), and a new subfamily of OCTs, OCTNs, leading to the functional characterization of these transporters in various systems including oocytes and some cell lines. Organic cation transporters are critical in drug absorption, targeting, and disposition of a drug. In this review, the recent advances in the characterization of organic cation transporters and their distribution in the small intestine are discussed. The results of the in vitro transport studies of various OCs in the small intestine using techniques such as isolated brush-border membrane vesicles, Ussing chamber systems and Caco-2 cells are discussed, and in vivo knock-out animal studies are summarized. Such information is essential for predicting pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and in the design and development of new cationic drugs. An understanding of the mechanisms that control the intestinal transport of OCs will clearly aid achieving desirable clinical outcomes.
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- Moon Kyoung Kim
- Laboratory of Transporters Targeted Drug Design, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Varma MVS, Perumal OP, Panchagnula R. Functional role of P-glycoprotein in limiting peroral drug absorption: optimizing drug delivery. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2006; 10:367-73. [PMID: 16814593 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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P-glycoprotein (P-gp) associated multi-drug resistance is one of the major challenges in the chemotherapy of various cancers. On the other hand, it is now widely recognized that P-gp influences drug transport across various biological membranes. To this end, there is an increasing trend to optimize pharmacokinetics and drug delivery right from the initial stages of drug discovery by exploring all the possible mechanisms involved in 'deliverability'. Recent advances in molecular biology techniques and biochemical characterization methodologies have helped in identification of various transporters involved in absorption or secretion of drugs. P-gp, an efflux pump expressed along the gastrointestinal tract, limits the permeability of many drugs and thus affects their peroral absorption and bioavailability. A fundamental insight and thorough understanding of P-gp and its functional role in limiting drug absorption is critical to improve predictability of dynamic absorption models and aid in selection of new candidates for development, and also widen the scope of peroral delivery for 'challenging' molecules.
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- Manthena V S Varma
- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Hayeshi R, Masimirembwa C, Mukanganyama S, Ungell ALB. The potential inhibitory effect of antiparasitic drugs and natural products on P-glycoprotein mediated efflux. Eur J Pharm Sci 2006; 29:70-81. [PMID: 16846720 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2006.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Revised: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The potential inhibitory effect on P-glycoprotein (Pgp) by antiparasitic drugs and natural compounds was investigated. Compounds were screened for Pgp interaction based on inhibition of Pgp mediated [3H]-taxol transport in Caco-2 cells. Bidirectional transport of selected inhibitors was further evaluated to identify potential Pgp substrates using the Caco-2 cells. Of 21 antiparasitics tested, 14 were found to inhibit Pgp mediated [3H]-taxol with K(iapp) values in the range 4-2000 microM. The antimalarial quinine was the most potent inhibitor with a K(iapp) of 4 microM. Of the 12 natural compounds tested, 3 inhibited [3H]-taxol transport with K(iapp) values in the range 50-400 microM. Quinine, amodiaquine, chloroquine, flavone, genistein, praziquantel, quercetin and thiabendazole were further investigated in bidirectional transport assays to determine whether they were substrates for Pgp. Transport of quinine in the secretory direction exceeded that in the absorptive direction and was saturable, suggesting quinine being a Pgp substrate. The rest of the compounds inhibiting Pgp showed no evidence of being Pgp substrates. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that a substantial number of antiparasitic and natural compounds, in a range of concentrations, are capable of inhibiting Pgp mediated [3H]-taxol efflux in Caco-2 cells, without being substrates and this may have implications for drug interactions with Pgp.
