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Prieto Garcia L, Vildhede A, Nordell P, Ahlström C, Montaser AB, Terasaki T, Lennernäs H, Sjögren E. Physiologically based pharmacokinetics modeling and transporter proteomics to predict systemic and local liver and muscle disposition of statins. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2024; 13:1029-1043. [PMID: 38576225 PMCID: PMC11179708 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.13139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Statins are used to reduce liver cholesterol levels but also carry a dose-related risk of skeletal muscle toxicity. Concentrations of statins in plasma are often used to assess efficacy and safety, but because statins are substrates of membrane transporters that are present in diverse tissues, local differences in intracellular tissue concentrations cannot be ruled out. Thus, plasma concentration may not be an adequate indicator of efficacy and toxicity. To bridge this gap, we used physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to predict intracellular concentrations of statins. Quantitative data on transporter clearance were scaled from in vitro to in vivo conditions by integrating targeted proteomics and transporter kinetics data. The developed PBPK models, informed by proteomics, suggested that organic anion-transporting polypeptide 2B1 (OATP2B1) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) play a pivotal role in the distribution of statins in muscle. Using these PBPK models, we were able to predict the impact of alterations in transporter function due to genotype or drug-drug interactions on statin systemic concentrations and exposure in liver and muscle. These results underscore the potential of proteomics-guided PBPK modeling to scale transporter clearance from in vitro data to real-world implications. It is important to evaluate the role of drug transporters when predicting tissue exposure associated with on- and off-target effects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luna Prieto Garcia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Bioscience, Translational Drug Discovery and DevelopmentUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- DMPK, Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZenecaGothenburgSweden
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Bioscience, Translational Drug Discovery and DevelopmentUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Bioscience, Translational Drug Discovery and DevelopmentUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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Marin JJG, Cives-Losada C, Macias RIR, Romero MR, Marijuan RP, Hortelano-Hernandez N, Delgado-Calvo K, Villar C, Gonzalez-Santiago JM, Monte MJ, Asensio M. Impact of liver diseases and pharmacological interactions on the transportome involved in hepatic drug disposition. Biochem Pharmacol 2024:116166. [PMID: 38527556 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
Abstract
The liver plays a pivotal role in drug disposition owing to the expression of transporters accounting for the uptake at the sinusoidal membrane and the efflux across the basolateral and canalicular membranes of hepatocytes of many different compounds. Moreover, intracellular mechanisms of phases I and II biotransformation generate, in general, inactive compounds that are more polar and easier to eliminate into bile or refluxed back toward the blood for their elimination by the kidneys, which becomes crucial when the biliary route is hampered. The set of transporters expressed at a given time, i.e., the so-called transportome, is encoded by genes belonging to two gene superfamilies named Solute Carriers (SLC) and ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC), which account mainly, but not exclusively, for the uptake and efflux of endogenous substances and xenobiotics, which include many different drugs. Besides the existence of genetic variants, which determines a marked interindividual heterogeneity regarding liver drug disposition among patients, prevalent diseases, such as cirrhosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and several cholestatic liver diseases, can alter the transportome and hence affect the pharmacokinetics of drugs used to treat these patients. Moreover, hepatic drug transporters are involved in many drug-drug interactions (DDI) that challenge the safety of using a combination of agents handled by these proteins. Updated information on these questions has been organized in this article by superfamilies and families of members of the transportome involved in hepatic drug disposition.
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- Jose J G Marin
- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting (HEVEPHARM), University of Salamanca, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain; Center for the Study of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases (CIBERehd), Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Hernández-Lozano I, Leterrier S, Mairinger S, Stanek J, Zacher AS, Breyer L, Hacker M, Zeitlinger M, Pahnke J, Tournier N, Wanek T, Langer O. Performance and Sensitivity of [ 99mTc]Tc-sestamibi Compared with Positron Emission Tomography Radiotracers to Measure P-glycoprotein Function in the Kidneys and Liver. Mol Pharm 2024; 21:932-943. [PMID: 38225758 PMCID: PMC10848257 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
Abstract
P-glycoprotein (P-gp, encoded in humans by the ABCB1 gene and in rodents by the Abcb1a/b genes) is a membrane transporter that can restrict the intestinal absorption and tissue distribution of many drugs and may also contribute to renal and hepatobiliary drug excretion. The aim of this study was to compare the performance and sensitivity of currently available radiolabeled P-gp substrates for positron emission tomography (PET) with the single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) radiotracer [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi for measuring the P-gp function in the kidneys and liver. Wild-type, heterozygous (Abcb1a/b(+/-)), and homozygous (Abcb1a/b(-/-)) Abcb1a/b knockout mice were used as models of different P-gp abundance in excretory organs. Animals underwent either dynamic PET scans after intravenous injection of [11C]N-desmethyl-loperamide, (R)-[11C]verapamil, or [11C]metoclopramide or consecutive static SPECT scans after intravenous injection of [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi. P-gp in the kidneys and liver of the mouse models was analyzed with immunofluorescence labeling and Western blotting. In the kidneys, Abcb1a/b() mice had intermediate P-gp abundance compared with wild-type and Abcb1a/b(-/-) mice. Among the four tested radiotracers, renal clearance of radioactivity (CLurine,kidney) was significantly reduced (-83%) in Abcb1a/b(-/-) mice only for [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi. Biliary clearance of radioactivity (CLbile,liver) was significantly reduced in Abcb1a/b(-/-) mice for [11C]N-desmethyl-loperamide (-47%), [11C]metoclopramide (-25%), and [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi (-79%). However, in Abcb1a/b(+/-) mice, CLbile,liver was significantly reduced (-47%) only for [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi. Among the tested radiotracers, [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi performed best in measuring the P-gp function in the kidneys and liver. Owing to its widespread clinical availability, [99mTc]Tc-sestamibi represents a promising probe substrate to assess systemic P-gp-mediated drug-drug interactions and to measure renal and hepatic P-gp function under different (patho-)physiological conditions.
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- Laboratoire
d’Imagerie Biomédicale Multimodale (BIOMAPS), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Inserm,
Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, 91401 Orsay, France
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University
of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University
of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Pathology, Section of Neuropathology, Translational Neurodegeneration
Research and Neuropathology Lab, University
of Oslo (UiO) and Oslo University Hospital (OUS), 0372 Oslo, Norway
- Lübeck
Institute of Experimental Dermatology (LIED), Pahnke Lab, University of Lübeck and University Medical
Center Schleswig-Holstein, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
- Department
of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University
of Latvia, 1004 Ri̅ga, Latvia
- Department
of Neurobiology, The Georg S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Laboratoire
d’Imagerie Biomédicale Multimodale (BIOMAPS), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Inserm,
Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, 91401 Orsay, France
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- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University
of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Storelli F, Ladumor MK, Liang X, Lai Y, Chothe PP, Enogieru OJ, Evers R, Unadkat JD. Toward improved predictions of pharmacokinetics of transported drugs in hepatic impairment: Insights from the extended clearance model. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol 2024; 13:118-131. [PMID: 37833845 PMCID: PMC10787213 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.13062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Hepatic impairment (HI) moderately (<5-fold) affects the systemic exposure (i.e., area under the plasma concentration-time curve [AUC]) of drugs that are substrates of the hepatic sinusoidal organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) transporters and are excreted unchanged in the bile and/or urine. However, the effect of HI on their AUC is much greater (>10-fold) for drugs that are also substrates of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A enzymes. Using the extended clearance model, through simulations, we identified the ratio of sinusoidal efflux clearance (CL) over the sum of metabolic and biliary CLs as important in predicting the impact of HI on the AUC of dual OATP/CYP3A substrates. Because HI may reduce hepatic CYP3A-mediated CL to a greater extent than biliary efflux CL, the greater the contribution of the former versus the latter, the greater the impact of HI on drug AUC ratio (AUCRHI ). Using physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling and simulation, we predicted relatively well the AUCRHI of OATP substrates that are not significantly metabolized (pitavastatin, rosuvastatin, valsartan, and gadoxetic acid). However, there was a trend toward underprediction of the AUCRHI of the dual OATP/CYP3A4 substrates fimasartan and atorvastatin. These predictions improved when the sinusoidal efflux CL of these two drugs was increased in healthy volunteers (i.e., before incorporating the effect of HI), and by modifying the directionality of its modulation by HI (i.e., increase or decrease). To accurately predict the effect of HI on AUC of hepatobiliary cleared drugs it is important to accurately predict all hepatobiliary pathways, including sinusoidal efflux CL.
