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Choi HJ, Madari S, Huang F. Utilising Endogenous Biomarkers in Drug Development to Streamline the Assessment of Drug-Drug Interactions Mediated by Renal Transporters: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective. Clin Pharmacokinet 2024; 63:735-749. [PMID: 38867094 PMCID: PMC11222257 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-024-01385-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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The renal secretion of many drugs is facilitated by membrane transporters, including organic cation transporter 2, multidrug and toxin extrusion protein 1/2-K and organic anion transporters 1 and 3. Inhibition of these transporters can reduce renal excretion of drugs and thereby pose a safety risk. Assessing the risk of inhibition of these membrane transporters by investigational drugs remains a key focus in the evaluation of drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Current methods to predict DDI risk are based on generating in vitro data followed by a clinical assessment using a recommended exogenous probe substrate for the individual drug transporter. More recently, monitoring plasma-based and urine-based endogenous biomarkers to predict transporter-mediated DDIs in early phase I studies represents a promising approach to facilitate, improve and potentially avoid conventional clinical DDI studies. This perspective reviews the evidence for use of these endogenous biomarkers in the assessment of renal transporter-mediated DDI, evaluates how endogenous biomarkers may help to expand the DDI assessment toolkit and offers some potential knowledge gaps. A conceptual framework for assessment that may complement the current paradigm of predicting the potential for renal transporter-mediated DDIs is outlined.
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- Hee Jae Choi
- Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT, 06877, USA
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- Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT, 06877, USA
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- Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT, 06877, USA.
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Galetin A, Brouwer KLR, Tweedie D, Yoshida K, Sjöstedt N, Aleksunes L, Chu X, Evers R, Hafey MJ, Lai Y, Matsson P, Riselli A, Shen H, Sparreboom A, Varma MVS, Yang J, Yang X, Yee SW, Zamek-Gliszczynski MJ, Zhang L, Giacomini KM. Membrane transporters in drug development and as determinants of precision medicine. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2024; 23:255-280. [PMID: 38267543 DOI: 10.1038/s41573-023-00877-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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The effect of membrane transporters on drug disposition, efficacy and safety is now well recognized. Since the initial publication from the International Transporter Consortium, significant progress has been made in understanding the roles and functions of transporters, as well as in the development of tools and models to assess and predict transporter-mediated activity, toxicity and drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Notable advances include an increased understanding of the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on transporter activity, the application of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling in predicting transporter-mediated drug disposition, the identification of endogenous biomarkers to assess transporter-mediated DDIs and the determination of the cryogenic electron microscopy structures of SLC and ABC transporters. This article provides an overview of these key developments, highlighting unanswered questions, regulatory considerations and future directions.
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- Aleksandra Galetin
- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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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, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Genentech Research and Early Development, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, Metabolism, and Bioanalytics, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA
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- Preclinical Sciences and Translational Safety, Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Spring House, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, Metabolism, and Bioanalytics, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA
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- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Medicine Design, Worldwide R&D, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Office of Research and Standards, Office of Generic Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Kadar EP, Holliman CL, Vourvahis M, Rodrigues AD. Inception and development of a LC-MS/MS assay for the multiplexed quantitation of nine human drug transporter biomarkers. Bioanalysis 2024; 16:347-362. [PMID: 38376139 DOI: 10.4155/bio-2023-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Background: It has become common practice to assess solute carrier transporter (SLC)-mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs) by quantitating various individual endogenous compounds as biomarkers in human plasma and urine. The goal of this work was to develop biomarker multiplex assays that could be utilized during first in human studies to support the simultaneous assessment of clinical DDI risk across various SLCs. Methodology: Hydrophilic interaction chromatography-MS/MS methods were developed, and validations were performed. Results: The multiplex assays were applied to a first in human study. Placebo/reference subject biomarker data were consistent with single assay in-house and published data. Conclusion: This work demonstrates the utility of these multiplex methods to support the concurrent evaluation of clinical DDI risk across various SLCs.
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- Eugene P Kadar
- Bioanalytical Group, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc., 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Bioanalytical Group, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc., 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc., 66 Hudson Blvd. E, New York, NY 10001, USA
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- Transporter Sciences Group, Medicine Design, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc., 445 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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Tan SPF, Willemin ME, Snoeys J, Shen H, Rostami-Hodjegan A, Scotcher D, Galetin A. Development of 4-Pyridoxic Acid PBPK Model to Support Biomarker-Informed Evaluation of OAT1/3 Inhibition and Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2023; 114:1243-1253. [PMID: 37620246 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.3029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Monitoring endogenous biomarkers is increasingly used to evaluate transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in early drug development and may be applied to elucidate changes in transporter activity in disease. 4-pyridoxic acid (PDA) has been identified as the most sensitive plasma endogenous biomarker of renal organic anion transporters (OAT1/3). Increase in PDA baseline concentrations was observed after administration of probenecid, a strong clinical inhibitor of OAT1/3 and also in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to develop and verify a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of PDA, to predict the magnitude of probenecid DDI and predict the CKD-related changes in PDA baseline. The PBPK model for PDA was first developed in healthy population, building on from previous population pharmacokinetic modeling, and incorporating a mechanistic kidney model to consider OAT1/3-mediated renal secretion. Probenecid PBPK model was adapted from the Simcyp database and re-verified to capture its dose-dependent pharmacokinetics (n = 9 studies). The PBPK model successfully predicted the PDA plasma concentrations, area under the curve, and renal clearance in healthy subjects at baseline and after single/multiple probenecid doses. Prospective simulations in severe CKD predicted successfully the increase in PDA plasma concentration relative to healthy (within 2-fold of observed data) after accounting for 60% increase in fraction unbound in plasma and additional 50% decline in OAT1/3 activity beyond the decrease in glomerular filtration rate. The verified PDA PBPK model supports future robust evaluation of OAT1/3 DDI in drug development and increases our confidence in predicting exposure and renal secretion in patients with CKD.