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- Rose Hayeshi
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Kandimalla KK, Donovan MD. Transport of hydroxyzine and triprolidine across bovine olfactory mucosa: role of passive diffusion in the direct nose-to-brain uptake of small molecules. Int J Pharm 2006; 302:133-44. [PMID: 16105724 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Revised: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hydroxyzine and triprolidine have both been reported to reach the CNS following nasal administration. The objective of this study was to investigate their in vitro permeation across bovine olfactory mucosa in order to further characterize the biological and physicochemical parameters that influence direct nose-to-brain transport. In vitro experiments were conducted using Sweetana-Grass (Navicyte) vertical diffusion cells to evaluate the effect of directionality, donor concentration and pH on the permeation of hydroxyzine and triprolidine across excised bovine olfactory mucosa. These studies demonstrated that the Jm-s (mucosal-submucosal flux) and Js-m (submucosal-mucosal flux) of hydroxyzine and triprolidine across the olfactory mucosa were linearly dependent upon the donor concentration without any evidence of saturable transport. Hydroxyzine inhibited the efflux of P-gp substrates like etoposide and chlorpheniramine across the olfactory mucosa. Both hydroxyzine and triprolidine reduced the net flux (Js-m-Jm-s) of etoposide with IC50 values of 39.2 and 130.6 microM, respectively. The lipophilicty of these compounds, coupled with their ability to inhibit P-gp, enable them to freely permeate across the olfactory mucosa. Despite the presence of a number of protective barriers such as efflux transporters and metabolizing enzymes in the olfactory system, lipophilic compounds such as hydroxyzine and triprolidine can access the CNS primarily by passive diffusion when administered via the nasal cavity.
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Young AM, Audus KL, Proudfoot J, Yazdanian M. Tetrazole compounds: The effect of structure and pH on Caco-2 cell permeability. J Pharm Sci 2006; 95:717-25. [PMID: 16498570 DOI: 10.1002/jps.20526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A tetrazole ring is often used in drug discovery as a replacement for the carboxylic acid group. Previous work indicates that compounds containing a tetrazole moiety show asymmetric permeability in Caco-2 cells characteristic of an efflux transporter substrate. The aim of this study is to determine which transporters are responsible for polarization of transport of tetrazole-containing compounds in Caco-2 cells. Results indicate that only select compounds with tetrazole moieties display asymmetric transport. Three compounds (two commercial drug products and one druglike structure) were selected for further studies. Losartan appears to be primarily a P-glycoprotein (P-gp) substrate, as previously reported, but MRP inhibitors such as MK-571 and rifampicin also affect the difference between apical to basolateral and basolateral to apical transport. Pemirolast and phenyltetrazole derivative C are sensitive to P-gp inhibition, but transport seems to be mediated by one or more of the MRP family of transporters. Additionally, lowering the pH from 7.4 to 4.0 eliminates the polarization of permeability in Caco-2 cells. These studies indicate that some tetrazole compounds are susceptible to efflux, therefore caution should be used when choosing an appropriate functional group to replace carboxylic acids when synthesizing a drug candidate.
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- Amber M Young
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Vullo D, Steffansen B, Brodin B, Supuran CT, Scozzafava A, Nielsen CU. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: Transepithelial transport of thioureido sulfonamide inhibitors of the cancer-associated isozyme IX is dependent on efflux transporters. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:2418-27. [PMID: 16321542 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Revised: 11/07/2005] [Accepted: 11/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sulfonamides and their derivatives inhibit the catalytic activity of carbonic anhydrases (CA, EC 4.2.1.1). Isozyme IX (CA IX) is a transmembrane isoform with the active site oriented toward the extracellular space. CA IX was recently shown to be a drug target, and it is highly overexpressed in hypoxic tumors with limited distribution in normal tissues. The present report deals with the drug design, synthesis, and biological investigation of a group of thioureido sulfonamides, which have been obtained by reaction of isothiocyanate-substituted aromatic sulfonamides with amines. These compounds have potent inhibitory properties against CA IX with K(I) values in the range of 10-37 nM and P(app)values > 0.34 x 10(-6) cm/s for the absorptive transepithelial transport in Caco-2 cells. In Caco-2 cells, one of these compounds (A6) was shown to be a substrate for efflux transporters such as P-glycoprotein (P-gp). P-gp activity is not likely to be rate-limiting for intestinal absorption, but might be useful when targeting hypoxic tumors expressing both P-gp and CA IX.