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- Flavia Storelli
- Department of PharmaceuticsUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Department of PharmaceuticsUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc.Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc.Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
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- Global Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.LexingtonMassachusettsUSA
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- Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety, Janssen Research & Development, LLCSpring HousePennsylvaniaUSA
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Nozaki Y, Izumi S. Preincubation Time-Dependent, Long-Lasting Inhibition of Drug Transporters and Impact on the Prediction of Drug-Drug Interactions. Drug Metab Dispos 2023; 51:1077-1088. [PMID: 36854606 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.000970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Transporter-mediated drug-drug interaction (DDI) is of clinical concern, and the quantitative prediction of DDIs is an indispensable part of drug development. Cell-based inhibition assays, in which a representative probe substrate and a potential inhibitor are coincubated, are routinely performed to assess the inhibitory potential of new molecular entities on drug transporters. However, the inhibitory effect of cyclosporine A (CsA) on organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 is substantially potentiated with CsA preincubation, and this effect is both long-lasting and dependent on the preincubation time. This phenomenon has also been reported with transporters other than OATP1Bs, but it is considered more prevalent among OATP1Bs and organic cation transporters. Regulatory agencies have also noted this preincubation effect and have recommended that pharmaceutical companies consider inhibitor preincubation when performing in vitro OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 inhibition studies. Although the underlying mechanisms responsible for the preincubation effect are not fully understood, a trans-inhibition mechanism was recently demonstrated for OATP1B1 inhibition by CsA, in which CsA inhibited OATP1B1 not only extracellularly (cis-inhibition) but also intracellularly (trans-inhibition). Furthermore, the trans-inhibition potency of CsA was much greater than that of cis-inhibition, suggesting that trans-inhibition might be a key driver of clinical DDIs of CsA with OATP1B substrate drugs. Although confidence in transporter-mediated DDI prediction is generally considered to be low, the predictability might be further improved by incorporating the trans-inhibition mechanism into static and dynamic models for preincubation-dependent inhibitors of OATP1Bs and perhaps other transporters. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Preincubation time-dependent, long-lasting inhibition has been observed for OATP1B1 and other solute carrier transporters in vitro. Recently, a trans-inhibition mechanism for the preincubation effect of CsA on OATP1B1 inhibition was identified, with the trans-inhibition potency being greater than that of cis-inhibition. The concept of trans-inhibition may allow us to further understand the mechanism of transporter-mediated DDIs not only for OATP1B1 but also for other transporters and to improve the accuracy and confidence of DDI predictions.
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- Yoshitane Nozaki
- Global Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3, Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-2635, Japan (Y.N., S.I.)
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- Global Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3, Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-2635, Japan (Y.N., S.I.)
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Mochizuki T, Kusuhara H. Progress in the Quantitative Assessment of Transporter-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions Using Endogenous Substrates in Clinical Studies. Drug Metab Dispos 2023; 51:1105-1113. [PMID: 37169512 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.123.001285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Variations in drug transporter activities, caused by genetic polymorphism and drug-drug interactions (DDIs), alter the systemic exposure of substrate drugs, leading to differences in drug responses. Recently, some endogenous substrates of drug transporters, particularly the solute carrier family transporters such as OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OAT1, OAT3, OCT1, OCT2, MATE1, and MATE2-K, have been identified to investigate variations in drug transporters in humans. Clinical data obtained support their performance as surrogate probes in terms of specificity and reproducibility. Pharmacokinetic parameters of the endogenous biomarkers depend on the genotypes of drug transporters and the systemic exposure to perpetrator drugs. Furthermore, the development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for the endogenous biomarkers has enabled a top-down approach to obtain insights into the effect of perpetrators on drug transporters and to more precisely simulate the DDI with victim drugs, including probe drugs. The endogenous biomarkers can address the uncertainty in the DDI prediction in the preclinical and early phases of clinical development and have the potential to fulfill regulatory requirements. Therefore, the endogenous biomarkers should be able to predict disease effects on the variations in drug transporter activities observed in patients. This mini-review focuses on recent progress in the identification and use of the endogenous drug transporter substrate biomarkers and their application in drug development. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Advances in analytical methods have enabled the identification of endogenous substrates of drug transporters. Changes in the pharmacokinetic parameters (Cmax, AUC, or CLR) of these endogenous biomarkers relative to baseline values can serve as a quantitative index to assess variations in drug transporter activities during clinical studies and thereby provide more precise DDI predictions.
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- Tatsuki Mochizuki
- Pharmaceutical Science Department, Translational Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan (T.M.); and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
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- Pharmaceutical Science Department, Translational Research Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan (T.M.); and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
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Leow JWH, Gu Y, Chan ECY. Investigating the relevance of CYP2J2 inhibition for drugs known to cause intermediate to high risk torsades de pointes. Eur J Pharm Sci 2023; 187:106475. [PMID: 37225005 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Cardiac cytochrome P450 2J2 (CYP2J2) metabolizes endogenous polyunsaturated fatty acid, arachidonic acid (AA), to bioactive regioisomeric epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) metabolites. This endogenous metabolic pathway has been postulated to play a homeostatic role in cardiac electrophysiology. However, it is unknown if drugs that cause intermediate to high risk torsades de pointes (TdP) exhibit inhibitory effects against CYP2J2 metabolism of AA to EETs. In this study, we demonstrated that 11 out of 16 drugs screened with intermediate to high risk of TdP as defined by the Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay (CiPA) initiative are concurrently reversible inhibitors of CYP2J2 metabolism of AA, with unbound inhibitory constant (Ki,AA,u) values ranging widely from 0.132 to 19.9 µM. To understand the physiological relevancy of Ki,AA,u, the in vivo unbound drug concentration within human heart tissue (Cu,heart) was calculated via experimental determination of in vitro unbound partition coefficient (Kpuu) for 10 CYP2J2 inhibitors using AC16 human ventricular cardiomyocytes as well as literature-derived values of fraction unbound in plasma (fu,p) and plasma drug concentrations in clinical scenarios leading to TdP. Notably, all CYP2J2 inhibitors screened belonging to the high TdP risk category, namely vandetanib and bepridil, exhibited highest Kpuu values of 18.2 ± 1.39 and 7.48 ± 1.16 respectively although no clear relationship between Cu,heart and risk of TdP could eventually be determined. R values based on basic models of reversible inhibition as per FDA guidelines were calculated using unbound plasma drug concentrations (Cu,plasma) and adapted using Cu,heart which suggested that 4 out of 10 CYP2J2 inhibitors with intermediate to high risk of TdP demonstrate greatest potential for clinically relevant in vivo cardiac drug-AA interactions. Our results shed novel insights on the relevance of CYP2J2 inhibition in drugs with risk of TdP. Further studies ascertaining the role of CYP2J2 metabolism of AA in cardiac electrophysiology, characterizing inherent cardiac ion channel activities of drugs with risk of TdP as well as in vivo evidence of drug-AA interactions will be required prior to determining if CYP2J2 inhibition could be an alternative mechanism contributing to drug-induced TdP.
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- Jacqueline Wen Hui Leow
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543.
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Hernández-Lozano I, Mairinger S, Filip T, Löbsch M, Stanek J, Kuntner C, Bauer M, Zeitlinger M, Hacker M, Helbich TH, Wanek T, Langer O. Positron Emission Tomography-Based Pharmacokinetic Analysis To Assess Renal Transporter-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions of Antimicrobial Drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2023; 67:e0149322. [PMID: 36786609 PMCID: PMC10019293 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01493-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are of concern in antimicrobial drug development, as they can have serious safety consequences. We used positron emission tomography (PET) imaging-based pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis to assess the effect of different drugs, which may cause transporter-mediated DDIs, on the tissue distribution and excretion of [18F]ciprofloxacin as a radiolabeled model antimicrobial drug. Mice underwent PET scans after intravenous injection of [18F]ciprofloxacin, without and with pretreatment with either probenecid (150 mg/kg), cimetidine (50 mg/kg), or pyrimethamine (5 mg/kg). A 3-compartment kidney PK model was used to assess the involvement of renal transporters in the examined DDIs. Pretreatment with probenecid and cimetidine significantly decreased the renal clearance (CLrenal) of [18F]ciprofloxacin. The effect of cimetidine (-86%) was greater than that of probenecid (-63%), which contrasted with previously published clinical data. The kidney PK model revealed that the decrease in CLrenal was caused by inhibition of basal uptake transporters and apical efflux transporters in kidney proximal tubule cells. Changes in the urinary excretion of [18F]ciprofloxacin after pretreatment with probenecid and cimetidine resulted in increased blood and organ exposure to [18F]ciprofloxacin. Our results suggest that multiple membrane transporters mediate the tubular secretion of ciprofloxacin, with possible species differences between mice and humans. Concomitant medication inhibiting renal transporters may precipitate DDIs, leading to decreased urinary excretion and increased blood and organ exposure to ciprofloxacin, potentially exacerbating adverse effects. Our study highlights the strength of PET imaging-based PK analysis to assess transporter-mediated DDIs at a whole-body level.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility Laboratory Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Center for Biomedical Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility Laboratory Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Melillo N, Scotcher D, Kenna JG, Green C, Hines CDG, Laitinen I, Hockings PD, Ogungbenro K, Gunwhy ER, Sourbron S, Waterton JC, Schuetz G, Galetin A. Use of In Vivo Imaging and Physiologically-Based Kinetic Modelling to Predict Hepatic Transporter Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions in Rats. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:896. [PMID: 36986758 PMCID: PMC10057977 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15030896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Gadoxetate, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, is a substrate of organic-anion-transporting polypeptide 1B1 and multidrug resistance-associated protein 2. Six drugs, with varying degrees of transporter inhibition, were used to assess gadoxetate dynamic contrast enhanced MRI biomarkers for transporter inhibition in rats. Prospective prediction of changes in gadoxetate systemic and liver AUC (AUCR), resulting from transporter modulation, were performed by physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling. A tracer-kinetic model was used to estimate rate constants for hepatic uptake (khe), and biliary excretion (kbh). The observed median fold-decreases in gadoxetate liver AUC were 3.8- and 1.5-fold for ciclosporin and rifampicin, respectively. Ketoconazole unexpectedly decreased systemic and liver gadoxetate AUCs; the remaining drugs investigated (asunaprevir, bosentan, and pioglitazone) caused marginal changes. Ciclosporin decreased gadoxetate khe and kbh by 3.78 and 0.09 mL/min/mL, while decreases for rifampicin were 7.20 and 0.07 mL/min/mL, respectively. The relative decrease in khe (e.g., 96% for ciclosporin) was similar to PBPK-predicted inhibition of uptake (97-98%). PBPK modelling correctly predicted changes in gadoxetate systemic AUCR, whereas underprediction of decreases in liver AUCs was evident. The current study illustrates the modelling framework and integration of liver imaging data, PBPK, and tracer-kinetic models for prospective quantification of hepatic transporter-mediated DDI in humans.