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- Shawn Pei Feng Tan
- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Research & Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Research & Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Certara UK Limited (Simcyp Division), Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Arya V, Reynolds KS, Yang X. Utilizing Endogenous Biomarkers to Derisk Assessment of Transporter Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions: A Scientific Perspective. J Clin Pharmacol 2022; 62:1501-1506. [PMID: 35778968 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.2119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Comprehensive characterization of transporter mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs) is important to formulate clinical management strategies and ensure the safe and effective use of concomitantly administered drugs. The potential of a drug to inhibit transporters is predicted by comparing the ratio of the relevant concentration (depending on the transporter) and the half maximum inhibitory concentration (IC50 ) to a pre-defined "cut off" value. If the ratio is greater than the cut off value, modeling approaches such as Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling or a clinical DDI trial may be recommended. Because false positive (in vitro data suggests the potential for a DDI, whereas no significant DDI is observed in vivo) and false negative (in vitro data does not suggest the potential for a DDI, whereas significant DDI is observed in vivo) outcomes have been observed, there is interest in exploring additional approaches to facilitate prediction of transporter mediated DDIs. The idea of assessing changes in the concentration of endogenous biomarkers (which are substrates of clinically relevant transporters) to gain insight on the potential for a drug to inhibit transporter activity has received widespread attention. This brief report describes how endogenous biomarkers may help to expand the DDI assessment toolkit, highlights some current knowledge gaps, and outlines a conceptual framework that may complement the current paradigm of predicting the potential for transporter mediated DDIs. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Vikram Arya
- Division of Infectious Disease Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Disease Pharmacology, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Guidance and Policy Team, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Lai Y, Chu X, Di L, Gao W, Guo Y, Liu X, Lu C, Mao J, Shen H, Tang H, Xia CQ, Zhang L, Ding X. Recent advances in the translation of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics science for drug discovery and development. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:2751-2777. [PMID: 35755285 PMCID: PMC9214059 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) is an important branch of pharmaceutical sciences. The nature of ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) and PK (pharmacokinetics) inquiries during drug discovery and development has evolved in recent years from being largely descriptive to seeking a more quantitative and mechanistic understanding of the fate of drug candidates in biological systems. Tremendous progress has been made in the past decade, not only in the characterization of physiochemical properties of drugs that influence their ADME, target organ exposure, and toxicity, but also in the identification of design principles that can minimize drug-drug interaction (DDI) potentials and reduce the attritions. The importance of membrane transporters in drug disposition, efficacy, and safety, as well as the interplay with metabolic processes, has been increasingly recognized. Dramatic increases in investments on new modalities beyond traditional small and large molecule drugs, such as peptides, oligonucleotides, and antibody-drug conjugates, necessitated further innovations in bioanalytical and experimental tools for the characterization of their ADME properties. In this review, we highlight some of the most notable advances in the last decade, and provide future perspectives on potential major breakthroughs and innovations in the translation of DMPK science in various stages of drug discovery and development.
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- Yurong Lai
- Drug Metabolism, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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- Department of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Accent Therapeutics, Inc. Lexington, MA 02421, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Department, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
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- Bioanalysis and Biomarkers, Glaxo Smith Kline, King of the Prussia, PA 19406, USA
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Office of Research and Standards, Office of Generic Drugs, CDER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Tan SPF, Scotcher D, Rostami-Hodjegan A, Galetin A. Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Renal Secretion via Organic Anion Transporters 1/3: Implications for Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Dose Adjustment. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2022; 112:643-652. [PMID: 35569107 PMCID: PMC9540491 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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There is growing evidence that active tubular secretory clearance (CLs) may not decline proportionally with the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in chronic kidney disease (CKD), leading to the overestimation of renal clearance (CLr) when using solely GFR to approximate disease effect on renal elimination. The clinical pharmacokinetic data of 33 renally secreted OAT1/3 substrates were collated to investigate the impact of mild, moderate, and severe CKD on CLr, tubular secretion and protein binding (fu,p). The fu,p of the collated substrates ranged from 0.0026 to 1.0 in healthy populations; observed CKD‐related increase in the fu,p (up to 2.7‐fold) of 8 highly bound substrates (fu,p ≤ 0.2) was accounted for in the analysis. Use of prediction equation based on disease‐related changes in albumin resulted in underprediction of the CKD‐related increase in fu,p of highly bound substrates, highlighting the necessity to measure protein binding in severe CKD. The critical analysis of clinical data for 33 OAT1/3 probes established that decrease in OAT1/3 activity proportional to the changes in GFR was insufficient to recapitulate effects of severe CKD on unbound tubular secretion clearance. OAT1/3‐mediated CLs was estimated to decline by an additional 50% relative to the GFR decline in severe CKD, whereas change in active secretion in mild and moderate CKD was proportional to GFR. Consideration of this additional 50% decline in OAT1/3‐mediated CLs is recommended for physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic models and dose adjustment of OAT1/3 substrates in severe CKD, especially for substrates with high contribution of the active secretion to CLr.