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- Daniela Vullo
- Molecular Biopharmaceutics, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-Universitetsparken, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hong SS, Moon SC, Shim CK. Mechanism of intestinal transport of an organic cation, tributylmethylammonium in Caco-2 cell monolayers. Arch Pharm Res 2006; 29:318-22. [PMID: 16681038 DOI: 10.1007/bf02968577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Many quaternary ammonium salts are incompletely absorbed after their oral administration and may also be actively secreted into the intestine. However, the underlying mechanism(s) that control the transport of these cations across the intestinal epithelium is not well understood. In this study, the mechanism of absorption of quaternary ammonium salts was investigated using Caco-2 cell monolayers, a human colon carcinoma cell line. Tributylmethyl-ammonium (TBuMA) was used as a model quaternary ammonium salts. When TBuMA was administrated at a dose of 13.3 imole/kg via iv and oral routes, the AUC values were 783.7 +/- 43.6 and 249.1 +/- 28.0 micormole x min/L for iv and oral administration, indicating a lower oral bioavailability of TBuMA (35.6%). The apparent permeability across Caco-2 monolayers from the basal to the apical side was 1.3 times (p < 0.05) greater than that from the apical to the basal side, indicating a net secretion of TBuMA in the intestine. This secretion appeared to be responsible for the low oral bioavailability of the compound, probably mediated by p-gp (p-glycoprotein) located in the apical membrane. In addition, the uptake of TBuMA by the apical membrane showed a Na+ dependency. Thus, TBuMA appears to absorbed via a Na+ dependent carrier and is then secreted via p-gp related carriers.
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- Soon-Sun Hong
- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Brouwers J, Tack J, Lammert F, Augustijns P. Intraluminal drug and formulation behavior and integration in in vitro permeability estimation: A case study with amprenavir. J Pharm Sci 2006; 95:372-83. [PMID: 16374852 DOI: 10.1002/jps.20553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of biorelevant apical conditions on intestinal permeability estimation in the Caco-2 system for amprenavir, a poorly water-soluble substrate of the efflux carrier P-glycoprotein (P-gp). To establish biorelevant conditions, human intestinal fluids (HIF) were aspirated from the duodenum and jejunum in fasted subjects, before and during 4 h after the intake of a standard formulation of amprenavir (Agenerase). The HIF samples were characterized with respect to the concentrations of phospholipids, individual bile salts, amprenavir, and the excipient d-alpha-tocopheryl polyethyleneglycol 1000 succinate (TPGS); subsequently, the use of these samples in the Caco-2 system during permeability estimation for amprenavir was compared to standard conditions (amprenavir 10 microM dissolved in HBSS-based transport medium). The presence of the solubilizing excipient TPGS resulted in high intraluminal amprenavir concentrations (mM-range) and affected the permeability in a concentration-dependent way. At the observed intraluminal TPGS concentrations (mM-range), TPGS appeared to completely inhibit the interaction between amprenavir and P-gp, suggesting that the effect of P-gp on transepithelial transport of amprenavir in a clinical setting is probably negligible. This study illustrates the importance of the evaluation of intraluminal conditions after drug intake and their integration in permeability estimation in vitro.
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- Joachim Brouwers
- Laboratory for Pharmacotechnology and Biopharmacy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Neuhoff S, Artursson P, Zamora I, Ungell AL. Impact of Extracellular Protein Binding on Passive and Active Drug Transport Across Caco-2 Cells. Pharm Res 2006; 23:350-9. [PMID: 16388407 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-005-9304-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AIM The objective of the study is to evaluate the mechanism behind alterations in passive and active transport of drugs in the presence of basolaterally applied extracellular protein using the Caco-2 cell model. METHODS The permeation across Caco-2 monolayers of two groups of compounds, transported either solely by passive diffusion or partly also by active transport in the secretory direction, was studied at two donor concentrations in the absence or presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA, 0-4%). Each group contained compounds with high or low protein binding (PB) capabilities and high or low absorption in humans (fraction absorbed, f(a)). The unbound fraction (f(u)) of each compound was determined by ultrafiltration. RESULTS The transport rate of the passively permeating compounds was the same in both apical-to-basolateral (absorptive) and basolateral-to-apical (secretory) directions in the absence of BSA. Basolaterally applied BSA increased the transport rate in the absorptive direction and decreased it in the secretory direction for all compounds, in direct proportion to the extent of PB. The efflux ratios for the actively transported compounds were reduced in the presence of BSA. CONCLUSIONS Basolaterally applied BSA, which mimics in vivo PB, alters both passive and active drug transport in the Caco-2 cell model. Using C(u) in the calculations of transport rate allowed elucidation of the different mechanisms behind these alterations. Our data also suggest that active secretory transport for highly protein-bound compounds might have less effect in vivo than predicted from traditional Caco-2 cell models (without BSA).