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- Nicola Melillo
- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (D.S.)
- SystemsForecastingUK Ltd., Lancaster LA1 5DD, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (D.S.)
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- MR & CT Contrast Media Research, Bayer AG, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Bioimaging Germany, 65929 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Antaros Medical, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Antaros Medical, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
- MedTech West, Chalmers University of Technology, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (D.S.)
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK
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- Bioxydyn Ltd., Manchester M15 6SZ, UK
- Centre for Imaging Sciences, Division of Informatics Imaging & Data Sciences, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- MR & CT Contrast Media Research, Bayer AG, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (D.S.)
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Watanabe T, Tanaka R, Suzuki Y, Sato H, Negami J, Yoshijima C, Oda A, Ono H, Tatsuta R, Ohno K, Itoh H. Positive correlation between organic anion transporter 1B function indicated by plasma concentration of coproporphyrin-I and blood concentration of cyclosporin A in real-world patients. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2022; 89:1672-1681. [PMID: 36517987 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.15640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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AIMS Cyclosporin A (CyA) has potent inhibitory activity on organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B (OATP1B), causing drug-drug interactions with its substrate drugs. 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropionate (CMPF), a uraemic toxin, has also been suggested to inhibit OATP1B activity. Recent study has identified coproporphyrin-I (CP-I) as a specific endogenous substrate for OATP1B, which is useful to indicate OATP1B activity. We investigated the relationship of CP-I with CyA and CMPF concentrations in patients taking CyA. METHODS In total, 121 blood samples from 74 patients who took CyA and underwent routine therapeutic drug monitoring were divided into trough and peak samples. RESULTS CyA and CP-I concentrations were significantly higher in peak samples than in trough samples. A positive correlation between CP-I and CyA concentrations was found in all samples and in trough and peak samples, while no correlation was observed between CP-I and CMPF concentrations. Multiple regression analysis identified CyA and C-reactive protein concentrations as independent factors affecting CP-I concentration, with blood CyA concentration having markedly greater contribution to plasma CP-I concentration. CONCLUSION The present study suggests that CyA inhibits OATP1B activity in a concentration-dependent manner in clinical setting, and that dose adjustment of OATP1B substrate drugs coadministered with CyA according to plasma CMPF concentration may not be necessary.
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- Takuma Watanabe
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Medication Use Analysis and Clinical Research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medication Use Analysis and Clinical Research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medication Use Analysis and Clinical Research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medication Use Analysis and Clinical Research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medication Use Analysis and Clinical Research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Medication Use Analysis and Clinical Research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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[11C]glyburide PET imaging for quantitative determination of the importance of Organic Anion-Transporting Polypeptide transporter function in the human liver and whole-body. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 156:113994. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The next frontier in ADME science: Predicting transporter-based drug disposition, tissue concentrations and drug-drug interactions in humans. Pharmacol Ther 2022; 238:108271. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Taskar KS, Yang X, Neuhoff S, Patel M, Yoshida K, Paine MF, Brouwer KL, Chu X, Sugiyama Y, Cook J, Polli JW, Hanna I, Lai Y, Zamek-Gliszczynski M. Clinical Relevance of Hepatic and Renal P-gp/BCRP Inhibition of Drugs: An International Transporter Consortium Perspective. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2022; 112:573-592. [PMID: 35612761 PMCID: PMC9436425 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The role of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and limiting drug absorption as well as restricting the brain penetration of drugs with certain physicochemical properties is well known. P-gp/BCRP inhibition by drugs in the gut has been reported to increase the systemic exposure to substrate drugs. A previous International Transporter Consortium (ITC) perspective discussed the feasibility of P-gp/BCRP inhibition at the blood-brain barrier and its implications. This ITC perspective elaborates and discusses specifically the hepatic and renal P-gp/BCRP (referred as systemic) inhibition of drugs and whether there is any consequence for substrate drug disposition. This perspective summarizes the clinical evidence-based recommendations regarding systemic P-gp and BCRP inhibition of drugs with a focus on biliary and active renal excretion pathways. Approaches to assess the clinical relevance of systemic P-gp and BCRP inhibition in the liver and kidneys included (i) curation of DDIs involving intravenously administered substrates or inhibitors; (ii) in vitro-to-in vivo extrapolation of P-gp-mediated DDIs at the systemic level; and (iii) curation of drugs with information available about the contribution of biliary excretion and related DDIs. Based on the totality of evidence reported to date, this perspective supports limited clinical DDI risk upon P-gp or BCRP inhibition in the liver or kidneys.
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- Kunal S. Taskar
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, IVIVT, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK
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- Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center of Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
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- Certara UK Ltd, Simcyp Division, 1 Concourse Way, Level 2-Acero, Sheffield, S1 2BJ, UK
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech Early Research and Development, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
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- Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of ADME and Discovery Toxicology, Merck & Co., Inc., 2000 Galloping Hill Rd, Kenilworth, NJ 07033 USA
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- Laboratory of Quantitative System PK/Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmacy, Kioicho campus, Josai International University, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Global Product Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Global Medical Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, Research Triangle Park NC USA
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- Pharmacokinetic Sciences-Oncology, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, East Hanover, NJ
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc. Foster City, CA USA
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Mochizuki T, Zamek-Gliszczynski MJ, Yoshida K, Mao J, Taskar K, Hirabayashi H, Chu X, Lai Y, Takashima T, Rockich K, Yamaura Y, Fujiwara K, Mizuno T, Maeda K, Furihata K, Sugiyama Y, Kusuhara H. Effect of Cyclosporin A and Impact of Dose Staggering on OATP1B1/1B3 Endogenous Substrates and Drug Probes for Assessing Clinical Drug Interactions. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2022; 111:1315-1323. [PMID: 35292967 PMCID: PMC9325410 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This study was designed to assess the quantitative performance of endogenous biomarkers for organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1/1B3‐mediated drug‐drug interactions (DDIs). Ten healthy volunteers orally received OATP1B1/1B3 probe cocktail (0.2 mg pitavastatin, 1 mg rosuvastatin, and 2 mg valsartan) and an oral dose of cyclosporin A (CysA, 20 mg and 75 mg) separated by a 1‐hour interval (20 mg (−1 hour), and 75 mg (−1 hour)). CysA 75 mg was also given with a 3‐hour interval (75 mg (−3 hours)) to examine the persistence of OATP1B1/1B3 inhibition. The area under the plasma concentration‐time curve ratios (AUCRs) were 1.63, 3.46, and 2.38 (pitavastatin), 1.39, 2.16, and 1.81 (rosuvastatin), and 1.42, 1.77, and 1.85 (valsartan), at 20 mg, 75 mg (−1 hour) and 75 mg (−3 hours) of CysA, respectively. CysA effect on OATP1B1/1B3 was unlikely to persist at the dose examined. Among 26 putative OATP1B1/1B3 biomarkers evaluated, AUCR and maximum concentration ratio (CmaxR) of CP‐I showed the highest Pearson’s correlation coefficient with CysA AUC (0.94 and 0.93, respectively). Correlation between AUCR of pitavastatin, and CmaxR or AUCR of CP‐I were consistent between this study and our previous study using rifampicin as an OATP1B1/1B3 inhibitor. Nonlinear regression analysis of AUCR−1 of pitavastatin and CP‐I against CysA Cmax yielded Ki,OATP1B1/1B3,app (109 ± 35 and 176 ± 42 nM, respectively), similar to the Ki,OATP1B1/1B3 estimated by our physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic model analysis described previously (107 nM). The endogenous OATP1B1/1B3 biomarkers, particularly CmaxR and AUCR of CP‐I, corroborates OATP1B1/1B3 inhibition and yields valuable information that improve accurate DDI predictions in drug development, and enhance our understanding of interindividual variability in the magnitude of DDIs.