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- Shawn Pei Feng Tan
- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Certara UK (Simcyp Division), Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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A novel hydrophilic interaction chromatography assay characterization of 4-pyridoxic acid, an emergent renal organic anion transporter 1/3 transporter biomarker. Bioanalysis 2021; 13:1391-1400. [PMID: 34551579 DOI: 10.4155/bio-2021-0110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aim: 4-pyridoxic acid (PDA) has been proposed as an endogenous biomarker for renal organic anion transporter 1/3 (OAT1/3) inhibition. Clinical data are needed to support the proposal. Materials & methods: A hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC)-LC/MS/MS assay was developed and characterized to support clinical drug-drug interaction (DDI) studies. Results: A HILIC-LC/MS/MS assay was successfully developed. PDA was measured in two clinical DDI studies; one where no significant OAT1/3 inhibition was observed and a second where a known inhibitor of the transporter was dosed. In both clinical studies, PDA plasma concentrations correlate to OAT1/3 function. Conclusion: The analysis of study samples from two clinical DDI studies using a HILIC-LC/MS/MS assay contributes further evidence that PDA is an endogenous biomarker for OAT1/3 inhibition.
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Li Y, Talebi Z, Chen X, Sparreboom A, Hu S. Endogenous Biomarkers for SLC Transporter-Mediated Drug-Drug Interaction Evaluation. Molecules 2021; 26:5500. [PMID: 34576971 PMCID: PMC8466752 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26185500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Membrane transporters play an important role in the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of xenobiotic substrates, as well as endogenous compounds. The evaluation of transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions (DDIs) is an important consideration during the drug development process and can guide the safe use of polypharmacy regimens in clinical practice. In recent years, several endogenous substrates of drug transporters have been identified as potential biomarkers for predicting changes in drug transport function and the potential for DDIs associated with drug candidates in early phases of drug development. These biomarker-driven investigations have been applied in both preclinical and clinical studies and proposed as a predictive strategy that can be supplanted in order to conduct prospective DDIs trials. Here we provide an overview of this rapidly emerging field, with particular emphasis on endogenous biomarkers recently proposed for clinically relevant uptake transporters.
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy & Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (Y.L.); (Z.T.); (X.C.); (A.S.)
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Willemin ME, Van Der Made TK, Pijpers I, Dillen L, Kunze A, Jonkers S, Steemans K, Tuytelaars A, Jacobs F, Monshouwer M, Scotcher D, Rostami-Hodjegan A, Galetin A, Snoeys J. Clinical Investigation on Endogenous Biomarkers to Predict Strong OAT-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions. Clin Pharmacokinet 2021; 60:1187-1199. [PMID: 33840062 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-021-01004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endogenous biomarkers are promising tools to assess transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions early in humans. METHODS We evaluated on a common and validated in vitro system the selectivity of 4-pyridoxic acid (PDA), homovanillic acid (HVA), glycochenodeoxycholate-3-sulphate (GCDCA-S) and taurine towards different renal transporters, including multidrug resistance-associated protein, and assessed the in vivo biomarker sensitivity towards the strong organic anion transporter (OAT) inhibitor probenecid at 500 mg every 6 h to reach close to complete OAT inhibition. RESULTS PDA and HVA were substrates of the OAT1/2/3, OAT4 (PDA only) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 4; GCDCA-S was more selective, having affinity only towards OAT3 and multidrug resistance-associated protein 2. Taurine was not a substrate of any of the investigated transporters under the in vitro conditions tested. Plasma exposure of PDA and HVA significantly increased and the renal clearance of GCDCA-S, PDA and HVA decreased; the magnitude of these changes was comparable to those of known clinical OAT probe substrates. PDA and GCDCA-S were the most promising endogenous biomarkers of the OAT pathway activity: PDA plasma exposure was the most sensitive to probenecid inhibition, and, in contrast, GCDCA-S was the most sensitive OAT biomarker based on renal clearance, with higher selectivity towards the OAT3 transporter. CONCLUSIONS The current findings illustrate a clear benefit of measuring PDA plasma exposure during phase I studies when a clinical drug candidate is suspected to be an OAT inhibitor based on in vitro data. Subsequently, combined monitoring of PDA and GCDCA-S in both urine and plasma is recommended to tease out the involvement of OAT1/3 in the inhibition interaction. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION EudraCT number: 2016-003923-49.
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- Marie-Emilie Willemin
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium.
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium
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