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- Sibylle Neuhoff
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Huang XP, Spino M, Thiessen JJ. Transport kinetics of iron chelators and their chelates in Caco-2 cells. Pharm Res 2006; 23:280-90. [PMID: 16388408 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-005-9258-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2005] [Accepted: 10/25/2005] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Caco-2 monolayers were used to contrast the bidirectional transport of iron chelators and their chelates and to estimate fundamental kinetics associated with their intestinal absorption. METHODS Bidirectional transport was studied at 37 degrees C and pH 7.4 using 500-microM concentrations. Monolayer integrity was tested via transepithelial electrical resistance and sodium fluorescein permeability. Apical and basolateral analysis provided mass balance evidence. Apparent permeability coefficient (P(app)) served to rank and compare molecules and estimate in vivo bioavailability. Model-dependent rate constants defined cellular influx and efflux. RESULTS 1) P(app) ranked in decreasing order for chelators from directional transport studies were CP363 > deferiprone> ICL670 > CP502 > deferoxamine (DFO). 2) Fe(CP502)(3), Fe(ICL670)(2), and FeDFO were not measurable in receiving chambers, whereas Fe(deferiprone)(3) and Fe(CP363)(3) were detected in both directions. 3) CP363 was transported significantly faster from the basolateral to the apical direction than the converse. 4) Mass balance of donor and receiver chambers gave approximately 100% recovery in all cases. 5) Kinetic analysis supports the view that the Caco-2 chelator efflux constants are generally greater than their influx constants. CONCLUSIONS Caco-2 cells are useful in screening iron chelators and chelates and estimating bioavailabilities. Structure and distribution coefficients partially predict passive transport through Caco-2 monolayers.
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- Xi-Ping Huang
- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 19 Russell St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S2
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Masaki K, Taketani M, Imai T. FIRST-PASS HYDROLYSIS OF A PROPRANOLOL ESTER DERIVATIVE IN RAT SMALL INTESTINE. Drug Metab Dispos 2005; 34:398-404. [PMID: 16326813 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.105.007682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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To evaluate the first-pass hydrolysis of O-isovaleryl-propranolol (isovaleryl-PL), which was used as a model ester-compound, rat intestinal jejunum and blood vessels were perfused simultaneously. The membrane permeability of isovaleryl-PL was greater than that of PL because it was more lipophilic. Isovaleryl-PL was almost completely hydrolyzed to PL and isovaleric acid (IVA) in epithelial cells at a rate limited by its uptake. Based on pH partitioning, PL and IVA were transported into both vascular (pH 7.4) and luminal sides (pH 6.5). Therefore, when isovaleryl-PL was perfused into the jejunal lumen, more than 90% permeated into the blood vessel as PL. In addition, PL appeared in the lumen at a rate 6-fold greater than that in blood vessels. When isovaleryl-PL was perfused, its disappearance (50.5+/-1.95 nmol/min) was the sum of the absorption and secretion rates of PL. In contrast, IVA was transported into blood vessels rather than the jejunal lumen. In addition, the calculated degradation clearance from in vitro hydrolysis (Km 13.7+/-1.71 microM, Vmax 29.1+/-3.81 nmol/min/mg protein) was 3.42 ml/min/10 cm jejunum, which was 24-fold greater than the observed degradation clearance (CLdeg) (0.14+/-0.02 ml/min/10 cm jejunum). These findings indicate that in addition to the liver, the intestine markedly contributes to first-pass hydrolysis.
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- Kenji Masaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-Honmachi, Kumamoto, 862-0973, Japan
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