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- Tatsuki Mochizuki
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Disposition, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism Department, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Laboratory for Safety Assessment & ADME, Pharmaceuticals Research Center, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacology, Incyte Research Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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- Pharmacokinetic Research Laboratories, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sugiyama Laboratory, RIKEN Baton Zone Program, RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Yin M, Storelli F, Unadkat JD. Is The Protein-Mediated Uptake Of Drugs By OATPs A Real Phenomenon Or An Artifact?. Drug Metab Dispos 2022; 50:1132-1141. [PMID: 35351775 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.000849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Plasma proteins or human serum albumin (HSA) have been reported to increase the in vitro intrinsic uptake clearance (CLint,uptake) of drugs by hepatocytes or organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP)-transfected cell lines. This, so called protein-mediated uptake effect (PMUE), is thought to be due to an interaction between the drug-protein complex and the cell membrane causing an increase in the unbound drug concentration at the cell surface resulting in an increase in the apparent CLint,uptake of the drug. To determine if the PMUE on OATP-mediated drug uptake is an artifact or a real phenomenon, we determined the effect of 1%, 2% and 5% HSA on OATP1B1-mediated (HEK293 transfected cells) and passive CLint,uptake (MOCK HEK293 cells) of a cocktail of five statins. In addition, we determined the non-specific binding (NSB) of the statin-HSA complex to the cells/labware. The increase in uptake of atorvastatin, fluvastatin and rosuvastatin in the presence of HSA was completely explained by the extent of NSB of the statin-HSA complex, indicating that the PMUE for these statins is an artifact. In contrast, this was not the case for OATP1B1-mediated uptake of pitavastatin and passive uptake of cerivastatin suggesting that the PMUE is a real phenomenon for these drugs. Additionally, the PMUE on OATP1B1-mediated uptake of pitavastatin was confirmed by a decrease in its unbound IC50 in the presence of 5% HSA vs. HBSS buffer. These data question the utility of routinely including plasma proteins or HSA in uptake experiments and the previous findings on PMUE on OATP-mediated drug uptake. Significance Statement Here we report, for the first time, that the protein-mediated uptake effect (PMUE) on OATP-transported drugs could be an artifact of the non-specific binding (NSB) of the drug-albumin complex to cells/labware. Future experiments on PMUE must take into consideration such NSB. In addition, mechanisms other than PMUE need to be explored to explain the underprediction of in vivo OATP-mediated hepatic drug CL from in vitro uptake studies.
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Storelli F, Li CY, Sachar M, Kumar V, Heyward S, Sáfár Z, Kis E, Unadkat JD. Prediction of Hepatobiliary Clearances and Hepatic Concentrations of Transported Drugs in Humans Using Rosuvastatin as a Model Drug. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2022; 112:593-604. [DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Flavia Storelli
- Department of Pharmaceutics University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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Clinical evaluation of [18F]pitavastatin for quantitative analysis of hepatobiliary transporter activity. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2022; 44:100449. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2022.100449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wang L, Zhu Z, Tran D, Seo SK, Pan X. Advancing Estimation of Hepatobiliary Clearances in Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models of Rosuvastatin Using Human Hepatic Concentrations. Pharm Res 2021; 38:2035-2046. [PMID: 34862570 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-021-03138-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To estimate hepatobiliary clearances of rosuvastatin via simultaneously fitting to reported human positron emission tomography (PET) data in the liver and gallbladder. METHODS A hepatobiliary model incorporating five intrinsic hepatobiliary clearances (active uptake clearance at the sinusoidal membrane, efflux clearance by passive diffusion through the sinusoidal membrane, influx clearance by passive diffusion through sinusoidal membrane, clearance of biliary excretion at the canalicular membrane, and intercompartment clearance from the intrahepatic bile duct to the gallbladder) and three compartments (liver, intrahepatic bile duct, and gallbladder) was developed to simultaneously fit rosuvastatin liver and gallbladder data from a representative subject reported by Billington et al. (1). Two liver blood supply input functions, arterial input function and dual input function (using peripheral venous as an alternative to portal vein), were assessed. Additionally, the predictive performance between the established model and four reported models trained with only systemic exposure data, was evaluated by comparing simulated liver and gallbladder profiles with observations. RESULTS The established hepatobiliary model well captured the kinetic profiles of rosuvastatin in the liver and gallbladder during the PET scans. Application of dual input function led to a marked underestimation of liver concentrations at the initial stage after i.v. dosing which cannot be offset by altering model parameter values. The simulated hepatobiliary profiles from three of the reported models demonstrated substantial deviation from the observed data. CONCLUSIONS The present study highlights the necessity of using hepatobiliary data to verify and improve the predictive performance of hepatic disposition of rosuvastatin.
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- Li Wang
- Division of Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Division of Cardiometabolic and Endocrine Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.
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Pastor CM, Brouwer KLR. New Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Imaging Substrates Quantified from Rat Liver Compartments. Drug Metab Dispos 2021; 50:58-64. [PMID: 34670777 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.121.000546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hepatobiliary imaging is increasingly used by pharmacologists to quantify liver concentrations of transporter-dependent drugs. However, liver imaging does not quantify concentrations in extracellular space, hepatocytes, and bile canaliculi. Our study compared the compartmental distribution of two hepatobiliary substrates gadobenate dimeglumine [BOPTA; 0.08 liver extraction ratio (ER)] and mebrofenin (MEB; 0.93 ER) in a model of perfused rat liver. A gamma counter placed over livers measured liver concentrations. Livers were preperfused with gadopentetate dimeglumine to measure extracellular concentrations. Concentrations coming from bile canaliculi and hepatocytes were calculated. Transporter activities were assessed by concentration ratios between compartments and pharmacokinetic parameters that describe the accumulation and decay profiles of hepatocyte concentrations. The high liver concentrations of MEB relied mainly on hepatocyte and bile canaliculi concentrations. In contrast, the three compartments contributed to the low liver concentrations obtained during BOPTA perfusion. Nonlinear regression analysis of substrate accumulation in hepatocytes revealed that cellular efflux is measurable ∼4 minutes after the start of perfusion. The hepatocyte-to-extracellular concentration ratio measured at this time point was much higher during MEB perfusion. BOPTA transport by multidrug resistance associated protein 2 induced an aquaporin-mediated water transport, whereas MEB transport did not. BOPTA clearance from hepatocytes to bile canaliculi was higher than MEB clearance. MEB did not efflux back to sinusoids, whereas BOPTA basolateral efflux contributed to the decrease in hepatocyte concentrations. In conclusion, our ex vivo model quantifies substrate compartmental distribution and transport across hepatocyte membranes and provides an additional understanding of substrate distribution in the liver. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: When transporter-dependent drugs target hepatocytes, cellular concentrations are important to investigate. Low concentrations on cellular targets impair drug therapeutic effects, whereas excessive hepatocyte concentrations may induce cellular toxicity. With a gamma counter placed over rat perfused livers, we measured substrate concentrations in the extracellular space, hepatocytes, and bile canaliculi. Transport across hepatocyte membranes was calculated. The study provides an additional understanding of substrate distribution in the liver.
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- Catherine M Pastor
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland (C.M.P.); Université de Paris, Centre de recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, U1149, CNRS, ERL8252, F-75006 Paris, France (C.M.P.); and Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (K.L.R.B.)
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland (C.M.P.); Université de Paris, Centre de recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, U1149, CNRS, ERL8252, F-75006 Paris, France (C.M.P.); and Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (K.L.R.B.)
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Hanke N, Gómez-Mantilla JD, Ishiguro N, Stopfer P, Nock V. Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Rosuvastatin to Predict Transporter-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions. Pharm Res 2021; 38:1645-1661. [PMID: 34664206 PMCID: PMC8602162 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-021-03109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Purpose To build a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of the clinical OATP1B1/OATP1B3/BCRP victim drug rosuvastatin for the investigation and prediction of its transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Methods The Rosuvastatin model was developed using the open-source PBPK software PK-Sim®, following a middle-out approach. 42 clinical studies (dosing range 0.002–80.0 mg), providing rosuvastatin plasma, urine and feces data, positron emission tomography (PET) measurements of tissue concentrations and 7 different rosuvastatin DDI studies with rifampicin, gemfibrozil and probenecid as the perpetrator drugs, were included to build and qualify the model. Results The carefully developed and thoroughly evaluated model adequately describes the analyzed clinical data, including blood, liver, feces and urine measurements. The processes implemented to describe the rosuvastatin pharmacokinetics and DDIs are active uptake by OATP2B1, OATP1B1/OATP1B3 and OAT3, active efflux by BCRP and Pgp, metabolism by CYP2C9 and passive glomerular filtration. The available clinical rifampicin, gemfibrozil and probenecid DDI studies were modeled using in vitro inhibition constants without adjustments. The good prediction of DDIs was demonstrated by simulated rosuvastatin plasma profiles, DDI AUClast ratios (AUClast during DDI/AUClast without co-administration) and DDI Cmax ratios (Cmax during DDI/Cmax without co-administration), with all simulated DDI ratios within 1.6-fold of the observed values. Conclusions A whole-body PBPK model of rosuvastatin was built and qualified for the prediction of rosuvastatin pharmacokinetics and transporter-mediated DDIs. The model is freely available in the Open Systems Pharmacology model repository, to support future investigations of rosuvastatin pharmacokinetics, rosuvastatin therapy and DDI studies during model-informed drug discovery and development (MID3). Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11095-021-03109-6.
