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Zhu Y, Wang F, Zhao Y, Yu M, Ma M, Yu Z. A sensitive HILIC-MS/MS method for quantification of theanine in rat plasma and tissues: Application to preclinical pharmacokinetic study. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2022; 1198:123248. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lin IH, Yang L, Dalley JW, Tsai TH. Trans-placental transfer of nicotine: Modulation by organic cation transporters. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 145:112489. [PMID: 34915670 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Nicotine is a highly addictive substance and harmful to the developing foetus. However, few studies have investigated the transporter mechanism responsible for regulating the transfer of nicotine across the blood-placental interface. A multiple in-vivo microdialysis system coupled to ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) was developed to monitor simultaneously nicotine and cotinine in the blood, placenta, foetus, and amniotic fluid of pregnant rats. The pharmacological mechanism of nicotine transfer across the placenta was investigated by co-administering corticosterone, an inhibitor of organic cation transporters (OCTs) that partly mediate the exchange of nicotine across the placenta. The results revealed that intravenously administered nicotine (1 mg/kg) was rapidly metabolised to cotinine with a transformation ratio (AUCcotinine/AUCnicotine) of 0.67 ± 0.08, 0.21 ± 0.05, 0.25 ± 0.12, 0.31 ± 0.05 in maternal blood, placenta, amniotic fluid, and foetus, respectively. The tissue transformation ratios (AUCtissue/AUCblood) were 0.83 ± 0.16, 0.65 ± 0.17, 0.57 ± 0.13 for nicotine, and 0.25 ± 0.06, 0.24 ± 0.12, 0.26 ± 0.04 for cotinine at placenta, amniotic fluid and foetus, respectively. Following the co-administration of corticosterone (2 mg/kg), the tissue transformation ratio of nicotine was significantly reduced in the placenta but was significantly increased in the foetus. Levels of cotinine were not significantly altered by the administration of corticosterone. These findings implicate OCT in mediating the transfer of nicotine across the blood-placenta barrier. Understanding the mechanism of nicotine transfer through the placenta may inform therapeutic strategies to lessen the exposure of the developing foetus to nicotine in the maternal bloodstream.
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- I-Hsin Lin
- Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK; Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK
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- Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK; Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
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Yasu T, Matsumoto Y, Sugita T. Pharmacokinetics of voriconazole and its alteration by Candida albicans infection in silkworms. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2021; 74:443-449. [PMID: 34045695 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-021-00428-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Voriconazole (VRCZ) is a triazole antifungal agent used for the treatment and prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections. Therapeutic drug monitoring of VRCZ is widely applied clinically because of the large inter-individual variability that is generally observed in VRCZ exposure. The blood levels of VRCZ are increased during an underlying inflammatory reaction, which is associated with infections. Silkworms are useful experimental animals for evaluating the pharmacokinetics and toxicity of compounds. In this study, we investigated the pharmacokinetic parameters, such as elimination half-life, clearance, and distribution volume of VRCZ using silkworms. The pharmacokinetic parameters of VRCZ were determined based on the concentrations in silkworm hemolymph after injection of VRCZ. The elimination half-life of VRCZ in silkworms was found to be similar to that observed in humans. In addition, we assessed the impact of Candida albicans infection on VRCZ concentrations in a silkworm infection model. The VRCZ concentration at 12 h after injection in the Candida albicans-infected group was significantly higher than that in the non-infected group. In the silkworm infection model, we were able to reproduce the relationship between inflammation and VRCZ blood concentrations, as observed in humans. We demonstrate that silkworms can be an effective alternative model animal for studying the pharmacokinetics of VRCZ. We also show that silkworms can be used to indicate essential infection and inflammation-based pharmacokinetic variations in VRCZ, which is usually observed in the clinic.
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- Takeo Yasu
- Department of Medicinal Therapy Research, Pharmaceutical Education and Research Center, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Japan.
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- Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Japan
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Alves IA, Staudt KJ, Carreño FO, de Araujo Lock G, de Miranda Silva C, Rates SMK, Dalla Costa T, De Araujo BV. Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Describe the Total Plasma and Free Brain Levels of Fluconazole in Healthy and Cryptococcus neoformans Infected Rats: How Does the Infection Impact the Drug's Levels on Biophase? Pharm Res 2018; 35:132. [PMID: 29704215 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-018-2402-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE The present work aimed to evaluate the influence of experimental meningitis caused by C. neoformans on total plasma and free brain concentrations of fluconazole (FLC) in Wistar rats. METHOD The infection was induced by the administration of 100 μL of inoculum (1.105 CFU) through the tail vein. Free drug in the brain was assessed by microdialisys (μD). Blood and μD samples were collected at pre-determined time points up to 12 h after intravenous administration of FLC (20 mg/kg) to healthy and infected rats. The concentration-time profiles were analyzed by non-compartmental and population pharmacokinetics approaches. RESULTS A two-compartmental popPK model was able to simultaneously describe plasma and free drug concentrations in the brain for both groups investigated. Analysis of plasma and μD samples showed a better FLC distribution on the brain of infected than healthy animals (1.04 ± 0.31 vs 0.69 ± 0.14, respectively). The probability of target attainment was calculated by Monte Carlo simulations based on the developed popPK model for 125 mg/kg dose for rats and 400-2000 mg for humans. CONCLUSIONS FLC showed a limited use in monotherapy to the treatment of criptoccocosis in rats and humans to value of MIC >8 μg/mL.