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- Nina Hanke
- Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach, Germany.
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- Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach, Germany
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- Kobe Pharma Research Institute, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co. Ltd, Kobe, Japan
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- Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach, Germany
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- Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach, Germany
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Jala A, Ponneganti S, Vishnubhatla DS, Bhuvanam G, Mekala PR, Varghese B, Radhakrishnanand P, Adela R, Murty US, Borkar RM. Transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions: advancement in models, analytical tools, and regulatory perspective. Drug Metab Rev 2021; 53:285-320. [PMID: 33980079 DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2021.1928687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Drug-drug interactions mediated by transporters are a serious clinical concern hence a tremendous amount of work has been done on the characterization of the transporter-mediated proteins in humans and animals. The underlying mechanism for the transporter-mediated drug-drug interaction is the induction or inhibition of the transporter which is involved in the cellular uptake and efflux of drugs. Transporter of the brain, liver, kidney, and intestine are major determinants that alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion profile of drugs, and considerably influence the pharmacokinetic profile of drugs. As a consequence, transporter proteins may affect the therapeutic activity and safety of drugs. However, mounting evidence suggests that many drugs change the activity and/or expression of the transporter protein. Accordingly, evaluation of drug interaction during the drug development process is an integral part of risk assessment and regulatory requirements. Therefore, this review will highlight the clinical significance of the transporter, their role in disease, possible cause underlying the drug-drug interactions using analytical tools, and update on the regulatory requirement. The recent in-silico approaches which emphasize the advancement in the discovery of drug-drug interactions are also highlighted in this review. Besides, we discuss several endogenous biomarkers that have shown to act as substrates for many transporters, which could be potent determinants to find the drug-drug interactions mediated by transporters. Transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions are taken into consideration in the drug approval process therefore we also provided the extrapolated decision trees from in-vitro to in-vivo, which may trigger the follow-up to clinical studies.
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- Aishwarya Jala
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati, India
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Di L, Riccardi K, Tess D. Evolving approaches on measurements and applications of intracellular free drug concentration and Kp uu in drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2021; 17:733-746. [PMID: 34058926 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2021.1935866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Introduction: Intracellular-free drug concentration (Cu,cell) and unbound partition coefficient (Kpuu) are two important parameters to develop pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic relationships, predict drug-drug interaction potentials and estimate therapeutic indices.Area covered: Methods on measurements of Cu,cell, Kpuu, partition coefficient (Kp) and fraction unbound of cells (fuc) are discussed. Advantages and limitations of several fuc methods are reviewed. Applications highlighted here are bridging the potency gaps between biochemical and cell-based assays, in vitro hepatocyte assay to predict in vivo liver-to-plasma Kpuu, the role of Kpuu in prediction of hepatic clearance for enzyme- and transporter-mediated mechanisms using extended clearance equation, and structural attributes governing tissue Kpuu.Expert opinion: Cu,cell and Kpuu are of growing applications in drug discovery. Methods for measurements of these properties continue to evolve in order to achieve higher precision/accuracy and obtain more detailed information at the subcellular levels. Future directions of the field include the development of in vitro and in silico models to predict tissue Kpuu, direct measurement of free drug concentration in subcellular organelles, and further investigations into the critical elements governing cell and tissue Kpuu. Significant innovation is needed to advance this complex, but highly impactful and exciting area of science.
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- Li Di
- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA.,Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Cambridge, MA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA.,Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Cambridge, MA
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Cheng Y, Liang X, Hao J, Niu C, Lai Y. Application of a PBPK model to elucidate the changes of systemic and liver exposures for rosuvastatin, carotegrast, and bromfenac followed by OATP inhibition in monkeys. Clin Transl Sci 2021; 14:1924-1934. [PMID: 34058067 PMCID: PMC8504809 DOI: 10.1111/cts.13047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The impact of organic anion‐transporting polypeptide (OATP) inhibition on systemic and liver exposures of three OATP substrates was investigated in cynomolgus monkeys. A monkey physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was constructed to describe the exposure changes followed by OATP functional attenuation. Rosuvastatin, bromfenac, and carotegrast were administered as a single intravenous cassette dose (0.5 mg/kg each) in monkeys with and without predosing with rifampin (RIF; 20 mg/kg) orally. The plasma exposure of rosuvastatin, bromfenac, carotegrast, and OATP biomarkers, coproporphyrin I (CP‐I) and CP‐III were increased 2.3, 2.1, 9.1, 5.4, and 8.8‐fold, respectively, when compared to the vehicle group. The liver to plasma ratios of rosuvastatin and bromfenac were reduced but the liver concentration of the drugs remained unchanged by RIF treatment. The liver concentrations of carotegrast, CP‐I, and CP‐III were unchanged at 1 h but increased at 6 h in the RIF‐treated group. The passive permeability, active uptake, and biliary excretion were characterized in suspended and sandwich‐cultured monkey hepatocytes and then incorporated into the monkey PBPK model. As demonstrated by the PBPK model, the plasma exposure is increased through OATP inhibition while liver exposure is maintained by passive permeability driven from an elevated plasma level. Liver exposure is sensitive to the changes of metabolism and biliary clearances. The model further suggested the involvement of additional mechanisms for hepatic uptakes of rosuvastatin and bromfenac, and of the inhibition of biliary excretion for carotegrast, CP‐I, and CP‐III by RIF. Collectively, impaired OATP function would not reduce the liver exposure of its substrates in monkeys.
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- Yaofeng Cheng
- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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Morse BL, Fallon JK, Kolur A, Hogan AT, Smith PC, Hillgren KM. Comparison of Hepatic Transporter Tissue Expression in Rodents and Interspecies Hepatic OCT1 Activity. AAPS JOURNAL 2021; 23:58. [PMID: 33903987 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-021-00583-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hepatic clearance may be uptake rate limited by organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) and organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1). While comparison of OATP activity has been investigated across species, little has been reported for OCT1. Additionally, while data on interspecies transporter expression in the liver exist, quantitative comparison of these transporters in multiple tissues is lacking. In the current research, the pharmacokinetics of OCT1 substrates (sumatriptan and metformin) were assessed in Oct knockout rats for comparison with previous Oct1/2-/- mice data and OCT1 pharmacogenetics in humans. Effect of OCT1 inhibitors verapamil and erlotinib on OCT1 substrate liver partitioning was also evaluated in rats. Expression of 18 transporters, including Oatps and Octs, in 9 tissues from mice and rats was quantitated using nanoLC/MS-MS, along with uptake transporters in hepatocytes from 5 species. Interspecies differences in OCT1 activity were further evaluated via uptake of OCT1 substrates in hepatocytes with corresponding in vivo liver partitioning in rodents and monkey. In Oct1-/- rats, sumatriptan hepatic clearance and liver partitioning decreased; however, metformin pharmacokinetics were unaffected. OCT1 inhibitor coadministration decreased sumatriptan liver partitioning. In rodents, Oatp expression was highest in the liver, although comparable expression of Oatps in other tissues was determined. Expression of Octs was highest in the kidney, with liver Oct1 expression comparably lower than Oatps. Liver partitioning of OCT1 substrates was lower in rodents than in monkey, in agreement with the highest OCT1 expression and uptake of OCT1 substrates in monkey hepatocytes. Species-dependent OCT1 activity requires consideration when translating preclinical data to the clinic.
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- Bridget L Morse
- Drug Disposition, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA.
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- Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Drug Disposition, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA
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- Drug Disposition, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA
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- Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Drug Disposition, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, 46285, USA
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Hernández-Lozano I, Wanek T, Sauberer M, Filip T, Mairinger S, Stanek J, Traxl A, Karch R, Schuetz JD, Langer O. Influence of ABC transporters on the excretion of ciprofloxacin assessed with PET imaging in mice. Eur J Pharm Sci 2021; 163:105854. [PMID: 33865975 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.105854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ciprofloxacin is a commonly prescribed fluoroquinolone antibiotic which is cleared by active tubular secretion and intestinal excretion. Ciprofloxacin is a known substrate of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 (MRP4). In this work, we used positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to investigate the influence of BCRP, MRP4, MRP2 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) on the excretion of [18F]ciprofloxacin in mice. Dynamic 90-min PET scans were performed after intravenous injection of [18F]ciprofloxacin in wild-type mice without and with pre-treatment with the broad-spectrum MRP inhibitor MK571. Moreover, [18F]ciprofloxacin PET scans were performed in Abcc4(-/-), Abcc2(-/-), Abcc4(-/-)Abcg2(-/-) and Abcb1a/b(-/-)Abcg2(-/-) mice. In addition to non-compartmental pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis, a novel three-compartment PK model was developed for a detailed assessment of the renal disposition of [18F]ciprofloxacin. In MK571 pre-treated mice, a significant increase in the blood exposure to [18F]ciprofloxacin was observed along with a significant reduction in the renal and intestinal clearances. PK modelling revealed a significant reduction in renal radioactivity uptake (CL1) and in the rate constants for transfer of radioactivity from the corticomedullary renal region into blood (k2) and urine (k3), respectively, after MK571 administration. No changes in the renal clearance or in the estimated kidney PK model parameters were observed in any of the studied knockout models, while a significant reduction in the intestinal clearance was observed in Abcc2(-/-) and Abcc4(-/-)Abcg2(-/-) mice. Our data failed to reveal a role of any of the studied ABC transporters in the tubular secretion of ciprofloxacin. This may indicate that ciprofloxacin is handled in the kidneys by more than one transporter family, most likely with a great degree of mutual functional redundancy. Our study highlights the potential of PET imaging for an assessment of transporter-mediated renal excretion of radiolabelled drugs.
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- Irene Hernández-Lozano
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria.
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- Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 38105 Memphis, TN, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria; Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Liang X, Lai Y. Overcoming the shortcomings of the extended-clearance concept: a framework for developing a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to select drug candidates involving transporter-mediated clearance. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2021; 17:869-886. [PMID: 33793347 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2021.1912012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Introduction:Human pharmacokinetic (PK) prediction can be a significant challenge to drug candidates undergoing transporter-mediated clearance, when only animal data and in vitro human parameters are available in the drug discovery stage.Areas covered:The extended clearance concept (ECC) that incorporates the processes of hepatic uptake, passive diffusion, metabolism and biliary secretion has been adapted to determine the rate-determining process of hepatic clearance and drug-drug interactions (DDIs). However, since the ECC is derived from the well-stirred model and does not consider the liver as a drug distribution organ to reflect the time-dependent variation of drug concentrations between the liver and plasma, it can be misused for compound selection in drug discovery.Expert opinion:The PBPK model consists of a set of differential equations of drug mass balance, and can overcome the shortcomings of the ECC in predicting human PK. The predictability, relevance and reliability of the model and the scaling factors for IVIVE must be validated using either the measured liver concentrations or DDI data with known transporter inhibitors, or both, in monkeys. A human PBPK model that incorporates in vitro human data and SFs obtained from the validated monkey PBPK model can be used for compound selection in the drug discovery phase.
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- Xiaomin Liang
- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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Sodhi JK, Benet LZ. Successful and Unsuccessful Prediction of Human Hepatic Clearance for Lead Optimization. J Med Chem 2021; 64:3546-3559. [PMID: 33765384 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Development of new chemical entities is costly, time-consuming, and has a low success rate. Accurate prediction of pharmacokinetic properties is critical to progress compounds with favorable drug-like characteristics in lead optimization. Of particular importance is the prediction of hepatic clearance, which determines drug exposure and contributes to projection of dose, half-life, and bioavailability. The most commonly employed methodology to predict hepatic clearance is termed in vitro to in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) that involves measuring drug metabolism in vitro, scaling-up this in vitro intrinsic clearance to a prediction of in vivo intrinsic clearance by reconciling the enzymatic content between the incubation and an average human liver, and applying a model of hepatic disposition to account for limitations of protein binding and blood flow to predict in vivo clearance. This manuscript reviews common in vitro techniques used to predict hepatic clearance as well as current challenges and recent theoretical advancements in IVIVE.
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- Jasleen K Sodhi
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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Peng Y, Cheng Z, Xie F. Evaluation of Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interactions: A Review of the Mechanisms, In Vitro and In Silico Approaches. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11020075. [PMID: 33513941 PMCID: PMC7912632 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11020075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Pharmacokinetic drug–drug interactions (DDIs) occur when a drug alters the absorption, transport, distribution, metabolism or excretion of a co-administered agent. The occurrence of pharmacokinetic DDIs may result in the increase or the decrease of drug concentrations, which can significantly affect the drug efficacy and safety in patients. Enzyme-mediated DDIs are of primary concern, while the transporter-mediated DDIs are less understood but also important. In this review, we presented an overview of the different mechanisms leading to DDIs, the in vitro experimental tools for capturing the factors affecting DDIs, and in silico methods for quantitative predictions of DDIs. We also emphasized the power and strategy of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for the assessment of DDIs, which can integrate relevant in vitro data to simulate potential drug interaction in vivo. Lastly, we pointed out the future directions and challenges for the evaluation of pharmacokinetic DDIs.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-0731-8265-0446
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Feng B, Pemberton R, Dworakowski W, Ye Z, Zetterberg C, Wang G, Morikawa Y, Kumar S. Evaluation of the Utility of PXB Chimeric Mice for Predicting Human Liver Partitioning of Hepatic Organic Anion-Transporting Polypeptide Transporter Substrates. Drug Metab Dispos 2020; 49:254-264. [PMID: 33376106 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The ability to predict human liver-to-plasma unbound partition coefficient (Kpuu) is important to estimate unbound liver concentration for drugs that are substrates of hepatic organic anion-transporting peptide (OATP) transporters with asymmetric distribution into the liver relative to plasma. Herein, we explored the utility of PXB chimeric mice with humanized liver that are highly repopulated with human hepatocytes to predict human hepatic disposition of OATP substrates, including rosuvastatin, pravastatin, pitavastatin, valsartan, and repaglinide. In vitro total uptake clearance and transporter-mediated active uptake clearance in C57 mouse hepatocytes were greater than in PXB chimeric mouse hepatocytes for rosuvastatin, pravastatin, pitavastatin, and valsartan. Consistent with in vitro uptake data, enhanced hepatic uptake and resulting total systemic clearance were observed with the above four compounds in severely compromised immune-deficient (SCID) control mice compared with the PXB chimeric mice, which suggest that mouse has a stronger transporter-mediated hepatic uptake than human. In vivo liver-to-plasma Kpuu from PXB chimeric and SCID control mice were also compared, and rosuvastatin and pravastatin Kpuu in SCID mice were more than 10-fold higher than that in PXB chimeric mice, whereas pitavastatin, valsartan, and repaglinide Kpuu in SCID mice were comparable with Kpuu in PXB chimeric mice. Finally, PXB chimeric mouse liver-to-plasma Kpuu values were compared with the reported human Kpuu, and a good correlation was observed as the PXB Kpuu vales were within 3-fold of human Kpuu Our results indicate that PXB mice could be a useful tool to delineate hepatic uptake and enable prediction of human liver-to-plasma Kpuu of hepatic uptake transporter substrates. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: We evaluated PXB mouse with humanized liver for its ability to predict human liver disposition of five organic anion-transporting polypeptide transporter substrates. Both in vitro and in vivo data suggest that mouse liver has a stronger transporter-mediated hepatic uptake than the humanized liver in PXB mouse. More importantly, PXB liver-to-plasma unbound partition coefficient (Kpuu) values were compared with the reported human Kpuu, and a good correlation was observed. PXB mice could be a useful tool to project human liver-to-plasma Kpuu of hepatic uptake transporter substrates.
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- Bo Feng
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts (B.F., R.P., W.D., Z.Y., C.Z., G.W., S.K.) and PhoenixBio USA Corporation, New York City, New York (Y.M.)
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Loisios-Konstantinidis I, Dressman J. Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling to Support Waivers of In Vivo Clinical Studies: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. Mol Pharm 2020; 18:1-17. [PMID: 33320002 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Physiologically based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) modeling has been extensively applied to quantitatively translate in vitro data, predict the in vivo performance, and ultimately support waivers of in vivo clinical studies. In the area of biopharmaceutics and within the context of model-informed drug discovery and development (MID3), there is a rapidly growing interest in applying verified and validated mechanistic PBPK models to waive in vivo clinical studies. However, the regulatory acceptance of PBPK analyses for biopharmaceutics and oral drug absorption applications, which is also referred to variously as "PBPK absorption modeling" [Zhang et al. CPT: Pharmacometrics Syst. Pharmacol. 2017, 6, 492], "physiologically based absorption modeling", or "physiologically based biopharmaceutics modeling" (PBBM), remains rather low [Kesisoglou et al. J. Pharm. Sci. 2016, 105, 2723] [Heimbach et al. AAPS J. 2019, 21, 29]. Despite considerable progress in the understanding of gastrointestinal (GI) physiology, in vitro biopharmaceutic and in silico tools, PBPK models for oral absorption often suffer from an incomplete understanding of the physiology, overparameterization, and insufficient model validation and/or platform verification, all of which can represent limitations to their translatability and predictive performance. The complex interactions of drug substances and (bioenabling) formulations with the highly dynamic and heterogeneous environment of the GI tract in different age, ethnic, and genetic groups as well as disease states have not been yet fully elucidated, and they deserve further research. Along with advancements in the understanding of GI physiology and refinement of current or development of fully mechanistic in silico tools, we strongly believe that harmonization, interdisciplinary interaction, and enhancement of the translational link between in vitro, in silico, and in vivo will determine the future of PBBM. This Perspective provides an overview of the current status of PBBM, reflects on challenges and knowledge gaps, and discusses future opportunities around PBPK/PD models for oral absorption of small and large molecules to waive in vivo clinical studies.