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- Izabel Almeida Alves
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Medical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 2752, office 407, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil. .,Medical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 2752, office 407, Porto Alegre, RS, 90610-000, Brazil.
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Alves IA, Staudt KJ, Silva CDM, Lock GDA, Dalla Costa T, de Araujo BV. Influence of Experimental Cryptococcal Meningitis in Wistar Rats on Voriconazole Brain Penetration Assessed by Microdialysis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:e00321-17. [PMID: 28483963 PMCID: PMC5487622 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00321-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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To make advances in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis, it is crucial to know a given drug's free fraction that reaches the biophase. In the present study, we applied microdialysis (μD) as a tool to determine the free levels reached by voriconazole (VRC) in the brains of healthy and Cryptococcus neoformans-infected rats. The infection was induced by the intravenous (i.v.) administration of 1 × 105 CFU of yeast. The dose administered was 5 mg/kg (of body weight) of VRC, given i.v. Plasma and microdialysate samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and LC-UV methods. The free brain/free plasma ratio (fT) and population pharmacokinetic (popPK) analyses were performed to evaluate the impact of infection on PK parameters of the drug. The brain penetration ratio showed an increase on brain exposure in infected animals (fThealthy = 0.85 versus fTinfected = 1.86). The structural PK model with two compartments and Michaelis-Menten (MM) elimination describes the VRC concentration-time profile in plasma and tissue simultaneously. The covariate infection was included in volume of distribution in the peripheral compartment in healthy animals (V2) and maximum rate of metabolism (VM ). The levels reached in infected tissues were higher than the values described for MIC of VRC for Cryptococccus neoformans (0.03 to 0.5 μg ml-1), indicating its great potential to treat meningitis associated with C. neoformans.
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- Izabel Almeida Alves
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Medical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Medical Sciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Khan H, Khan Z, Amin S, Mabkhot YN, Mubarak MS, Hadda TB, Maione F. Plant bioactive molecules bearing glycosides as lead compounds for the treatment of fungal infection: A review. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 93:498-509. [PMID: 28675856 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.06.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Despite therapeutic advancement in the treatment of fungal infections, morbidity and mortality caused by these infections are still very high. There are approximately 300 fungal species that are infectious and can cause a variety of diseases. At present, several synthetic antifungal drugs are in clinical practice, many of them, however, are vulnerable to multidrug-resistant strains of microbes, and thus compromising the overall treatment outcomes. Glycosides are naturally occurring plant secondary metabolites with important therapeutic potential and clinical utility. The aim of this review was to focus on the antifungal effects of glycosides in preclinical studies with possible mechanism(s) wherein described. Published research show significant susceptibility of different fungi towards phytoglycosides, mediated through multiple mechanisms. Further detailed studies are needed to explain the clinical applications and limitations of these glycosides.
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- Haroon Khan
- Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Pakistan.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Islamia College University Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh-11451, Saudi Arabia
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- LCM Laboratory, University of Mohammed 1st, Faculty of Sciences, Oujda 60000, Morocco
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 49, 80031, Naples, Italy
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Feng T, Li Y, Chen J, Chen Y, Huang J, Weng W. Pharmacokinetics of isoforskolin after administration via different routes in guinea pigs. Xenobiotica 2015; 46:620-626. [PMID: 26523445 DOI: 10.3109/00498254.2015.1099082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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1. The objective of this study was to characterize the pharmacokinetics of isoforskolin after oral, intraperitoneal and intravenous administration, as well as to compare bioavailability. 2. Isoforskolin was administered to guinea pigs at a dose of 2 mg/kg. Plasma concentrations were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) method. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by a noncompartmental method. A compartment model was also adopted to describe the pharmacokinetic profiles. 3. The pharmacokinetic behavior of intravenously administered isoforskolin was characterized by rapid and extensive distribution (Vz = 16.82 ± 8.42 L/kg) followed by rapid elimination from the body (Cl = 9.63 ± 4.21 L/kg/h). After intraperitoneal administration, isoforskolin was absorbed rapidly (Tmax = 0.12 ± 0.05 h). The pharmacokinetic profiles of isoforskolin were similar after intraperitoneal and intravenous administration, except for the concentrations at the initial sampling times. Isoforskolin was also absorbed rapidly following oral dosing; however, the concentration-time data were best fit to a one-compartment model, which was different from that observed after intravenous and intraperitoneal administration. Following intraperitoneal and oral administration, the absolute bioavailability of isoforskolin was 64.12% and 49.25%, respectively. 4. Isoforskolin is a good candidate for oral administration because of its good oral bioavailability.
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- Tingting Feng
- a Department of Pharmaceutics , School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science of Technology , Shanghai , China and
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- a Department of Pharmaceutics , School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science of Technology , Shanghai , China and
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- b School of Pharmacy, Fudan University , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Pharmaceutics , School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science of Technology , Shanghai , China and
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- b School of Pharmacy, Fudan University , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Pharmaceutics , School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science of Technology , Shanghai , China and
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