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany.,Fraunhofer Institute of Translational Pharmacology and Medicine (ITMP), Carl-von-Noorden Platz 9, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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Kirby BJ, Lutz JD, Yue MS, Garrison KL, Qin ARR, Ampaw L, Beysen C, Myers RP, Kearney BP, Mathias A. Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide Inhibition Dramatically Increases Plasma Exposure but not Pharmacodynamic Effect nor Inferred Hepatic Intracellular Exposure of Firsocostat. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2020; 109:1334-1341. [PMID: 33141923 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Firsocostat (FIR: previously GS-0976), a highly sensitive OATP substrate, reduces hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) by inhibiting acetyl-CoA carboxylases (ACC). Measuring the pharmacodynamic (PD) efficacy of FIR on DNL provides a unique opportunity to determine optimal dosing strategies for liver-targeted OATP substrates in settings of altered OATP function. A randomized, four-way crossover drug-drug interaction study was conducted. Hepatic DNL, a marker for ACC activity, was measured in 28 healthy volunteers after reference, single dose FIR 10 mg, FIR 10 mg plus the OATP inhibitor rifampin (RIF) 300 mg i.v., or RIF 300 mg i.v. (control for DNL effect of RIF), each separated by a 7-day washout. Samples were collected for pharmacokinetic (PK) and PD assessments through 24 hours after each treatment. Hepatic DNL and its inhibition by FIR were assessed. Twenty-four subjects completed the study. All adverse events were mild. RIF alone increased hepatic DNL area under the effect curve from time of administration up to the time of the last quantifiable concentration (AUEClast ; 35.7%). Despite a 5.2-fold increase in FIR plasma exposure (area under the concentration-time curve from zero to infinity (AUCinf )) when administered with RIF, FIR alone, and FIR + RIF had the same hepatic PD effect, 37.1% and 34.9% reduction in DNL AUEClast , respectively, compared with their respective controls. These findings indicate that large decreases in OATP activity do not alter hepatic intracellular exposure (as inferred by no change in PD) for drugs that are primarily eliminated hepatically and permeability rate-limited, such as FIR. These results support PK theory that has been difficult to test and provide practical guidance on administration of liver-targeted drugs in settings of reduced OATP function.
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- Brian J Kirby
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Operations, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Research, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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Kumar V, Yin M, Ishida K, Salphati L, Hop CECA, Rowbottom C, Xiao G, Lai Y, Mathias A, Chu X, Humphreys WG, Liao M, Nerada Z, Szilvásy N, Heyward S, Unadkat JD. Prediction of Transporter-Mediated Rosuvastatin Hepatic Uptake Clearance and Drug Interaction in Humans Using Proteomics-Informed REF Approach. Drug Metab Dispos 2020; 49:159-168. [PMID: 33051248 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Suspended, plated, or sandwich-cultured human hepatocytes are routinely used for in vitro to in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) of transporter-mediated hepatic clearance (CL) of drugs. However, these hepatocyte models have been reported to underpredict transporter-mediated in vivo hepatic uptake CL (CL uptake,in vivo ) of some drugs. Therefore, we determined whether transporter-expressing cells (TECs) can accurately predict the CL uptake,in vivo of drugs. To do so, we determined the uptake CL (CL int,uptake,cells ) of rosuvastatin (RSV) by TECs (organic anion transporting polypeptides/Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide) and then scaled it to that in vivo by relative expression factor (REF) (the ratio of transporter abundance in human livers and TEC) determined by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics. Both the TEC and hepatocyte models did not meet our predefined success criteria of predicting within 2-fold the RSV CL uptake,in vivo value obtained from our positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. However, the TEC performed better than the hepatocyte models. Interestingly, using REF, TECs successfully predicted RSV CL int,uptake,hep obtained by the hepatocyte models, suggesting that the underprediction of RSV CL uptake,in vivo by TECs and hepatocytes is due to endogenous factor(s) not present in these in vitro models. Therefore, we determined whether inclusion of plasma (or albumin) in TEC uptake studies improved IVIVE of RSV CL uptake,in vivo It did, and our predictions were close to or just fell above our lower 2-fold acceptance boundary. Despite this success, additional studies are needed to improve transporter-mediated IVIVE of hepatic uptake CL of drugs. However, using REF and TEC, we successfully predicted the magnitude of PET-imaged inhibition of RSV CL uptake,in vivo by cyclosporine A. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: We showed that the in vivo transporter-mediated hepatic uptake CL of rosuvastatin, determined by PET imaging, can be predicted (within 2-fold) from in vitro studies in transporter-expressing cells (TECs) (scaled using REF), but only when plasma proteins were included in the in vitro studies. This conclusion did not hold when plasma proteins were absent in the TEC or human hepatocyte studies. Thus, additional studies are needed to improve in vitro to in vivo extrapolation of transporter-mediated drug CL.
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- Vineet Kumar
- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (V.K., M.Y., K.I., J.D.U.); Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California (L.S., C.E.C.A.H.); DMPK, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts (C.R., G.X.); Clinical Pharmacology (A.M.) and Drug Metabolism (Y.L.), Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California; Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey (X.C.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey (W.G.H.); Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts (M.L.); SOLVO Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary (Z.N., N.S.); and BioIVT, Baltimore, Maryland (S.H.)
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Di L, Artursson P, Avdeef A, Benet LZ, Houston JB, Kansy M, Kerns EH, Lennernäs H, Smith DA, Sugano K. The Critical Role of Passive Permeability in Designing Successful Drugs. ChemMedChem 2020; 15:1862-1874. [PMID: 32743945 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Passive permeability is a key property in drug disposition and delivery. It is critical for gastrointestinal absorption, brain penetration, renal reabsorption, defining clearance mechanisms and drug-drug interactions. Passive diffusion rate is translatable across tissues and animal species, while the extent of absorption is dependent on drug properties, as well as in vivo physiology/pathophysiology. Design principles have been developed to guide medicinal chemistry to enhance absorption, which combine the balance of aqueous solubility, permeability and the sometimes unfavorable compound characteristic demanded by the target. Permeability assays have been implemented that enable rapid development of structure-permeability relationships for absorption improvement. Future advances in assay development to reduce nonspecific binding and improve mass balance will enable more accurately measurement of passive permeability. Design principles that integrate potency, selectivity, passive permeability and other ADMET properties facilitate rapid advancement of successful drug candidates to patients.
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- Li Di
- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- in-ADME Research, 1732 First Avenue, #102, New York, NY 10128, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Division of Pharmacy & Optometry, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Ritsumeikan University, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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Riccardi K, Ryu S, Tess D, Li R, Luo L, Johnson N, Jordan S, Patel R, Di L. Comparison of Fraction Unbound Between Liver Homogenate and Hepatocytes at 4°C. AAPS JOURNAL 2020; 22:91. [DOI: 10.1208/s12248-020-00476-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Nakaoka T, Uetake Y, Kaneko KI, Niwa T, Ochiai H, Irie S, Suezaki Y, Otsuka N, Hayashinaka E, Wada Y, Cui Y, Maeda K, Kusuhara H, Sugiyama Y, Hosoya T, Watanabe Y. Practical Synthesis of [ 18F]Pitavastatin and Evaluation of Hepatobiliary Transport Activity in Rats by Positron Emission Tomography. Mol Pharm 2020; 17:1884-1898. [PMID: 32271581 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b01284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We developed a practical synthetic method for fluorine-18 (18F)-labeled pitavastatin ([18F]PTV) as a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer to assess hepatobiliary transporter activity and conducted a PET scan as a preclinical study for proof-of-concept in rats. This method is a one-pot synthesis involving aromatic 18F-fluorination of an arylboronic acid ester followed by deprotection under acidic conditions, which can be reproduced in general clinical sites equipped with a standard radiolabeling system due to the simplified procedure. PET imaging confirmed that intravenously administered [18F]PTV was rapidly accumulated in the liver and gradually transferred into the intestinal lumen through the bile duct. Radiometabolite analysis showed that [18F]PTV was metabolically stable, and 80% of the injected dose was detected as the unchanged form in both blood and bile. We applied integration plot analysis to assess tissue uptake clearance (CLuptake, liver and CLuptake, kidney) and canalicular efflux clearance (CLint, bile), and examined the effects of inhibitors on membrane transport. Treatment with rifampicin, an organic anion transporting polypeptide inhibitor, significantly reduced CLuptake, liver and CLuptake, kidney to 44% and 64% of control, respectively. In contrast, Ko143, a breast cancer resistance protein inhibitor, did not affect CLuptake, liver but significantly reduced CLint, bile to 39% of control without change in [18F]PTV blood concentration. In addition, we found decreased CLuptake, liver and increased CLint, bile in Eisai hyperbilirubinemic rats in response to altered expression levels of transporters. We expect that [18F]PTV can be translated into clinical application, as our synthetic method does not need special apparatus in the radiolabeling system and PET scan with [18F]PTV can quantitatively evaluate transporter activity in vivo.
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- Takayoshi Nakaoka
- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Sugiyama Laboratory, RIKEN Innovation Center, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,Laboratory of Chemical Bioscience, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), 6-7-3 minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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Alluri RV, Li R, Varma MVS. Transporter–enzyme interplay and the hepatic drug clearance: what have we learned so far? Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2020; 16:387-401. [DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2020.1749595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ravindra V. Alluri
- Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Modeling and Simulations, Medicine Design, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- ADME Sciences, Medicine Design, Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT, USA
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Nozaki Y, Izumi S. Recent advances in preclinical in vitro approaches towards quantitative prediction of hepatic clearance and drug-drug interactions involving organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B transporters. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2020; 35:56-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2019.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hernández Lozano I, Langer O. Use of imaging to assess the activity of hepatic transporters. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2020; 16:149-164. [PMID: 31951754 PMCID: PMC7055509 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2020.1718107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Introduction: Membrane transporters of the SLC and ABC families are abundantly expressed in the liver, where they control the transfer of drugs/drug metabolites across the sinusoidal and canalicular hepatocyte membranes and play a pivotal role in hepatic drug clearance. Noninvasive imaging methods, such as PET, SPECT or MRI, allow for measuring the activity of hepatic transporters in vivo, provided that suitable transporter imaging probes are available.Areas covered: We give an overview of the working principles of imaging-based assessment of hepatic transporter activity. We discuss different currently available PET/SPECT radiotracers and MRI contrast agents and their applications to measure hepatic transporter activity in health and disease. We cover mathematical modeling approaches to obtain quantitative parameters of transporter activity and provide a critical assessment of methodological limitations and challenges associated with this approach.Expert opinion: PET in combination with pharmacokinetic modeling can be potentially applied in drug development to study the distribution of new drug candidates to the liver and their clearance mechanisms. This approach bears potential to mechanistically assess transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions, to assess the influence of disease on hepatic drug disposition and to validate and refine currently available in vitro-in vivo extrapolation methods to predict hepatic clearance of drugs.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Preclinical Molecular Imaging, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Seibersdorf, Austria
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Li R, Mathialagan S, Novak JJ, Eng H, Riccardi K, Litchfield J. Estimation of the Effect of OAT2-Mediated Active Uptake on Meloxicam Exposure in the Human Liver. AAPS JOURNAL 2020; 22:20. [PMID: 31900711 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-019-0409-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Active uptake mediated by organic anion transporter 2 (OAT2) has been previously hypothesized as a key player in hepatic disposition of its substrates. Previous studies have shown that another hepatic uptake transporter, organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATP) 1B1, significantly elevates liver concentrations of drugs transported by it. As tissue concentration typically governs pharmacodynamics, drug-drug interactions, and toxicity in the liver, it is important to understand if OAT2 functions similarly to OATP1B1 in raising liver exposure. Since this is a research problem that cannot be easily assessed in clinical studies at this time, here we estimated human liver exposure of an OAT2 substrate meloxicam using a deduction method based on physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling of clinical systemic exposure data. Although in vitro data suggest that OAT2-mediated active uptake is involved in meloxicam disposition, the modeling result concludes that its unbound liver exposure is unlikely significantly different from its unbound systemic exposure. This conclusion is further supported by data and modeling from a terminal monkey study and in vitro hepatocyte studies with bovine serum albumin. Overall, based on currently available data, we do not expect that OAT2 has a strong impact on the liver exposure of meloxicam.
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- Rui Li
- Translational Modeling and Simulation, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Groton, CT, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Groton, CT, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Groton, CT, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Groton, CT, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Recent progress in in vivo phenotyping technologies for better prediction of transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2020; 35:76-88. [PMID: 31948854 DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2019.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Clinical reports on transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions (TP-DDIs) have rapidly accumulated and regulatory guidance/guidelines recommend that sponsors consider performing quantitative prediction of TP-DDI risks in the process of drug development. In vitro experiments for characterizing the function of drug transporters have been established and various parameters such as the inhibition constant (Ki) of drugs and the intrinsic uptake/efflux clearance for a certain transporter can be obtained. However, many reports have indicated large discrepancies between the parameters estimated from in vitro experiments and those rationally explaining drug pharmacokinetics. Thus, it is essential to evaluate directly the function of each transporter isoform in vivo in humans. At present, several transporter substrate drugs and endogenous compounds have been recognized as probe substrates for a specific transporter and transporter function was evaluated by monitoring the plasma and urine concentration of those probes; however, few compounds specifically transported via a single transporter isoform have been found. For monitoring the intraorgan concentration of drugs, positron emission tomography can be a powerful tool and clinical examples for quantification of in vivo transporter function have been published. In this review, novel methodologies for in vivo phenotyping of transporter function are summarized.
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Taskar KS, Pilla Reddy V, Burt H, Posada MM, Varma M, Zheng M, Ullah M, Emami Riedmaier A, Umehara KI, Snoeys J, Nakakariya M, Chu X, Beneton M, Chen Y, Huth F, Narayanan R, Mukherjee D, Dixit V, Sugiyama Y, Neuhoff S. Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Models for Evaluating Membrane Transporter Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions: Current Capabilities, Case Studies, Future Opportunities, and Recommendations. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2019; 107:1082-1115. [PMID: 31628859 PMCID: PMC7232864 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.1693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling has been extensively used to quantitatively translate in vitro data and evaluate temporal effects from drug-drug interactions (DDIs), arising due to reversible enzyme and transporter inhibition, irreversible time-dependent inhibition, enzyme induction, and/or suppression. PBPK modeling has now gained reasonable acceptance with the regulatory authorities for the cytochrome-P450-mediated DDIs and is routinely used. However, the application of PBPK for transporter-mediated DDIs (tDDI) in drug development is relatively uncommon. Because the predictive performance of PBPK models for tDDI is not well established, here, we represent and discuss examples of PBPK analyses included in regulatory submission (the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA)) across various tDDIs. The goal of this collaborative effort (involving scientists representing 17 pharmaceutical companies in the Consortium and from academia) is to reflect on the use of current databases and models to address tDDIs. This challenges the common perceptions on applications of PBPK for tDDIs and further delves into the requirements to improve such PBPK predictions. This review provides a reflection on the current trends in PBPK modeling for tDDIs and provides a framework to promote continuous use, verification, and improvement in industrialization of the transporter PBPK modeling.
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- Kunal S Taskar
- GlaxoSmithKline, DMPK, In Vitro In Vivo Translation, GSK R&D, Ware, UK
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- AstraZeneca, Modelling and Simulation, Early Oncology DMPK, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Simcyp-Division, Certara UK Ltd., Sheffield, UK
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Genentech, San Francisco, California, USA
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Hernández Lozano I, Bauer M, Wulkersdorfer B, Traxl A, Philippe C, Weber M, Häusler S, Stieger B, Jäger W, Mairinger S, Wanek T, Hacker M, Zeitlinger M, Langer O. Measurement of Hepatic ABCB1 and ABCG2 Transport Activity with [ 11C]Tariquidar and PET in Humans and Mice. Mol Pharm 2019; 17:316-326. [PMID: 31790256 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b01060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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P-Glycoprotein (ABCB1) and breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2) in the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes mediate the biliary excretion of drugs and drug metabolites. To measure hepatic ABCB1 and ABCG2 activity, we performed positron emission tomography (PET) scans with the ABCB1/ABCG2 substrate [11C]tariquidar in healthy volunteers and wild-type, Abcb1a/b(-/-), Abcg2(-/-), and Abcb1a/b(-/-)Abcg2(-/-) mice without and with coadministration of unlabeled tariquidar. PET data were analyzed with a three-compartment pharmacokinetic model. [11C]Tariquidar underwent hepatobiliary excretion in both humans and mice, and tariquidar coadministration caused a significant reduction in the rate constant for the transfer of radioactivity from the liver into bile (by -74% in humans and by -62% in wild-type mice), suggesting inhibition of canalicular efflux transporter activity. Radio-thin-layer chromatography analysis revealed that the majority of radioactivity (>87%) in the mouse liver and bile was composed of unmetabolized [11C]tariquidar. PET data in transporter knockout mice revealed that both ABCB1 and ABCG2 mediated biliary excretion of [11C]tariquidar. In vitro experiments indicated that tariquidar is not a substrate of major hepatic basolateral uptake transporters (SLCO1B1, SLCO1B3, SLCO2B1, SLC22A1, and SLC22A3). Our data suggest that [11C]tariquidar can be used to measure hepatic canalicular ABCB1/ABCG2 transport activity without a confounding effect of uptake transporters.
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- Irene Hernández Lozano
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging , AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH , Seibersdorf 2444 , Austria
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology , University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich , Zurich 8006 , Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology , University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich , Zurich 8006 , Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Diagnostics , University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging , AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH , Seibersdorf 2444 , Austria
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- Preclinical Molecular Imaging , AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH , Seibersdorf 2444 , Austria
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria.,Preclinical Molecular Imaging , AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH , Seibersdorf 2444 , Austria.,Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy , Medical University of Vienna , Vienna 1090 , Austria
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